@IndigoApostle I don't believe all is one undifferentiated thing, absent of divisions or varying attributes. I believe that all things are in one way or another connected into a single whole and that all things are required in order for any one thing to exist. I'm not sure how you personally define "soul," but I believe the universe always expresses a duality (light-dark, physical-nonphysical, mind-body, etc.). I view our true body (that which is the physical) to be infinite and everlasting.
@GuyusSeralius I believe there is truly only one thing, reality - and that everything encompassed within is merely a temporary expression of reality, if all things are connected by a unified whole then they all ultimately stem from the same source - therefore any concepts of physical and nonphysical, or light and dark could not be separate instead (I believe) they are the same thing viewed from two different perspectives
@IndigoApostle I agree with most of what you said in your comment. As I have expressed in my writings and in some of my videos, reality, life, the universe is the ultimate paradox. It's all whole and yet it is divided. It is Yin and it is Yang. It's next to impossible to discuss the nature of the universe, sensibly, from the wholeness state, as a single source, though I share similar views as you described. Those duel properties help to illustrate and express that one reality.
@GuyusSeralius in fact I don't believe there is a "true you" - you are a delusion (we all are), matter that has become confused and convinced itself it has a will and is free from the machination of the universe - reality is causal therefore there is no randomness and therefore no free will or choice we are infinite but our delusion of the self is only temporary
@IndigoApostle I guess this is where we stray a bit. I firmly believe there is a "true you" and a true me. The way in which I perceive that true version may be erroneous and humans may never reach a level to fully understand, know, or describe that true self accurately, but a true self does exist. However, I completely agree that true randomness does not exist, and for the most part, that free will is an illusion. We don't have a choice in how we are stimulated to choose the way we choose.
The mind is created by the brain. The brain is made out of atoms. Atoms have been around for billions of years and will countinue to exists even after the brain has withered away. What I'm trying to say is that I don't believe that the mind "moves from one life to the next", but that the atoms that once participated in creating our minds will move on and become parts of other things; they are recycled. This of course applies to all atoms of the body. It's almost like having an "eternal life" :)
@Brynke I agree with everything you said, but I would like for you to reconsider whether or not your mind moves on, along with the atoms. Think of what all it takes in the whole cosmos in order to allow your thinking mind to exist. I believe the mind must change and you the perceiver will lose your current identity to gain a new one, but it is forced to continue to perceive, forever. You are all the atoms everywhere and the space in between. That relationship can never be broken.
@Brynke perhaps the mind is not an effect of the brain nor the brain an effect of the mind, perhaps they are both effects - one a representation of thought the other a representation of physicality - both stemming from the infinite nature of reality, existing necessarily
@IndigoApostle Then mind and the brain are therefore both the same thing - meaning that an effect on one attribute (the mind) would have a corresponding effect on the other (the brain) and vice-versa
Whether your an atheist or a theists, we are All simply a part of something greater than ourselves and it is a part of us. And if you're a theist who believes in a Creator God, then that God also is merely a part of something greater than itself just as we are.
Also, don't get freaked out by the use of the word "God" by some pantheist. It's merely a word used to illustrate something beyond/within ourselves. If you're someone who gets distracted by the word "God" and you can't get past it because you mentally default to a concept of any sort of Deity. Then obviously you'll miss the point of pantheism entirely.
@clumpft As much as I like Dawkins, I never liked that quote. He not only denies God & religion, he also denies spirituality. Even tho most pantheists deny a theistic God, we are deeply spiritual. We even understand the correlations between science and spirituality. Yet, most of us are not what you would call "Religious." True there are some pantheistic belief systems, but when you look at them closely, they tend to quietly blend in with the world around them without any real conflicts
... Yes, I am fundamentally made up of energy and matter as anything else is. Biology and psychology relations to other living things and even of the same species that have been eccentric over time - different. Although I am made of the same fundamental chemistry and compounds, but in the end of the day, I am not a rock, a jellyfish, a dog, and a cat, biologically, even a human being psychologically.
Especially some relative to its connection meaning when everyone competes with each other over an illusion, even though we all feel pleasure and pain that's very identical, animals just cannibalizing each other that's mostly horrible to even consider as beautiful, while the real fact I can't breathe in space or burn into a sun.
How does this justify my existence - either by accident or a cycle based on billions of years of evolution that even that has no purpose to either exist or not based on no evidence. How does that justify the meaning - It doesn't as far as I am aware because mostly everything is relative and all that we have is to make it efficient for us whether positive or negative.
Is there something beautiful or something to appreciate about that and life? Consumption, reproduction, sadism, and addiction - nothing benevolent or beautiful about something crude, horrible, and maddening about that truth.
Most of life is carnage and suffering and with no idea where it's going and in terms of sentient life like humans is even worse because we clean up messes and cause them more than good or positive, or whatever else is considered something relieving of a positive.
Does it matter what we realize what we are? I think we know who we are based on what I had said so far and it ain't nothing to be proud of. One has to be very disturbed to think we should be mushy over it. And humans mostly say such to avoid that fact that we came from crude forces and over time manifest itself into something disgusting and very negative, and that we use our intellect as a tool to feed into that maddness more for no meaningful purpose. .
People can say we're indestructable but the reality is we're nothing but energy and nothing won't stop if it ends back into that state most of the time in a cruel way and that my "offspring" is going to be way different than me and be forgotten, showing how trivial, relative in the sense and unimportant we are and anyother creature. Again, nothing beautiful and appreciative there in terms of the implications.
Does my existence or existence in general prove an afterlife or reincarnation exists and that I'll generally "forget" and that this existence is going to "care" about my existence? No, although if the energy I have accumulated ends up into something else, it certainly isn't going to be my conscious or my intellect just like this energy that I have accumulated based on billions of years of evolution.
I see the all based on fact and learning, not from an accumulation of cells and deeply energy and that I'll lose this experience and learning which further contradicts the "indestructable" notion. Even if energy cannot be created nor uncreated, the fact remains there's an evolutionary value that builds up an individual and end it's existence, in terms of individuality and a fake notion of self-meaning, purpose, and will.
Yeah, my conclusion on life as an atheist inside a body that is genetically stupid, pathetic, selfish, emotional, ignorant, very destructable, like a human being chasing his plastic cheese in a horrid maze trying to glorify it just to keep us in the retarded, unintelligent designed game. Like everyone else. Even so-called atheists are guilty of that bullshit...
Yup, spirituality can be as subjective in terms of emotions, mushy, and insanely stupid as religion regardless if all of our sense detect it unlike religon. Still the same retarded appreciation crap like there's something of merit because it exists? Life is mostly shit, that's a fact based on sentience.
@TheKenTerry Spirituality yes, religion no. Unlike most religion, pantheism doesn't require faith, dogma or ceremony and the better the understanding of science and logic, the easier it is to accept.
@TheKenTerry that's much like saying an atheist or scientist relies on their own kind faith as well. As for faith of the blind sort, I don't need it like most religious people do, I look around me and see that I am as much a part of everything, as everything is a part of me. So if you need to call that faith, fine. But it's certainly a tad more realistic, and not a blind faith in a Deity, or no Deity.
@tontsa911 lol I think most people are atheist because of the asinine concept of an Omnipotent Deity, where even the word "God" = an Asinine Deity. To a pantheist, when you remove the Deity then God simply means something greater than us, and yet like everything around us, we ourselves are the Gods (NOT a Deity tho) of our own internal universe. The all is the whole and the whole is the All aka...God. Just the word, NOT a Deity ;=)
@Exoorb Yes, and the interesting part is that ones imagination is rooted in truth, which forever propagates reality. Even within our thoughts and dreams there are the laws of the All.
You've explained in simple terms the universe and that it is made up of atoms and so are we - we're made of the same substance as stars. Correct. I'll grant you the assumption that in one way or another the universe and its constituents, which you refer to as The All, is infinite but IT DOES NOT FOLLOW that I am "indestructible" (other than in the sense that the constituent particles that comprise me may never be destroyed) and CERTAINLY not that my mind will "travel from one life to the next."
@thabood This video is intended to serve as an introductory video to provide a broad synopsis of my overall philosophical views, and does not include all the lines of reasoning I use to conclude them. I do hope to create many more videos in the future, which will explain in more detail certain views I have. The reason I believe you and I are ultimately indestructible, is because I believe we are ultimately the indestructible All. Though I believe our "local" self will of course one day die.
In your opinion how can the universe be infinite towards the past other than a Spanish of time before genesis in which there was nothing therefore time was not relative or existent. Time is just the process of entropy.
@SH10JogaBonito Time is a tricky subject to discuss and next to impossible to fully describe in this short comment box, but think of time in terms of "events" that happen in a certain order. For example, when you knock over a glass, you first hit it, then it falls, it hits the floor, and then breaks. Even though the flow of time is relative to each perceiver, a certain number of events "happens" before other events start. I hope to one day create videos on this subject to explain more.
Also what do you believe the origin of our race is? Surely everything in our universe needs a starting point. I would also like to add that I am not trying to be rude or inconsiderate of your beliefs. I am only curious.
@mexicanpirate02 I don't know the origin of the human race that started on this particular planet. I'm no expert when it comes to Anthropology. Even though I believe each of our beings have always been a part of the infinite universe (in one form or another) and that life emerges on countless other planets, and that we have already been every type of life form in past lives, I also believe evolution plays a role in the grand scheme of things. We are always growing, changing, and becoming.
