Pantheism.com https://pantheism.com Celebrating the Unity of Everything Mon, 05 Jul 2021 09:09:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://pantheism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/favicon1.pngPantheism.comhttps://pantheism.com 32 32 Planetshttps://pantheism.com/planets/ https://pantheism.com/planets/#respond Mon, 05 Jul 2021 09:09:37 +0000 https://pantheism.com/?p=3490 As I said, Earth is our God and everything we see in our galaxy is from Earth including all the planets which I believe may each represent a layer of our Earth such as the crust, mantle, and possible oceans we have not discovered yet.but We can always look at the planets in our solarmore »

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As I said, Earth is our God and everything we see in our galaxy is from Earth including all the planets which I believe may each represent a layer of our Earth such as the crust, mantle, and possible oceans we have not discovered yet.but We can always look at the planets in our solar system for clues. Even our sun is an image that represents our Earth’s core and the moon represents a blank movie screen if you will, which is the beginning or the Earth’s eternal movie our Galaxy where we can see the stars as our eyes are the stars.

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Gravityhttps://pantheism.com/gravity/ https://pantheism.com/gravity/#respond Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:40:47 +0000 https://pantheism.com/?p=3488 The answer can’t be that complicated. Our souls return to the Earth’s core because that is all thats left after our bodies have gotten to weak from the constant rotation of the Earth, thus when there’s no more gravity in existence, space and the universe collapses and something new is formed. Gravity is the mainmore »

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The answer can’t be that complicated. Our souls return to the Earth’s core because that is all thats left after our bodies have gotten to weak from the constant rotation of the Earth, thus when there’s no more gravity in existence, space and the universe collapses and something new is formed. Gravity is the main reason we are able to live.

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Examining Causality of the “Infodemic”https://pantheism.com/examining-causality-of-the-infodemic/ https://pantheism.com/examining-causality-of-the-infodemic/#respond Fri, 01 May 2020 15:26:06 +0000 https://pantheism.com/?p=3475 Scientists around the world are cringing, calling the unprecedented tidal wave of misinformation surrounding the COVID 19 virus an “infodemic.” Let’s face it. Humans are bad at spotting fake information and spread it willingly without identifying and vetting sources for accuracy. Misinformation affects everyone and can be dangerous. Today, COVID 19 inspires a cacophony ofmore »

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Scientists around the world are cringing, calling the unprecedented tidal wave of misinformation surrounding the COVID 19 virus an “infodemic.” Let’s face it. Humans are bad at spotting fake information and spread it willingly without identifying and vetting sources for accuracy.

Misinformation affects everyone and can be dangerous. Today, COVID 19 inspires a cacophony of false information flooding social media. And people believe. They hit “share.” It begs the question, why do people so readily believe things that aren’t true? Otherwise smart, educated people are equally as guilty of neglecting to deep-source-check information. It’s a human trait. To understand the phenomena, we need to look at the foundation of “belief.” We humans tend to believe things based on at least one of what can be termed, “The Seven Causes of Belief.” Philosopher Walter Kauffman identified seven causes affecting what humans choose to believe. The belief can be any kind, whether religious, political, or any number of ideas. The causes are, in no particular order:
1) Belief by attrition— forced to believe it.
2) Belief by osmosis—brought up believing it and never questioned it.
3) Belief by appeal to authority— or argumentum ad verecundiam, which is a form of defeasible argument in which the opinion of an authority on a topic is used as evidence to support an argument.
4) Belief by following the crowd— believing what the crowd believes.
5) Belief by “it sounds good.”
6) Belief by “it feels good.”
7) Belief based on provable fact.

