The truth is, infinitely multiple universes are possible, at any one given point. But each decision by each human being defines which of the potentialities becomes reality in each instance. There is one universe, emerging out of infinite possibilities.
That's quantum reality. Postulating infinite universes all existing at the same time (i.e. in reality, as opposed to mere potentiality) is like confusing the delicious meal I expect to be eating tomorrow night with something that I've already eaten (so why do I need to eat it tomorrow night?)
That said, time travel is possible, just not in the way that people think. The spirit transcends time. In the spirit, a person can zoom into the (potential) futures, and pre-experience that. This is what prophets do. By pre-connecting with a potential future, they contribute to that potentiality becoming reality.
We can access the past, as everything that human beings have experienced is recorded in our collective spiritual inheritance. We can even go back into the past and change it. Wha???
Like I said before, just not how people understand it.
Example, when you reflect on an experience that you had earlier in your life, and look at it from a new angle, you can create new meaning for that event or experience. This changes the past. Not the event itself, but its meaning, its significance, and thus in the way that it, and you, shape the unfolding potential of your life, the world, and the universe from that point forward.
There are two dimensions always at work in the universe; the material and the spiritual. The material is what it is; one universe. But how it progresses, what it becomes out of infinite potentialities, is defined and shaped by the spiritual, the choices that we human beings make each moment.
And, each time one of the potential universes becomes reality, other potentialities are lost. Thus, we moved along a path, with potentials being lost and potentials being gained, but the reality we live in exists. The great news is, we get to define what the reality we live in MEANS.
Conclusion: offer your choices, your determinations, your efforts to God, for the sake of humanity. You'll be actively helping create the best possible future for everyone because of the meaning you assign your life.
Doesn't mean you just 'define' it according to your own thinking, BUT the choices you make will shape the value. That value, however, may not be simply what you want it to be. A thief does not get to steal a TV and then decide, oh, this is a great choice, I 'decide' that it will make things better for everyone.
The crux of the matter is how profoundly our choices and the meaning we assign them aligns with, and resonates, with God's own perspective on the matter. This is something the 'new age' ideas of determination and quantum reality miss. The unfolding universe in its absolute best form is the one created by joint effort and alignment between human beings and our creator.
That's because our creator, God, knows infinitely the best possible potential, and is always working very hard to see that come about. The thing we have to learn to do is, to understand that future and then work with Him on that.
Physics does not prove that many universes exist. The “many-worlds” idea is only one interpretation of quantum mechanics, so rejecting it is completely reasonable.
Human decisions selecting outcomes is philosophically coherent, but physics does not claim that human choice collapses reality in the moral sense described. Quantum systems resolve into outcomes, but the mechanism is not tied to human intention.
So the claim is a metaphysical extension, not a result established by physics.
Meaning:
• The physics statement is correct.
• The philosophical statement is coherent.
• They are just different domains.
And yet, the relationship between the spirit and the flesh, and their unity, may actually be the dimension that allows the universe to exist.
If one views science as the pursuit of external truth (truth related to the physical universe) and religion (or faith) as the pursuit of internal truth (truth related to the spiritual universe), then at some point they should be reconciled.
Just as one's mind and body should be united. Different domains indeed, but irrefutably interconnected. (I think you could reasonably categorize philosophies into 3 essential categories: materialistic (matter is the only reality) spiritualistic (thought and ideas are the only reality) and unified (matter and spirit are two sides of the same coin).
No. The Multiverse, many worlds Theory annihilates all the old Hollywood friendly time travel plots
Multiverse Schmultiverse.
The truth is, infinitely multiple universes are possible, at any one given point. But each decision by each human being defines which of the potentialities becomes reality in each instance. There is one universe, emerging out of infinite possibilities.
That's quantum reality. Postulating infinite universes all existing at the same time (i.e. in reality, as opposed to mere potentiality) is like confusing the delicious meal I expect to be eating tomorrow night with something that I've already eaten (so why do I need to eat it tomorrow night?)
That said, time travel is possible, just not in the way that people think. The spirit transcends time. In the spirit, a person can zoom into the (potential) futures, and pre-experience that. This is what prophets do. By pre-connecting with a potential future, they contribute to that potentiality becoming reality.
We can access the past, as everything that human beings have experienced is recorded in our collective spiritual inheritance. We can even go back into the past and change it. Wha???
Like I said before, just not how people understand it.
Example, when you reflect on an experience that you had earlier in your life, and look at it from a new angle, you can create new meaning for that event or experience. This changes the past. Not the event itself, but its meaning, its significance, and thus in the way that it, and you, shape the unfolding potential of your life, the world, and the universe from that point forward.
There are two dimensions always at work in the universe; the material and the spiritual. The material is what it is; one universe. But how it progresses, what it becomes out of infinite potentialities, is defined and shaped by the spiritual, the choices that we human beings make each moment.
And, each time one of the potential universes becomes reality, other potentialities are lost. Thus, we moved along a path, with potentials being lost and potentials being gained, but the reality we live in exists. The great news is, we get to define what the reality we live in MEANS.
Conclusion: offer your choices, your determinations, your efforts to God, for the sake of humanity. You'll be actively helping create the best possible future for everyone because of the meaning you assign your life.
Doesn't mean you just 'define' it according to your own thinking, BUT the choices you make will shape the value. That value, however, may not be simply what you want it to be. A thief does not get to steal a TV and then decide, oh, this is a great choice, I 'decide' that it will make things better for everyone.
The crux of the matter is how profoundly our choices and the meaning we assign them aligns with, and resonates, with God's own perspective on the matter. This is something the 'new age' ideas of determination and quantum reality miss. The unfolding universe in its absolute best form is the one created by joint effort and alignment between human beings and our creator.
That's because our creator, God, knows infinitely the best possible potential, and is always working very hard to see that come about. The thing we have to learn to do is, to understand that future and then work with Him on that.
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You had me at Schmultiverse!!! kekekek!!
Physics does not prove that many universes exist. The “many-worlds” idea is only one interpretation of quantum mechanics, so rejecting it is completely reasonable. Human decisions selecting outcomes is philosophically coherent, but physics does not claim that human choice collapses reality in the moral sense described. Quantum systems resolve into outcomes, but the mechanism is not tied to human intention. So the claim is a metaphysical extension, not a result established by physics. Meaning: • The physics statement is correct. • The philosophical statement is coherent. • They are just different domains.
And yet, the relationship between the spirit and the flesh, and their unity, may actually be the dimension that allows the universe to exist.
If one views science as the pursuit of external truth (truth related to the physical universe) and religion (or faith) as the pursuit of internal truth (truth related to the spiritual universe), then at some point they should be reconciled.
Just as one's mind and body should be united. Different domains indeed, but irrefutably interconnected. (I think you could reasonably categorize philosophies into 3 essential categories: materialistic (matter is the only reality) spiritualistic (thought and ideas are the only reality) and unified (matter and spirit are two sides of the same coin).