I see, but I'm not understanding how population increases? If you look at, say, Roman times the population of the earth at that time was less than now. If you do not believe in any true death or true birth, how does population grow if whenever one person dies another is born?
If we are the ALL why cant we control if we get cancer? or if we die in a car crash? or how about when we trip and fall? if we are ALL and there is nothing of higher value or power in the world why arent we in control of everything that surrounds us???
im truly curious about this im not being sarcastic. would someone who is respectful enough please explain to me???
@kingshigh667 Good questions! Unfortunately and fortunately, life is like the Yin and Yang. In part we have control of ourselves and in part we do not. We can't fully control what our body does like how our inner organs function or the way the atoms that collectively sustain us move. You (the All) are governed by a set of laws and has no choice but to do what it does. But if you define yourself to be only that which is controllable, then you correctly cannot consider yourself to be the All.
@kingshigh667 Good questions! Unfortunately and fortunately, life is like the Yin and Yang. In part we have control of ourselves and in part we do not. We can't fully control what our body does like how our inner organs function or the way the atoms that collectively sustain us move. You (the All) are governed by a set of laws and has no choice but to do what it does. But if you define yourself to be only that which is controllable, then you correctly cannot consider yourself to be the All.
@GuyusSeralius Well than i guess i cant be the ALL because i definantly know i have no control over many things in my life. just like we all do, It almost sounds like you do too but your to prideful to admit its because of a greater power. which is okay, because i go to a christian school and i am to prideful to be in full worship of God. However i do believe God gave me the free will to live how i want. which he also did for you. And i respect your belief as i hope you respect mine.
@GuyusSeralius and just to let you know, this video is the subject of my Understanding The Times class in school. We are supposed to watch a pantheist video and then write a response on how your idea isnt plausible. I would like to inform you i dont believe that your not right because you could n fact very well be. However i dont think your right because it would contradict with what i believe. I hope you stay true to your belief and never stray from it. because these conversations are fun. :)
@GuyusSeralius and just to let you know, this video is the subject of my Understanding The Times class in school. We are supposed to watch a pantheist video and then write a response on how your idea isnt plausible. I would like to inform you i dont believe that your not right because you could n fact very well be. However i dont think your right because it would contradict with what i believe. I hope you stay true to your belief and never stray from it. because these conversations are fun. :)
@kingshigh667 It's an unusual assignment to be asked to write how an idea is not plausible, regardless of what you may or may not truly believe, unless this is some sort of debating, law school, or religious course, where your opposition skills are being tested. Either way, I hope my video has at least sparked some curiosity in you and will get you to question both what you already believe and the possibilities of what I believe. Thank you for your kindness!
@GuyusSeralius Yeah UTT is our Senior Bible course. and i 100% respect what you believe. also great music in the background haha. Thanks for your time :)
@GuyusSeralius “...however, you will at times forget your true identity... but, thankfully you will at times be reminded by the All who and what you really are”
According to this, I am the universe. I make up everything around me. Does this mean that you are a product of my mind? And that you may have a different perception of me through your eyes than I do through mine? How can we all be the All? If I alone can sustain the universe, how or why are there other people?
@mexicanpirate02 Yes and No. In one sense, it's all connected. In another sense, it is all divided. It can be confusing and contradicting, I know. There is your "local" self and then there is your "infinite" self. Think of an infinite tree with infinite leaves or fruit. Your local self (that version of you that you normally view) is like the fruit, which neighbors other fruit, yet it is all connected to the tree. Each of us exist with a mind of our own, but we are ultimately all one being.
@GuyusSeralius On the note of reincarnation, how does one break this cycle? Surely ones ultimate goal is not to live on this earth over and over, suffering and working towards an ultimately empty destination.
How and when does one get reminded that they are everything around them? Is that not incredibly monotonous? Do you believe that one can suddenly remember what happened in a past life? If not then what evidence is there that you ever lived a past life?
@mexicanpirate02 In my opinion, the cycle can never be broken. That's the good news and the bad news. And suffering will always be a part of life. I believe our being moves from one life to the next (not always upon earth) and cycles through seasons of forgetting and relearning our true identity, that we are the All. I believe it is possible that we may remember limited portions of our recent past lives when we reach certain lifetimes that allow us to be more advanced thinking life forms.
@GuyusSeralius How do you deal with issues such as population increase? If everyone around me has been around for all of eternity and just been reincarnated over all of time, how does population increase? Do we create mini gods when women have children? If so then that child has not been around forever and cannot be part of the All, but we are all the All, correct?
I know this is a lot in one, but if you could please respond to this I would greatly appreciate it.
@mexicanpirate02 Although I believe the universe is infinite and can accommodate an infinite number of beings, I also believe it follows the Laws of Conservation, whereby all remains balanced out. If something is added in one place, something must be subtracted elsewhere. If a life form "dies" somewhere, I believe it finds a new place to be "born." This allows the universe to remain constant. In other words, I don't believe there is any such thing as a true death or a true birth.
@kingshigh667 hey. ive been a fan of guyus ever since day one. and i honestly do agree. because we, as human beings are all THE ALL , we have to firstly be defined as uncontrollable, or incontrollable as the philosophizer John, then things like cancer or dying, are almost defined as inevitable, or like a blessing.
@ChibiMyuutsu Every once in awhile, I get Youtubers who express that this video brought tears to their eyes, and it always makes me feel that the effort I put into making it was very worth it! Thanks!
3:05 "...your mind will move from one life to the next..."
I would SO like that to be true! But in my skeptical enquiries I have not found anything to suggest that there will be anything apart from nothing-ness after I die. I'd be interested to know how you came to that particular conclusion.
@finlarg Half a lifetime of thoughts & experiences have lead me to the belief that our mind, in part, continues on. An explanation which goes beyond the scope of what I could fit into this comment. In a nutshell, several things in nature seem to suggest it. Nature is filled with metaphors that express truth, like the caterpillar that turns into the butterfly. Life seems to be cyclic. I believe part of our detailed identity gets lost in the process, but our core remains like the pit of a peach.
@finlarg I do have wishful thinking, a human flaw or blessing, but I always try very hard not to ever let my emotions or wishful thinking cloud my judgment or dictate my conclusions about reality, which is why some of my philosophical views can depress me or frighten me, because it's not all good news. In my overall assessment, life is like the "double slit" experiment. It is and yet it isn't.
@GuyusSeralius Life is particles AND waves! Yes, it sometimes seems that way. I'm of the opinion that it's SO easy to think we're stronger and luckier (in terms of random accidents) than we actually are, partly thanks to the enhanced versions of reality we see portrayed in movies. These things affect peoples perception more than they generally realise - in my humble opinion.
@finlarg Look at the world around you... everything is a cycle. The universe itself is even infinite. For life to mean being here a mere minute fraction of the Universe's lifespan would be pointless. The Universe has intent with everything it does.
@ChibiMyuutsu Everything is a cycle? Some things yes, others no. The expansion of the universe has only happened once as far as we can tell. We don't know that the universe is infinite.
If you see intent with 'everything the universe does' then I suggest you're seeing patterns where there are no patterns. In my humble opinion!
I consider myself pantheist, and your points of view and opinions reflect pretty much what I have always tought. Im scientist, and from my perspective there is an incredible and infinite (in all dimensions possible) web of links and dynamics that conect us all, its truly amazing. We are directly link to the first forms of life, to the first particles of our present universe and we will be link to so many other expressions in the future via atoms, molecules, ADN, evolution, thoughts, etc.
"For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools...
Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires, men degrading of their bodies with other men, women with other women. They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised." (Romans1:21-25)
@FiberMania You're missing the point. I don't think the pantheistic idea is that "created things" should be worshipped. In fact the idea only stresses the point that in order for us to exist, we need the universe. We aren't something separate from Creation, we are part of Creation. Think of all the different factors that play into our existence, we need the sun, we need the planets in our solar system, they all play a role, as do each of us as humans, none more important than the next.
@ea281991 Pantheism promotes that all things are God.... and God is all things. It is important for anyone who THINKS that they are a Christian to be aware that Pantheism is condemned in the Bible as idolatry. People who are not Christians are certainly entitled to believe whatever they want about the universe. But at the end of the day, if Jesus Christ is the creator of all, and the one true God, Pantheism must be rejected as evil. Both cannot be embraced. ..Just to clarify.
this is way out of left field guys...but ive thought up a scenario in which ..i wonder if its possible for universes to happen exactly like this one over and over...then under some sort of kataklysm its both simultaneously destroyed and reset(big bang)..could it be possible that there has been an earth before...all this...before?...could this explain other phenomena such as ...deja vu?..probablly not...but its worth thinking about i think...lol
@arkee71 Maybe to the masses, but it's not at all out of left field! You're not the first to think this and won't be the last. Nietzsche wrote about this idea over 100 years ago, just look up "eternal recurrence". A good book also that runs through some of the same ideas as in this video is "The Book" by Alan Watts. Deep stuff, it gets you thinking lol
Great video, but I sometimes wonder if the universe is eternal or if it had a beginning which the Big Bang suggests, and the fact we can see our universe expanding expanding is evidence of that. This is why I am slightly leaning toward Panentheism.
Amazing video, really inspired me to make one about Panentheism.