As we see, six of the impetuses of belief are not based in fact. Facts are often hard to establish. It’s a human trait to take the easy route when it comes to belief in anything. We tend to believe what sounds good, what feels good. Or we listen to an authority figure without determining upon what facts the argument is based. When misinformation, and subsequent belief in falsehood costs lives, as with the COVID 19 conspiracy theories, it becomes clear that we humans need to step it up a notch when it comes to what we believe. We need to take responsibility to deep-source-check the facts, from the originating source. If a link to a report is published in an article, click the link; if the link takes you to a link to a study, read the study. If you don’t understand the science of something, read up on the actual science from a leading university, for instance. Go to the originating source and fact check. Avoid biased sources. You can do it. We can beat the infodemic with a little elbow grease and time. It’s worth it. And in the case of COVID 19, lives may depend on it.

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What is “Biopantheism”?https://pantheism.com/what-is-biopantheism/ https://pantheism.com/what-is-biopantheism/#comments Sun, 29 Sep 2019 06:45:33 +0000 http://pantheism.com/?p=1754 “Biopantheism” is a Nature-based, Life-centered, ethics-driven, biologically-focused, codification of Pantheism, with a comprehensive ontology that includes a speculative, Pandeistic explanation for the origins of the Universe and a practical, real-world application that involves communion with Nature, ecological awareness, sustainable living, environmentalism, wildlife conservation, animal rights and holistic health. A unique doctrine, that places its emphasismore »

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“Biopantheism” is a Nature-based, Life-centered, ethics-driven, biologically-focused, codification of Pantheism, with a comprehensive ontology that includes a speculative, Pandeistic explanation for the origins of the Universe and a practical, real-world application that involves communion with Nature, ecological awareness, sustainable living, environmentalism, wildlife conservation, animal rights and holistic health.

A unique doctrine, that places its emphasis on science, cosmology, life in the physical world and all things relevant and meaningful to the human condition, with a particular emphasis on living organisms and the evolution of consciousness.

By combining Religious Naturalism, Deep Ecology and Biocentric values, together with classical Pantheistic philosophy (Substance Monism) and a poetic, Pagan aesthetic in terms of symbolism and metaphor, “Biopan” represents the quintessential balance between science and religion, as it is both a philosophical/ethical worldview AND a tangible, realistic form of spirituality.

A movement that embraces both ancient wisdom and modern scientific knowledge in a meaningful and practical way, Biopan not only teaches science and biology, but also leaves room for the numinous and the mystical/transcendent experience, without abandoning critical thinking, logic or reason. Rejecting the traditional notions of Theism and the conventional doctrines, dogmas and theologies of the Abrahamic faiths, Biopan stands as a healthy, Earth-based, Nature-centered alternative to the harmful and destructive fundamentalist religions that seek to dominate our world.

We are a sanctuary for all those who have been wounded and oppressed by religious indoctrination, valuing objective truth and evidence-based thinking over superstition, emotionalism, and any unsubstantiated false claims of the supernatural. Unreservedly, we seek to bridge the gap between Atheism and Naturalistic Spirituality, by cultivating a deep and abiding love and respect for the Universe, Nature and all Life forms, with a contemporary, Pantheistic awareness of the immanent and emergent Divinity of Bruno, Spinoza, Einstein, Sagan and Watts.

To us, “Pan” means Nature, Pan means forests and trees, mountains and caverns, oceans, rivers, lakes and streams, plants and animals, earth and sky, body and mind—these things are holy, sacred and worthy of the highest reverence. The earth is our home and all things are related, interdependent and connected. The Universe is a living organism; an incomprehensibly massive, collective intelligence, of which we are all a significant and ever-evolving part.

Our goal is to foster and promote these ideals and spread this worldview, by encouraging unity, compassion, altruism and love. To educate, enlighten, influence and inspire, both ourselves and others, to live up to our highest potential, by recognizing and acknowledging our immanent godhood and tapping into and harnessing our divine creative power, as individuals and as a species.

