05-06-2013, 03:25 PM
Had a real, I don't know, confusing moment? After thinking about things for a while I got onto the subject of the universe. Stuff like time before the big bang and there being essentially nothing. I'm no scientist, but I know there are theories out there. At the same time how can you explain something from nothing?
It just set off a chain reaction of thoughts. Like how much do we really know about stuff? Things like fear, we can see them so clearly and are still affected by them. I can contemplate what needs to change, but at the end of the day I can't snap my fingers and make it happen. As much as I want to, or maybe subconsciously I don't, maybe there is still something holding me back. It's like our bodies are these complex machines almost, they take input from the outside world and allow us to interact with it. Scientists have a name for those chemicals in our bodies that interact with our brain, but even without a name they serve their purpose and we instinctively know how they make us feel. In theory I guess my body could just be a host for a more ethereal body, using it to gain experiences about the world.
Of course I have my doubts. The human brain is such a complex organ, it's not impossible that I'm just justifying more to reality to make me feel like it's not just the physical. Maybe I just need more encounters with the supernatural to change my view. To me everything just seems too conveniently set up to be explained away by coincidence.
And there's my pseudo-intellectual rant today. I don't know if I think this way because I've felt I lack free will in my life and always question why. Or if these thoughts would be apparent despite me not having to overcome challenges in my life.
It just set off a chain reaction of thoughts. Like how much do we really know about stuff? Things like fear, we can see them so clearly and are still affected by them. I can contemplate what needs to change, but at the end of the day I can't snap my fingers and make it happen. As much as I want to, or maybe subconsciously I don't, maybe there is still something holding me back. It's like our bodies are these complex machines almost, they take input from the outside world and allow us to interact with it. Scientists have a name for those chemicals in our bodies that interact with our brain, but even without a name they serve their purpose and we instinctively know how they make us feel. In theory I guess my body could just be a host for a more ethereal body, using it to gain experiences about the world.
Of course I have my doubts. The human brain is such a complex organ, it's not impossible that I'm just justifying more to reality to make me feel like it's not just the physical. Maybe I just need more encounters with the supernatural to change my view. To me everything just seems too conveniently set up to be explained away by coincidence.
And there's my pseudo-intellectual rant today. I don't know if I think this way because I've felt I lack free will in my life and always question why. Or if these thoughts would be apparent despite me not having to overcome challenges in my life.