@BrianPSTJ The observable part of the universe does "appear" to be expanding, due to red shift data, and for many this suggest a beginning. As most of us already know, this lead to the Big Bang theory. It's an interesting topic! I've written on the subject extensively and plan to make a video on it in the future to express my personal views on it. When I do, I'll try to remember to send you a notice.
@GuyusSeralius Thanks, have you heard of the eternal oscilating universe theory? I dont know much about it but I think it states that the universe goes through a infinite amount of Big Bangs and Big Crunches.
@BrianPSTJ Yes, years ago I started to hear about this theory that the Big Bang we know of was possibly just one amongst an endless cycle of Big Bangs and Big Crunches. This excited me because I had developed the exact same theory for my own reasons, as I'm sure many young philosophers and scientist have done. I have since expanded my original theory to state that an infinite number of Big Bangs and Big Crunches may always be occurring throughout the infinite universe, like infinite bubbles.
Hi again xD hum, I wanted to ask you, is the concept of Panspermia familiar to you? And what do you think of it? I think it is amazing and greatly reinforces my pantheistic view :)
@ItsAllChaos Yes, I'm familiar with the panspermia theory. I think it's very likely one of the many ways life is spread throughout the universe. Of course, as many who believe in the theory already know, the question of how life begins, where ever it originates, still has to be answered. I believe Earth likely started life on its own, due to the conditions, but may have also received additional "donations." Planets likely share their creations, in many ways, with many other planetary bodies.
@mcopple1970 It's called "Titans" by Vangelis, which was used in the motion picture "Alexander" (2004). I really like this music score too. It's one of my favorites. I think it's a masterpiece!
After years of searching and long holding a view completely different to the major religions it was by accident that I came across Pantheism and began to read about it. It instantly gave me peace and perspective, the same way looking through my telescope at night has done for years. This was a great video, I would like my wife to watch it just to see what I have been talking about all these years. Thanks for posting the video!
@thinkforthefuture Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed my video! I hope your wife warms up to the idea or at least comes closer to understanding your interest in it. By the way, I've been wanting to get a telescope of my own. I'm a space enthusiast and would enjoy looking at the moon, planets, and stars up close. Hopefully, someday soon, I will get one. Also, I wanted to say your channel name is excellent!
@GuyusSeralius Thanks! Hoping for some more insightful videos. PS you should definately fork out for a decent telescope, they are a portal to the universe.
@Devidedistand That's probably the best compliment I could ever receive! Thank You! The spooky thing is I was just wondering, about 5 seconds before I saw your comment in my inbox, whether or not this video has ever stirred anyone's emotions. I guess it's safe to say, yes. It still moves me!
@NeoPsiTom In many ways, "it scares me a bit" too. At times, it even terrifies me! But, in many other ways, it comforts me greatly. While I believe life is both good and bad, pain and pleasure, light and dark, I do my best to focus on the good, the pleasure, and the light. In this lifetime and the next, always try to look for the pleasurable, good, light. I believe it is always out there somewhere--usually just around the corner.
how can you claim that this is 'ultimately unknowable'? i think of these things as something that we don't understand yet, but, to quote richard dawkins, 'we are working on it.' to make the assertation that there is a cycle of forgetting and remembering seems to be a claim backed up by no evidence at all, and to say that something is 'unknowable' is to say that it is only unknowable NOW.
@Raziel8484 It's never really safe to believe we can know anything for a fact. Good scientist will tell you that even the best evidence can later turn out to be distorted or false. However, I do believe we can learn enough about the universe to see the bigger picture, like when half way in to solving a jig-saw puzzle, one can look at it and say ah! I see what it is.
@Raziel8484 My view that we cycle between forgetting and remembering is only my opinion, based only on the impression life has made on me so far. I could easily be wrong. Keep in mind that when discussing the universe on a philosophical level, it's okay to go beyond the expectations of scientific evidence or proof. I do love the scientific method though and believe it should be used whenever possible in the search for truth.
Hmmm, I find it comforting to think that I am one with the eternal universe, however, If I am the universe, that means that when I die, all the universe dies with me, and that sucks :\
@ItsAllChaos Based on all that I have learned about the world and life, I can't help but to believe that death is but an unfortunate transition from one state to another, from the point of view of your local self. In other words, you (the eternal All) will always exist, though your local point of view will continue to change.
@GuyusSeralius Yep I get it :P I have always been here, always transforming... but from an egocentrical point of view, it's pretty much indifferent wheter the universe is eternal or not, because I (self, or consciousness) will cease to exist anyway. But that's cool. Thinking like that makes me want to help the whole world and stop thinking about myself, because after all, we're all one :) I wonder if the universe itself has some kind of a greater consciousness of it's own.
@ItsAllChaos I agree. Our local consciousness and identity will eventually undergo enough change that we will lose ourselves so-to-speak. Of course, the inner, more important essence of what we are moves on. I take comfort in the idea that we may eventually move to a much higher level of consciousness that would allow us to remember our more significant past selves. Though we will eventually forget it all again. I think it's an endless cycle of forgetting and remembering.
@GuyusSeralius Yeah, after thinking a lot about pantheism that was pretty much the conclusion at which I arrived - an endless cycle of forgetting and remebering... I feel that in this exact moment, I know who I am. I am the universe experiencing and trying to know itself. And that sounds awesome... What bothers me is that eventually, I will forget everything that I've learned in this life... Oh well, it's worth it anyway, I feel so blessed just to be alive and be able to ask "who am I?" :'D
@ItsAllChaos I couldn't have said it better! I too feel blessed just to have had some small glimpse into what I am and what it's all about, even though I will never fully understand it 100 percent. I'll continue to enjoy my awareness for as long as possible until I forget again:)
@GuyusSeralius Oh, and I have another question. Since we believe the universe is eternal, well, you can't measure a part of time, in an eternal cicle, so we live in the eternal moment which is now. Past and future are human concepts, time itself is based on how fast the things around us transform... So, I guess it's reasonable to say that "eternity = non-existence of time", right?
@ItsAllChaos For the most part, I believe what you said is true. However, there is a concept of time, which I have labeled "Sequential Time," expressing how things happen in a certain sequence. I hit the glass, it fell to the floor, it shattered. One event did occur before the other and a third event after those and so on. Yet, as you described, the actual duration of an event is relative and in a way meaningless. Time exist and yet it doesn't. The universe is the ultimate paradox.
@ItsAllChaos Time is one of the "holy grails" in philosophy. Unfortunately, I won't be able to explain my full take on it in these short comments. I do plan to do some videos on the subject in the future. By the way, you remind me so much of my brother who describes time very much the way you do. He even plays an electric guitar like you. Me and my brothers always enjoy discussing time.
@GuyusSeralius Hahaha, unfortunately my brothers and friends are not interested in this kind of discussions... Well maybe 2 or 3 of my friends are, but not as much as I am :\ but yeah, once again you answer me what I was somehow expecting: times does, and does not exist, "the ultimate paradox"... If eternity means there is no time, infinity would mean that there is no space. And therefore nothing exists. However I think the concept of "nothing" is impossible, I guess that even nothing would be
@GuyusSeralius (cont) something? So, my guess is that everything is nothing, as much as there is male/female, dark/light, chaos/order, there is nothing/everything, and both can't be split... It's just another duality inherent in the universe :)
@ItsAllChaos Yes, exactly! At least that is what the universe has taught me so far. Another way of saying it is to say there are no absolutes in the universe. For example, there is no such thing as absolute nothing or absolute something, or absolute life or absolute death, or absolute motion or absolute stillness, etc. It all seems to be a fuzzy blur or mix between Yin and Yang. It can all make a person go cross-eyed thinking about it too much:)
@GuyusSeralius That makes sense, there are no absolutes, only a balance between the two polarities, trying to reach a perfect equilibrium. Hum... But could that be an absolute truth?.. XD
You need to redefine death, though. When we say death, we can only mean unconsciousness. Your body gives way to your thoughts. Without the right chemicals, you cant sustain your mental processes and you "die". But at no point do your cells stop being "you". You wont die, youll simply biodegrade and join up with others to take new forms.
@Devidedistand Yeah by death I mean only death of consciousness or ego, cause truly we never die. At least the way we see "death"... But I guess consciousness is what defines us. Look at a rock, it just stands there, indifferent to it's own existence. So if it wasn't for us (conscious observers) it would be like the universe didn't exist all. So, if my consciousness dies, even though my body continues, I won't be aware of it, it will probably be like if nothing had ever happened.
@Devidedistand I have seen an interesting theory that time is a continuous loop, so really once the loop gets back to us we will just start over, and I doubt you can observe time in that unconscious state or whatever, so it will feel instantaneous.
TROUBLE IS, WE TEND TO STICK TO THE CONVENTIONAL WAY OF HOW WE PERCIEVE EXISTENSE.
I am one to accept the new thoughts and one to try and tell other poeople but it's hard and one tends to be viewed as a mad person rather as a visionary.
What I'm saying is it;s not simple but we shoyld keep the thing going.
@SuperGukke Thank you very much! And I agree with your sentiment. As for my blog, I'm assuming you're referring to my wordpress site. I started it a good while back and just haven't had any time to get back to it. I can't wait to do so though. I'm currently spending all my spare time working on new YouTube videos. Hopefully soon, I can get back to work on my blog, which will explain my views in far more detail--for those interested:)
@ItsAllChaos ..There is no maybe about it, it's documented history. We don't fear the Devil...Jesus said .."The only one to fear is he that can destroy both the body and the soul." Only God has that authority, but our fear of God has been exagerated by the Gnostics to make it look like Christians are hiding under their beds. lol That is a problem in todays society, unfamiliararity with the biblical narrative makes people suseptable to the murmerings of the "love goddess".