Now and forever, in Nature we trust.

www.biopan.space

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Pantheism – The Forever All – Audiobook – Ch4: The Physical vs The Non-Physicalhttps://pantheism.com/pantheism-the-forever-all-audiobook-ch4-the-physical-vs-the-non-physical/ https://pantheism.com/pantheism-the-forever-all-audiobook-ch4-the-physical-vs-the-non-physical/#respond Sun, 28 Jul 2019 23:55:42 +0000 https://pantheism.com/?p=3465 This is chapter 4 of my audiobook The Forever All: A philosophical and Spiritual Guide titled, The Physical vs The Non-Physical. I discuss and explain my views on pantheism and how the entire universe is made up of the physical and the non-physical. I believe everything in the universe is a combination of something andmore »

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This is chapter 4 of my audiobook The Forever All: A philosophical and Spiritual Guide titled, The Physical vs The Non-Physical. I discuss and explain my views on pantheism and how the entire universe is made up of the physical and the non-physical. I believe everything in the universe is a combination of something and nothing, or if you prefer, matter and space, and are ultimately unknowable. Most philosophers agree, myself included, that it’s impossible for something to ever come from nothing and for something to ever become nothing. Therefore, all the somethingness and all the nothingness has always existed and always will.

To learn more about me and my philosophical views, please visit my other sites:

My Book: Here you can review my book, The Forever All: A Philosophical and Spiritual Guide, and read several excerpts and chapters for free with the option of buying if you wish to read more. https://guyusart.com/my-book

My Philosophical, Scientific, and Political Views: Feel free to visit my blog The Eye of Guyus on WordPress, where I provide many of my essays and excerpts from my writings at https://guyus.wordpress.com

My Art: I will create custom art for you or paint or draw a portrait of you, your loved ones, or of your adorable pets using your own photo(s) for a good price. To view samples of my artwork, please visit my site https://www.guyusart.com

My Instagram site: https://www.instagram.com/guyusart
My Facebook Page, Panmeism: https://www.facebook.com/panmeism
My Facebook Page, The United Citizens of the World: https://www.facebook.com/TheUnitedCitizensoftheWorld.Guyus

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Pantheism – The Forever All – Audiobook – Ch3: The Positive vs The Negative – The Yin and The Yanghttps://pantheism.com/pantheism-the-forever-all-audiobook-ch3-the-positive-vs-the-negative-the-yin-and-the-yang/ https://pantheism.com/pantheism-the-forever-all-audiobook-ch3-the-positive-vs-the-negative-the-yin-and-the-yang/#respond Sun, 28 Jul 2019 23:48:26 +0000 https://pantheism.com/?p=3460 This is chapter 3 of my audiobook The Forever All: A philosophical and Spiritual Guide titled, The Positive vs The Negative – The Yin and The Yang. I discuss and explain my views on pantheism and how the entire universe is comprised of two primary fundamental forces, the positive and the negative. I explain howmore »

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This is chapter 3 of my audiobook The Forever All: A philosophical and Spiritual Guide titled, The Positive vs The Negative – The Yin and The Yang. I discuss and explain my views on pantheism and how the entire universe is comprised of two primary fundamental forces, the positive and the negative. I explain how everyone and everything in the universe is a unique blend or version of the Yin and Yang and how you are a unique intertwined swirl of the positive and the negative.

To learn more about me and my philosophical views, please visit my other sites:

My Book: Here you can review my book, The Forever All: A Philosophical and Spiritual Guide, and read several excerpts and chapters for free with the option of buying if you wish to read more. https://guyusart.com/my-book

My Philosophical, Scientific, and Political Views: Feel free to visit my blog The Eye of Guyus on WordPress, where I provide many of my essays and excerpts from my writings at https://guyus.wordpress.com

My Art: I will create custom art for you or paint or draw a portrait of you, your loved ones, or of your adorable pets using your own photo(s) for a good price. To view samples of my artwork, please visit my site https://www.guyusart.com

My Instagram site: https://www.instagram.com/guyusart
My Facebook Page, Panmeism: https://www.facebook.com/panmeism
My Facebook Page, The United Citizens of the World: https://www.facebook.com/TheUnitedCitizensoftheWorld.Guyus

#yinandyang #theyinandtheyang #positivevsnegative #thepositivevsthenegative #pantheismexplained #godiseverything #godistheuniverse #pantheist #pantheistbeliefs #audiobook #spiritualguide #pantheismdefine #theinfiniteuniverse #YouaretheAll

