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Originally Posted by Anagogy  Nothingness has never existed, and never will. You see, alot of people (many scientists and theologists alike) believe there was nothing.....nothing......and then POOF.....something. |
As far as what scientists believe is concerned, that's a common misunderstanding of the Big Bang Theory. It doesn't state that something followed nothing, just that we don't know what came before what
appears to be the start. "Uncertain then something", not "nothing then something".
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Originally Posted by Anagogy All possible thoughtforms are and always will be manifest. The universe is the manifestation of a thoughtform. This world is the manifestation of the thoughtform of separation. All natural thoughtforms within that domain will reflect that in one way or another. Energy is not energy. It is thought. It is the thoughtform of action. Time is the thoughtform of impermanence. |
What's a thoughtform?
Incidentally, I started learning about William James in my Psych class recently. Part of his work stated that pure experience is everything and everything is pure experience. It's interesting to see some of the history of the Western interpretation of the idea of non-duality.