Conscience came about when the soul was created. We are all spirits, created with a soul and a personality. We as spirits create our own Essence. The essence of the being comes from the soul. The soul is a repository of all of our lifetimes. The only thing that we hold in it is our creativity and our ability to use it to heal from trauma. We release the pain from the trauma, it leaves the soul. That traumatic pain will still sometimes remain in the personality, but the soul does not hold it and will heal you from it. Also, the soul is Love. It does not hold the same things that the personality holds or has. The soul is located behind the heart within the spirit. That is why your heart always tells you to do something out of love/compassion, hence heartfelt.
René Descartes declared, "cogito, ergo sum" ("I think, therefore I am"). Jerry Jarvis, the late leader of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Transcendental Meditation movement in the U.S., thought Descartes got it wrong. Jarvis declared, "I am, therefore I think. Don't put Descartes before the source." Jarvis was doing more than flipping Descartes' deductive reasoning to inductive reasoning with this pun. He was flipping the thinking of the scientists and general public from the primacy of the physical, giving rise to thinking, and eventually to consciousness. Like Dr. Hoffman, Jarvis and Maharishi think they got it backwards -- it is consciousness that gives rise to thought and then to action and the physical, or at least to the concept of physicality. Thanks so much, Rabbi Jacobs and Dr. Hoffman, for this enlightening dialogue.
It seems to be ALL about "WHAT WE ARE "NOT" AWARE OF IN THIS PRESENT MOMENT". (to have the kind of "experience" that we have.) Away back in the 70s the one and only time that I took LSD, along with a buddy of mine. We were discussing what is the Universe and how did it come into existence. And out of the blue I had a sudden "realization", which is kind of like "a knowing being forced onto you" and that realization or knowing was "I am God". And the startling thing about it was the question of "why did I not know this before"??, it seems so obvious now. But then the next "realization" that followed that is "I AM ALL ALONE", there is only me, and no other. That caused an IMMENSE AND OVERWHELMING FEELING OF LONELINESS. That memory and echo of "lonely feeling" stayed with me for about 6 months. The constant question being "how do I get rid of that feeling of loneliness?" The answer was "you have to forget that you are God, and that there is only you" and get involved in the "game of the many" or the "game of creation" and FORGET that it is you yourself who is creating it. Get involved in the Maya, until you forget that it is only you. The I AM, THAT I AM. This statement by Buddha has meaning on many levels: “All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. WHAT WE THINK WE BECOME.”
Consciousness is one, but it is possible for a person who was connected to this one consciousness to create a temporary, parallel consciousness as a result of his continuous interaction outside the scope of this one consciousness, thus creating an alternative illusion that has nothing to do with the reality of what is actually happening.
What a wonderful dialogue. Great questions for Dr. Hoffman. Regarding the inciteful question, Why 3D? Did we agree on that number? I wonder if there are billions of us or just one being? Rhetorical at this stage butI think there is just one of us.
Advaita is a path of awakening awareness to find our original form.. It means "Not two" and brings its' successful participants to a direct experience of one universal conscious awareness, only seemingly divided, to allow this play of life... Which it is projecting... You have a wonderful intuition... Blessings on your journey....
There are indeed, billions of us..being one Being. You see, l know Father God, and He wanted tons of us to create our best character, independently, yet ultimately all for one and one for all. Thus does Jesus weed out the life haters. Heaven remains, in us and us in Heaven. We belong to each other.
Yes it is just one. Consciousness is an information system and it's able to partition it'self into many smaller "walled off" units of awareness with their own experience. An information systems purpose is to lower entropy (create more information) in order to "stay alive". Creating more separate units of consciousness is logically nessisary to create more opportunity and possibilities to lower entropy. Yes it's the same consciousness but the many units are separated but obviously created using the same consciousness
Thank you for continuing to explore this immense subject. Dr. Hoffman is one of my favorite scientific explorers. I am beginning to have a basic understanding of the concepts he is discussing, now what can we do with it? I'm open to any input here.
I’d say “consciousness” is not “what it feels like”. Rather it’s the “fact” that you are experiencing. What “it feels like” is interpretation, not consciousness. With other words consciousness is awareness. Or awareness of being aware. Now.. can you be aware of being aware without being aware of anything in particular “outside” (like the taste of vanilla) ? Many/some spiritual traditions claims exactly that.
I've been looking for a Donald Hoffman interview that captures everything I love about his perspectives, and this is it! Thank you so much, Rabbi Jacobs, for engaging him the way you did. I'm going to bookmark this video and use it to introduce my friends Hoffman's ideas.
Regarding what actually is there and not the boy on the bicycle, remember the definition of a particle is now “an excitation of a field”. There is “no thing” at the core of the atom.
It is most probable that this reality is a form of construct ( not necessary digital) , as the digital metaverse will be on the 7th day. We collectively may be the authors of this reality, the designed and developers. The metaverse is a duplication of sorts and the best comparison for now.
That was enlightening, especially your last question and answer..I think much of the direction that the field might move in is revealed in Near Death Experiences that abound on the web of which I have recently taken a deep dive.(more like dipped in my little toe) I think this is true, because those NDE's have transcended space and time.
Only because we believe we are. Having accepted it into our minds as true, it seems very real to us. Yet this works is a perceptual temper tantrum from which we must awaken.
I wish Donald Hoffman would give a creative example of what the greater reality could be like, more colors? More sounds? More ideas? More voices in my head? 😉
37:48: The discussion of scientific ideas depends on the precise definition of words, or, in other words, an agreement between participants in the discussion of what concept a word signifies. In this context, what is the scientific definition of the word "truth"? In other words, in the context of the idea you're expressing, Dr. Hoffman, what is meant when you utter the word truth here? The implication of this whole discussion is that the ultimate goal of science is to finally discover ultimate truth. The tricky part here, though, is defining exactly what that word means, precisely and repeatably and in a way that can be used to predict everything else (since we are, in fact, looking for that which is ultimate - which explains all - explanation being a function of language). The problem is that science itself, including all the concepts we agree on, are all products of a human consciousness that seeks to define it. In other words, all science, all religion, all "TRUTH" depends on a pre-existent human consciousness. The very concept of truth is a human contruct. Recurse much? All of this eventually boils down to humanity attempting to develop language that enables it to annunciate to itself what it already knows but cannot articulate. Religion (which is a superset that includes all philosophy, which itself includes all science) is merely our attempt to explain to each other - using language - what we, each of us, already knows, in a way that is fundamental and therefore beyond language. Our inability to do this is what makes us feel so separate from each other. Our desire to do this is what drives us: our desire to connect to our counterparts in creation, and to connect to our creator, whether we believe in such an entity or not. I have no idea how to articulate my point. And that's the point. It's interesting that, only now, science is discovering that its digital attempts to describe what religion calls creation is coming to sound more and more like what religion has described for thousands of years, but in analog, as opposed to digital, language.
There could be a "what if" variable affixed to any an every question, description or depiction of any object(s) which simultaneously exist in, and share the same vibrational frequencies, while occupying the same dimensional fabric of space. Whether it's "real" or "perceived" in either "one" or "multiple" imaginations, dreams, mathematics, ideas, scenarios, possiblities, theories, beliefs, etc, etc. An analogy might be to say, that at the bottom of a pool of water there is no air, and in contrast say, that on top of a hilltop in open air, there is no water. This is proved to be true that in one environment water is devoid of air, and in the other environment, air is devoid of water, but it would also be untrue to say that one or both do not exist. They still both really "exist" as individual entities, each "one" without the knowledge or need for the existence of the other, but nonetheless they both exist. Therefore one could alter this "existing"' environment by adding complexity to one, or both, the pool of water or the airy hilltop, by introducing another completely seperate individual "entity" such as temperature. In turn this could alter the "existence" of the water and the air, either seperately, or simultaneously, and/or facilitate the existence, "consciously" or "unconsciously" of an entirely new variable such as waves or wind...
There is a single consciousness, and we are the temporal delusions of that consciousness. It believes in its existence through Darwinian measures, therefore that’s the only means it has to perceive itself. Each person is simply a nerve center for that consciousness. This consciousness is only flirting with the idea of infinity. It may yet accept that it is infinite, at which point perceived reality will change. For what we know, this could all be true.
