my point exactly.
alasdair
sorry, i misunderstood
but we do see that technology, awareness and so on are growing exponentially
so although 5000 years is indeed nothing compared to the span of life on earth, we are at a turning point. and spiritual awakening is raising faster everyday
so you are saying that the universe is awakening ?
but if the universe is awakening where does it end
wouldnt the universe become some kind of "god" (omniscient, omnipresent, omni benevolent) eventually
if we, as the universe, are awakening, will it eventually end with us being "gods" traveling through space and time as we please
no one knows for sure, but i do have hopes
the first time i had such an experience (feeling universal consciousness), i felt it so strongly that i seriously wondered if going down in the street i would just feel who had been trhough the same realisation
as if it gave us an aura or something that made it obvious to others
for a moment i thought this "magic" was going to appear in my life
that i would just cross someone and that we would both feel tht we knew we shared the same consciousness
it didn't happen
but compared to the whole population, it's only a minority who is aware of this concept, and even less who actually have experienced it and have stayed convinced
if this number grows, i have hope that some kind of connection will appear between humans
towards sharing emotions or even telepathy
i don't know if the rise of awareness will have an end, but there is certainly a limestone : when every human would be aware of sharing the same consciousness
then it depends on your theory on consciousness
i have the feeling that consciousness is everywhere and rises where complex organisms appear
in that sense, latent consciousness would be even in the air around us, rocks, plants, etc.
awareness could then develop itself until numbing the differences between individuals, things and so on
would it then give rise to a consciousness able to act and think on its own, i have no idea
maybe it's already the case to a lesser, less self aware degree
the universe would then act kind of inconsiously
this would explain many curiosity in evolution, such as mimetism, etc.
it's only a theory. but one i like
if we, as the universe, are awakening, will it eventually end with us being "gods" traveling through space and time as we please
no idea either, but we can dream about it
learning about quantum physics, we see that the world has many surprises for us in reserve
we don't know the limit of thepossible
but we actually are starting to take the role which was so far attributed to "god"
humans are creating new species, fighting deseases, splitting atoms, fighting death, etc.
travel through space and time will depend on the rules of the universe
but what is within the rules of the universe, we are discovering, and we are using
at first a baby (as the universe is) acts without being aware of what it is doing
then it slowly starts acting willingly
that's where we are now
I am not a smart man by any means
that at least shows some wisdom
“I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.”
Socrates
since there is no concept of "amounts" of time because of its infinity
there is countable time from the birth if this universe to today
this is what we call the life of the universe
we don't know about the future
but when asked how old you are, you give your age, not the age at which you will die
