04-29-2011, 11:35 PM
(04-29-2011, 09:33 PM)unity100 Wrote:(04-29-2011, 08:12 PM)abridgetoofar Wrote:(04-29-2011, 07:11 PM)unity100 Wrote:(04-29-2011, 12:19 PM)LsavedSmeD Wrote: The first known thing in creation is infinity - according to Ra.
The next step is Infinity becoming aware.
This step which is the threshold to the desire of the Infinite One to experience itself is the step which I cannot grasp.
How does something without awareness become aware? What caused this awareness? Is it because of the Infinite possibilities? Is awareness bound to happen eventually in Infinity?
imagine an infinitely still sea. there is no motion, no differentiation. there is no energy. it cant do nothing.
now imagine that, that still sea becomes stirred, and waves result for some reason.
The question is, what is that reason?
there is no reason. it was always like that. if you could look at the stages of existence from 'outside', you would see it in levels, reaching up to infinity.
at point intelligent infinity, you see that infinity apparently separates into two counterparts. whatever counterpart infinite intelligence has, i dont know.
and from that point downwards, the existence increasingly separates.
That is understood, but in your analogy, the sea was not "always like that." First it was still, and then there was motion. The sea analogy projects a linear timeline on this awareness. I understand if you were using it as an over-simplification to explain a basically unexplainable topic, but the heart of the topic is, "what caused the motion in the sea?" Does the question force us to abandon this analogy?
LsavedSmeD Wrote:Yes, Ra states the "beginning" of creation in a linear manner but really it is of an eternal present or immediate happening simultaneously. But the beginning of this awareness is confusing and I am distorted in my perspective. Infinity must have had to ALWAYS been aware, if this was the case.
From that point of view, perhaps an equally valid and perplexing question would be, "what caused unawareness?"
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