Yes, I have a wonderful life... yet, I more or less agree with the notion that it took great courage to come to this planet, to experience this level of limitation.
Even with experiences of ease and limitlessness, connection, and incredible manifestations, life can be tough, not for wimps!
Thank God, we get to be wimpy at times and still survive.
Nice video dude! Awesome music, thoughtful words. Well put, well expressed. Maybe this is too personal of a question, but was there anything in your life that happened which triggered you to get here? Like a loss of some sort? Anyway, may the force be with you! :)
@vdizhoor Thank you for all your kind words! You asked an interesting question. I'm currently working on a three-part video series which will describe the philosophical and spiritual journey I've taken to get to where I am now. There were many triggers which lead me to my views. But, to quickly answer your question, I haven't experienced any major loss. I've had the average ups and downs. For the most part, my life has been quite balanced, which is the main reason I am who I am.
Do you feel that the "ALL" is also sentient or conscious at the highest level of it's collective self as a whole, like one great infinite living power?
@lllwindrunner I'm not sure what you consider to be the "highest level" of the All's "collective self," but since I believe every conscious being, such as yourself, is the All, I believe the All is sentient and conscious. There are of course all levels of consciousness embodied by a full range of beings in nature, and so the highest level of consciousness of the All does exist. Where exactly this ultimate consciousness resides I don't know, but I'm sure it or they are just beyond our reach.
Well I am conscious. And you are conscious I assume. THAT is the conscious mind of the All. We are the minds. It may be hard to comprehend because we tend to think of consciousness as singular. But consciousness is plural in fact. It is not everywhere. It is exclusive to sentient lifeforms. The rocks don't have it, trees most likely don't experience consciousness, the air doesn't have it. It is rare in comparison to the nonconscious portion of Us.
@Devidedistand I sometimes wonder (as many have) if all of us singular beings are like the living cells of a yet larger living being which is at some far greater level of consciousness than us smaller individuals are. I realize that within infinity that the same may be the case for this hypothetical larger entity as well. Also I've been checking into Panentheism as well as Pantheism and considering their differences. Both are amazing concepts but I might be leaning slightly toward Panentheism.
@lllwindrunner I have a similar view to you that we are all united by a greated level of conciousness as well as in the ways described in this video. This conciousness would be like the mind of god, so I guess this could also be called Panentheism. I used to be Christian (I still go to church sometimes) but I feel that this makes much more sense to me and gives me great peace.
Thanks for sharing. I think sometimes just knowing there are others who've come to the same kinds of conclusions can make us feel comfortable enough to venture into further ideas and theories about the amazing "all" or "God". Lately I've been thinking about how important *contrast* is. I think the over-all universe is moving in a positive direction but the Light-Dark or Positive-Negative polarities, is what allowed us to have contrast to then be able to discern any kind of path with.
@lllwindrunner Well said! I too think a lot about the contrasting poles of the universe and of life. This "contrast" is at the heart of all my philosophy. In fact, it's the main theme in the video I'm currently working on right now, which I hope to upload soon. You would likely enjoy it.
@BrianPSTJ "negative and positive vibrations?" Not so much caught up with that in great depths but of course in the passing descriptions that are still spoken in the beatnik kind of style, such as: "that person or that room has a negative (or positive) vibration". I think there's usually something legit and deeper going on beyond the mere expression but I suppose I've heard even more about "matter/ anti-matter" and "dark matter" as new subjects of big study.
...Interesting that much in this film is completely false.....according to Jesus, God manifested in the flesh. If your using psycho-actives but feel your being short sold...get a KJV. Thousands of good men were murdered...getting the truth that it contains to the general population.
@vachief very true......it is also true that thousands of good men of every creed have been murdered by other good men, men who couldn't believe that goodness can exist in many places, even outside of their definitions.
@Mandelbrotmat ....Yes..that's a good point, it's to bad good men have been mislead. The point I was trying to make is the sacrifice that many paid in order to get the Holy Bible into the hand of the common man. People should study the politics and reasons why the Bible was suppressed from the masses and the reasons that lead to the Protestant Reformation, namely the paganism that crept in due to the philosophy surrounding psycho-active drugs whos' popularity stretches back to antiquity.
If all is truly one then body and soul are one, If the body is only temporary then it follows that the soul is as well.
IndigoApostle 3 weeks ago
@IndigoApostle I don't believe all is one undifferentiated thing, absent of divisions or varying attributes. I believe that all things are in one way or another connected into a single whole and that all things are required in order for any one thing to exist. I'm not sure how you personally define "soul," but I believe the universe always expresses a duality (light-dark, physical-nonphysical, mind-body, etc.). I view our true body (that which is the physical) to be infinite and everlasting.
GuyusSeralius 3 weeks ago
@GuyusSeralius I believe there is truly only one thing, reality - and that everything encompassed within is merely a temporary expression of reality, if all things are connected by a unified whole then they all ultimately stem from the same source - therefore any concepts of physical and nonphysical, or light and dark could not be separate instead (I believe) they are the same thing viewed from two different perspectives
IndigoApostle 2 weeks ago
@IndigoApostle I agree with most of what you said in your comment. As I have expressed in my writings and in some of my videos, reality, life, the universe is the ultimate paradox. It's all whole and yet it is divided. It is Yin and it is Yang. It's next to impossible to discuss the nature of the universe, sensibly, from the wholeness state, as a single source, though I share similar views as you described. Those duel properties help to illustrate and express that one reality.
GuyusSeralius 2 weeks ago
@GuyusSeralius in fact I don't believe there is a "true you" - you are a delusion (we all are), matter that has become confused and convinced itself it has a will and is free from the machination of the universe - reality is causal therefore there is no randomness and therefore no free will or choice we are infinite but our delusion of the self is only temporary
IndigoApostle 2 weeks ago
@IndigoApostle I guess this is where we stray a bit. I firmly believe there is a "true you" and a true me. The way in which I perceive that true version may be erroneous and humans may never reach a level to fully understand, know, or describe that true self accurately, but a true self does exist. However, I completely agree that true randomness does not exist, and for the most part, that free will is an illusion. We don't have a choice in how we are stimulated to choose the way we choose.
GuyusSeralius 2 weeks ago
We should all believe in something. :) We should live peacefully. :)
TheJeremiewatson 3 weeks ago
The mind is created by the brain. The brain is made out of atoms. Atoms have been around for billions of years and will countinue to exists even after the brain has withered away. What I'm trying to say is that I don't believe that the mind "moves from one life to the next", but that the atoms that once participated in creating our minds will move on and become parts of other things; they are recycled. This of course applies to all atoms of the body. It's almost like having an "eternal life" :)
Brynke 3 weeks ago
@Brynke I agree with everything you said, but I would like for you to reconsider whether or not your mind moves on, along with the atoms. Think of what all it takes in the whole cosmos in order to allow your thinking mind to exist. I believe the mind must change and you the perceiver will lose your current identity to gain a new one, but it is forced to continue to perceive, forever. You are all the atoms everywhere and the space in between. That relationship can never be broken.
GuyusSeralius 3 weeks ago
@Brynke perhaps the mind is not an effect of the brain nor the brain an effect of the mind, perhaps they are both effects - one a representation of thought the other a representation of physicality - both stemming from the infinite nature of reality, existing necessarily
IndigoApostle 2 weeks ago
@IndigoApostle Then mind and the brain are therefore both the same thing - meaning that an effect on one attribute (the mind) would have a corresponding effect on the other (the brain) and vice-versa
IndigoApostle 2 weeks ago
Whether your an atheist or a theists, we are All simply a part of something greater than ourselves and it is a part of us. And if you're a theist who believes in a Creator God, then that God also is merely a part of something greater than itself just as we are.
coyoteself 4 weeks ago
Also, don't get freaked out by the use of the word "God" by some pantheist. It's merely a word used to illustrate something beyond/within ourselves. If you're someone who gets distracted by the word "God" and you can't get past it because you mentally default to a concept of any sort of Deity. Then obviously you'll miss the point of pantheism entirely.
coyoteself 2 weeks ago
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clumpft 1 month ago
@clumpft more like spiritualized atheism. But w/o a nonsensical Deity of any sort.
coyoteself 4 weeks ago
@clumpft As much as I like Dawkins, I never liked that quote. He not only denies God & religion, he also denies spirituality. Even tho most pantheists deny a theistic God, we are deeply spiritual. We even understand the correlations between science and spirituality. Yet, most of us are not what you would call "Religious." True there are some pantheistic belief systems, but when you look at them closely, they tend to quietly blend in with the world around them without any real conflicts
coyoteself 2 weeks ago
... Yes, I am fundamentally made up of energy and matter as anything else is. Biology and psychology relations to other living things and even of the same species that have been eccentric over time - different. Although I am made of the same fundamental chemistry and compounds, but in the end of the day, I am not a rock, a jellyfish, a dog, and a cat, biologically, even a human being psychologically.
