The Tree Of Knowledge (TOK) shows humans at the bottom of its central root, and we need a generic view of these humans.
The reasoning in my metaphysics article says our physical universe cycles form one Big Bang to the next. During the compression period before a Big Bang, there are no humans. During the expansion period after a Big Bang, there is only a short period of time in which animals can live.
Visualize this period by thinking of a planet much larger than our Earth. Its sun gave it birth, and it has its own free neutrons. Gravity pushes these free neutrons together, and they cause a nuclear explosion which vaporizes a third of the planet. The planet splits apart to stabilize its moment of inertia. The rains come to fill the abysses and form oceans. Life begins. Dinosaurs come and go, and the age of mammals begins which include anthropoids.
These early humans live in packs like other animals. They evolve and reproduce. They kill for food and live close to the soil. There may be zillions of them on zillions of planets, but they will all die and reconvert to Space before the next Big Bang. ‘Die’ is a misnomer. Our physical universe is a self contained set of interacting logical ideas. Our minds process these ideas, and we think they are real.
We now want to consider why humanoids are a part of this reality.
Our universe is a school whose purpose is to teach its pupils (illogical Beings) how to reason logically.
A major change occurs in a human society when an illogical Being is born into a family. This pupil cannot bring over any ideas from The Universe into this physical universe. However, it does seem to realize that there is something more than the physical objects it sees. It conceives the idea of a creator, and the tribe learns to believe in a God.
With the coming of religion, the locals need to have faith. They must believe whatever their shaman tells them, and the tribe employs some sort of punishment for the unfaithful. Faith in the local dogma makes it difficult for new pupils to learn to reason logically. Faith impedes reason even for physicists.
A major change also occurs when two illogical Beings were born into a tribe. A conflict arises as to whose illogical ideas are to dominate. Each pupil believes everything would be better if everyone followed his ideas, and the end justifies the means. Various political forms arise and evolve as the locals fight wars to establish their illogical ideas.
It appears that humans serve two purposes. First, humans are receptacles for the minds of the incoming illogical Beings, and I’ll say more about these minds in my next post. Second, humans are receptacles for the illogical ideas and act like mirrors. That is, the illogical Beings will recycle, and upon reentering, they will face their own illogical ideas, e.g., Brahmins return as ‘untouchables’ and masters as slaves.
This is a form of teaching. A pupil returns to live in the Hell it creates. This recycling continues until the pupil realizes its ideas are illogical and begins to learn how to reason logically.
With this recycle in mind, think of the first rule: ‘Do unto others as you would have them do unto you’.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
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