Is he also stating fitness payoffs explain evolution? In other words, why didn't everything remain a single cell organism if fitness payoffs were working? Was evolving a means to accessing other fitness payoffs because resources were scarce?
16:05 I actually have a comment for this. Evolution doesn't say the next offspring "has" to be better than its predecessor. Offsprings are randomly better or worse or indifferent from their predecessors, humans included. Those who are worse off, like Romeo and Juliet killing themselves in the name of love, die, and so they do not reproduce. Those who reproduced then give birth to new offspring who once again are randomly better, worse or indifferent - some couples who did not kill themselves in in the name of love, could indeed give birth to another Romeo or Juliet. Humans are not "off" in terms of evolution. The theory notes that mutations are random, for better or for worse or for nothing. Natural selection is only concerned with the binary question of whether you reproduced or not. And offspring with mutations that increase their fitness level tend to reproduce more. But that doesn't mean offspring with mutations that decrease their fitness don't exist. They do. They're just less likely to reproduce themselves. But they do exist. You can even have two offspring, one with better fitness and one with worse fitness, from the same set of parents. One sibling has a higher chance of reproducing. But the other sibling still exists regardless of whether they reproduce or not. Mutations are random. Selection goes through that randomness, and the ones who are subject to this selection are not the offspring, but the parents themselves. Those who reproduced are the selected ones. Their offspring are only random variations of themselves, and a whole other selection awaits for them as well - those who reproduce are selected, and those who are produced carry random mutations for better, for worse, or for nothing.
Howdy. I believe this is just another version of Plato's Cave Analogy. We can only see shadows of reality on the cave walls. If I put my hand in a kettle of boiling water I will feel terrible pain. That is real enough for me. I think this discussion is scholastics. I see nothing useful coming out of it. But yes. I recognize that many good things have been discovered from exploring stuff just for the pleasure of exploring. Penicillin is a good example. Regards.
It's real..or not real are ideas. For sure reality.. is just not the way it is being percieved.. Its just that the Subject-object dichotomy is an illusion. Let me stirr some questions to probe deep investigation into Reality... Is God/Creator an object in space? If God is an object in space... wouldn't Space be the medium that created the 'Creator'? If there is only one 'substance/medium' .. how it is possible to have many things springing from it? For many things to spring from it, the 'substance' will need an additonal medium (such as space for an analogy)... Hope this will break the illusion of me-others... for those who can.
Good questions, particularly "Where does Consciousness come from" Ans.: Consciousness "In-Itself" is eternally preexisting and all-pervasive, but not merely "in" things. All things in the universe are expressions of Consciousness, but this Knowledge is obscured by false identification of the true nature of existence, (Maya). To cut through the Maya, no problem. We can listen to a mantra from the Rig Veda: "Mahamritunjaya mantra - Sacred Sounds Choir", for 5 min per day for two weeks. In short order you will tap into the Ein Sof mentioned in the Zohar. (Sat-Chit-Ananda), Aristotle's "Being-In-Itself", the One of Plotinus, the Tao.
Reality is different for each one of us , Your truth is not my Truth, Every thing is a Story , I ve heard so many Stories but came to see yep there just Stories
Yeah I tried that at the bank once I said your truth is not my truth I should have 10 million dollars in the bank I was almost escorted out by police why don't people understand their truth is not my truth
@@larzhillbot1443 what you're basically saying is there is no objective truth there is just your truth which is subjective and my truth which is also subjective, if there is no objective truth then the question is "is that true?"
People get more immersed in video games than what we call reality. If you could plug a brain into a video game you wouldn't know it wasn't "reality". Really isn't that far fetched of an idea.
read this carefully, it is more important, there's someone wrote this in more details about two years ago: What generates consciousness type one is self-concept itself. Consciousness type two is just a small part of self-concept, even though it plays a main role in the background such as using cerebellum to make a very sophisticated mathematical operations, for high accuracy tasks such as in shooting, driving, .... etc. Involuntary nervous system, immune system, ..... Self-concept uses consciousness type one to recognize the inner and outer world but there is better definition. Self-concept is one of the most advanced coding systems in existence itself, it works deeper than genes, and deeper than so-called quantum physics. It's governed by science and only science but very sophisticated. it works in the fundamental building blocks of existence itself. Humans have to focus on consciousness type one that's more than enough to master science. the current mathematics, physics, ... are incomplete and include many mistakes too, it will take time to revise and improve science, that time humans can think seriously to understand consciousness type one. In consciousness type one self-concept uses right side of the brain to resemble itself and the left side for logical judgment, control, but actually who is in more control is the right side, there is a strong interactions between who uses both is the same one, that is the secret of that dialog in the brain, it's more complicated than that of course but it is just to concise. there was more details about space-time, Gravity, entanglement, superposition, consciousness, awareness, concept of infinity, numbers,...... He wrote them on one of the UA-cam channels, they are hidden or deleted purposely, but he has sent them per email before, and...... there was only one condition from the beginning: steal but do not pollute, I knew all this from the beginning, I have told them this is not for you it is for future generations, they could not digest that, human logic and ..... logic are completely different, the only thing they can do is polluting human logic, I am not interested in the world of .... because it is not my world. all I care about is that the message reaches future generation clean and not polluted. it is not COVID-19 effect or revelation from the sky, it is a thievery using patching techniques through thievery. many want to steal a specific model "self-concept" lately they imitate a specific model. there's someone wrote this in more details, the main goal is thievery, they want to build a similar model using patching techniques of thievery: by the way, the location of self-concept is the brain-stem and the surrounding area but reaches the the vital organs during awake, it generates so-called personal identity too, which continue throughout the person's life, ..... all this hid or deleted purposely, probably it is a thievery. for sure he has heard of many thieves lately (between utter thievery and patching techniques using thievery) ! in some cases such as severe psychological trauma self-concept disconnects the left side of the brain "it does work but partially works and in chaos" they are committing a real crimes against future generations by stealing or using patching techniques of thievery, he told them from the beginning it is a message for future generations, you can steal "whole package" but do not pollute, but they did not respect the deal. Many thieves have stolen what he has wrote, they use thievery as patching techniques, some replaced what he has wrote with their illusions such as meta-consciousness, sub-consciousness some other apes have stolen what he has wrote literally. He wrote about most of the main scientific and philosophical topics. That was on one of the UA-cam channels “closer to truth as comments”
It does not make a difference whether the physical world is simulated by an external entity "simulator" or not. If it is simulated then the result of each physical experiment we perform is also simulated and therefore there is no experiment that can tell whether the physical world is simulated or not. It is a dead end regarding the capabilities of science. What we can say is that in a model of physics which is based on events was wave functions and not on particles as wave functions, there must be a universal deterministic reference object and since there is not determinism in the observed Nature, such a reference is metaphysical.
@@coldblackice the determinism is always external to Nature. If a model is based on events as wave functions and not on particles as wave functions the the probability of an event sums up to 1 on an observer manifold. Such ideas are not new and can be seen in the work of H.S. Snyder from 1947. See Snyder's spacetime. The problem with Snyder's approach and other modern approaches is that they are algebraic (e.g. based on non commutative relations) rather than geometric. Geometry, as my professor Nathan Rosen from EPR, ER always said is inherent to Nature. The approach today is to try to show spacetime is emergent from particles and not the other way around. Dr. Sam Vaknin in 1982 reached the conclusion that time is fundamental to physics and not particles.
13:43 - it also costs the fitness payoff to create a completely different world than what is already out there ! Reality was already out there, WE came later & the fitness payoff would work to keep us alive & prosper based on the laws of Reality. Why would it create a brand new world than what is already out there & what about the cost of doing that? It must be HUGE and totally unnecessary
If reality is zero, therefore one is not real. We have nothing in the zero dimension and a point in the first dimension. So many points are rendered as shapes in higher dimensions compared to later cubes. Many hidden reality icons. Zero is meaningless unless a number, if reality is meaningless zero, our life is unreal, there are many icons. The soul and the afterlife or immortality from nothingness or zero or outer spacetime are meaningless and therefore forbidden. Hallucinates our senses and triggers irrelevant assumptions.