Tetzukai 1 month ago
Especially some relative to its connection meaning when everyone competes with each other over an illusion, even though we all feel pleasure and pain that's very identical, animals just cannibalizing each other that's mostly horrible to even consider as beautiful, while the real fact I can't breathe in space or burn into a sun.
Tetzukai 1 month ago
How does this justify my existence - either by accident or a cycle based on billions of years of evolution that even that has no purpose to either exist or not based on no evidence. How does that justify the meaning - It doesn't as far as I am aware because mostly everything is relative and all that we have is to make it efficient for us whether positive or negative.
Tetzukai 1 month ago
Is there something beautiful or something to appreciate about that and life? Consumption, reproduction, sadism, and addiction - nothing benevolent or beautiful about something crude, horrible, and maddening about that truth.
Tetzukai 1 month ago
Most of life is carnage and suffering and with no idea where it's going and in terms of sentient life like humans is even worse because we clean up messes and cause them more than good or positive, or whatever else is considered something relieving of a positive.
Tetzukai 1 month ago
Does it matter what we realize what we are? I think we know who we are based on what I had said so far and it ain't nothing to be proud of. One has to be very disturbed to think we should be mushy over it. And humans mostly say such to avoid that fact that we came from crude forces and over time manifest itself into something disgusting and very negative, and that we use our intellect as a tool to feed into that maddness more for no meaningful purpose. .
Tetzukai 1 month ago
People can say we're indestructable but the reality is we're nothing but energy and nothing won't stop if it ends back into that state most of the time in a cruel way and that my "offspring" is going to be way different than me and be forgotten, showing how trivial, relative in the sense and unimportant we are and anyother creature. Again, nothing beautiful and appreciative there in terms of the implications.
Tetzukai 1 month ago
Does my existence or existence in general prove an afterlife or reincarnation exists and that I'll generally "forget" and that this existence is going to "care" about my existence? No, although if the energy I have accumulated ends up into something else, it certainly isn't going to be my conscious or my intellect just like this energy that I have accumulated based on billions of years of evolution.
Tetzukai 1 month ago
I see the all based on fact and learning, not from an accumulation of cells and deeply energy and that I'll lose this experience and learning which further contradicts the "indestructable" notion. Even if energy cannot be created nor uncreated, the fact remains there's an evolutionary value that builds up an individual and end it's existence, in terms of individuality and a fake notion of self-meaning, purpose, and will.
Tetzukai 1 month ago
Yeah, my conclusion on life as an atheist inside a body that is genetically stupid, pathetic, selfish, emotional, ignorant, very destructable, like a human being chasing his plastic cheese in a horrid maze trying to glorify it just to keep us in the retarded, unintelligent designed game. Like everyone else. Even so-called atheists are guilty of that bullshit...
Tetzukai 1 month ago
Yup, spirituality can be as subjective in terms of emotions, mushy, and insanely stupid as religion regardless if all of our sense detect it unlike religon. Still the same retarded appreciation crap like there's something of merit because it exists? Life is mostly shit, that's a fact based on sentience.
Tetzukai 1 month ago
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@Tetzukai "Even so-called atheists are guilty of that bullshit...``
Some atheists I meant... ahh
Tetzukai 1 month ago
@Tetzukai relieving of a negative I meant.
Tetzukai 1 month ago
This brings tears to my eyes.
valedan1075 1 month ago
This is basically where agnostcis and atheists go when they need religion. I mean, I don't agree with this...but it's still nice.
TheKenTerry 2 months ago
@TheKenTerry Spirituality yes, religion no. Unlike most religion, pantheism doesn't require faith, dogma or ceremony and the better the understanding of science and logic, the easier it is to accept.
coyoteself 1 month ago
@coyoteself
This is definitely faith.
TheKenTerry 1 month ago
@TheKenTerry that's much like saying an atheist or scientist relies on their own kind faith as well. As for faith of the blind sort, I don't need it like most religious people do, I look around me and see that I am as much a part of everything, as everything is a part of me. So if you need to call that faith, fine. But it's certainly a tad more realistic, and not a blind faith in a Deity, or no Deity.
coyoteself 1 month ago
@coyoteself
True, it's not blind faith and does make more sense, which is why I said my first comment. However, it's still faith..and I hate that word.
TheKenTerry 1 month ago
This is like religion 2.0, I really like this.
tontsa911 2 months ago
@tontsa911 Think of it more as spirituality 1.0 and not religion, which gets wrapped up in it's own dogma, ceremonies and outlandish beliefs.
coyoteself 1 month ago
I have been an atheist to this day, but pantheism is not far from atheism and seems very interesting.
tontsa911 3 months ago 8
@tontsa911 lol I think most people are atheist because of the asinine concept of an Omnipotent Deity, where even the word "God" = an Asinine Deity. To a pantheist, when you remove the Deity then God simply means something greater than us, and yet like everything around us, we ourselves are the Gods (NOT a Deity tho) of our own internal universe. The all is the whole and the whole is the All aka...God. Just the word, NOT a Deity ;=)
coyoteself 1 month ago
@coyoteself Well said.
tontsa911 1 month ago
@tontsa911 i just changed from atheist to pantheism
SashaTiem 1 month ago
Beautiful!
enchantedwood 3 months ago 3
@TheSelfaware Thank you for saying so!
GuyusSeralius 3 months ago
You and everything else around you, is but a thought, of ones imagination.
Exoorb 4 months ago
@Exoorb Yes, and the interesting part is that ones imagination is rooted in truth, which forever propagates reality. Even within our thoughts and dreams there are the laws of the All.
GuyusSeralius 4 months ago
the video is saying who I really am.
thank you for this.
skinnyxranger 4 months ago 2
If Doctor Who had a Religion, this would be it.
SLemonspunk 4 months ago 2
You've explained in simple terms the universe and that it is made up of atoms and so are we - we're made of the same substance as stars. Correct. I'll grant you the assumption that in one way or another the universe and its constituents, which you refer to as The All, is infinite but IT DOES NOT FOLLOW that I am "indestructible" (other than in the sense that the constituent particles that comprise me may never be destroyed) and CERTAINLY not that my mind will "travel from one life to the next."
thabood 4 months ago
@thabood This video is intended to serve as an introductory video to provide a broad synopsis of my overall philosophical views, and does not include all the lines of reasoning I use to conclude them. I do hope to create many more videos in the future, which will explain in more detail certain views I have. The reason I believe you and I are ultimately indestructible, is because I believe we are ultimately the indestructible All. Though I believe our "local" self will of course one day die.
GuyusSeralius 4 months ago
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thabood 4 months ago
*Span (not Spanish)
SH10JogaBonito 4 months ago
In your opinion how can the universe be infinite towards the past other than a Spanish of time before genesis in which there was nothing therefore time was not relative or existent. Time is just the process of entropy.
SH10JogaBonito 4 months ago
@SH10JogaBonito Time is a tricky subject to discuss and next to impossible to fully describe in this short comment box, but think of time in terms of "events" that happen in a certain order. For example, when you knock over a glass, you first hit it, then it falls, it hits the floor, and then breaks. Even though the flow of time is relative to each perceiver, a certain number of events "happens" before other events start. I hope to one day create videos on this subject to explain more.
GuyusSeralius 4 months ago
Also what do you believe the origin of our race is? Surely everything in our universe needs a starting point. I would also like to add that I am not trying to be rude or inconsiderate of your beliefs. I am only curious.
mexicanpirate02 4 months ago
@mexicanpirate02 I don't know the origin of the human race that started on this particular planet. I'm no expert when it comes to Anthropology. Even though I believe each of our beings have always been a part of the infinite universe (in one form or another) and that life emerges on countless other planets, and that we have already been every type of life form in past lives, I also believe evolution plays a role in the grand scheme of things. We are always growing, changing, and becoming.
GuyusSeralius 4 months ago
@GuyusSeralius hmm, this has been interesting. Thank you for your time.
mexicanpirate02 4 months ago
I see, but I'm not understanding how population increases? If you look at, say, Roman times the population of the earth at that time was less than now. If you do not believe in any true death or true birth, how does population grow if whenever one person dies another is born?
mexicanpirate02 4 months ago
If we are the ALL why cant we control if we get cancer? or if we die in a car crash? or how about when we trip and fall? if we are ALL and there is nothing of higher value or power in the world why arent we in control of everything that surrounds us???
im truly curious about this im not being sarcastic. would someone who is respectful enough please explain to me???
kingshigh667 4 months ago
@kingshigh667 Good questions! Unfortunately and fortunately, life is like the Yin and Yang. In part we have control of ourselves and in part we do not. We can't fully control what our body does like how our inner organs function or the way the atoms that collectively sustain us move. You (the All) are governed by a set of laws and has no choice but to do what it does. But if you define yourself to be only that which is controllable, then you correctly cannot consider yourself to be the All.
GuyusSeralius 4 months ago
@kingshigh667 Good questions! Unfortunately and fortunately, life is like the Yin and Yang. In part we have control of ourselves and in part we do not. We can't fully control what our body does like how our inner organs function or the way the atoms that collectively sustain us move. You (the All) are governed by a set of laws and has no choice but to do what it does. But if you define yourself to be only that which is controllable, then you correctly cannot consider yourself to be the All.
