Down the Rabbit Hole

"When you come to think of it, almost all human behavior and activity is not essentially any different from animal behavior. The most advanced technologies and craftsmanship bring us, at best, up to the super-chimpanzee level. Actually, the gap between, say, Plato or Nietzsche and the average human is greater than the gap between that chimpanzee and the average human. The realm of the real spirit, the true artist, the saint, the philosopher, is rarely achieved. Why so few? Why is world history and evolution not stories of progress but rather this endless and futile addition of zeroes. No greater values have developed. Hell, the Greeks 3,000 years ago were just as advanced as we are. So what are these barriers that keep people from reaching anywhere near their real potential? The answer to that can be found in another question, and that's this: Which is the most universal human characteristic - fear or laziness?"

Here's an easy way to create a synchronicity. Again if you don't know what this means click the link on the side. It won't be that obvious, but if you dim your eyes you will notice it and smile. Put on some music and put on a random tv station. You will create your own music video with meaning that only pertains to yourself. It will most likely be the only time in history that this exact event has ever occured. Hence, in some way the wheels of time have given you something that you have decided has meaning. Think about that meaning.

The paradox of our time in history is that…
We have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; Wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints; We spend more, but enjoy less of it.
We have bigger houses and smaller families; More conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees, but less sense; More knowledge, but less judgment; More experts, but less solutions; More medicine, but less wellness;
We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.
We have learned to make a living, but not a life. We have added years to life, but not life to years.
We have been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We have conquered outer space, but not inner space. We have cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We have split the atom, but not our prejudice.
We have higher incomes, but lower morals. We have become long on quantity, but short on quality.
These are the times of tall men, and short character; Steep profits, and shallow relationships. These are the times of world peace, but domestic warfare; More leisure, but less fun; More kinds of food, but less nutrition.
These are days of two incomes, but more divorce; Of fancier houses, but broken homes.
It is a time when there is much in the show window and nothing in the stockroom; A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to forward the message and make a difference… Or just hit, "Delete."

By making the choice to get up each day we affect the lives of ourselves and everyone around us. You cannot walk by someone on the street and not affect the course of the rest of their life. Think of the small and often random occurances that lead you to do something or meet someone. I believe everyone has something to offer if you really pay attention. The phrases "I couldn't help but overhearing" and "It's a small world" really exemplify this. Talk to people. Take risks. Do things on a whim. You will get so much more out of life.

The human senses all seem to have primary and secondary functions. For a real trip, try making the secondary functions the primary ones.

Sight
Primary: View
Secondary: Creating

Smell
Primary: Scent
Secondary: Intuition

Taste
Primary: Flavor
Secondary: Pleasure

Hearing
Primary: Sound
Secondary: Judgement

Touch
Primary: Contact
Secondary: Relaxation

What could we become if we weren't afraid of change? A world without any country borders. A world without poverty, hunger, disease and war. Billions of people living in peace and prosperity. An enormous network of trade, art, music, literature, food, and culture. Exploration into science and technology resulting in an ever deepening understanding of the mind, body and universe. Entertainment and sport on an unheard of level. We could become anything we desire.

Take a ride to the big: The mathematical term googol is the number 1 followed by a hundred zeroes, or 10^100, meaning 10 raised to the power of a hundred. How big a number is a googol? Astronomers estimate our universe is 15 billion years old, or 10^18 seconds old. Over 22 centuries ago, Archimedes calculated that 10^63 grains of sand would fill the then known universe.

Consider today's known universe contains at least a hundred-billion galaxies each containing an average of a hundred-billion stars. Now consider the mind-boggling number of electrons, protons, neutrons, and all other matter-and-energy particles in those stars, planets, dark matter as well as all additional particles scattered throughout space. That number would equal 10^86 particles, a number still considerably less than a googol. Now, if our entire universe of about fifteen billion light years across were packed solid with subatomic particles with zero space between them, the number of particles would rise to 10^130.

But, how large is a googolplex, 10^(10^100)? Just to print the number of zeroes after the number 1 would require enough paper to pack solid our entire universe, fifteen billion light years across. And a super googolplex is a googolplex that is raised to an additional 100th power. No scale is available for any conscious mind on Earth to grasp such a number.

