A NEW EARTH AND ANEW UNIVERSE
The philosophers living in ancient Greece about 2,500 years ago amaze me because they
seem to have arrived at similar conclusions to those presented in this book without the
benefit of 21st century science. Maybe that demonstrates what can happen when, as I
believe, we all live in a unification where there is no separation between anything in time
or in space (including on Earth). In Ecclesiastes 1:9, your Bible states: "The thing that
hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done; and
there is no new thing under the sun" - King James Version. I’ll elaborate on the Greek
philosophers in the section called “The Real Thing”. Publishing this book might prove
useful by showing how modern science can validate the thoughts of ancient Greek
philosophers such as Parmenides, whose “argument from thought and language to the
world at large” was described in the following way by British mathematician and
philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) in his book “A History of Western
Philosophy”: “It cannot of course be accepted as valid …”
Also, in relation to this book, the predictions of inventor and futurist Raymond Kurzweil
are fascinating. According to Wikipedia, he suggests “With the entire universe made into
a giant, highly efficient supercomputer, AI and human hybrids (so integrated that, in truth
it is a new category of "life") would have both supreme intelligence and physical control
over the universe. Kurzweil suggests that this would open up all sorts of new
possibilities, including abrogation of the laws of Physics, interdimensional travel, and a
possible infinite extension of existence (true immortality).” On this last point, I first read
about the downloading of minds for the purpose of attaining immortality over 20 years
ago in a now-discontinued science magazine (either “Omega Science Digest” or “Omni”)
reporting on the robotics and artificial-intelligence work of American Hans Moravec.
Also fascinating are the references to Underlying Existence in John Dobson’s recent book
“The Moon Is New” (Dobson invented the term Zero Separation which this book refers
to) and the conclusions in two recent books by American mathematician and physicist
Frank Tipler – “The Physics of Christianity” and “The Physics of Immortality”. In these,
he says physics proves God’s existence, can justify the resurrection of the dead and the
spiritual body (which I call the Backup in “Part 3 Into Paper Walls”), and that godlike
intelligences will grant you and I immortality. And my fascination continues … even as
I’m putting the finishing touches on this book, I read a very short adaptation in the
science magazine Discover of the May 2009 book “Biocentrism: How Life and
Consciousness Are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe” by
Robert Lanza with Bob Berman. They say life – particularly consciousness – creates
time, space and the cosmos itself: without us, the universe could not exist. They say
things this book agrees with – “… time does not exist independently of the life that
notices it”, “… space is neither physical nor fundamentally real in our view”, “In daily
life, space and time are harmless illusions” and “Quantum theory even casts doubt on the
notion that distant objects are truly separated …” These statements sound like similar
conclusions to my explanations of a “space less and timeless reality that appears to
include space, time and distance but these are actually illusions created, in an immediate
sense, by the cosmic computer-generated hologram* and, in the ultimate sense, by an
intelligence and consciousness that pervades the universe and is related to the minds of
humans”. While “Biocentrism” says consciousness creates the universe, it unfortunately
cuts out the middle man and does not, as far as I know, mention a computer-generated
hologram.