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Pantheism – The Forever All – Audiobook – Ch2: You are the Allhttps://pantheism.com/pantheism-the-forever-all-audiobook-ch2-you-are-the-all/ https://pantheism.com/pantheism-the-forever-all-audiobook-ch2-you-are-the-all/#respond Sun, 28 Jul 2019 23:39:02 +0000 https://pantheism.com/?p=3456 This is chapter 2 of my audiobook The Forever All: A philosophical and Spiritual Guide titled, You are the All. I discuss and explain my views on pantheism and how everything requires the All in order to exist, how nothing could exist without the entire infinite universe, and therefore, how you are the universe. Tomore »

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This is chapter 2 of my audiobook The Forever All: A philosophical and Spiritual Guide titled, You are the All. I discuss and explain my views on pantheism and how everything requires the All in order to exist, how nothing could exist without the entire infinite universe, and therefore, how you are the universe.

To learn more about me and my philosophical views, please visit my other sites:

My Book: Here you can review my book, The Forever All: A Philosophical and Spiritual Guide, and read several excerpts and chapters for free with the option of buying if you wish to read more. https://guyusart.com/my-book

My Philosophical, Scientific, and Political Views: Feel free to visit my blog The Eye of Guyus on WordPress, where I provide many of my essays and excerpts from my writings at https://guyus.wordpress.com

My Art: I will create custom art for you or paint or draw a portrait of you, your loved ones, or of your adorable pets using your own photo(s) for a good price. To view samples of my artwork, please visit my site https://www.guyusart.com

My Instagram site: https://www.instagram.com/guyusart
My Facebook Page, Panmeism: https://www.facebook.com/panmeism
My Facebook Page, The United Citizens of the World: https://www.facebook.com/TheUnitedCitizensoftheWorld.Guyus

#pantheismexplained #godiseverything #godistheuniverse #pantheist #pantheistbeliefs #audiobook #spiritualguide #pantheismdefine #theinfiniteuniverse #YouaretheAll

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Pantheism – The Forever All – Audiobook – Ch1: Defining The All – A Brief Introductionhttps://pantheism.com/pantheism-the-forever-all-audiobook-ch1-defining-the-all-a-brief-introduction/ https://pantheism.com/pantheism-the-forever-all-audiobook-ch1-defining-the-all-a-brief-introduction/#respond Sun, 28 Jul 2019 23:17:46 +0000 https://pantheism.com/?p=3452 I decided to start narrating chapters of my book, The Forever All: A Philosophical and Spiritual Guide, where I discuss my views on pantheism, so I can eventually create an audiobook version. This video clip is me narrating chapter 1: Defining The All – A Brief Introduction. Enjoy! To learn more about me and mymore »

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I decided to start narrating chapters of my book, The Forever All: A Philosophical and Spiritual Guide, where I discuss my views on pantheism, so I can eventually create an audiobook version. This video clip is me narrating chapter 1: Defining The All – A Brief Introduction. Enjoy!

To learn more about me and my philosophical views, please visit my other sites:

My Book: Here you can review my book, The Forever All: A Philosophical and Spiritual Guide, and read several excerpts and chapters for free with the option of buying if you wish to read more. https://guyusart.com/my-book

My Philosophical, Scientific, and Political Views: Feel free to visit my blog The Eye of Guyus on WordPress, where I provide many of my essays and excerpts from my writings at https://guyus.wordpress.com

My Art: I will create custom art for you or paint or draw a portrait of you, your loved ones, or of your adorable pets using your own photo(s) for a good price. To view samples of my artwork, please visit my site https://www.guyusart.com

My Instagram site: https://www.instagram.com/guyusart
My Facebook Page, Panmeism: https://www.facebook.com/panmeism
My Facebook Page, The United Citizens of the World: https://www.facebook.com/TheUnitedCitizensoftheWorld.Guyus

