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Username: Humancafe
Registered: 12-2017
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 11, 2026 - 06:34 pm: | |
Hypothetical questions on being in a totally interconnected universe, and our part in it.
We live in an existence where everything is interconnected, whether by proximity and interactions, or by history and infinite regress, so everything is connected to everything else through space and time, in effect a kind of 'interrelationship' to infinity.
What does that mean for us humans living in this reality? Does it affect us existentially in all the things we think and do? What are hypothetical consequences for us of an infinite interconnectedness?
That is what this discussion hopes to discover. But first there are rules of the game we must observe, just three:
1. If everything is interconnected, to infinity, then each thing within this matrix of interconnections is exactly as the total pressure of everything else allowed it to be.
2. That infinite pressure of interconnections totality, in effect, defines each thing's identity in terms of the whole. This is how infinite totality defines itself on a point, on any part of itself.
3. Therefore, if 1 and 2 are true, then we, each one of us, has an identity definition in the greater image of a totality that envelops us. If so, for each one of us exists an infinite matrix of interrelationships that defines us, and with which we interact as it interacts with us.
These are the three rules that set the stage for discussion. So what are the hypothetical consequences of this self-defining reality? What does that mean?
Are there ramifications of this interaction between us and the infinite matrix reality within which we each exist? Are there insights that can help us understand, that we live in a totally interconnected reality? If so, can we use this in our daily lives?
QUESTIONS:
1. Is this idea of an infinite interconnectedness defining each part of itself reasonable? Or merely hypothetical?
2. Can we learn to use this interconnectedness to our advantage? For example, can we 'align' with it when in harmony to be beneficial for us? Or if amiss and in conflict with it, do we suffer?
3. When our existence is in agreement with our 'infinite identity', is this identity reflected in 'Who we are'?
4. We can't control natural events dangerous to us (earthquakes, fires, cyclones, asteroids) but we can control human events dangerous to us, such as violence, coercions, deceits, etc. Should that be a focus in our future awareness, to avoid coercions and to seek agreements? Is this a way to better center ourselves in our infinite identity, our Who?
5. If the infinite interconnectedness of interrelationships is an 'intelligent' super-system, a kind of universal mind, is there any way for us to connect with it? Perhaps intuitive knowledge, emotional feelings, meditation, the arts, music, creative writing, poetry, thinking, serenity? Do we sometimes communicate with a super mind, unbeknownst to us?
6. If the infinite interrelationship can manifest in itself life, all living things, does that mean the universe at its infinity limits is also somehow 'alive'?
7. Finally, are we living in an infinite, totally interrelated universe of life capable of consciousness in its living beings? What does that mean for us? Is the universe, per its interrelationships, a kind of bio-feedback loop? Can we connect with it?
8. (Bonus) When two people meet, do their greater identity universes meet?
The purpose of this discussion is to test the limits of understanding a universal reality that hypothetically is interactive with us, and we perhaps able to interact with it if we choose (though it is not mandatory as we can live our lives without awareness of it), to change our lives.
For some of us this idea will be spooky, disturbing, for others it will come easily. But the more conscious we become of this, will the universal consciousness become more aware of us?
IDA |