What are dreams? What is reality? How do you know you're not sleeping right now? Whether it is reality or dreams, everything is an experience. These experiences are what make up our existence. Both reality and dreams are nothing more than experiences that your consciousness is having. The ke

Our universe was born about 13.7 billion years ago in a massive expansion that blew space up like a gigantic balloon. The Big Bang theory, which virtually all cosmologists and theoretical physicists endorse. The evidence supporting the idea is extensive and convincing. We know, for example, that

On religious issues there can be little or no compromise. There is no position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs. There is no more powerful ally one can claim in a debate than Jesus Christ, or God, or Allah, or whatever one calls this supreme being. But like any powerful

Atheism is on the rise around the world, so does that mean spirituality will soon be a thing of the past? A growing number of people, millions worldwide, say they believe that life definitively ends at death – that there is no God, no afterlife and no divine plan. And it’s an outlook that could

He makes it sound so simple finding the right words to express these exciting truths and personal opinions. For a shot vid it is packed full of fantastic information What we Are ~ Alan Watts

Spinoza: A Complete Guide to Life If you’ve ever wanted a complete scientific roadmap for how to live, a modern philosophy to go by, a lens through which to understand a complex world, a foundation, the 17th century Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza is as good as you'll find. He asked questions l

If you think everyone has compassion You might want to think again. Empathy is one of the most important qualities you can have, and without it, you fundamentally lack the ability to connect with others. Instead of listening to or supporting you when you need someone. They will immediately su

You don't need religion to have morals. If you cannot tell right from wrong, then you lack empathy, not religion. Self-identified Christians made up 63% of the U.S. population in 2021, down from 65% in 2019 and from 75% a decade ago, according to survey data released last month from the Pew Resea

Gold jewelry is nice. Because gold does not corrode it is very valuable to electronics. Other than that, what true value does gold have? What function does it serve in our society? You cannot eat it. It would be worthless as a fuel. So, then why do we put so much value on it? According to a Sum

BEFORE THE BIG BANG, BEFORE EVOLUTION In the beginning there was nothing, and from the nothing came a consciousness. This consciousness became aware of the nothingness, and had a thought. The consciousness had infinite thoughts, its dreams were boundless. The consciousness conceived landscapes,

When considering the meaning of faith, one recognizes the prevalent misconceptions that faith is either; 1. an epistemological category-where one receives divine knowledge, which is often contrary to human logic 2. or represents a fundamental lack of knowledge, resulting in blind adherence to i

Imagine all the plants and all the animals on Earth, from the largest whales to the smallest bacteria. According to researchers, that's only .01% of all life that has existed on Earth. The other 99.9% is extinct, gone for good. Worldwide it is thought that more than 500 species of land animal are

Is a “Spiritual Person” also a “Religious Person? If you are wondering, what does it mean to be spiritual, you should know that spirituality is a broad concept. It is not entirely separate from religion, neither is it similar. Spirituality can be defined in many ways, but the most important defi

After your death you will be what you were before your birth. This is a metaphor, that can answer that question on a symbolic level. In other words, like a traditional religious document, it attempts to set down in words events that are larger than words allow. Before the beginning of time, th

Consciousness is the primary activity in any experience. Without consciousness, there is no experience. Consciousness cannot arise by itself. It always arises with and conditioned by the mind and matter (the body). The interdependence of Consciousness, Mind and Body is how an experience arises