#pantheism #allisgod #godistheuniverse #theinfiniteuniverse #theuniverseisgod

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Do I Believe in Reincarnation and an Afterlife?https://pantheism.com/do-i-believe-in-reincarnation-and-an-afterlife-2/ https://pantheism.com/do-i-believe-in-reincarnation-and-an-afterlife-2/#respond Fri, 15 Mar 2019 19:39:24 +0000 https://pantheism.com/?p=3449 As a pantheist, people often ask me whether or not I believe in reincarnation, which usually refers to the rebirth of a soul in a new body after death. For the most part, the answers is, yes. But it really depends on what is truly meant by ‘reincarnation’ or how one may personally define themore »

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As a pantheist, people often ask me whether or not I believe in reincarnation, which usually refers to the rebirth of a soul in a new body after death. For the most part, the answers is, yes. But it really depends on what is truly meant by ‘reincarnation’ or how one may personally define the soul and/or the body.

I usually prefer to avoid using the term soul, because so many define it so differently. So for the sake of clarity, I will refer to the perceiving mind and the physical body. I believe each of us is like a passenger within a vessel mainly along for the ride or, if you prefer, a driver within a vehicle who has some control. We move from one vessel to another like a snake that sheds its old skin, again and again, or a hermit crab that moves from one shell to the next as it grows.

In terms of physical systems, there are living things and there are non-living things or dead things. All living physical bodies age, change, and sooner or later die, decay and wither away. But that perceiving entity that is you escapes that dying human form and continues onward. As your physical human vessel begins to die, it loses its needed order and balance to sustain itself. This imbalance and disorder finally reaches a critical point where the universe sort of gags on that dying version of you and then reflexively regurgitates or spits out that inner version of you from that dying vessel to go elsewhere.

Some believe it is all a mere physical world and that is all there is. Physical parts randomly interacting and that’s all. To me, that view falls short. There are those who would say it is all ultimately within the mind and that’s all there is. I don’t mind that view as long as that view includes an uncontrollable lawful aspect. It’s always difficult to fully define or explain what one means by ‘the mind’ or that which is ‘physical’. Personally, I view the physical material world as the resistant lawful portion of reality. So when I say physical or material or body, just know I mean that resistant portion of the cosmos, whether that be in the mind or not. So even if one says, it’s all in the mind, then at least know that there are unchangeable rules that your mind has to abide by. If you jump from the roof of your house, for instance, then due to gravity and all other physical laws, you will fall—unless you use other physical laws to alter that fall, such as a parachute or aircraft or some other lawful contraption. If it was all in the mind, in the way many often characterize it, then we would all be completely free to control our world and destiny or to defy the laws of physics. But I believe the mind is always bridled by laws of the All, laws of the cosmos. Even in dreams are we prisoners of this truth that we are not in full control. So even if it is all somehow technically in the mind, then it is as though the physical world (in the traditional sense of the word) still exists.

Some hate the idea of a dualist world-view, of trying to divide the universe or reality into two main separate camps like the mind and the body or the physical and the non-physical, often depicted by the Yin-Yang symbol, and claim that it is ultimately all one thing. I too, in many ways, believe it is all ultimately one symphony, one ocean of waves, so-to-speak, but at the same time, I believe that oneness can be differentiated or divided in the eyes of the perceivers. I am what is known as a dialectic or dualistic monist, one who sees both sides of the same coin. I’m also one who conceptually further divides the universe, that single coin, into higher resolution for further examination. So yes, I do view all of reality to ultimately be a unified whole, but this whole must express itself in dualistic terms to us perceiving beings.

For me, I believe the perceiving mind can never be fully extinguished nor separated from the physical world, for you can never have one without the other, because they go hand-in-hand like the black and white values on a written page. If you try to remove the white of the page the black text is no more or vice versa. Call it your spirit, your soul, your ghost or inner being, but it will always have a body or a physical aspect. In other words, whether your mind separates from your current human vessel by some means of spiritual ethereal mitosis or some type of quantum leap, from one physical vessel to the next, it will always be both of the physical and the non-physical, the mind and the body. It will never be otherwise.