I know one thing, everything is meant to be. because our bodies not gonna understand things not already in their system. I get future information and become reality, at that time, I thought it is impossible but when it happens.. I realized that everything in our brains, nothing their out side..
The singular word 'reality' is insufficient. Experienced and phenomenal reality generated by the observer seems to be meant by Donald's use of the word. Whereas the word 'truth' is used by him for reality other than " the user interface" product ( I have been calling Donald's 'user interface' 'Image reality' and his 'icons' -'observation products'). Not only are there the 'user interface' products, there is the 'other side' of the interface where sensors and sense organs receive inputs; Stimuli such as photons,, pressure waves, air borne and dissolved chemicals. Produced, reflected or emitted by source material existence. Consciousness may be just the experience itself, or foundational to production of experience. However that does not make it foundational to noumenal, source, Object reality independent of experience. Significantly we interface with potential sensory information ( stimuli) not with the material sources directly. This has implications for the understanding of time. Necessarily there is delay between production, emission or reflection of potential stimuli and receipt and production of experience using sensory information generated from using the inputs.
My new understandings of what many call 'God' - resulting from some of the extraordinary ongoing after-effects relating to my NDE... Myoho-Renge-Kyo represents the identity of what some scientists are now referring to as the unified field of consciousnesses. In other words, it’s the essence of all existence and non-existence - the ultimate creative force behind planets, stars, nebulae, people, animals, trees, fish, birds, and all phenomena, manifest or latent. All matter and intelligence are simply waves or ripples manifesting to and from this core source. Consciousness (enlightenment) is itself the actual creator of everything that exists now, ever existed in the past, or will exist in the future - right down to the minutest particles of dust - each being an individual ripple or wave. The big difference between chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo and most other conventional prayers is that instead of depending on a ‘middleman’ to connect us to our state of inner enlightenment, we’re able to do it ourselves. That’s because chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo allows us to tap directly into our enlightened state by way of this self-produced sound vibration. ‘Who or What Is God?’ If we compare the concept of God being a separate entity that is forever watching down on us, to the teachings of Nichiren, it makes more sense to me that the true omnipotence, omniscience and omnipresence of what most people perceive to be God, is the fantastic state of enlightenment that exists within each of us. Some say that God is an entity that’s beyond physical matter - I think that the vast amount of information continuously being conveyed via electromagnetic waves in today’s world gives us proof of how an invisible state of God could indeed exist. For example, it’s now widely known that specific data relayed by way of electromagnetic waves has the potential to help bring about extraordinary and powerful effects - including an instant global awareness of something or a mass emotional reaction. It’s also common knowledge that these invisible waves can easily be used to detonate a bomb or to enable NASA to control the movements of a robot as far away as the Moon or Mars - none of which is possible without a receiver to decode the information that’s being transmitted. Without the receiver, the data would remain impotent. In a very similar way, we need to have our own ‘receiver’ switched on so that we can activate a clear and precise understanding of our own life, all other life and what everything else in existence is. Chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo each day helps us to achieve this because it allows us to reach the core of our enlightenment and keep it switched on. That’s because Myoho-Renge-Kyo represents the identity of what scientists now refer to as the unified field of consciousnesses. To break it down - Myoho represents the Law of manifestation and latency (Nature) and consists of two alternating states. For example, the state of Myo is where everything in life that’s not obvious to us exists - including our stored memories when we’re not thinking about them - our hidden potential and inner emotions whenever they’re dormant - our desires, our fears, our wisdom, happiness, karma - and more importantly, our enlightenment. The other state, ho, is where everything in Life exists whenever it becomes evident to us, such as when a thought pops up from within our memory - whenever we experience or express our emotions - or whenever a good or bad cause manifests as an effect from our karma. When anything becomes apparent, it merely means that it’s come out of the state of Myo (dormancy/latency) and into a state of ho (manifestation). It’s the difference between consciousness and unconsciousness, being awake or asleep, or knowing and not knowing. The second law - Renge - Ren meaning cause and ge meaning effect, governs and controls the functions of Myoho - these two laws of Myoho and Renge, not only function together simultaneously but also underlies all spiritual and physical existence. The final and third part of the tri-combination - Kyo, is the Law that allows Myoho to integrate with Renge - or vice versa. It’s the great, invisible thread of energy that fuses and connects all Life and matter - as well as the past, present and future. It’s also sometimes termed the Universal Law of Communication - perhaps it could even be compared with the string theory that many scientists now suspect exists. Just as the cells in our body, our thoughts, feelings and everything else is continually fluctuating within us - all that exists in the world around us and beyond is also in a constant state of flux - constantly controlled by these three fundamental laws. In fact, more things are going back and forth between the two states of Myo and ho in a single moment than it would ever be possible to calculate or describe. And it doesn’t matter how big or small, famous or trivial anything or anyone may appear to be, everything that’s ever existed in the past, exists now or will exist in the future, exists only because of the workings of the Laws ‘Myoho-Renge-Kyo’ - the basis of the four fundamental forces, and if they didn’t function, neither we nor anything else could go on existing. That’s because all forms of existence, including the seasons, day, night, birth, death and so on, are moving forward in an ongoing flow of continuation - rhythmically reverting back and forth between the two fundamental states of Myo and ho in absolute accordance with Renge - and by way of Kyo. Even stars are dying and being reborn under the workings of what the combination ‘Myoho-Renge-Kyo’ represents. Nam, or Namu - which mean the same thing, are vibrational passwords or keys that allow us to reach deep into our life and fuse with or become one with ‘Myoho-Renge-Kyo’. On a more personal level, nothing ever happens by chance or coincidence, it’s the causes that we’ve made in our past, or are presently making, that determine how these laws function uniquely in each of our lives - as well as the environment from moment to moment. By facing east, in harmony with the direction that the Earth is spinning, and chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo for a minimum of, let’s say, ten minutes daily to start with, any of us can experience actual proof of its positive effects in our lives - even if it only makes us feel good on the inside, there will be a definite positive effect. That’s because we’re able to pierce through the thickest layers of our karma and activate our inherent Buddha Nature (our enlightened state). By so doing, we’re then able to bring forth the wisdom and good fortune that we need to challenge, overcome and change our adverse circumstances - turn them into positive ones - or manifest and gain even greater fulfilment in our daily lives from our accumulated good karma. This also allows us to bring forth the wisdom that can free us from the ignorance and stupidity that’s preventing us from accepting and being proud of the person that we indeed are - regardless of our race, colour, gender or sexuality. We’re also able to see and understand our circumstances and the environment far more clearly, as well as attract and connect with any needed external beneficial forces and situations. As I’ve already mentioned, everything is subject to the law of Cause and Effect - the ‘actual-proof-strength’ resulting from chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo always depends on our determination, sincerity and dedication. For example, the levels of difference could be compared to making a sound on a piano, creating a melody, producing a great song, and so on. Something else that’s very important to always respect and acknowledge is that the Law (or if you prefer God) is in everyone and everything. NB: There are frightening and disturbing sounds, and there are tranquil and relaxing sounds. It’s the emotional result of any noise or sound that can trigger off a mood or even instantly change one. When chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo each day, we are producing a sound vibration that’s the password to our true inner-self - this soon becomes apparent when you start reassessing your views on various things - such as your fears and desires etc. The best way to get the desired result when chanting is not to view things conventionally - rather than reaching out to an external source, we need to reach into our own lives and bring our needs and desires to fruition from within - including the good fortune and strength to achieve any help that we may need. Chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo also reaches out externally and draws us towards, or draws towards us, what we need to make us happy from our environment. For example, it helps us to be in the right place at the right time - to make better choices and decisions and so forth. We need to think of it as a seed within us that we’re watering and bringing sunshine to for it to grow, blossom and bring forth fruit or flowers. It’s also important to understand that everything we need in life, including the answer to every question and the potential to achieve every dream, already exists within us. My autobiography explaining how I, and others I've told, have used this chant to change our poisons into medicine titled: 'Saved by the Light of the Buddha Within', is now available at Amazon Books for 99cents (the lowest Amazon allowed me to price it)To read more about Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo please read Tina Turner's new book: Happiness Becomes You -- or Google 'Let go, and let God' by Olivia Newton-John.
