"It's true, there might be things we will never know, but why is that?
Is it that humans are not intelligent or as advanced enough to know what 'everything' is? Is it something we could never even understand? Or is it because the mysteries of this universe aren't meant to be known?
I am always asking myself Why? For example, Why is the universe here? Is this a question that can be answered with scientific reasoning or is it a spiritual answer I must fine within myself? This is just one little example, my brain is always asking why to everything. Why am I here? Is there a God? Why don't I know?
My main question though that I would ask to you Bluelighters is, do you think it is possible that our human race could ever know everything? If not, why not? Are the powers and forces of this universe so powerful that perhaps some things just simply can't be known, or that these mysteries of the universe are meant to be unknown by some higher power?
Are we really limited by knowledge? Or is knowledge endless?"
To answer your main question first: "do you think it is possible that our human race could ever know everything? If not, why not? Are the powers and forces of this universe so powerful that perhaps some things just simply can't be known, or that these mysteries of the universe are meant to be unknown by some higher power?"
I have come to the understanding that you may know everything in this entire world, you may read every book a thousand times, you may have traveled to every city, but if you dont know yourself, everything of which you know, you know falsely. But it is true on the contrary. You may not know anything at all of the world, but if you only know yourself, than you will have already known the very principle by which all else is known, thus knowing all things. I believe in society today, we are all pursuing or at least trying to pursue truth, but through the wrong means. We are looking to answer the questions of a spiritual essence in the material world and we wonder why we are all lost. We are looking to find the answers to ourselves, outside of ourselves, and we wonder why we suffer. Its as if we have an itch on or head, but we are scratching our foot! The answer we seek lies within, this is what all true spiritual teachers will tell you and it seems so obvious, so when then why cant we find "it"? well the answer is because we have then started seeking inwardly, with the same means we have been using outwardly, which is through rationale and logical thinking. But truth is never logic! truth is here right now! so what we are doing is bringing the world inside, but what we must do, is distinguish between the two; ourselves and the world. the world is the mirror opposite of the self, know thy self, know the world. If you mix the two you cannot find peace. Your self will always be in the world, and you will not remain at peace. Once u can seperate and distinguish between the two, peace will result. You will laugh and say "oh, I still am, and there is the world too!" So to distinguish between the world and yourself, you cannot think about it, because thinking about it is putting yourself in the world and thus prolonging the problem, which is you are in the world. To pull yourself out of the world, you seek within, but not through thought. you seek within through direct cognition, through direct seeing. You do not need any outside influence to see yourself, you dont need any external light, you dont need anything or anyone, because you are simply looking at the very essence of your own being. you do this by feeling and seeing directly, without thought. This is our problem. we are looking within, but we are looking within through thought, through the worlds mind and we arent distinguishing between the two; ourself and the world thus causing us to suffer. I believe truth is to be known and felt by each and every individual reguardless of race or circumstance because we are all gods children and truth be thy name!
Your second question: Why is the universe here? Is this a question that can be answered with scientific reasoning or is it a spiritual answer I must fine within myself? This is just one little example, my brain is always asking why to everything. Why am I here? Is there a God? Why don't I know?
Why is the universe here? Well to be honest, i dont think there is a point to existence, other than for the sake of being so. For our enjoyment, and ultimately, for gods enjoyment. This question can be answered through understanding the very essence of ourselves, as we are made in the image of god and god is the universe. if we may understand the very essence of ourselves as an image of god and the universe, we will be understanding the same essence of the universe because as terence mckenna said "nature is self similar across scale" and "as is the macrocosm, so is the microcosm" So then, when you look deep down within yourself, what is the thing that you ultimately desire? it is but of two poles; love and peace on one side, or power and fear on the other. This is the same duality as darkness and light, awake and asleep. To be awake would be to be enlightened; open to the love and light of god and with this comes peace. To be asleep would be to not know the light and love of god, to be in deep darkness and with this comes great fear of death because you feel like you havnt lived a day and yet u are already going to die. you feel this way because you are miserable without the light and love of god. you dont seek light or love, all u seek is power! so you see there is awake and asleep, or peace and power, which are the two fundamental principles we seek to be acquainted with and through gods unlimited opulence, he gives us the choice to choose. So, to summarize, there is no point for our being here other than for us to seek out and choose between staying asleep or waking up to the truth of god. This is just one turn of the wheel of existence in a game of roulette and we get to choose whether we place our bets on black or white, as the wheel turns a thousand and one times.
your third question: "Is it that humans are not intelligent or as advanced enough to know what 'everything' is? Is it something we could never even understand? Or is it because the mysteries of this universe aren't meant to be known?"
Humans are in fact the only species on the planet who are capable of understanding what everything is. We are the bridge between the animals and the angels, getting the best of both worlds. You will have to realize that god created everything, so to understand god, would be to understand everything, for god is in all things. The problem we face as humans, is the contamination of society with the darkness and ignorance of illusion, far from the reality and truth of god. We are stuck seeking the truth external to ourselves, when in fact, the truth is to be understood only from internal seeking. Finally, when we do start internal seeking, we bring with us our logical and rationale mind of the world, adding to our confusion. We must stop associating ourselves with the world, and it this isnt possible, which is probably isnt these days, we must not be attached to the associations we do make with the world. Truth isnt a conditioning, its a de-conditioning. you have to un-program all the crap and lies that society tells you is true, look within your heart and deepest emotions, and find the truth there through direct cognition.
) a little bit, much appreciated bluelighters thanks for the help!