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[Confused]

Sure we're 'all things', but only in potential.

I think that very much sheds light on the individual entity as an infinite or as a finite being (within infinite creation) that has been raging on these forums for quite some time.

What light would that be?

OK, here goes my extremely subjective hypothesis. Consider the ocean, which is made up of almost infinite number of fluid components that at once can mingle to become one or can take separate existence away from the ocean if scooped in a container.

Now, several drops from that ocean can move away in different directions, such as through evaporation, falling over on to the shore, etc. Those drops come from the essence of the ocean and carry the blueprint of that essence within at all times, even if they end up in a sewage system as they make their way through random multiple channels.

But, in all likelihood, they will end up in the ocean from whence they sprang. And through their sojourn across multiple levels in different forms, they would have imbibed some distilled flavor. And that flavor goes back to the ocean. But since the ocean is made up of a seeming infinity of such drops, the individual flavors are not perceptible, but combine with the infinity of the oceanic essence to become a complex (aka the outcome is more than just the sum of the parts).

Thus, the individual drop which emanated from the oceanic essence loses its pure state for a time, but carries the inherent identity of water within always. But it does (at least hypothetically) merge back into the ocean after a time, and during the process of separateness from the ocean, it picks up multiple flavors.

Wrapping the hypothesis, I would make the following analogy based equations -

Ocean = One Infinite Creator
Drops = Individual entities, which carry the essence of infinity within at all times, but are tangibly only finite
Flavors accumulated by the drops = biases and lessons gained by individual entities/experiences for the ONE.

Forgive me if they make no sense. May all glory, praise, and worship be unto the ocean, err.., sorry, the One Infinite Creator.

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Jim and Carla are still walking the earth and they used to live with an, IMHO, eminent meta/physicist. Can we ask what they think?

That's a good idea. May be during the Q&A sessions