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Human reality is only virtual reality. The realm of nature is the absolute truth. And It is absolutely nothing. There are just objects lying around without names and meanings.
I have wrote that in more details: the creation of space time, they replaced creation with generating "the same", there was a lot about space, time, gravity, infinity, numbers, ..... some have been already stolen. the two cycles ....... humans live in cycle one but in the background in cycle two,.......
He is certainly a difficult man to deal with, but you two should look at Ken Wheeler's youtube channel. He is an "expert" on field theory and magnetism. He has a very different view of the nature of the universe than most "physicists" and translates ancient Pali the language of Theravāda Buddhism.
North Shore Reformed Church? They did in fact digest that type of food very well.... It did help me on my way. A lot. I'm not saying it because of my case.
"The only thing I am certain of is that we are wrong about everything we claim to know about the nature of reality". -Me I'm not falling for any of this bullshit. It's neat though. I used to kind of think I was a bit mad for feeling this way. I have always instinctually felt that nothing is as it seems. Now I know I'm just really smart! I also suspect that a large percentage, if not all other people are not even "real". Hell, I'm pretty convinced that at least 50% of all humans are low function NPCs in the most literal sense.
Heaven works the same way as Ecoli 14:40 - Christians and Muslims are settling for little - they are asking God to GIVE them food, keep them safe, procreate and live in a nice house The same things that prostitutes, leeches, parasites want when they seek rich Sugar Daddies Sit around doing nothing living the good life while someone else picks up the bill Hinduism says well if that is all you want - then you will be reborn as a Dog Think about it - the dog leads a nice life - free food, nice mansion (to a dog every house is a mansion), cared for & kept safe. No work, no worries - the dog lays about all day! Heaven!
@@coldblackice Its not like these books are talking reality - just ancient people making up things - guys want sex so "sure there will be lots of sex for you in heaven" & dogs, especially street dogs, do get a lot of sex . At the end of the day the idea of Heaven is about running away from REAL LIFE & hiding in a fantasy - no work, no worries, free food, shelter, someone nicely cares for them while they just sit & shamelessly sponge off them God doesn't need to build a fantasy Charity Retirement Home for these people, all He has to do is change THEM! As dogs, cats, Pigs, trees they get the life they want
Hello it is 4:56 a.m. I'm in my bed I'm thinking of things in my head what if the meteor shower that killed the dinosaurs was it a mistake but met to destroy everything and not create I seen some things that I can't explain that it feels like it's the matrix I seen the sun flash before I seen clouds in the sky that disappeared quickly and they were clouds not to smoke I felt something touching me in my bed my place isn't haunted but it felt like something and then my stomach was feeling odd
Also some of these people on TV and things how do I know if they're real or not I never seen them in real life how do I know they exist or is this part of the code. Are you real or is this fake video I want to know if you're real I would like to meet you in person
You could spend the rest of your life toiling back and forth wondering that, only to reach the end of your life and think to yourself "Well damn, did all that wondering ever bring me any enlightenment, or make me any better, any happier? What a waste of time and life." Maybe this life is "really real" or maybe it's only "fake real", a dream within a dream. But either way, it's all we have at the present, so we might as well embrace it and make the best of it, keeping an open mind for if we someday learn otherwise. But there's no sense falling down the neverending rabbit hole of "What if this is all fake" -- ultimately there is never any way to truly know, and so all we can do is go forward and make the best of it.
Matter,/Stuff-side,/Motion-Ocean, - Life, and Consciousness, is Eternal, the three X's, (Has No Origin) X1-Life, X2-Consciousness, X3-Matter, = X0, (The Eternal Living Being)
This is only intellectual ego talk. Trying to explain consciousness . . . from the same level of consciousness where it is explored . . . see the issue here ? I guess you don't . . .
Chicken or the Egg ? Ask a Scientist and they will spend Two hours explaining how they don't know. A wise Person knows he doesn't know and will take ten seconds to say he doesn't know You cannot explain the Word.................Supernatural , because we are not the Creator of Everything Humans are Dumber than a Box of Rocks , that is Reality , Live with it If it wasn't for the Knowledge from the Fallen Angels Humans wouldn't know how to tie their Shoe Laces lol
What is real?, what is the origin of everything and nothing, by removing these two concepts you left with unknown "unimaginable",in possible to describe state...???
He lost me with this religious crap - esp talking about Christianity & Islam - these are simple, primitive, backward Master/Slave religions - ancient people living under Kings/Dictators used them as their template for God - "we must get down on our knees, swear loyalty & obedience to the master & only to this master. He will be pleased and reward us(heaven)" Simple, primitive ideas from simple, primitive people What is crazy is to see bright educated people blindly following these ideas
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Dear. I have been seeking for the book and I found several ones that might be the book you are referring to. Can you please tell the title of the book. Thanks
What is unreal is matter. What is unreal is the belief in subject/object. What is unreal is the brain...and all that is attributed to the brain, etc. Matter is nothing other than the belief in objectivity. It is just a belief, without a believer. The atom is empty space. The only Reality is the one, indivisible divine Awareness.
is it also that searching too much on concousness can make you mad and that is one of the fittness payoffs that you talking about in evolution theory? just a funny remarque, Donald looks a little like captain Spock of star trake, is that by chance?
Man what the hell are people thinking these days!! I believe in consciousness for sure but we make the reality when we get hungry or get in a car accident or getting shot, etc!!! Come on with a better something to state your case
Trying to define conciousness is like trying to define Love! By giving it a definition, you limit it! Thereby making it what it is NOT!
Thats ridiculous. Exploring discovering and speculating on the wonders of life and the universe is by no means defining them.
39:40 - sublime conclusion to a very stimulating conversation.
Conscience came about when the soul was created. We are all spirits, created with a soul and a personality. We as spirits create our own Essence. The essence of the being comes from the soul. The soul is a repository of all of our lifetimes. The only thing that we hold in it is our creativity and our ability to use it to heal from trauma. We release the pain from the trauma, it leaves the soul. That traumatic pain will still sometimes remain in the personality, but the soul does not hold it and will heal you from it. Also, the soul is Love. It does not hold the same things that the personality holds or has. The soul is located behind the heart within the spirit. That is why your heart always tells you to do something out of love/compassion, hence heartfelt.
That’s beautiful.
René Descartes declared, "cogito, ergo sum" ("I think, therefore I am"). Jerry Jarvis, the late leader of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Transcendental Meditation movement in the U.S., thought Descartes got it wrong. Jarvis declared, "I am, therefore I think. Don't put Descartes before the source."
Jarvis was doing more than flipping Descartes' deductive reasoning to inductive reasoning with this pun. He was flipping the thinking of the scientists and general public from the primacy of the physical, giving rise to thinking, and eventually to consciousness. Like Dr. Hoffman, Jarvis and Maharishi think they got it backwards -- it is consciousness that gives rise to thought and then to action and the physical, or at least to the concept of physicality.
Thanks so much, Rabbi Jacobs and Dr. Hoffman, for this enlightening dialogue.
"if there's no thinking, where is the "i am " ?
It seems to be ALL about "WHAT WE ARE "NOT" AWARE OF IN THIS PRESENT MOMENT". (to have the kind of "experience" that we have.)
Away back in the 70s the one and only time that I took LSD, along with a buddy of mine. We were discussing what is the Universe and how did it come into existence. And out of the blue I had a sudden "realization", which is kind of like "a knowing being forced onto you" and that realization or knowing was "I am God".
And the startling thing about it was the question of "why did I not know this before"??, it seems so obvious now. But then the next "realization" that followed that is "I AM ALL ALONE", there is only me, and no other. That caused an IMMENSE AND OVERWHELMING FEELING OF LONELINESS.
That memory and echo of "lonely feeling" stayed with me for about 6 months. The constant question being "how do I get rid of that feeling of loneliness?" The answer was "you have to forget that you are God, and that there is only you" and get involved in the "game of the many" or the "game of creation" and FORGET that it is you yourself who is creating it. Get involved in the Maya, until you forget that it is only you. The I AM, THAT I AM.
This statement by Buddha has meaning on many levels: “All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. WHAT WE THINK WE BECOME.”
