crystal_richardson_ wrote:I don't know why people have such a hard time 'processing' the infinite. I already view myself as living in infinite time. I believe universe, for example, has always existed and will always exist. The so-called 'origin' of the universe is really just the beginning of a different form of the universe, and prior to that it was a difference form and so on.
The universe, as does all the matter (including us) in it, just transforms continuously, taking different shapes and properties. But everything has and will always exist.
Thus death, is just another transformation. Currently, we represent a 'living' state of matter (we humans call it) and soon we will transition to a nonliving state of matter, where our consciousness will cease to exist. We will become the ground we walk on - lifeless, inanimate, etc
in other words, I basically believe I am already dead. Consciousness is not a significant enough differentiating feature of me that I disidentify with the lifeless matter around me. I identify with the matter around me, which is infinite. Therefore I am infinite now - living and with consciousness - although these ladder features of my existence are not, but they are not significant in my opinion.
if you cease to regard consciousness as significant, and identify with the matter around, and accept its infinite existence, then you will not fear death or have trouble processing the infinite and your place in it any longer.
You didn't get what I meant by "processing", Crys. *Logically* I *know* perfectly well what's the deal with the universe & whatnot - in fact the time / space infinity is the only thing what makes absolute sense. It's just that my brain cannot conjure up a mental image of infinity. That's what I meant by 'processing'.
Finite constructs like the human brain process things by 'measuring' them, and you can't measure the immeasurable (infinite).
(And my place in it all doesn't particularly bother me..
