[EXCERPTS from the soon-to-be-released book FROM THE ABSOLUTE TO THE NOTHINGNESS. The pointers in this book are only for the most advanced seekers. The reading of this book should follow a reading and an understanding of the pointers in FROM THE I TO THE ABSOLUTE and CONSCIOUSNESS/AWARENESS.]
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FROM A SITE VISITOR: No identity at all? Everybody is SOMETHING, and whatever that SOMETHING is, is our identity.
F.: This pointer was offered yesterday:
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FROM A SITE VISITOR: No identity at all? Everybody is SOMETHING, and whatever that SOMETHING is, is our identity.
F.: This pointer was offered yesterday:
Physicists who understand the null state can provide insight into the particulars, but the “advanced” Advaitin seeker need not understand all of the particulars to understand “how we got from nothingness to the Absolute,” to use Sim’s words.
For starters, consider two understandings that are referred to as the “Genesis Vacuum” and as “Quantum Genesis.” The “Quantum Genesis” teaching explains that the origin of this universe (and all universes) may be understood in terms of a quantum chance.
Since neither energy nor matter can be created nor destroyed, and since they can simply “appear” in a vacuum, then all universes began as chance happenings where, in a vacuum of nothingness, “something” spontaneously appeared. Just understand that what has always been prior to something has been…nothing. If you were to trace your “roots” (or the “original identity” that concerns you), the search would lead to…nothing.
Related to that understanding is the “Genesis Vacuum”—a scientific principle which has shown how this universe (and all universes) began within a vacuum of nothingness. From that nothingness, energy and matter simply arose in a manner that has now been repeated in the scientific laboratory where a perfectly-sealed vacuum was arranged. Then, within that vacuum, a particle suddenly appeared.
It is now known that within total vacuums of nothingness, something can suddenly arise. Physicists who understand the null state join with philosophers and metaphysicists to explain how—from a state of non-existence or nothingness—everything can be. Without delving too deeply into the science behind the philosophical understanding, here’s what some researchers have to offer by way of clarification:
Mark I. Vuletic: “Few people are aware of the fact that many modern physicists claim that things—perhaps even the entire universe—can indeed arise from nothing via natural processes.”
Paul Davies: “In the everyday world, energy is always unalterably fixed; the law of energy conservation is a cornerstone of classical physics. But in the quantum microworld, energy can appear and disappear out of nowhere in a spontaneous and unpredictable fashion.”
Heinz Pagels: “Once our minds accept the mutability of matter and the new idea of the vacuum, we can speculate on the origin of the biggest thing we know—the universe. Maybe the universe itself sprang into existence out of nothingness—a gigantic vacuum fluctuation…. Remarkably, the laws of modern physics allow for this possibility.”
Finally, both Steven Weinberg and Ya. B. Zel'dovich suggest that "the universe began as a perfect vacuum" and that "all the particles of the material world were created from the expansion of space."
Further, consider the Laws of Thermodynamics, discussed many times on this site, for comparison. All is in a state of flux...dynamic and changing. More specifically, the Law of Entropy says that elements disorganize and organize and can disorganize and organize again.
That is what happens when a particle arises in a vacuum and then organizes with other particles that appear spontaneously and naturally. That is what happens when atoms split and combine and split and re-combine. “Universes” are nothing more than the spaces in which such organizings and disorganizings happen.
Just as the Law of Entropy explains how elements can organize and disorganize and re-organize, so Null State Physics explains how everything can organize, disorganize, and re-organize from nothing...from a state that was originally null and void.
Earlier, the statement was offered that “Not only do I not believe in something, I don’t even believe in nothing…no person, no concept, no form, no nothing. ‘Something’ is temporary and ‘nothing’ is also temporary—all fleeting aspects of an ever-changing universe that wasn’t at first and that later suddenly was.”
Those trapped in their limited “minds” will not understand how all possibilites are indeed possible. They will not be able to grasp the fact that, when there is nothing to prevent organizing and disorganizing (and there isn’t), that anything can happen. And such organizing and disorganizing is all that is happening. Nothing comes or goes, though much "appears" and "disappears." Rather than "cycling," a more accurate description might be that groupings and un-groupings are happening (or not).
