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My Tea Cup Theory; [note to self, work on name]
Topic Started: Jun 17 2005, 10:06 AM (222 Views)
the friendly prophet of doom
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Right so here it is. I've heard from other people also which means I'm not enterly crazy.

If you look a basic cell, you have a nucleus, with protons and neutrons whirling around inside it. It seems like it has a very similiar pattern to out solar system, the sun being the nucleus of course.. the planets the protons and neutrons.

So if it works for out bodys, then how do we know that we are not part of something bigger, like part of a gigantic man holding a tea cup in another world?

I see the gliches with my theory, but considering it was a break through during a particular boring science lesson. I'm impressed with myself.
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psyfi
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the friendly prophet of doom
Jun 17 2005, 10:06 AM
So if it works for out bodys, then how do we know that we are not part of something bigger, like part of a gigantic man holding a tea cup in another world?

It seems that the answer could be found by exploring what we consider to be information that is sufficiently valid for knowledge claims. Is an internal sense of just 'knowing' sufficient? Does science have to verify using empirical methods before we say that we 'know' this or that, e.g., telescopes trained on the edges of the universe see no giant hand holding coffee cup. I think that we can know there is something bigger than ourselves because: (1) I have had internal experiences that verify it (these are so intense and transformative, they would be enough for me) ; (2) I've spoken with and read stories of others who have had internal experiences that verify it; (3) there is evidence in the world of something beyond the natural (e.g., ghosts); and (4) although fledgling in their efforts, parapsychological researchers are getting moderately good results in investigating some of these things.

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Hmmm, I wouldn't be surprised if the whole idea of Quantum Mechanics had something to say about this... However, since I am not as well versed in that subject as I could be I will offer the following lines from a song that came out about 25 years or so back...

"Natural Science"
 
I. tide pools
When the ebbing tide retreats
Along the rocky shoreline
It leaves a trail of tidal pools
In a short-lived galaxy
Each microcosmic planet
A complete society

A simple kind mirror
To reflect upon our own
All the busy little creatures
Chasing out their destinies
Living in their pools
They soon forget about the sea...

Wheels within wheels
In a spiral array
A pattern so grand
And complex
Time after time
We lose sight of the way
Our causes can’t see
Their effects
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Franko
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All humans participate in the enduring timeline. All of our actions affect the timeline. Since the timeline goes on into Infinity, our existence then has become part of infinity. We are embodied in Infinity, and in Eternity, and because we are so embodied, we are part of the eternal domain which is embodied in God.


Kind of trippy, I know. :meditate:



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psyfi
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I love that poem, Franko. Although, I think that if I had to pick a poem regarding our connections to that which is larger than ourselves and time in this world, it would be the more Buddhist sentiments expressed in "Vitae Summa Brevis Spem Nos Vetat Incohare Longham."

They are not long, the days of wine and roses:
Out of a misty dream
Our path emerges for a while, then closes
Within a dream.
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A world full of Protons, I like the way that sounds


:D
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Don't forget there are just as many anti-protons... :whistle: :angel: :D ;)
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