Take a ride to the small: Slice an average-sized pie in half ninety-one times. On the ninety-second slice, you would need to slice the nucleus of an atom in half. How small is the nucleus of an atom? Enlarge a baseball to the size of Earth. One would then see the atoms of that baseball as the size of cherries filling the entire planet. Now, enlarge one of those atoms to the size of the Astrodome. The nucleus would then become visible as the size of a grain of sand.

What about the smallest or shortest unit of time that the human mind can grasp: Planck's time of 10^-42 of a second -- about the time required for light travelling at 186,281 miles per second to traverse the diameter of the smallest subatomic particle of, say, a 2x10^-33 centimeter diameter, which is Planck's length. A time less than 10^-42 of a second measured from the theoretical beginning of time in our universe cannot be experimentally simulated or conceptually grasped.

Finally, grasping the smallest and the biggest in terms of eternity requires the axiomatic fact that EXISTENCE EXISTS. Thus, existence has no prior causes and is eternal. Relative to eternity, the smallest unit and the largest unit are equal in occurance, time, or distance. For example, compare an incredibly fast event that occurs once every 10^-42 of a second to an incredibly slow event that occurs once every super googolplex years. The occurrence of those events are equal in eternity. For, both of those events have occured and will occur an infinite number of times in eternity.

Experiment: During a typical day, slow your thoughts down to the moment. Don't think past or future. Just present. Once you do that, pay attention to your experience as a continous event. Personal thoughts as well as external stimulii. Examine the results of making a decision with this frame of mind. Then smile at the outcome.

Ever think of "nothing?" Consider the word "void." Ever pull something back from the void?

Try to think about something, but while you are picturing the thought, make as though you are looking at someone else from far away. As though they are getting closer while you are trying to make out who they are. Almost squinting not your eyes, but what is behind them.

What if we could play a game that was so real we couldn't tell the difference between the game and reality?
What if we could manipulate physics?
What if everywhere had seasonal light and darkness like the poles?
What if the only way to die was to choose to?

What is a coincidence? The dictionary defines it as "A sequence of events that although accidental seems to have been planned or arranged." We notice them mostly when something seems to come together perfectly. I like finding less apparent coincidences. To me, these are even more fun to notice.

Some cultures have no word for certain concepts. Some words are just part of their everyday life while others are truly underheard of ideas. Examples: time, money, war, steal, lie, virgin, death, clean, art, religion, actor, wilderness, love, education, science, guilt, theory, help, chief, suicide, sin. Imagine our culture existing without some of these concepts. Further still, imagine our culture existing without written word.

If you have been by yourself and experienced something that has not been recorded, you are the only one that will have ever experienced that exact moment.

Imagine vocalizing every thought that you experience.

Picture how it feels to do something that makes you so happy that you can't stop smiling even if you try.

Love, music, dreaming, dancing, laughing, friendship, communicating, learning, teaching, touch, sight, sound, taste, smell, intuition, nature, art, flying, swimming, sharing, helping, comforting, applause, memory, improvement, accomplishment, relaxation, exercise, fascination, honesty, concentration, knowledge, obscurity, choice, discovery, anticipation, beauty, unity, uniqueness, perfection, simplicity, intimacy, impulse, sensation, appetite, thought, attraction, admiration, affection, determination, endurance, enthusiasm, experience, desire, impression, inspiration, interest, passion, pride, curiosity, thrill, bewilderment, complexity, spontaneity, creativity, loyalty, justice, lust, fulfillment, perception, smiling, pleasure, amusement, luck, pondering, affection, purity, authenticity, patience, discipline, grace, modesty, courtesy, integrity, perseverance, virtue, respect, ambition, familiarity, skill, variety

Imagine that the distance between the Earth and the Sun is the thickness of a piece of paper.
The distance from Earth to the next closest star would equal a stack of paper 71 feet high.
The diameter of our galaxy would equal a stack 310 miles high.
The distance to the next closest galaxy would equal a stack 6000 miles high.
The distance to the edge of the known universe would equal a stack 31 million miles high or about 1/3 of the distance to the sun.

We spend over twenty years of our life sleeping. If we can remember and control our dreams, then it's like adding an extra twenty years to our life.