Anna Conlan:
Very poetic indeed, but how do you know? Or, is it just something that sounds nice to believe in? Why would we have many lifetimes occurring at one time? Why, then, are we not aware of being conscious in all of these lifetimes?
If source is all that exists, how is it pure love? Our world, i'm sure you agree, is far from being pure love.
You didn't answer though whether the soul is subject to the same laws of physics as everything else. Why or why not? If so, and it draws energy from this source, and source is all that exists, then how does that work? That sounds rather complicated. What form of energy, exactly, does it use?
John Freestone, I agree with most of what you said. Well, I am just asking about the properties, because if it does follow the laws of physics (why shouldn't it?), then they would be valid questions, wouldn't they? If it doesn't, then we must ask why not.
I agree though, there is no evidence. But it'd be nice to have at least some sort of workable hypothesis, rather than some feel-good rhetoric that really means nothing and doesn't make much sense when broken down, which I think is basically what a lot of the new-age philosophies are, or really any religious or spiritual philosophy.
Your idea about consciousness is interesting, though. I do wonder what sort of consciousness simpler lifeforms have. What exactly makes up consciousness? What makes an object conscious? Things react to their environment, yes, but so does hydrogen—if there are two hydrogens and an oxygen around, they are probably going to bond, because that's the natural thing to do. But one wouldn't claim that atoms are conscious, would they? It's just electromagnitism acting on them (forgive me if I got the wrong force).
Thanks for the replies. |