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intothedreaming · 08-02-2008, 10:45 PM

An interesting theory that randomly popped in my head today. I have no idea if this is an idea already expressed, although I'm sure I'm not the first to think of it.

It is the idea that I am but a lone figure in this world, that all of existence is simply a creation of my own mind. The idea that I am the only one living and the rest of life, human or otherwise, is only a figment or a contrived force that has no real definitive reason for thriving, let alone existing, in such a state.

What if the one who feels this way is, indeed, God? An undoubtedly pretentious belief but interesting nonetheless. Is it possible to be the only thing that actually exists or has the ability to exist? Could it be that a consciousness could develop its own world entirely inside its own thought process and by its' thought process? This brings about many questions when dealing with the meaning of loss and the idea of meaning itself. The one who feels this way, the one who is its own creator, could likely abandon all affirmations made by the ideas brought forth from everyday life. When dealing with death and loss it would only take convincing itself that such things are empty, they are only a part of the void that is existence because the only thing that exists is the consciousness of the being in question. So, fundamentally, that being needs nothing in life because there is no life. There is only the being and its thoughts.

This idea is based loosely around the notion of pantheism, "referring to philosophical and metaphysical theories of the divine as existing and acting within the mind or the world," the only difference being that it is strictly existence within the mind. A world completely designed, structured, and inhabited by a single thought-form that is only living, and surviving, in a subconscious state.

Another interesting idea is the possibility that God is insane. If we are created in his image then won't he too have the faults we've been "blessed" with? This is clearly taking the idea of us being ants and God being the kid with the magnifying glass to a new level.

Thoughts?

08-02-2008, 10:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
intothedreaming Upright	The subconsciousness of God An interesting theory that randomly popped in my head today. I have no idea if this is an idea already expressed, although I'm sure I'm not the first to think of it. It is the idea that I am but a lone figure in this world, that all of existence is simply a creation of my own mind. The idea that I am the only one living and the rest of life, human or otherwise, is only a figment or a contrived force that has no real definitive reason for thriving, let alone existing, in such a state. What if the one who feels this way is, indeed, God? An undoubtedly pretentious belief but interesting nonetheless. Is it possible to be the only thing that actually exists or has the ability to exist? Could it be that a consciousness could develop its own world entirely inside its own thought process and by its' thought process? This brings about many questions when dealing with the meaning of loss and the idea of meaning itself. The one who feels this way, the one who is its own creator, could likely abandon all affirmations made by the ideas brought forth from everyday life. When dealing with death and loss it would only take convincing itself that such things are empty, they are only a part of the void that is existence because the only thing that exists is the consciousness of the being in question. So, fundamentally, that being needs nothing in life because there is no life. There is only the being and its thoughts. This idea is based loosely around the notion of pantheism, "referring to philosophical and metaphysical theories of the divine as existing and acting within the mind or the world," the only difference being that it is strictly existence within the mind. A world completely designed, structured, and inhabited by a single thought-form that is only living, and surviving, in a subconscious state. Another interesting idea is the possibility that God is insane. If we are created in his image then won't he too have the faults we've been "blessed" with? This is clearly taking the idea of us being ants and God being the kid with the magnifying glass to a new level. Thoughts? Last edited by intothedreaming; 08-03-2008 at 06:59 PM..