GuyusSeralius 4 months ago
@GuyusSeralius Well than i guess i cant be the ALL because i definantly know i have no control over many things in my life. just like we all do, It almost sounds like you do too but your to prideful to admit its because of a greater power. which is okay, because i go to a christian school and i am to prideful to be in full worship of God. However i do believe God gave me the free will to live how i want. which he also did for you. And i respect your belief as i hope you respect mine.
kingshigh667 4 months ago
@GuyusSeralius and just to let you know, this video is the subject of my Understanding The Times class in school. We are supposed to watch a pantheist video and then write a response on how your idea isnt plausible. I would like to inform you i dont believe that your not right because you could n fact very well be. However i dont think your right because it would contradict with what i believe. I hope you stay true to your belief and never stray from it. because these conversations are fun. :)
kingshigh667 4 months ago
@GuyusSeralius and just to let you know, this video is the subject of my Understanding The Times class in school. We are supposed to watch a pantheist video and then write a response on how your idea isnt plausible. I would like to inform you i dont believe that your not right because you could n fact very well be. However i dont think your right because it would contradict with what i believe. I hope you stay true to your belief and never stray from it. because these conversations are fun. :)
kingshigh667 4 months ago
@kingshigh667 It's an unusual assignment to be asked to write how an idea is not plausible, regardless of what you may or may not truly believe, unless this is some sort of debating, law school, or religious course, where your opposition skills are being tested. Either way, I hope my video has at least sparked some curiosity in you and will get you to question both what you already believe and the possibilities of what I believe. Thank you for your kindness!
GuyusSeralius 4 months ago
@GuyusSeralius Yeah UTT is our Senior Bible course. and i 100% respect what you believe. also great music in the background haha. Thanks for your time :)
kingshigh667 4 months ago
@GuyusSeralius “...however, you will at times forget your true identity... but, thankfully you will at times be reminded by the All who and what you really are”
According to this, I am the universe. I make up everything around me. Does this mean that you are a product of my mind? And that you may have a different perception of me through your eyes than I do through mine? How can we all be the All? If I alone can sustain the universe, how or why are there other people?
mexicanpirate02 4 months ago
@mexicanpirate02 Yes and No. In one sense, it's all connected. In another sense, it is all divided. It can be confusing and contradicting, I know. There is your "local" self and then there is your "infinite" self. Think of an infinite tree with infinite leaves or fruit. Your local self (that version of you that you normally view) is like the fruit, which neighbors other fruit, yet it is all connected to the tree. Each of us exist with a mind of our own, but we are ultimately all one being.
GuyusSeralius 4 months ago
@GuyusSeralius On the note of reincarnation, how does one break this cycle? Surely ones ultimate goal is not to live on this earth over and over, suffering and working towards an ultimately empty destination.
How and when does one get reminded that they are everything around them? Is that not incredibly monotonous? Do you believe that one can suddenly remember what happened in a past life? If not then what evidence is there that you ever lived a past life?
mexicanpirate02 4 months ago
@mexicanpirate02 In my opinion, the cycle can never be broken. That's the good news and the bad news. And suffering will always be a part of life. I believe our being moves from one life to the next (not always upon earth) and cycles through seasons of forgetting and relearning our true identity, that we are the All. I believe it is possible that we may remember limited portions of our recent past lives when we reach certain lifetimes that allow us to be more advanced thinking life forms.
GuyusSeralius 4 months ago
@GuyusSeralius How do you deal with issues such as population increase? If everyone around me has been around for all of eternity and just been reincarnated over all of time, how does population increase? Do we create mini gods when women have children? If so then that child has not been around forever and cannot be part of the All, but we are all the All, correct?
I know this is a lot in one, but if you could please respond to this I would greatly appreciate it.
mexicanpirate02 4 months ago
@mexicanpirate02 Although I believe the universe is infinite and can accommodate an infinite number of beings, I also believe it follows the Laws of Conservation, whereby all remains balanced out. If something is added in one place, something must be subtracted elsewhere. If a life form "dies" somewhere, I believe it finds a new place to be "born." This allows the universe to remain constant. In other words, I don't believe there is any such thing as a true death or a true birth.
GuyusSeralius 4 months ago
@kingshigh667 hey. ive been a fan of guyus ever since day one. and i honestly do agree. because we, as human beings are all THE ALL , we have to firstly be defined as uncontrollable, or incontrollable as the philosophizer John, then things like cancer or dying, are almost defined as inevitable, or like a blessing.
emmanuelduhbom 4 months ago
This video inspired my greatest epiphany. Tears in my eyes.
ChibiMyuutsu 4 months ago
@ChibiMyuutsu Every once in awhile, I get Youtubers who express that this video brought tears to their eyes, and it always makes me feel that the effort I put into making it was very worth it! Thanks!
GuyusSeralius 4 months ago
This video encompasses all my beliefs into one terrific and beautiful piece of art. I thank you for this.
ChibiMyuutsu 4 months ago
@ChibiMyuutsu Those are very kind remarks. I do try to make my videos artful. Thank you for noticing and for saying so!
GuyusSeralius 4 months ago
3:05 "...your mind will move from one life to the next..."
I would SO like that to be true! But in my skeptical enquiries I have not found anything to suggest that there will be anything apart from nothing-ness after I die. I'd be interested to know how you came to that particular conclusion.
Good video.
finlarg 5 months ago
@finlarg Half a lifetime of thoughts & experiences have lead me to the belief that our mind, in part, continues on. An explanation which goes beyond the scope of what I could fit into this comment. In a nutshell, several things in nature seem to suggest it. Nature is filled with metaphors that express truth, like the caterpillar that turns into the butterfly. Life seems to be cyclic. I believe part of our detailed identity gets lost in the process, but our core remains like the pit of a peach.
GuyusSeralius 5 months ago
@GuyusSeralius You may be right, but to me it sounds like a little bit of wishful thinking has crept in!
finlarg 4 months ago
@finlarg I do have wishful thinking, a human flaw or blessing, but I always try very hard not to ever let my emotions or wishful thinking cloud my judgment or dictate my conclusions about reality, which is why some of my philosophical views can depress me or frighten me, because it's not all good news. In my overall assessment, life is like the "double slit" experiment. It is and yet it isn't.
GuyusSeralius 4 months ago
@GuyusSeralius Life is particles AND waves! Yes, it sometimes seems that way. I'm of the opinion that it's SO easy to think we're stronger and luckier (in terms of random accidents) than we actually are, partly thanks to the enhanced versions of reality we see portrayed in movies. These things affect peoples perception more than they generally realise - in my humble opinion.
finlarg 4 months ago
@finlarg Look at the world around you... everything is a cycle. The universe itself is even infinite. For life to mean being here a mere minute fraction of the Universe's lifespan would be pointless. The Universe has intent with everything it does.
ChibiMyuutsu 4 months ago
@ChibiMyuutsu Everything is a cycle? Some things yes, others no. The expansion of the universe has only happened once as far as we can tell. We don't know that the universe is infinite.
If you see intent with 'everything the universe does' then I suggest you're seeing patterns where there are no patterns. In my humble opinion!
finlarg 4 months ago
What is has always been and always will be within an infinite unfolding of the present moment in motion.......
abyssalanguish 5 months ago
Great music, beautiful pictures, simple yet eloquent statements. Very well done! Thank you for the inspiring video!!
SoleIntention 5 months ago
I have no religion except Life itself.
I have no god except the totality of existence.
I have no prophet except my own mind.
I have no scripture except my own heart.
I have no dogma except my own experience.
I have no temple except the citadels of Nature.
I have no salvation except self-realization.
I have no commandments except love and compassion.
Ashiman12 5 months ago 27
@Ashiman12 I like these thoughts and phrases very much! Hopefully they will get many thumbs ups! I know it will receive at least one from me:)
GuyusSeralius 5 months ago
@Ashiman12 did you write this ??? it's beautiful
valedan1075 1 month ago
@Ashiman12 your thought is wonderful....peace and prosperity to U....
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UnholierThanTao 1 month ago
I consider myself pantheist, and your points of view and opinions reflect pretty much what I have always tought. Im scientist, and from my perspective there is an incredible and infinite (in all dimensions possible) web of links and dynamics that conect us all, its truly amazing. We are directly link to the first forms of life, to the first particles of our present universe and we will be link to so many other expressions in the future via atoms, molecules, ADN, evolution, thoughts, etc.
IV44 6 months ago
Great vid. I'm an atheist, but I do hold a bit of a pantheistic worldview.
seeking911 6 months ago
"For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools...
Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires, men degrading of their bodies with other men, women with other women. They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised." (Romans1:21-25)
FiberMania 6 months ago
@FiberMania You're missing the point. I don't think the pantheistic idea is that "created things" should be worshipped. In fact the idea only stresses the point that in order for us to exist, we need the universe. We aren't something separate from Creation, we are part of Creation. Think of all the different factors that play into our existence, we need the sun, we need the planets in our solar system, they all play a role, as do each of us as humans, none more important than the next.
ea281991 6 months ago
@ea281991 Pantheism promotes that all things are God.... and God is all things. It is important for anyone who THINKS that they are a Christian to be aware that Pantheism is condemned in the Bible as idolatry. People who are not Christians are certainly entitled to believe whatever they want about the universe. But at the end of the day, if Jesus Christ is the creator of all, and the one true God, Pantheism must be rejected as evil. Both cannot be embraced. ..Just to clarify.
