2006-4-27 05:32:00
Some here have difficulty in agreeing with my premise that there is no such thing as infinity or the infinite.
Given that every religion on the earth has pounded this concept into our minds from our youth, the reluctance to consider it may be illusion is understandable.
There are several reasons to not believe in infinity.
What's that you say? You have imagined it?
I don't think so. You have thought about the word and the idea, but you have never imagined infinity itself.
Why is this true? Because no matter what it is you have imagined, you can always imagine one more thing, and then one more still. Therefore, that which you imagined is not infinity.
The worlds were created by God's imagination, but the creation is not infinite because God can always imagine one more thing.
If we want to know what God's imagination is like we must look at our own because we are reflections of Him.
Have you ever imagined so much that you cannot imagine one more thing? Neither has God. Have you ever imagined a number so big that you cannot add one to it? Neither has God. Have you ever imagined a world so far away that there can not be one further still? Neither has God.
The universe seems infinite because we are parts of God and we cannot out-imagine the Divine. No matter where your imagination goes, it has already been explored by the One Great Life.
Our existence as well as the universe itself is not infinite, but unlimited and in a state of expansion. It is a scientific fact that the universe is expanding and is therefore larger than it was an hour ago. Since you cannot get anything larger than infinity this means the universe is not infinite, else it could not expand.
Consider the number zero as the starting point for your existence in this universe. As you move to 1, 2, 3, 4, to millions, billions and trillions you never reach an ultimate number. You can always add one. We are never an infinity of years from zero, but always a specific number. We can expand and progress as long as we can imagine and then we will stop at a specific number, rest and go back to zero.
What about before existence as we know it?
To measure this we use negative numbers and if we go back in time we do not reach infinity, but eventually reach another zero or starting point.
Our whole existence is to have joy and fulfillment.
Which would you choose? A world of perfection and the infinite where no additional step can be taken and there is no new experience to be had, no new joy to savor?
OR
Unlimited expansion, progress and new experiences?
I choose the latter and because I have made this choice this is what I have.
Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. Henry Ford
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