Our levels of consciousness and awareness may come and go, it can wax and wane with sleep and wakefulness but can never be completely turned off like a light switch or a water faucet. However, your mind and identity are always changing, for a variety of reasons, thanks to the physical, material part of the world, and you will lose your memories eventually if not right away after your human death. But there has never been a time when you, the mental passenger, did not exist. I believe you will move from one life to the next, forever and ever. Because you, the perceiving entity, the passenger, are not like a mere physical structure like a house or chair that has only a fixed number of physical parts that can be assembled and then taken apart to be no more. That would unjustly cheapen the universe and what you truly are. Don’t misunderstand. Your human vessel does, indeed, have a fixed number of parts but that inner core version of you does not. You are so much more than that. You, that mental passenger, that perceiving entity is a hub, a core, an apex of the Forever All that is the universe from your unique point-of-view in time and space and you always will be. Your true body is the entire infinite physical universe. You are all that physicality and all that in between along with all its rules. Your mind is part of an unending continuum. It has always required the whole interconnected package we call the universe to make you possible. That will never change. There is no force powerful enough or a device clever enough to separate your inner perceiving light from the infinite cosmic lantern. That flame that is your local perceiving self merely changes its shape and position in the grand scheme of things as one might perceive it.

Putting aside our human death that will eventually come—sorry—in a very real sense, each of us are constantly being reincarnated from one moment to the next. We are all being reincarnated right now as I speak. Isn’t it amazing how the universe can allow our mind to have trains of thought, durations of existence, even though in a physical sense, as we often view it, we are a collection of tiny particles that don’t even physically touch one another? Observe the amazing physical processes that happen during the birth of any and all life and even observe the amazing processes that occur during death. Consider all the amazing mechanisms at play. Chemicals dance around, electrons change energy states and at times are emitted. Things bubble and flare up, they twist, contort, and move about, fluids flow, they squirt, spray, and flush themselves out as organic life tends to do whether it’s being born or dying. The universe is a remarkable machine with some remarkable mechanisms. Don’t so easily dismiss its ability to use similar awesome mechanisms to keep your perceiving mind going like an eternal flame that can never be completely blown out. Your wick and your wax will never run out. They are unending. They are eternal.

Some have suggested this view to be wishful thinking. That I and others are comforted by the thought and belief in reincarnation. Well, they’re partly correct. I would be lying if I said I had absolutely no hopes or desires to continue on after this present human life or that the idea of rebirth is not comforting, because to some extent, it is comforting. But as we all well know, life is not always comforting or pleasurable. It’s a mixed bag. In fact, it is too often quite the opposite. It can be rather painful, very cruel, very frightening, and extremely exhausting. I’ll admit, there’s a part of me that sometimes wishes it would not continue or that the whole thing would just stop. I don’t believe we get to live happily ever after in a blissful state of joy. Far from it. I will likely lose much of what I believe I know about the universe and have to relearn it all over again. In the next life, I will likely be very vulnerable like a child walking into a new classroom for the first time. So never forget, life is not all that great, but fortunately, it’s also not all that bad, either. It’s a mixed bag, always has been and always will be. So not mainly due to wishful thinking.

However, I always try to remove my emotions from the equation, so it doesn’t cloud my judgement, and I try to always base all my philosophical views on what I believe to be the truth and reality of the world, based on all that the universe has taught me so far, whether it’s actually right or wrong and whether I like it or not, and not on what I would like that reality or truth to be or need it to be or wish it to be. I know all too well that I would only be cheating myself to do otherwise, and I’m rarely ever able to fool myself into believing anything mainly out of comfort. I’m one of those who is always compelled to see behind the curtain, so-to-speak, to use any available evidence, logic, and/or valid reasoning before I believe in anything. Also, once anyone becomes familiar enough with my personal philosophical views, they will quickly learn that I believe in things that are very uncomforting and at times quite frightening or depressing. But I continue to believe in them, regardless, due to logic and lines of reasoning that are subject to error and could change the very next day.