FiberMania 6 months ago
@FiberMania
One of the main reasons why I became an Agnostic and a Pantheist. Good explanation though.
marshall9doom 6 months ago
This is Beautiful <3 :')
LoveTheVoiceWithin 7 months ago 7
this is way out of left field guys...but ive thought up a scenario in which ..i wonder if its possible for universes to happen exactly like this one over and over...then under some sort of kataklysm its both simultaneously destroyed and reset(big bang)..could it be possible that there has been an earth before...all this...before?...could this explain other phenomena such as ...deja vu?..probablly not...but its worth thinking about i think...lol
arkee71 7 months ago
@arkee71 Maybe to the masses, but it's not at all out of left field! You're not the first to think this and won't be the last. Nietzsche wrote about this idea over 100 years ago, just look up "eternal recurrence". A good book also that runs through some of the same ideas as in this video is "The Book" by Alan Watts. Deep stuff, it gets you thinking lol
ea281991 6 months ago
Unconditional Love = ZERO
ZERO x/divided by ANYTHING = ZERO!
Never Empty
ALL WAYS FULL
ALL ONE
ALL Becoming
NOW.
PaulChekLive 8 months ago
Great video, but I sometimes wonder if the universe is eternal or if it had a beginning which the Big Bang suggests, and the fact we can see our universe expanding expanding is evidence of that. This is why I am slightly leaning toward Panentheism.
Amazing video, really inspired me to make one about Panentheism.
BrianPSTJ 8 months ago
@BrianPSTJ The observable part of the universe does "appear" to be expanding, due to red shift data, and for many this suggest a beginning. As most of us already know, this lead to the Big Bang theory. It's an interesting topic! I've written on the subject extensively and plan to make a video on it in the future to express my personal views on it. When I do, I'll try to remember to send you a notice.
GuyusSeralius 8 months ago
@GuyusSeralius Thanks, have you heard of the eternal oscilating universe theory? I dont know much about it but I think it states that the universe goes through a infinite amount of Big Bangs and Big Crunches.
I look forward to seeing your future video.
BrianPSTJ 8 months ago
@BrianPSTJ Yes, years ago I started to hear about this theory that the Big Bang we know of was possibly just one amongst an endless cycle of Big Bangs and Big Crunches. This excited me because I had developed the exact same theory for my own reasons, as I'm sure many young philosophers and scientist have done. I have since expanded my original theory to state that an infinite number of Big Bangs and Big Crunches may always be occurring throughout the infinite universe, like infinite bubbles.
GuyusSeralius 8 months ago
@GuyusSeralius Yeah, that sounds like Stephen Hawkings multiverse theory.
BrianPSTJ 8 months ago
@BrianPSTJ there was never a begginning and there will never be an end... live the moment...
lovelydaize 7 months ago
Hi again xD hum, I wanted to ask you, is the concept of Panspermia familiar to you? And what do you think of it? I think it is amazing and greatly reinforces my pantheistic view :)
ItsAllChaos 8 months ago
@ItsAllChaos Yes, I'm familiar with the panspermia theory. I think it's very likely one of the many ways life is spread throughout the universe. Of course, as many who believe in the theory already know, the question of how life begins, where ever it originates, still has to be answered. I believe Earth likely started life on its own, due to the conditions, but may have also received additional "donations." Planets likely share their creations, in many ways, with many other planetary bodies.
GuyusSeralius 8 months ago
What is the song you used as background? It is incredible.
mcopple1970 8 months ago
@mcopple1970 It's called "Titans" by Vangelis, which was used in the motion picture "Alexander" (2004). I really like this music score too. It's one of my favorites. I think it's a masterpiece!
GuyusSeralius 8 months ago
After years of searching and long holding a view completely different to the major religions it was by accident that I came across Pantheism and began to read about it. It instantly gave me peace and perspective, the same way looking through my telescope at night has done for years. This was a great video, I would like my wife to watch it just to see what I have been talking about all these years. Thanks for posting the video!
thinkforthefuture 8 months ago
@thinkforthefuture Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed my video! I hope your wife warms up to the idea or at least comes closer to understanding your interest in it. By the way, I've been wanting to get a telescope of my own. I'm a space enthusiast and would enjoy looking at the moon, planets, and stars up close. Hopefully, someday soon, I will get one. Also, I wanted to say your channel name is excellent!
GuyusSeralius 8 months ago
@GuyusSeralius Thanks! Hoping for some more insightful videos. PS you should definately fork out for a decent telescope, they are a portal to the universe.
thinkforthefuture 8 months ago
This video makes me cry every time I watch it. It is so beautiful.
Devidedistand 9 months ago
@Devidedistand That's probably the best compliment I could ever receive! Thank You! The spooky thing is I was just wondering, about 5 seconds before I saw your comment in my inbox, whether or not this video has ever stirred anyone's emotions. I guess it's safe to say, yes. It still moves me!
GuyusSeralius 9 months ago
@GuyusSeralius at 3:04 I have found, & continue to find evidence that we may be reincarnating. It scares me a bit.
NeoPsiTom 9 months ago
@NeoPsiTom In many ways, "it scares me a bit" too. At times, it even terrifies me! But, in many other ways, it comforts me greatly. While I believe life is both good and bad, pain and pleasure, light and dark, I do my best to focus on the good, the pleasure, and the light. In this lifetime and the next, always try to look for the pleasurable, good, light. I believe it is always out there somewhere--usually just around the corner.
GuyusSeralius 9 months ago
how can you claim that this is 'ultimately unknowable'? i think of these things as something that we don't understand yet, but, to quote richard dawkins, 'we are working on it.' to make the assertation that there is a cycle of forgetting and remembering seems to be a claim backed up by no evidence at all, and to say that something is 'unknowable' is to say that it is only unknowable NOW.
Raziel8484 9 months ago
@Raziel8484 It's never really safe to believe we can know anything for a fact. Good scientist will tell you that even the best evidence can later turn out to be distorted or false. However, I do believe we can learn enough about the universe to see the bigger picture, like when half way in to solving a jig-saw puzzle, one can look at it and say ah! I see what it is.
GuyusSeralius 9 months ago
@Raziel8484 My view that we cycle between forgetting and remembering is only my opinion, based only on the impression life has made on me so far. I could easily be wrong. Keep in mind that when discussing the universe on a philosophical level, it's okay to go beyond the expectations of scientific evidence or proof. I do love the scientific method though and believe it should be used whenever possible in the search for truth.
GuyusSeralius 9 months ago
Hmmm, I find it comforting to think that I am one with the eternal universe, however, If I am the universe, that means that when I die, all the universe dies with me, and that sucks :\
ItsAllChaos 9 months ago
@ItsAllChaos Based on all that I have learned about the world and life, I can't help but to believe that death is but an unfortunate transition from one state to another, from the point of view of your local self. In other words, you (the eternal All) will always exist, though your local point of view will continue to change.
GuyusSeralius 9 months ago
@GuyusSeralius Yep I get it :P I have always been here, always transforming... but from an egocentrical point of view, it's pretty much indifferent wheter the universe is eternal or not, because I (self, or consciousness) will cease to exist anyway. But that's cool. Thinking like that makes me want to help the whole world and stop thinking about myself, because after all, we're all one :) I wonder if the universe itself has some kind of a greater consciousness of it's own.
ItsAllChaos 9 months ago
@ItsAllChaos I agree. Our local consciousness and identity will eventually undergo enough change that we will lose ourselves so-to-speak. Of course, the inner, more important essence of what we are moves on. I take comfort in the idea that we may eventually move to a much higher level of consciousness that would allow us to remember our more significant past selves. Though we will eventually forget it all again. I think it's an endless cycle of forgetting and remembering.
GuyusSeralius 9 months ago
@GuyusSeralius Yeah, after thinking a lot about pantheism that was pretty much the conclusion at which I arrived - an endless cycle of forgetting and remebering... I feel that in this exact moment, I know who I am. I am the universe experiencing and trying to know itself. And that sounds awesome... What bothers me is that eventually, I will forget everything that I've learned in this life... Oh well, it's worth it anyway, I feel so blessed just to be alive and be able to ask "who am I?" :'D
ItsAllChaos 9 months ago
@ItsAllChaos I couldn't have said it better! I too feel blessed just to have had some small glimpse into what I am and what it's all about, even though I will never fully understand it 100 percent. I'll continue to enjoy my awareness for as long as possible until I forget again:)
GuyusSeralius 9 months ago
@GuyusSeralius Oh, and I have another question. Since we believe the universe is eternal, well, you can't measure a part of time, in an eternal cicle, so we live in the eternal moment which is now. Past and future are human concepts, time itself is based on how fast the things around us transform... So, I guess it's reasonable to say that "eternity = non-existence of time", right?
ItsAllChaos 9 months ago
@ItsAllChaos For the most part, I believe what you said is true. However, there is a concept of time, which I have labeled "Sequential Time," expressing how things happen in a certain sequence. I hit the glass, it fell to the floor, it shattered. One event did occur before the other and a third event after those and so on. Yet, as you described, the actual duration of an event is relative and in a way meaningless. Time exist and yet it doesn't. The universe is the ultimate paradox.
GuyusSeralius 9 months ago
@ItsAllChaos Time is one of the "holy grails" in philosophy. Unfortunately, I won't be able to explain my full take on it in these short comments. I do plan to do some videos on the subject in the future. By the way, you remind me so much of my brother who describes time very much the way you do. He even plays an electric guitar like you. Me and my brothers always enjoy discussing time.
