I think the problem these days with decoding the meaning of life and spirituality is the idea that one ultimate and consistent explanation does, in fact exist. For years people have asserted their proposed metaphysical belief systems (aka religion) as being the right way, and all others being wrong. Science, as a contrast, instead relies less on faith and more on the evidence of our material world that exists based on mathematical logic. The tricky part with this opposed (but largely generalized) duality is that although we are knee deep in both we aren't really any closer to an ultimate truth. This often leaves me, for one, a little lost.
It's really a sign of the times I believe. Religion is much less prominent in society and general civil life then ever before, and our relatively post modern disposition is increasingly segregating what was before a more unified majority (speaking mostly of religion and societal beliefs here). This is creating much more of a cultural, racial, and spiritual melting pot where really anything can and does go, and it creates an environment where a newer generation of people can more freely play with new spiritual ideas and existence without as much reluctance as previous generations have most likely endured.
So this blog is more of a personal repository then anything. I'm speaking mostly from my own perspective and viewpoint here which brings me to the question, what do I believe? Well I certainly don't believe in one superior universal metaphysical god that delivers punishment or judgment. I'm a very open mind and I'll listen to what people have to say before asserting my own opinion. I consider and look at my options, and I take what I find of value and integrate it into my own belief system. I wouldn't call myself religious or affiliated with any one particular belief because my beliefs are more of a melting pot, like the age we live in today.
I look at two things. I look at what science has proposed, and I look at what spiritual philosophy has proposed, and it appears to me that everything in existence primarily exists because we observe it to exist. I believe at some level that the mere observation and perception of stimuli into meaning by a living thing is a miracle in itself.
The next thing I find interesting is that many religions and science both tell us that at the atomic level everything is made up of energy, which really blows the material tactile idea that our world is made up of both energy and matter, because as Einstien pointed out, matter IS energy. Which means that if a thought is energy, then theoretically a thought may be no different then solidified matter. I tend to think of our world as a magnificent symphony of energy systems, many of which aren't physically tangible. If you think about the magnitude of systems playing out relative to your day to day experience it's mind boggling. For an example just sitting on a bus, there are maybe 15 other people on that bus, each with their own neural nets, thoughts, desires, ideas, motives all playing out relative to the time of your experience. If everything comes down to atomic energy then what does this suggest? It's a facinating thought.