Nothing is actually as it is perceived by observers, and all which is supposedly “seen” is only a momentary appearance involving something being mistaken for what it is not. Continuity of anything with name and form is a mental, fictional construct only.
Now, some Advaitin sages (and some other philosophers as well) will remind protégés at this point that all possibilities... (continued in the book)
To order your copy of FROM THE ABSOLUTE TO THE NOTHINGNESS ($16.99+ S&H) go to http://floydhenderson.com/order.htm, complete all of the information, and in the “Special Message” box, type in FROM THE ABSOLUTE TO THE NOTHINGNESS.
For starters, consider two understandings that are referred to as the “Genesis Vacuum” and as “Quantum Genesis.” The “Quantum Genesis” teaching explains that the origin of this universe (and all universes) may be understood in terms of a quantum chance.
Since neither energy nor matter can be created nor destroyed, and since they can simply “appear” in a vacuum, then all universes began as chance happenings where, in a vacuum of nothingness, “something” spontaneously appeared. Just understand that what has always been prior to something has been…nothing. If you were to trace your “roots” (or the “original identity” that concerns you), the search would lead to…nothing.
Related to that understanding is the “Genesis Vacuum”—a scientific principle which has shown how this universe (and all universes) began within a vacuum of nothingness. From that nothingness, energy and matter simply arose in a manner that has now been repeated in the scientific laboratory where a perfectly-sealed vacuum was arranged. Then, within that vacuum, a particle suddenly appeared.
It is now known that within total vacuums of nothingness, something can suddenly arise. Physicists who understand the null state join with philosophers and metaphysicists to explain how—from a state of non-existence or nothingness—everything can be. Without delving too deeply into the science behind the philosophical understanding, here’s what some researchers have to offer by way of clarification:
Mark I. Vuletic: “Few people are aware of the fact that many modern physicists claim that things—perhaps even the entire universe—can indeed arise from nothing via natural processes.”
Paul Davies: “In the everyday world, energy is always unalterably fixed; the law of energy conservation is a cornerstone of classical physics. But in the quantum microworld, energy can appear and disappear out of nowhere in a spontaneous and unpredictable fashion.”
Heinz Pagels: “Once our minds accept the mutability of matter and the new idea of the vacuum, we can speculate on the origin of the biggest thing we know—the universe. Maybe the universe itself sprang into existence out of nothingness—a gigantic vacuum fluctuation…. Remarkably, the laws of modern physics allow for this possibility.”
Finally, both Steven Weinberg and Ya. B. Zel'dovich suggest that "the universe began as a perfect vacuum" and that "all the particles of the material world were created from the expansion of space."
Further, consider the Laws of Thermodynamics, discussed many times on this site, for comparison. All is in a state of flux...dynamic and changing. More specifically, the Law of Entropy says that elements disorganize and organize and can disorganize and organize again.
That is what happens when a particle arises in a vacuum and then organizes with other particles that appear spontaneously and naturally. That is what happens when atoms split and combine and split and re-combine. “Universes” are nothing more than the spaces in which such organizings and disorganizings happen.
Just as the Law of Entropy explains how elements can organize and disorganize and re-organize, so Null State Physics explains how everything can organize, disorganize, and re-organize from nothing...from a state that was originally null and void.
Earlier, the statement was offered that “Not only do I not believe in something, I don’t even believe in nothing…no person, no concept, no form, no nothing. ‘Something’ is temporary and ‘nothing’ is also temporary—all fleeting aspects of an ever-changing universe that wasn’t at first and that later suddenly was.”
Those trapped in their limited “minds” will not understand how all possibilites are indeed possible. They will not be able to grasp the fact that, when there is nothing to prevent organizing and disorganizing (and there isn’t), that anything can happen. And such organizing and disorganizing is all that is happening. Nothing comes or goes, though much "appears" and "disappears." Rather than "cycling," a more accurate description might be that groupings and un-groupings are happening (or not).
Nothing is actually as it is perceived by observers, and all which is supposedly “seen” is only a momentary appearance involving something being mistaken for what it is not. Continuity of anything with name and form is a mental, fictional construct only.
