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Originally Posted by Mark Lapierre  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". |
What I was meaning to imply was that many believe it was a linear string of events (i.e. a beginning and an end).
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Originally Posted by Mark Lapierre 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. |
You'll find many definitions of what a thoughtform is. I would define thoughtforms as abstract and intangible archetypes or perfect ideals. Specific phenomena in our world are instances of the manifestation of these thoughtforms. Much in the same way an artist "captures", say, an emotion in a painting. Everything in this world is a "cross-section" through the more abstract and natural state of mind.