Had the exact same experience as a kid. 😮 Came to the same conclusion.
Consciousness is one, but it is possible for a person who was connected to this one consciousness to create a temporary, parallel consciousness as a result of his continuous interaction outside the scope of this one consciousness, thus creating an alternative illusion that has nothing to do with the reality of what is actually happening.
Listening to this absolutely fantastic dialogue helped open up the sacred dimension of the universe we are all an intricate part of❤️ Thank you both🙏
What a wonderful dialogue. Great questions for Dr. Hoffman. Regarding the inciteful question, Why 3D? Did we agree on that number? I wonder if there are billions of us or just one being? Rhetorical at this stage butI think there is just one of us.
Advaita is a path of awakening awareness to find our original form.. It means "Not two" and brings its' successful participants to a direct experience of one universal conscious awareness, only seemingly divided, to allow this play of life... Which it is projecting...
You have a wonderful intuition...
Blessings on your journey....
There are indeed, billions of us..being one Being. You see, l know Father God, and He wanted tons of us to create our best character, independently, yet ultimately all for one and one for all. Thus does Jesus weed out the life haters. Heaven remains, in us and us in Heaven. We belong to each other.
also think it's just one, fragmented
Yes, I feel a sense of being one with many having experiences. But we are just one being. We'll see. I need to take life less seriously.
Yes it is just one. Consciousness is an information system and it's able to partition it'self into many smaller "walled off" units of awareness with their own experience. An information systems purpose is to lower entropy (create more information) in order to "stay alive". Creating more separate units of consciousness is logically nessisary to create more opportunity and possibilities to lower entropy. Yes it's the same consciousness but the many units are separated but obviously created using the same consciousness
Thank you for continuing to explore this immense subject. Dr. Hoffman is one of my favorite scientific explorers. I am beginning to have a basic understanding of the concepts he is discussing, now what can we do with it? I'm open to any input here.
I’d say “consciousness” is not “what it feels like”. Rather it’s the “fact” that you are experiencing. What “it feels like” is interpretation, not consciousness. With other words consciousness is awareness. Or awareness of being aware. Now.. can you be aware of being aware without being aware of anything in particular “outside” (like the taste of vanilla) ? Many/some spiritual traditions claims exactly that.
I've been looking for a Donald Hoffman interview that captures everything I love about his perspectives, and this is it! Thank you so much, Rabbi Jacobs, for engaging him the way you did. I'm going to bookmark this video and use it to introduce my friends Hoffman's ideas.
Regarding what actually is there and not the boy on the bicycle, remember the definition of a particle is now “an excitation of a field”. There is “no thing” at the core of the atom.
It is most probable that this reality is a form of construct ( not necessary digital) , as the digital metaverse will be on the 7th day. We collectively may be the authors of this reality, the designed and developers. The metaverse is a duplication of sorts and the best comparison for now.
39:40. Amazing and suprising and eye opening dialogue!!
when you are real, you will see reality real.
That was enlightening, especially your last question and answer..I think much of the direction that the field might move in is revealed in Near Death Experiences that abound on the web of which I have recently taken a deep dive.(more like dipped in my little toe) I think this is true, because those NDE's have transcended space and time.
Wow! I loved this. Just discovered your interview series today. Will definitely be listening to more shows! Thanks for doing them 👍
By definition, the word "reality" is referring to whatever IS real. It might not be what we THINK it is, but whatever it REALLY is, it's REAL.
Wonderful guest !
Thank you. This was an excellent discussion with Dr. Hoffman. One of the best interviews of his in recent times. Great job!
Consciousness is ALL there IS!! Time does not Move but Consciousness Move Thru Time!
Insightful, humble and brilliant!
This reality is not a complete illusion, it's illusory. We are still here having very real experiences.
Only because we believe we are. Having accepted it into our minds as true, it seems very real to us. Yet this works is a perceptual temper tantrum from which we must awaken.
@@messenjah71 if u get a cut u feel it
Pain is real
Senses are real
2:21 Being Sentient is possible because of the structure of the life atom.... the soul that is having a different structure of the atom.
I wish Donald Hoffman would give a creative example of what the greater reality could be like, more colors? More sounds? More ideas? More voices in my head? 😉
No, totally without content, like in dreamless sleep
Matter doesn't really exist. Deep down it's mostly empty space.
Regardless how one defines reality, it's all past tense in the making....and past tense doesn't esist
Experiment to explore personal inner reality: Sing *HU* daily. Search how to sing *HU* . A simple, safe sonic tuning fork.
37:48: The discussion of scientific ideas depends on the precise definition of words, or, in other words, an agreement between participants in the discussion of what concept a word signifies. In this context, what is the scientific definition of the word "truth"? In other words, in the context of the idea you're expressing, Dr. Hoffman, what is meant when you utter the word truth here? The implication of this whole discussion is that the ultimate goal of science is to finally discover ultimate truth. The tricky part here, though, is defining exactly what that word means, precisely and repeatably and in a way that can be used to predict everything else (since we are, in fact, looking for that which is ultimate - which explains all - explanation being a function of language). The problem is that science itself, including all the concepts we agree on, are all products of a human consciousness that seeks to define it. In other words, all science, all religion, all "TRUTH" depends on a pre-existent human consciousness. The very concept of truth is a human contruct. Recurse much?
All of this eventually boils down to humanity attempting to develop language that enables it to annunciate to itself what it already knows but cannot articulate. Religion (which is a superset that includes all philosophy, which itself includes all science) is merely our attempt to explain to each other - using language - what we, each of us, already knows, in a way that is fundamental and therefore beyond language. Our inability to do this is what makes us feel so separate from each other. Our desire to do this is what drives us: our desire to connect to our counterparts in creation, and to connect to our creator, whether we believe in such an entity or not.
I have no idea how to articulate my point. And that's the point.
It's interesting that, only now, science is discovering that its digital attempts to describe what religion calls creation is coming to sound more and more like what religion has described for thousands of years, but in analog, as opposed to digital, language.
There could be a "what if" variable affixed to any an every question, description or depiction of any object(s) which simultaneously exist in, and share the same vibrational frequencies, while occupying the same dimensional fabric of space. Whether it's "real" or "perceived" in either "one" or "multiple" imaginations, dreams, mathematics, ideas, scenarios, possiblities, theories, beliefs, etc, etc. An analogy might be to say, that at the bottom of a pool of water there is no air, and in contrast say, that on top of a hilltop in open air, there is no water. This is proved to be true that in one environment water is devoid of air, and in the other environment, air is devoid of water, but it would also be untrue to say that one or both do not exist. They still both really "exist" as individual entities, each "one" without the knowledge or need for the existence of the other, but nonetheless they both exist. Therefore one could alter this "existing"' environment by adding complexity to one, or both, the pool of water or the airy hilltop, by introducing another completely seperate individual "entity" such as temperature. In turn this could alter the "existence" of the water and the air, either seperately, or simultaneously, and/or facilitate the existence, "consciously" or "unconsciously" of an entirely new variable such as waves or wind...
There is a single consciousness, and we are the temporal delusions of that consciousness. It believes in its existence through Darwinian measures, therefore that’s the only means it has to perceive itself. Each person is simply a nerve center for that consciousness. This consciousness is only flirting with the idea of infinity. It may yet accept that it is infinite, at which point perceived reality will change. For what we know, this could all be true.
Is he also stating fitness payoffs explain evolution? In other words, why didn't everything remain a single cell organism if fitness payoffs were working? Was evolving a means to accessing other fitness payoffs because resources were scarce?
16:05 I actually have a comment for this. Evolution doesn't say the next offspring "has" to be better than its predecessor. Offsprings are randomly better or worse or indifferent from their predecessors, humans included. Those who are worse off, like Romeo and Juliet killing themselves in the name of love, die, and so they do not reproduce. Those who reproduced then give birth to new offspring who once again are randomly better, worse or indifferent - some couples who did not kill themselves in in the name of love, could indeed give birth to another Romeo or Juliet. Humans are not "off" in terms of evolution. The theory notes that mutations are random, for better or for worse or for nothing. Natural selection is only concerned with the binary question of whether you reproduced or not. And offspring with mutations that increase their fitness level tend to reproduce more. But that doesn't mean offspring with mutations that decrease their fitness don't exist. They do. They're just less likely to reproduce themselves. But they do exist. You can even have two offspring, one with better fitness and one with worse fitness, from the same set of parents. One sibling has a higher chance of reproducing. But the other sibling still exists regardless of whether they reproduce or not. Mutations are random. Selection goes through that randomness, and the ones who are subject to this selection are not the offspring, but the parents themselves. Those who reproduced are the selected ones. Their offspring are only random variations of themselves, and a whole other selection awaits for them as well - those who reproduce are selected, and those who are produced carry random mutations for better, for worse, or for nothing.