Now, some Advaitin sages (and some other philosophers as well) will remind protégés at this point that all possibilities... (continued in the book)
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Please enter the silence of contemplation. (To be continued)
FOR THOSE STILL ASKING ABOUT THE ORDER IN WHICH THE BOOKS SHOULD BE READ:
AN OVERVIEW:
FOR THOSE STILL ASKING ABOUT THE ORDER IN WHICH THE BOOKS SHOULD BE READ:
AN OVERVIEW:
The order in which the books are to be read and how to get them at a package rate:
Consider the Meditation CD, the Meditation Guides, Bullshit, and Spiritual Sobriety to be a “Beginner’s Package,” providing a foundation from which persons can begin to consider realities that are beyond the beliefs which they accept unquestioningly as a result of their enculturation. Used as a group, the works encourage inquiry (which is at the core of the Advaita approach) where questioning has not occurred before. [See MAKE YOUR OWN PACKAGE below.]
Consider Peace of Mind, Liberation, What Happens When I Die? and The Essence of the Teachings to be a “Mid-Level Seekers” Package, freeing seekers of the false identification with body and mind and personality and explaining the basic terminology that must be understood before moving to the advanced teachings. [See MAKE YOUR OWN PACKAGE below.]
Consider From the I to the Absolute, Consciousness/Awareness, and From the Absolute to the Nothingness to be an “Advanced Seekers” Package. From the I to the Absolute can serve as a guide for earnest and capable seekers, putting the teachings into an orderly context that reveals the exact steps that must be taken in an exact order to move through all of the degrees of separation from belief in the false “I” to Realization. Consciousness/Awareness offers the next level of understanding, explaining that which is beyond the beingness and how happiness can manifest each day via the understanding. Finally, From the Absolute to the Nothingness will allow earnest and capable seekers to understand the state that is even prior to beingness and non-beingness, even prior to the Absolute. The seeker who understands the content of this book will realize how it is that—from a state of non-existence or nothingness—everything in this universe (and all universes) came to be. [See MAKE YOUR OWN PACKAGE below.]
MAKE YOUR OWN PACKAGE (FOR A LIMITED TIME): 10% OFF if two books are ordered at the same time; 15% OFF if three books are ordered at the same time; 20% OFF if four or more books are ordered at the same time. Visit http://www.floydhenderson.com/
Consider the Meditation CD, the Meditation Guides, Bullshit, and Spiritual Sobriety to be a “Beginner’s Package,” providing a foundation from which persons can begin to consider realities that are beyond the beliefs which they accept unquestioningly as a result of their enculturation. Used as a group, the works encourage inquiry (which is at the core of the Advaita approach) where questioning has not occurred before. [See MAKE YOUR OWN PACKAGE below.]
Consider Peace of Mind, Liberation, What Happens When I Die? and The Essence of the Teachings to be a “Mid-Level Seekers” Package, freeing seekers of the false identification with body and mind and personality and explaining the basic terminology that must be understood before moving to the advanced teachings. [See MAKE YOUR OWN PACKAGE below.]
Consider From the I to the Absolute, Consciousness/Awareness, and From the Absolute to the Nothingness to be an “Advanced Seekers” Package. From the I to the Absolute can serve as a guide for earnest and capable seekers, putting the teachings into an orderly context that reveals the exact steps that must be taken in an exact order to move through all of the degrees of separation from belief in the false “I” to Realization. Consciousness/Awareness offers the next level of understanding, explaining that which is beyond the beingness and how happiness can manifest each day via the understanding. Finally, From the Absolute to the Nothingness will allow earnest and capable seekers to understand the state that is even prior to beingness and non-beingness, even prior to the Absolute. The seeker who understands the content of this book will realize how it is that—from a state of non-existence or nothingness—everything in this universe (and all universes) came to be. [See MAKE YOUR OWN PACKAGE below.]
MAKE YOUR OWN PACKAGE (FOR A LIMITED TIME): 10% OFF if two books are ordered at the same time; 15% OFF if three books are ordered at the same time; 20% OFF if four or more books are ordered at the same time. Visit http://www.floydhenderson.com/
