Life

Thursday, January 15, 2009

My Beliefs in Life...

Hey people, its been really long since I last wrote. But those who know me will tell you why; its because I'm basically a very lazy person. I have been thinknig of writing this for a very long time.
Anyways, I must say this at the very beginnig, this entry is going to be about some of my (original) ideas about life in general, so please bear with me and if you think it is boring,
I don't care.
And also, there will be many sentences starting with "I bellieve"; just a foreword...

To begin with, I am a Hindu, so was brought up with the general notion of many different Gods and all such mythological beliefs. I am not much of a believer in such things, because science and common sense generally don't agree with it. However, when I began thinking about the origins of the universe and our place in it, some of those things actually started to make sense!

I believe that there must a power higher than ours which is in control of the universe, in general. That's an easy point to prove, because basically you and I are all a very insignificant part of this universe, which has existed for a very very long time, and since it can't have been just there by itself (cause it goes against all rational reasoning), there must have been a higher power which must have had a part in the creation of this marvellous universe. For the sake of assumption and simplicity, let us call this higher power as God(!). Now, I believe that God intented for things to be simple, really simple; like a beautiful picture for example. It is said that we have five basic senses; the sense of sight, sound, smaell, taste and touch. But I believe that we have one more, very important sense, which is our imagination; because without your imagination reading these lines would feel meaningless. I hope you agree with me so far.

I believe that our ability to imagine is our best sense because it has no limits, literally. So, that is what I am going to use now, and try to make you understand my thoughts in as easy a way as possible. We all know that the maximum speed attainable in this universe is the speed of light (i.e. about 300000 km/s), and the slowest should obviously be 0 km/s, but its not exactly zero. That's because our measurement is always relative and exact zero speed is never possible. I believe that we are trapped in a dimension of this universe where our speeds can only vary between relative zero and the speed of light. What I want to say is that, there is a higher dimension than ours which can be accessed if we travel at a speed higher than that of light, and similarly there's a lower dimension which can be accessed by going at a speed lower than our relative zero. Remember that this is just my theory and it can or cannot be true, but what I want you to understand is that I believe in parallel universe and this is my idea about parallel universes.

Now, we all know that death is imminent for all of us. Those who are born will surely die someday. I believe that we have a, kind of, life force in us, which keeps us alive, and for simplicity let's call this as "Soul". The reason I believe this, is because we are all just the same mixture of different body organs working together to keep us alive. Then, what is the difference between you and a dead person, who too has all the body organs required for life. I believe that's because he has no soul. I believe when you die, your soul actually passes on to another dimension, whether it is the higher or lower (as descibed above), I can't say for sure. But that is the only way to go to another dimension. And in the same way, we are born (in general) as our souls have been passed on to this dimension (for mammals, the entry way into this dimension is through the female's womb).

As I said earlier, I believe that God intented the universe to be a simple place. But upon observations over the decades, we have found out that there are a lot of amazing things, many of them unexplained as of yet, taking place in this universe. Let's just consider a very basic example. When you are reading this text, you have some thoughts in your brain (which itself is a very complex network of neurons). We haven't even been able to explain this formation of thoughts in the brain, this process which seems so simple and natural hasn't yet been properly and fully understood. I refuse to believe that things can be so complex. So that is why I believe that our imagnation itself has been created to understand things in a complicated manner(although why God might do so is tricky to answer). Now you may start thinking that if life is really very simple, then the concept shown in "The Matrix" movies might just be true; even I cannot say anything about that. We have already created a very lively virtual world online; so who is to say that our own world isn't a figment of imagination of some alien being. A similar thought has been beautifully portrayed in the movie "The Thirteenth Floor". If you are really interested, do watch the afore mentioned movies carefully (not just for entertainment).

All I am trying to say is that this world may seem too complicated at times, but life is really very simple. We just have to imagine properly, cause I believe that imagination is the most simplest thing God has given us. And if all this seems too spiritual or supernatural to you, just replace the word "God" with "higher power" or any other of your choice, and the word "Soul" with "life force". Again, all these are my thoughts and beliefs, rest is for you to decide.