Howdy.
I believe this is just another version of Plato's Cave Analogy. We can only see shadows of reality on the cave walls.
If I put my hand in a kettle of boiling water I will feel terrible pain. That is real enough for me.
I think this discussion is scholastics. I see nothing useful coming out of it.
But yes. I recognize that many good things have been discovered from exploring stuff just for the pleasure of exploring. Penicillin is a good example.
Regards.
Well put, agreed.
We're all observers, no knowing what we are observing.... says the blind guy.
It's real..or not real are ideas. For sure reality.. is just not the way it is being percieved.. Its just that the Subject-object dichotomy is an illusion. Let me stirr some questions to probe deep investigation into Reality... Is God/Creator an object in space? If God is an object in space... wouldn't Space be the medium that created the 'Creator'? If there is only one 'substance/medium' .. how it is possible to have many things springing from it? For many things to spring from it, the 'substance' will need an additonal medium (such as space for an analogy)... Hope this will break the illusion of me-others... for those who can.
That is very odd, as that happens to be exactly what only the most truthful sighted persons say as well
Good questions, particularly "Where does Consciousness come from" Ans.: Consciousness "In-Itself" is eternally preexisting and all-pervasive, but not merely "in" things. All things in the universe are expressions of Consciousness, but this Knowledge is obscured by false identification of the true nature of existence, (Maya). To cut through the Maya, no problem. We can listen to a mantra from the Rig Veda: "Mahamritunjaya mantra - Sacred Sounds Choir", for 5 min per day for two weeks. In short order you will tap into the Ein Sof mentioned in the Zohar. (Sat-Chit-Ananda), Aristotle's "Being-In-Itself", the One of Plotinus, the Tao.
3 minutes in, already blown away.
There is only consciousness.
Reality is different for each one of us , Your truth is not my Truth, Every thing is a Story , I ve heard so many Stories but came to see yep there just Stories
Yeah I tried that at the bank once I said your truth is not my truth I should have 10 million dollars in the bank I was almost escorted out by police why don't people understand their truth is not my truth
@@roastedvegetables3737 lol oh so funny
@@larzhillbot1443 what you're basically saying is there is no objective truth there is just your truth which is subjective and my truth which is also subjective, if there is no objective truth then the question is "is that true?"
People get more immersed in video games than what we call reality. If you could plug a brain into a video game you wouldn't know it wasn't "reality". Really isn't that far fetched of an idea.
Also, the universe being rng driven makes me sense than any other theory. I can never roll above 50.
read this carefully, it is more important, there's someone wrote this in more details about two years ago: What generates consciousness type one is self-concept itself. Consciousness type two is just a small part of self-concept, even though it plays a main role in the background such as using cerebellum to make a very sophisticated mathematical operations, for high accuracy tasks such as in shooting, driving, .... etc. Involuntary nervous system, immune system, ..... Self-concept uses consciousness type one to recognize the inner and outer world but there is better definition. Self-concept is one of the most advanced coding systems in existence itself, it works deeper than genes, and deeper than so-called quantum physics. It's governed by science and only science but very sophisticated. it works in the fundamental building blocks of existence itself. Humans have to focus on consciousness type one that's more than enough to master science. the current mathematics, physics, ... are incomplete and include many mistakes too, it will take time to revise and improve science, that time humans can think seriously to understand consciousness type one. In consciousness type one self-concept uses right side of the brain to resemble itself and the left side for logical judgment, control, but actually who is in more control is the right side, there is a strong interactions between who uses both is the same one, that is the secret of that dialog in the brain, it's more complicated than that of course but it is just to concise. there was more details about space-time, Gravity, entanglement, superposition, consciousness, awareness, concept of infinity, numbers,...... He wrote them on one of the UA-cam channels, they are hidden or deleted purposely, but he has sent them per email before, and...... there was only one condition from the beginning: steal but do not pollute, I knew all this from the beginning, I have told them this is not for you it is for future generations, they could not digest that, human logic and ..... logic are completely different, the only thing they can do is polluting human logic, I am not interested in the world of .... because it is not my world. all I care about is that the message reaches future generation clean and not polluted. it is not COVID-19 effect or revelation from the sky, it is a thievery using patching techniques through thievery. many want to steal a specific model "self-concept" lately they imitate a specific model. there's someone wrote this in more details, the main goal is thievery, they want to build a similar model using patching techniques of thievery: by the way, the location of self-concept is the brain-stem and the surrounding area but reaches the the vital organs during awake, it generates so-called personal identity too, which continue throughout the person's life, ..... all this hid or deleted purposely, probably it is a thievery. for sure he has heard of many thieves lately (between utter thievery and patching techniques using thievery) ! in some cases such as severe psychological trauma self-concept disconnects the left side of the brain "it does work but partially works and in chaos" they are committing a real crimes against future generations by stealing or using patching techniques of thievery, he told them from the beginning it is a message for future generations, you can steal "whole package" but do not pollute, but they did not respect the deal. Many thieves have stolen what he has wrote, they use thievery as patching techniques, some replaced what he has wrote with their illusions such as meta-consciousness, sub-consciousness some other apes have stolen what he has wrote literally. He wrote about most of the main scientific and philosophical topics. That was on one of the UA-cam channels “closer to truth as comments”
Have you heard of something called a paragraph
It does not make a difference whether the physical world is simulated by an external entity "simulator" or not. If it is simulated then the result of each physical experiment we perform is also simulated and therefore there is no experiment that can tell whether the physical world is simulated or not. It is a dead end regarding the capabilities of science. What we can say is that in a model of physics which is based on events was wave functions and not on particles as wave functions, there must be a universal deterministic reference object and since there is not determinism in the observed Nature, such a reference is metaphysical.
Quantum mechanics has particle determinism
@@coldblackice the determinism is always external to Nature. If a model is based on events as wave functions and not on particles as wave functions the the probability of an event sums up to 1 on an observer manifold. Such ideas are not new and can be seen in the work of H.S. Snyder from 1947. See Snyder's spacetime. The problem with Snyder's approach and other modern approaches is that they are algebraic (e.g. based on non commutative relations) rather than geometric. Geometry, as my professor Nathan Rosen from EPR, ER always said is inherent to Nature. The approach today is to try to show spacetime is emergent from particles and not the other way around. Dr. Sam Vaknin in 1982 reached the conclusion that time is fundamental to physics and not particles.
13:43 - it also costs the fitness payoff to create a completely different world than what is already out there ! Reality was already out there, WE came later & the fitness payoff would work to keep us alive & prosper based on the laws of Reality. Why would it create a brand new world than what is already out there & what about the cost of doing that? It must be HUGE and totally unnecessary
If reality isn't real is this world actually unreality and it's lying to us about what unreality actually is?
Excellent interview, great questions asked
If reality is zero, therefore one is not real. We have nothing in the zero dimension and a point in the first dimension. So many points are rendered as shapes in higher dimensions compared to later cubes. Many hidden reality icons. Zero is meaningless unless a number, if reality is meaningless zero, our life is unreal, there are many icons. The soul and the afterlife or immortality from nothingness or zero or outer spacetime are meaningless and therefore forbidden. Hallucinates our senses and triggers irrelevant assumptions.
It's that little word again and again and again!
Telly Savalas
had a number 1 hit with this word.
There is just certain things that cannot be answered
Many know reality isn’t at all what it seems
Every thing is a Story
@@larzhillbot1443 of course, and there is no one to tell stories. No on driving the bus
Well it works for me. The hell with me if I can't take a joke.
I think using spiritual is more precise than religious. There is nothing religious about consciousness.
