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The Purpose of Life and The Universe

I would like to share with you some of my insights regarding the purpose of the material Universe and the purpose of life itself. I hope that it makes some sense to you and helps you to look at all ‘things' material from a slightly more ‘detached' and also from a more ‘wholistic' point of view. It is the job of a ‘healer' to help other people to become more ‘whole'. To be healthy means to be ‘whole' in body, mind and soul. The ‘wholer' we are, the holier we also become….when we are truly ‘whole' within our own trinity of body, mind and soul, we can be in harmony with the whole Universe, can become One with the One which was before matter. It is best if the ‘healer' is a ‘whole' person herself or himself.

  Before Creation

All matter is but vibrating energy some scientists claim and people like Albert Einstein expressed that belief in a mathematical formula: E=mc 2

What does that mean? Very simply it means that there was energy ‘before' matter and that all matter consists of that ‘pre physical' energy.

Since in that ‘energy' there ‘existed' neither electrons nor protons, neither atoms nor molecules and hence neither ‘matter' and especially no ‘observers' of that matter there was neither space nor time either.

There was ‘nothing' (No-Thing) which the human mind could recognise as ‘something'…or ‘Some-Thing'.

To the human mind the energy of which all matter consists is nothing. Nothing the mind can ‘grasp' through the ‘senses' of the body.

But everything that exists in physical reality, every proton, electron and atom in the physical Universe consists exactly of that ‘nothing' - consists of ‘vibrating' energy.

Can you SEE? When I say: ‘can you see', I do not mean ‘can you understand me', but rather: 'can you follow me into that ‘pre physical energy and information' and can you SEE what I can see with my ‘inner eyes'. Perhaps with my heart rather than my mind if we consider the heart as being the ‘seat of God'.

I had to stop myself from saying; ‘pre physical light and information field' since a field can exist only if we have matter….and especially an observer of that ‘matter'

So here is the difficulty: trying to understand something with a ‘material mind' which is ‘nothing' in a material sense.

I hope I am not confusing you, but just sit back and contemplate that timeless and spaceless energy which was ‘before' matter, out of which all matter is made and which will still be there when all matter has gone.

Protons even, which are believed to be the longest ‘living' particles in physical reality will ‘decay' (‘vanish' from physical reality and become energy again) after some 80 billion years….or so.

‘Pre physical energy' is eternal. Eternal is an expression which makes no sense to the human mind locked into time and space.

It is an interesting ‘mind game' to think that the pre physical energy is ‘God'. Neither that eternal and all knowing energy nor God can be understood by the human mind.

And we can go a bit further. Many religious writings state that God's body is a body of light. Now, let us think again. Light? What is light?

Light in a ‘human' or material sense is an electromagnetic radiation, i.e. electrons must move in order to produce ‘visible' light.

‘Visible' means that there must be an ‘observer'. Someone who observes the ‘ripples in the ocean of light' and ‘recognises' them as light.

But ‘before' matter was created there was no electron and especially no observer of that electron. Can you see? Something is not quite right here.

Let us look at an analogy. Let us think about a pool of water. The water is absolutely still. Nothing ‘acts' upon the water. No wind, no movement…..nobody throwing a stone.

We may have difficulties to ‘see' that water. But when someone is throwing a stone in the still water ripples or waves appear. We recognise the water by seeing the waves. ‘Naturally' we do not immediately think about the fact that water consists of molecules and that the waves we observe are really the ‘up and down' movement of these molecules which constitute water.

In a similar way the ocean of light consists of photons. When a stones is thrown (an electron moves) the eye of the ‘observer' can SEE the resulting ripple. The mind can ‘talk' about light.

Hence I am saying that God's body is a body of light potential, just as the water is a body of ‘wave potential'. Unless there is an action taking place no waves will occur.

Religious leaders say: ‘God is ALL and ALL is God.' If we assume that Einstein was right and if we further assume that the ‘ocean of energy' which matter is made of, is an ocean of ‘light potential' (the ‘molecules' of which are photons) then we can see that both, science and religion are speaking the same language.

And here is another example of the similarity in thought of science and religion: science states that ‘in the beginning there was the ‘Big Bang' and religion states that ‘in the beginning there was the word'….and I am saying: ‘well, God must have spoken in a big banging voice'. Ultimately both descriptions indicate an ‘action' which caused ‘pre physical' energy to vibrate and ‘create' matter.

I guess I should make a foot note here: when I speak about ‘pre physical energy' I may mean the same as ‘virtual photons' mentioned by quantum physicists. They become ‘quanta' or kind of ‘visible' photons only when they pop into physical reality.

That is the ‘interface' between the ‘material' and the ‘non material', the ‘created' and the ‘uncreated'. Hence we reach the limit of the ‘human' mind. As mentioned earlier, a mind used to ‘observe' the ‘finite' created and material Universe cannot ‘comprehend' the infinite ‘uncreated'…..and no ‘identifier' after that because there is nothing to identify…nothing to give a name to or to hang a shingle on.

Have you ever tried to solve the riddle of whether the physical Universe is either finite or infinite? This question can ‘drive you around the bend'….because there is no answer to it. The same is true in a way for ‘that which was before matter', that which some people may call God.

  The Purpose of Life.

Let us now have a look at some things more ‘important' to the human mind. Let us ask the ‘Universal' question: ‘why are we here and what is this ‘life' all about?

The reason for and purpose of the creation of the Universe is for us (or God) to ‘play the game of life'…..to smell the roses, enjoy a nice meal, make love to a beautiful person, drink the wine….and enjoy the journey.

You see, God knows all…all that can be known intellectually, so to speak. All the ‘laws' for a material Universe were laid down before the material Universe actually came into being. No man can ever think of something God has not thought about already….otherwise man would be greater than God.

But unless God creates a material Universe populated by ‘material' people God would never KNOW what a rose smells like. I could try and explain that ‘experience' to you until I am blue in my face….you still would not KNOW what a rose smells like…unless you go and smell it yourself!

The Bible states that we are the ‘hand and feet of God'. Through us he or she ….or perhaps better ‘IT'….experiences the material, the created Universe.

One day….when we experienced everything we wanted to experience we may fold up the ‘stage' on which we played the game of life…and perhaps ‘think' of something else to ‘do'. God only knows.

Sometimes I say that WE created the Universe. Isn't that a bit presumptuous? Not so in ‘my mind'. Just think: if matter consists of energy (in the broadest sense)….then that energy must have been there ‘before' matter could be created.

The entire ‘created Universe' in which we have our existence ‘today' came out of that ‘ocean of light potential'. Hence we all were a part of that ‘energy'. WE were there at the beginning and ‘before' the beginning. We were all ONE…..because duality came into existence only after WE (the ONE) ‘decided' to create a material Universe of ‘protons and electrons'. The ONE (God…singularity) decided to become MANY…decided to become ALL of the Universe. Please allow your mind to ‘contemplate' this for a while. Perhaps it will make ‘sense' to your mind.

A holy man in India (Sai Baba) says: ‘you are like the drop of the ocean…..of the same essence as the ocean but momentarily separated from it. One day you will become one with the ocean again'.

I like that example.

When we understand all this, when we are in this world but not of this world as Jesus said, when we remain observers without getting too much emotionally involved in ‘playing the game of life' our journey will be truly happy and full of joy.

Hans, 12.02.2006