GuyusSeralius 9 months ago
@GuyusSeralius Hahaha, unfortunately my brothers and friends are not interested in this kind of discussions... Well maybe 2 or 3 of my friends are, but not as much as I am :\ but yeah, once again you answer me what I was somehow expecting: times does, and does not exist, "the ultimate paradox"... If eternity means there is no time, infinity would mean that there is no space. And therefore nothing exists. However I think the concept of "nothing" is impossible, I guess that even nothing would be
ItsAllChaos 9 months ago
@GuyusSeralius (cont) something? So, my guess is that everything is nothing, as much as there is male/female, dark/light, chaos/order, there is nothing/everything, and both can't be split... It's just another duality inherent in the universe :)
ItsAllChaos 9 months ago
@ItsAllChaos Yes, exactly! At least that is what the universe has taught me so far. Another way of saying it is to say there are no absolutes in the universe. For example, there is no such thing as absolute nothing or absolute something, or absolute life or absolute death, or absolute motion or absolute stillness, etc. It all seems to be a fuzzy blur or mix between Yin and Yang. It can all make a person go cross-eyed thinking about it too much:)
GuyusSeralius 9 months ago
@GuyusSeralius That makes sense, there are no absolutes, only a balance between the two polarities, trying to reach a perfect equilibrium. Hum... But could that be an absolute truth?.. XD
ItsAllChaos 9 months ago
@ItsAllChaos
You need to redefine death, though. When we say death, we can only mean unconsciousness. Your body gives way to your thoughts. Without the right chemicals, you cant sustain your mental processes and you "die". But at no point do your cells stop being "you". You wont die, youll simply biodegrade and join up with others to take new forms.
Devidedistand 9 months ago
@Devidedistand Yeah by death I mean only death of consciousness or ego, cause truly we never die. At least the way we see "death"... But I guess consciousness is what defines us. Look at a rock, it just stands there, indifferent to it's own existence. So if it wasn't for us (conscious observers) it would be like the universe didn't exist all. So, if my consciousness dies, even though my body continues, I won't be aware of it, it will probably be like if nothing had ever happened.
ItsAllChaos 9 months ago
@ItsAllChaos
I get your point. It is sad. But maybe we will recycle our minds, but I've always observed reproduction as the only probable form of reincarnation.
Devidedistand 9 months ago
@Devidedistand I have seen an interesting theory that time is a continuous loop, so really once the loop gets back to us we will just start over, and I doubt you can observe time in that unconscious state or whatever, so it will feel instantaneous.
BrianPSTJ 6 months ago
TROUBLE IS, WE TEND TO STICK TO THE CONVENTIONAL WAY OF HOW WE PERCIEVE EXISTENSE.
I am one to accept the new thoughts and one to try and tell other poeople but it's hard and one tends to be viewed as a mad person rather as a visionary.
What I'm saying is it;s not simple but we shoyld keep the thing going.
Joylevinstein 9 months ago
what is the music called?
pilotlim 10 months ago
@pilotlim It's "Titans" by Vangelis, which was used in the motion picture "Alexander" (2004).
GuyusSeralius 10 months ago
A very thought-provoking and well-made clip, thank you, and keep it up.
If people understood this, they wouldn't have to fabricate all of these crazy religions, as they wouldn't fear death. Death is just a technicality.
And btw, why is your blog so dead? I tried posting a comment! :P
SuperGukke 10 months ago
@SuperGukke Thank you very much! And I agree with your sentiment. As for my blog, I'm assuming you're referring to my wordpress site. I started it a good while back and just haven't had any time to get back to it. I can't wait to do so though. I'm currently spending all my spare time working on new YouTube videos. Hopefully soon, I can get back to work on my blog, which will explain my views in far more detail--for those interested:)
GuyusSeralius 10 months ago
@ItsAllChaos ..There is no maybe about it, it's documented history. We don't fear the Devil...Jesus said .."The only one to fear is he that can destroy both the body and the soul." Only God has that authority, but our fear of God has been exagerated by the Gnostics to make it look like Christians are hiding under their beds. lol That is a problem in todays society, unfamiliararity with the biblical narrative makes people suseptable to the murmerings of the "love goddess".
vachief 10 months ago
Great!
MrJohnnyOwl 10 months ago
Yes, I have a wonderful life... yet, I more or less agree with the notion that it took great courage to come to this planet, to experience this level of limitation.
Even with experiences of ease and limitlessness, connection, and incredible manifestations, life can be tough, not for wimps!
Thank God, we get to be wimpy at times and still survive.
Aloha!
bubblerings 11 months ago
Nice video dude! Awesome music, thoughtful words. Well put, well expressed. Maybe this is too personal of a question, but was there anything in your life that happened which triggered you to get here? Like a loss of some sort? Anyway, may the force be with you! :)
vdizhoor 11 months ago
@vdizhoor Thank you for all your kind words! You asked an interesting question. I'm currently working on a three-part video series which will describe the philosophical and spiritual journey I've taken to get to where I am now. There were many triggers which lead me to my views. But, to quickly answer your question, I haven't experienced any major loss. I've had the average ups and downs. For the most part, my life has been quite balanced, which is the main reason I am who I am.
GuyusSeralius 11 months ago
@GuyusSeralius - Very nice video... I have a question:
Do you feel that the "ALL" is also sentient or conscious at the highest level of it's collective self as a whole, like one great infinite living power?
lllwindrunner 11 months ago
@lllwindrunner I'm not sure what you consider to be the "highest level" of the All's "collective self," but since I believe every conscious being, such as yourself, is the All, I believe the All is sentient and conscious. There are of course all levels of consciousness embodied by a full range of beings in nature, and so the highest level of consciousness of the All does exist. Where exactly this ultimate consciousness resides I don't know, but I'm sure it or they are just beyond our reach.
GuyusSeralius 11 months ago
@lllwindrunner
Well I am conscious. And you are conscious I assume. THAT is the conscious mind of the All. We are the minds. It may be hard to comprehend because we tend to think of consciousness as singular. But consciousness is plural in fact. It is not everywhere. It is exclusive to sentient lifeforms. The rocks don't have it, trees most likely don't experience consciousness, the air doesn't have it. It is rare in comparison to the nonconscious portion of Us.
Devidedistand 9 months ago
@Devidedistand didn't exist at all*
ItsAllChaos 9 months ago
@Devidedistand I sometimes wonder (as many have) if all of us singular beings are like the living cells of a yet larger living being which is at some far greater level of consciousness than us smaller individuals are. I realize that within infinity that the same may be the case for this hypothetical larger entity as well. Also I've been checking into Panentheism as well as Pantheism and considering their differences. Both are amazing concepts but I might be leaning slightly toward Panentheism.
lllwindrunner 9 months ago
@lllwindrunner I have a similar view to you that we are all united by a greated level of conciousness as well as in the ways described in this video. This conciousness would be like the mind of god, so I guess this could also be called Panentheism. I used to be Christian (I still go to church sometimes) but I feel that this makes much more sense to me and gives me great peace.
BrianPSTJ 8 months ago
@BrianPSTJ
Thanks for sharing. I think sometimes just knowing there are others who've come to the same kinds of conclusions can make us feel comfortable enough to venture into further ideas and theories about the amazing "all" or "God". Lately I've been thinking about how important *contrast* is. I think the over-all universe is moving in a positive direction but the Light-Dark or Positive-Negative polarities, is what allowed us to have contrast to then be able to discern any kind of path with.
lllwindrunner 8 months ago
@lllwindrunner Well said! I too think a lot about the contrasting poles of the universe and of life. This "contrast" is at the heart of all my philosophy. In fact, it's the main theme in the video I'm currently working on right now, which I hope to upload soon. You would likely enjoy it.
GuyusSeralius 8 months ago
@GuyusSeralius Thanks. I'll be on the look out for that video!
lllwindrunner 8 months ago
@lllwindrunner Yeah, have you heard of negative and positive vibrations? Could be a similar concept to the polarites and light dark ideas.
BrianPSTJ 8 months ago
@BrianPSTJ "negative and positive vibrations?" Not so much caught up with that in great depths but of course in the passing descriptions that are still spoken in the beatnik kind of style, such as: "that person or that room has a negative (or positive) vibration". I think there's usually something legit and deeper going on beyond the mere expression but I suppose I've heard even more about "matter/ anti-matter" and "dark matter" as new subjects of big study.
lllwindrunner 8 months ago
Wonderful !
Namaste~
ladyblue1911 11 months ago
...Interesting that much in this film is completely false.....according to Jesus, God manifested in the flesh. If your using psycho-actives but feel your being short sold...get a KJV. Thousands of good men were murdered...getting the truth that it contains to the general population.
vachief 11 months ago
@vachief very true......it is also true that thousands of good men of every creed have been murdered by other good men, men who couldn't believe that goodness can exist in many places, even outside of their definitions.
Mandelbrotmat 11 months ago
@Mandelbrotmat ....Yes..that's a good point, it's to bad good men have been mislead. The point I was trying to make is the sacrifice that many paid in order to get the Holy Bible into the hand of the common man. People should study the politics and reasons why the Bible was suppressed from the masses and the reasons that lead to the Protestant Reformation, namely the paganism that crept in due to the philosophy surrounding psycho-active drugs whos' popularity stretches back to antiquity.
vachief 11 months ago