The Primal Forces of the Universe

I think trying to say the primal forces of the universe are either good or bad isn't very useful to us as humans. I think the most useful thing to say is that there are primal forces to and in the whole universe and being aware of them might save your life.

There are two extreme points of view on this and then many points in between. As humans there are the absolute materialists who believe that if you can't experience it with your 5 senses then it isn't there. Which leaves about 96% of the known universe out of their version of reality.

So, then there are the absolutely superstitious who are scared of everything including their shadow and they say, "Be afraid of everything. Anything can kill you or maim you at any time so find something to worship so it can protect you as much as possible."

However, the truth for all of us likely is somewhere in the middle (the gray area) between these two extreme points of view.

My point of view is to experience the universe as you experience it but also listening to the experiences of those around you that make sense to you given your own experience.

However, if people's experience around you doesn't make any sense at all to you they either are from another culture or you just have your own unique way of viewing things.

Or you also could be a genius and far ahead of them in your perceptions or all of the above or none of the above.

Trying to figure out which is true might be useful to your long term survival.

But, for me in my mid 60s I have my own way of doing things that works for me or I wouldn't still be alive.

IF you didn't know if bears in Alaska were real or not and your materialistic friend said, "There are no bears in Alaska so there is nothing to be afraid of." And then your superstitious friend said, "The Bears there are Grizzlies and they will eat you for breakfast and then suck your eyes out for dessert."

Which one of these should you believe. That's right! Neither of them. So, when you then go to Alaska yourself you walk up to locals and ask them yourselves and what would they say, "Oh yes. There are bears here. Watch out for the Grizzlies! and especially don't touch the cubs of grizzlies or you are dead." So then, neither of your friends were right. Not the materialist and not the superstitious one either. You had to ask a local what was going on to get any truth at all.

This is true not only here on earth but as one soul travels throughout this galaxy or even to other galaxies. This is something humans are capable of if they want to enough. Is it useful or safe to do this?

Maybe the best answer would be: "Is it safe to surf waves on surfboards 10 to 50 feet in height?" The answer likely is the same. The people who have the right abilities and  have the desire, time and money to do this are going to.


Another example instead of bears is say if you lived in a superstitious tribe that had never seen cars, planes or any technology and someone came up to you and said, "The cars and trucks kill people. the people behind the steering wheels aim for you to try to kill you!" The materialistic among the tribe might say to you, "There is no such thing as a car, a truck or a plane. The big things that go over us are pooping white poop (contrails) that they leave in the sky. There are no planes, or trucks or cars."

So, which one of them is right?

That's correct! Neither of them are right.

So, when you get there ask people that would know. Otherwise, you are going to just be ignorant  like your friends were.

So, I guess my point is: "Always ask a local about local things otherwise you will always be mislead."

However, the other side of this is when I went to India in the 1980s and people didn't know how to think like maps in their heads like we do in our culture. Also, they didn't want to be thought of as ignorant. So, if I asked directions they would act like they know and literally send me and my cab or whatever in any given direction but not usually the right one. I don't know if it is still this way but it still was in the 1980s.

At the time my thought was, "If they treat each other this way progress is impossible here in the 1980s". However, many things have changed since then of riding on steam trains with so many many people with no formal education at all. Because public education didn't exist then.

later: The human race thinks it knows a lot. However, this isn't really true. The truth is there are individuals who know a lot about one certain subject usually. But, often this does not translate well between humans. Often this kind of knowledge can only be experienced so even talking about it isn't useful because without the experiences it really has no full meaning.

This is sometimes called enlightenment. Enlightenment can come in many many different ways in many different subjects or specialties. One of the most important forms of enlightenment if you want to live past about 50 is learning to never panic no matter what happens. Unless of course a bus is going to hit you on the street or something like that when you were not looking in time. Even then, don't panic just move very fast instead.