But I have the impression that our existence was not designed to have meaning for US - I suppose it must have had some kind of purpose (entertainment?) for other "entities", otherwise why go to the trouble of creating all this? "God" would indeed seem to be an alien :)....the "Veil of Maya" is also a veil of incommunicability. But one of the parties (the more powerful) could choose to communicate if it wanted. If it doesn't...it's because it might be something we wouldn't want to hear, or it may simply be that it doesn't even care whether we are informed or not. We are not that important.
.As far as we actually know we were simply thrown into existence. It seems like someone is dreaming/creating stories with (or through) us, someone or many different "entities"/primeval forces, who knows! So even if one day we should be told were we were "on Candid Camera".....I for one would not be amused.....but it depends on one's sense of humour I suppose. Those who are able to laugh at this joke called existence are perhaps the wisest.
Thanks for your thoughts hypermagda, even if I came away feeling quite sad. ;)
I'll add mine, who knows what they're worth?( That might seem like a throw away line, but it's not.) I think that writing my thoughts, (which are far from solid) are adding to the universe, it doesn't truly matter whether they're good or bad, happy or sad (haha I know that's from a song, can't remember it's name), it's all part of this incredible adventure called living. They're probably far from being truly original, at the same time I'd bet that this package of thinking is unique, not one of my 7 billion fellow humans has exactly the same thoughts. I think that by itself is a clue. I find that exciting rather than depressing. Really.
I get the sense that "all this" is designed to have us asking all sorts of questions, in a way it's a game, or test. You say that it "was not designed to have meaning for US", on the contrary, I (I'm going to use the word 'feel' rather than 'think' from now on) feel that we are a huge part of 'it'. My feeling about aliens or entities which some others seem to feel are heavily involved, is that they are just another creation of God, as is everything in this universe. The question 'is there only one God' is a valid one. I really haven't a clue, in my mind anything is possible. And by God, I mean an intelligent, loving entity. (More wishful thinking?)
Taking the earth alone, (and forgetting for a moment that we are contemplating God). It appears that evil plays as important a part as does good. I have some sense of why that might be. Assuming that God (back into play), basically does not have form in 'its' basic .... Uh oh....form
and taking what we think of are laws of 'nature', that energy cannot be destroyed, that everything seems to be in balance, black/white, the in/out of breathing (which I sense has itself hidden secrets), tides, birth/death and so on, all bring clues to the table.
We even hear in some( many?) NDEs about those beings, usually in cloaks,( their favoured disguise), which bring the dark side to earth, like management teams, keeping things in balance. (I'm guessing Arsenal would be one of those;) -Brit humour) On the opposite side, there are seemingly Angels. I'm guessing there are lots more entities.
So for every Isis head separator, there is an act of mercy somewhere, to balance acts of hatred there is compassion etc. Now whether this exactly balances......, if it does, and I think ultimately it must according to my theory.
Somehow we are here to evolve God, we are a small part of God, as is everything we know. We face many choices every day, some small, some medium, some large, and occasionally huge. We basically have two directions with each choice - Love or Fear. Do we leave our plate for someone else to tidy up, or pick it up ourselves? It is probably much more complicated than that, but maybe not? We also experience things, how we react to those experiences also means something.
Just take one of us. Just one life. How many choices do we make, how many emotions do we feel in a eighty year span? Evolution in all forms seems to take a long time (time is another thing that deserves another thread, you could spend a lifetime studying that alone!). That's why reincarnation is a 'given' for me also.
I could rant on in disjointed bits for ages, but instead I'll leave you with a recent thing from the TV that, for me, meant a whole lot.
I sat flicking through the channels on (I think) Saturday night, and settled in on watching a programme about someone named Gareth Malone, now Gareth is well known on tv as a musician, he looks about 16 when he's actually 40, he has made quite a few programmes about Choirs, which he himself formed from all sorts of people, often people that hadn't really thought about being in a choir.
This programme was about having a ten year reunion with some choir members, and it showed clips of him from previous shows, when he first formed these choirs. There were a few individuals that were particularly 'awkward' ! two of them stood out for me, I'll just describe one individual in particular. He was a teenager of about fifteen years of age, he was the leader of a group of coloured kids that were really into music, but thought that the choir idea was lame, and didn't want anything to do with it. But Gareth knew that he was the key, and that he would embrace it if he (Gareth) could find a way. He was up against a brick wall. The young guy, (Let's call him Aden) wouldn't comply, he ignored Gareth's authority which was extremely frustrating
for Gareth, who recognised that Aden had talent.
There was a really telling clip of Aden talking about his father making a rather negative remark, after he had watched Aden sing a song in some gathering, which totally put him off ever doing so again. But Gareth never gave up, he had to think of a way to 'get to Aden'. Finally he had an idea, if he could show Aden someone that Aden respected, doing something that Gareth was promoting, and being respectful to him, that might do the trick.
He got a young trendy achapello(?) group to perform in front of Aden and his schoolboy pals, which did the trick. Most of Aden's group joined the choir, this included people who made percussion and bass parts with their voices only. The choir ended up performing at the Albert Hall, with Aden singing solo. A fantastic, amazing experience for them all. It probably was a life changing event for some, including Aden,
This was a choice made by Gareth Malone. Watching it made me emotional, I really had the feeling that this was a magical moment, one that God would really love. One that proves to me that we are important, that we all have a choice. It's hard to make loving choices all the time, but I just know that there is purpose in our lives. And that God would be dancing a divine jig when he watched that programme. :)