Even in the absence of logic and going on instinct, I just never could believe that once my human body dies that my perceiving mind permanently and fully dies along with it never to reemerge, not ever. Think about that for a moment, what that would be like. Try to imagine simply not existing ever again. A hundred years roll by here on Earth, where you once lived as a human, then thousands, then billions, long after planet Earth, then trillions and still no you—not ever again. Not ever. As my grandpa Jack used to often say, “If it can happen once, it can happen again. It is now more difficult for me to believe we don’t continue than to believe we do.

Based on all the evidence I have gathered over the course of my life, thus far, I’m afraid you and I are here to stay, eternally trapped here within this infinite cosmic soup like prisoners, who will at times be treated well for good behavior and at times treated very badly and unjustly, back and forth, forever and ever, for better or worse. So we will have times of suffering as well as times of pleasure, times of sadness as well as times of great joy, moments of wakefulness as well as moments of sleepful rest. It will be perceived by each being to be both good and bad, both beautiful and ugly. Our minds will forever undulate between consciousness and unconsciousness to experience all the beautiful pleasurable highs and all the ugly painful lows and all the moments in between, over and over, in an endless cosmic cycle.

To learn more about me and my philosophical views, please visit my other sites:

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As an Agnostic Pantheist, I feel it is important to define what I mean by Faith, and its hypothetical perfection. First and foremost, the “Perfection Of Faith” is a very tangible and concrete goal for me. It is a goal that outweighs the vague and ephemeral notion of happiness, although for the sake of simplicity I will refer to my goal as if it were a pursuit of happiness.

The three definitions that align with my personal understanding of faith are:

Confidence or trust in a person or thing.

Belief in anything as a code of ethics or
standard of merits.

The obligation of loyalty or fidelity to a person, promise or engagement.

Faith as defined here is a way of life that is not limited to dogma or belief in arbitrary authority. As for its perfection; that would be a life thoroughly permeated, shaped and defined by my own healthy conscience.

By focusing on happiness as a goal, I am acting under the impression that I am capable of unflinchingly standing behind my deepest convictions of right and wrong, as well as living those convictions out completely.

This assumption lays emphasis on three important aspects of my capacity as a human being. My ability to soberly study and filter my experience with Reason. My Will to define what is right and wrong, and my ability to live with an attitude of sustained effort toward my convictions and goals. I’ll call that Vitality.

So, in focusing on happiness, I am assuming
Responsibility for my Experience, Perception and Relationship to the world. I am also daring to affirm my Will, as opposed to automatically conforming to the behavioral patterns and ethical code of others. Implicit in all of this and in relation to my supposed pursuit of happiness, is my Vitality. To think, to feel, to reason, to take up responsibility and affirm my will in matters of right and wrong all amount to an unfledged effort and a premature outcome without Vitality.

Vitality is the consummate lifestyle in which all of the previous mentioned implications of my pursuit of happiness are grounded and continually brought to life. Vitality is a kind of discipline that gets me passed the finish line, ultimately with a sense of peace. But Ironically, what I assume to be happiness cannot be prognosticated as the eventual cause of the aforementioned peace. In fact, happiness is the most permeable factor among all of the other included factors. The more involved I am with growing as an individual the more happiness may take on new textures and tones; therefore what seemed like a tenable path toward Nirvana yesterday may be deemed inadequate in less than a few months.

Knowing this, focusing on happiness is like betting on that lucky butterfly in Venezuela to deliver the perfect wave behind the shoreline of a Far Rockaway beach. In explaining Chaos Theory, one scientist said that there are two ways to look at the potential affect of small changes on big systems. We can either walk away with a dream about a butterfly, disregarding the reality that the flapping of most butterflies amount to nothing special, or we can take away from the theory that initial conditions matter.

I think its the same with happiness. Living a life of reason, will, and vitality is my way of consciously focusing on the initial conditions. If those are satisfied then I see no reason to regret, complain, or worry. For me, this is what comes closest to the perfection of faith.

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