You should get Thomas Campbell on, he also believes consciousness is what space time stems from.
I know one thing, everything is meant to be. because our bodies not gonna understand things not already in their system. I get future information and become reality, at that time, I thought it is impossible but when it happens.. I realized that everything in our brains, nothing their out side..
He killed it with the questions, good job 👍
Here is my answer: Consciousness is a Mandelbrot set. There, done....now it's Miller time.....
the end has no end -emerson lake and palmer lyric
Are they at MIT?
The singular word 'reality' is insufficient. Experienced and phenomenal reality generated by the observer seems to be meant by Donald's use of the word. Whereas the word 'truth' is used by him for reality other than " the user interface" product ( I have been calling Donald's 'user interface' 'Image reality' and his 'icons' -'observation products'). Not only are there the 'user interface' products, there is the 'other side' of the interface where sensors and sense organs receive inputs; Stimuli such as photons,, pressure waves, air borne and dissolved chemicals. Produced, reflected or emitted by source material existence. Consciousness may be just the experience itself, or foundational to production of experience. However that does not make it foundational to noumenal, source, Object reality independent of experience. Significantly we interface with potential sensory information ( stimuli) not with the material sources directly. This has implications for the understanding of time. Necessarily there is delay between production, emission or reflection of potential stimuli and receipt and production of experience using sensory information generated from using the inputs.
Reality is real in the reality of the real world
My new understandings of what many call 'God' - resulting from some of the extraordinary ongoing after-effects relating to my NDE...
Myoho-Renge-Kyo represents the identity of what some scientists are now referring to as the unified field of consciousnesses. In other words, it’s the essence of all existence and non-existence - the ultimate creative force behind planets, stars, nebulae, people, animals, trees, fish, birds, and all phenomena, manifest or latent. All matter and intelligence are simply waves or ripples manifesting to and from this core source. Consciousness (enlightenment) is itself the actual creator of everything that exists now, ever existed in the past, or will exist in the future - right down to the minutest particles of dust - each being an individual ripple or wave. The big difference between chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo and most other conventional prayers is that instead of depending on a ‘middleman’ to connect us to our state of inner enlightenment, we’re able to do it ourselves. That’s because chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo allows us to tap directly into our enlightened state by way of this self-produced sound vibration. ‘Who or What Is God?’ If we compare the concept of God being a separate entity that is forever watching down on us, to the teachings of Nichiren, it makes more sense to me that the true omnipotence, omniscience and omnipresence of what most people perceive to be God, is the fantastic state of enlightenment that exists within each of us. Some say that God is an entity that’s beyond physical matter - I think that the vast amount of information continuously being conveyed via electromagnetic waves in today’s world gives us proof of how an invisible state of God could indeed exist. For example, it’s now widely known that specific data relayed by way of electromagnetic waves has the potential to help bring about extraordinary and powerful effects - including an instant global awareness of something or a mass emotional reaction. It’s also common knowledge that these invisible waves can easily be used to detonate a bomb or to enable NASA to control the movements of a robot as far away as the Moon or Mars - none of which is possible without a receiver to decode the information that’s being transmitted. Without the receiver, the data would remain impotent. In a very similar way, we need to have our own ‘receiver’ switched on so that we can activate a clear and precise understanding of our own life, all other life and what everything else in existence is. Chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo each day helps us to achieve this because it allows us to reach the core of our enlightenment and keep it switched on. That’s because Myoho-Renge-Kyo represents the identity of what scientists now refer to as the unified field of consciousnesses. To break it down - Myoho represents the Law of manifestation and latency (Nature) and consists of two alternating states. For example, the state of Myo is where everything in life that’s not obvious to us exists - including our stored memories when we’re not thinking about them - our hidden potential and inner emotions whenever they’re dormant - our desires, our fears, our wisdom, happiness, karma - and more importantly, our enlightenment. The other state, ho, is where everything in Life exists whenever it becomes evident to us, such as when a thought pops up from within our memory - whenever we experience or express our emotions - or whenever a good or bad cause manifests as an effect from our karma. When anything becomes apparent, it merely means that it’s come out of the state of Myo (dormancy/latency) and into a state of ho (manifestation). It’s the difference between consciousness and unconsciousness, being awake or asleep, or knowing and not knowing. The second law - Renge - Ren meaning cause and ge meaning effect, governs and controls the functions of Myoho - these two laws of Myoho and Renge, not only function together simultaneously but also underlies all spiritual and physical existence. The final and third part of the tri-combination - Kyo, is the Law that allows Myoho to integrate with Renge - or vice versa. It’s the great, invisible thread of energy that fuses and connects all Life and matter - as well as the past, present and future. It’s also sometimes termed the Universal Law of Communication - perhaps it could even be compared with the string theory that many scientists now suspect exists. Just as the cells in our body, our thoughts, feelings and everything else is continually fluctuating within us - all that exists in the world around us and beyond is also in a constant state of flux - constantly controlled by these three fundamental laws. In fact, more things are going back and forth between the two states of Myo and ho in a single moment than it would ever be possible to calculate or describe. And it doesn’t matter how big or small, famous or trivial anything or anyone may appear to be, everything that’s ever existed in the past, exists now or will exist in the future, exists only because of the workings of the Laws ‘Myoho-Renge-Kyo’ - the basis of the four fundamental forces, and if they didn’t function, neither we nor anything else could go on existing. That’s because all forms of existence, including the seasons, day, night, birth, death and so on, are moving forward in an ongoing flow of continuation - rhythmically reverting back and forth between the two fundamental states of Myo and ho in absolute accordance with Renge - and by way of Kyo. Even stars are dying and being reborn under the workings of what the combination ‘Myoho-Renge-Kyo’ represents. Nam, or Namu - which mean the same thing, are vibrational passwords or keys that allow us to reach deep into our life and fuse with or become one with ‘Myoho-Renge-Kyo’. On a more personal level, nothing ever happens by chance or coincidence, it’s the causes that we’ve made in our past, or are presently making, that determine how these laws function uniquely in each of our lives - as well as the environment from moment to moment. By facing east, in harmony with the direction that the Earth is spinning, and chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo for a minimum of, let’s say, ten minutes daily to start with, any of us can experience actual proof of its positive effects in our lives - even if it only makes us feel good on the inside, there will be a definite positive effect. That’s because we’re able to pierce through the thickest layers of our karma and activate our inherent Buddha Nature (our enlightened state). By so doing, we’re then able to bring forth the wisdom and good fortune that we need to challenge, overcome and change our adverse circumstances - turn them into positive ones - or manifest and gain even greater fulfilment in our daily lives from our accumulated good karma. This also allows us to bring forth the wisdom that can free us from the ignorance and stupidity that’s preventing us from accepting and being proud of the person that we indeed are - regardless of our race, colour, gender or sexuality. We’re also able to see and understand our circumstances and the environment far more clearly, as well as attract and connect with any needed external beneficial forces and situations. As I’ve already mentioned, everything is subject to the law of Cause and Effect - the ‘actual-proof-strength’ resulting from chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo always depends on our determination, sincerity and dedication. For example, the levels of difference could be compared to making a sound on a piano, creating a melody, producing a great song, and so on. Something else that’s very important to always respect and acknowledge is that the Law (or if you prefer God) is in everyone and everything. NB: There are frightening and disturbing sounds, and there are tranquil and relaxing sounds. It’s the emotional result of any noise or sound that can trigger off a mood or even instantly change one. When chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo each day, we are producing a sound vibration that’s the password to our true inner-self - this soon becomes apparent when you start reassessing your views on various things - such as your fears and desires etc. The best way to get the desired result when chanting is not to view things conventionally - rather than reaching out to an external source, we need to reach into our own lives and bring our needs and desires to fruition from within - including the good fortune and strength to achieve any help that we may need. Chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo also reaches out externally and draws us towards, or draws towards us, what we need to make us happy from our environment. For example, it helps us to be in the right place at the right time - to make better choices and decisions and so forth. We need to think of it as a seed within us that we’re watering and bringing sunshine to for it to grow, blossom and bring forth fruit or flowers. It’s also important to understand that everything we need in life, including the answer to every question and the potential to achieve every dream, already exists within us. My autobiography explaining how I, and others I've told, have used this chant to change our poisons into medicine titled: 'Saved by the Light of the Buddha Within', is now available at Amazon Books for 99cents (the lowest Amazon allowed me to price it)To read more about Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo please read Tina Turner's new book: Happiness Becomes You -- or Google 'Let go, and let God' by Olivia Newton-John.
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I Am the portal between science and spirituality. 😉
pardon me for walking across you so much. .
Human reality is only virtual reality. The realm of nature is the absolute truth. And It is absolutely nothing. There are just objects lying around without names and meanings.
The physicalists are trying to find the orchestra inside the radio, put your hand in a meat grinder and tell me if its real.
i have wondered since i was a kid if people see the things as i do such is there concept green same as mine
Same here!
YOU ARE consciousness silly...you don't have YOU ARE.
I have wrote that in more details: the creation of space time, they replaced creation with generating "the same", there was a lot about space, time, gravity, infinity, numbers, ..... some have been already stolen.
the two cycles ....... humans live in cycle one but in the background in cycle two,.......
He is certainly a difficult man to deal with, but you two should look at Ken Wheeler's youtube channel. He is an "expert" on field theory and magnetism. He has a very different view of the nature of the universe than most "physicists" and translates ancient Pali the language of Theravāda Buddhism.
More like: What if 3d space-time is not base reality?
Please get donald hoffman and thomas campbell together, if those two get together they may end up coming up with the best quantum theary
So what would the real reality look like ?
Pretty weird
North Shore Reformed Church? They did in fact digest that type of food very well.... It did help me on my way. A lot. I'm not saying it because of my case.
It is real,sub atomic particles have non microscopic existence too
We make our own reality in fact the entire world was made for you and the world was just created
"The only thing I am certain of is that we are wrong about everything we claim to know about the nature of reality". -Me
I'm not falling for any of this bullshit. It's neat though. I used to kind of think I was a bit mad for feeling this way. I have always instinctually felt that nothing is as it seems. Now I know I'm just really smart! I also suspect that a large percentage, if not all other people are not even "real". Hell, I'm pretty convinced that at least 50% of all humans are low function NPCs in the most literal sense.
This is the best definition of a narcissist I have found so far in my life. Don't mind me though, I am just another npc.
@@ericg3810 I also have very large biceps, great health and a robotic vacuum cleaner. Life is good my friend. Life is good.
Settle down, NPC
Heaven works the same way as Ecoli 14:40 - Christians and Muslims are settling for little - they are asking God to GIVE them food, keep them safe, procreate and live in a nice house
The same things that prostitutes, leeches, parasites want when they seek rich Sugar Daddies
Sit around doing nothing living the good life while someone else picks up the bill
Hinduism says well if that is all you want - then you will be reborn as a Dog
Think about it - the dog leads a nice life - free food, nice mansion (to a dog every house is a mansion), cared for & kept safe. No work, no worries - the dog lays about all day! Heaven!
What dog has access to 72 virgins
@@coldblackice Its not like these books are talking reality - just ancient people making up things - guys want sex so "sure there will be lots of sex for you in heaven" & dogs, especially street dogs, do get a lot of sex
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At the end of the day the idea of Heaven is about running away from REAL LIFE & hiding in a fantasy - no work, no worries, free food, shelter, someone nicely cares for them while they just sit & shamelessly sponge off them
God doesn't need to build a fantasy Charity Retirement Home for these people, all He has to do is change THEM!
As dogs, cats, Pigs, trees they get the life they want
Hello it is 4:56 a.m. I'm in my bed I'm thinking of things in my head what if the meteor shower that killed the dinosaurs was it a mistake but met to destroy everything and not create I seen some things that I can't explain that it feels like it's the matrix I seen the sun flash before I seen clouds in the sky that disappeared quickly and they were clouds not to smoke I felt something touching me in my bed my place isn't haunted but it felt like something and then my stomach was feeling odd
Also some of these people on TV and things how do I know if they're real or not I never seen them in real life how do I know they exist or is this part of the code. Are you real or is this fake video I want to know if you're real I would like to meet you in person
You could spend the rest of your life toiling back and forth wondering that, only to reach the end of your life and think to yourself "Well damn, did all that wondering ever bring me any enlightenment, or make me any better, any happier? What a waste of time and life."
Maybe this life is "really real" or maybe it's only "fake real", a dream within a dream. But either way, it's all we have at the present, so we might as well embrace it and make the best of it, keeping an open mind for if we someday learn otherwise.
But there's no sense falling down the neverending rabbit hole of "What if this is all fake" -- ultimately there is never any way to truly know, and so all we can do is go forward and make the best of it.
Matter,/Stuff-side,/Motion-Ocean, - Life, and Consciousness, is Eternal,
the three X's, (Has No Origin)
X1-Life, X2-Consciousness, X3-Matter, = X0, (The Eternal Living Being)
What if we are an aliens video game
when this video was recorded ?
We are made in the image and likeness of God
I heard reality it is fake i believe in real life
What could precede consciousness? It can’t have emerged, surely.
Tell the real agents i am a vicim of fake reality i give up no my dreams four good
If we create the boy riding the bike, is he conscious too? And why are most of the people I create so horrible?
There is no such thing as "objective reality" and this have been known for centuries.
This is only intellectual ego talk. Trying to explain consciousness . . . from the same level of consciousness where it is explored . . . see the issue here ? I guess you don't . . .
What came first? The chicken or the egg?
Chicken or the Egg ?
Ask a Scientist and they will spend Two hours explaining how they don't know.
A wise Person knows he doesn't know and will take ten seconds to say he doesn't know
You cannot explain the Word.................Supernatural , because we are not the Creator of Everything
Humans are Dumber than a Box of Rocks , that is Reality , Live with it
If it wasn't for the Knowledge from the Fallen Angels Humans wouldn't know how to tie their Shoe Laces lol
This is even worst than solipsism.cmon!
What is real?, what is the origin of everything and nothing, by removing these two concepts you left with unknown "unimaginable",in possible to describe state...???
Define "Real».
If Reality Isn't Real, Why The Experience? I Won't Accept Answers From Any Religious Ideology. The Gods of The Bible Aren't The SUPREME RULER!
Mentions the loaded psyop meme that is "evolution" ...me: -bye bye NPC's..
Where does bacon 🥓 from? Answer this simple question?
Then tell me pigs 🐖 aren't real.
He lost me with this religious crap - esp talking about Christianity & Islam - these are simple, primitive, backward Master/Slave religions - ancient people living under Kings/Dictators used them as their template for God - "we must get down on our knees, swear loyalty & obedience to the master & only to this master. He will be pleased and reward us(heaven)"
Simple, primitive ideas from simple, primitive people
What is crazy is to see bright educated people blindly following these ideas
REAL?.......ONE DAY SOON THIS WORD WILL BE OBSOLETE..
According to Dr. Guy McPherson. Only four years left.
The interviewer constant throat clearing is very annoying and disturbing
This world, your current experience, is one of LIMITATION. That which is limited is IRRATIONAL by definition. And an irrational experience is called INSANITY. Want to know why you are experiencing insanity rather than the limitless rationality of base Reality? This information has finally been revealed and published for the first time in recorded history. And it only takes about 5 minutes to read a free online book that explains everything. But that's all I'll say about it. Seek and ye shall find. This post gives you all the tools you need, if you are a seeker.
Dear. I have been seeking for the book and I found several ones that might be the book you are referring to. Can you please tell the title of the book. Thanks
What is unreal is matter. What is unreal is the belief in subject/object.
What is unreal is the brain...and all that is attributed to the brain, etc.
Matter is nothing other than the belief in objectivity. It is just a belief, without a believer. The atom is empty space. The only Reality is the one, indivisible divine Awareness.
He's likely referring to a religious text, like the bible
is it also that searching too much on concousness can make you mad and that is one of the fittness payoffs that you talking about in evolution theory?
just a funny remarque, Donald looks a little like captain Spock of star trake, is that by chance?
Man what the hell are people thinking these days!! I believe in consciousness for sure but we make the reality when we get hungry or get in a car accident or getting shot, etc!!! Come on with a better something to state your case