Sometimes I wonder whether it is scarier to think that nothing in the world has greater meaning, or that everything in the world has greater meaning. In other words, is a universe that has no plan scarier than one that has a plan?
I wonder if the Universe doesn't have a plan, it just keeps said plan in a place where the plan is excecuted but the Universe doesn't remember what it's doing. Like Memory Towers.
it certainly is a possibility. I think that it is impossible that humanity can understand the universe's plan, thus my skepticism of dogmatic(i.e. we're right, you're wrong) religion.
why is it either/or? Maybe the universe only has a goal, not a plan. So only some things have greater meaning..... heck if I know what those things are, though ;).
mostly because my technique of philosophical discussion involves the presentation of absolutes for dialectic synthesis. I think it has to do with the fact that I am so completely skeptical of absolutes that I think everything lies in the middle ground called context.
I'm not sure I believe that the universe has A Plan, but I think it has Meaning. I think there are many roads each of us could choose that would be right for us, each with meaning. I do believe in synchronicity, which pretty much involves an inherent meaning to thing, I think.
I dislike equating plan with meaning. I think meaning has a more relative, subjective ring to it, whereas plan connotes someone or something in control. And I am definitely not diggin' on the authority figures right now...
I think that the distinction is between whether meaning is entirely subjective or not. Is it possible that something can mean something that isn't entirely structured by culture?
Yes, I do like to think that something can mean in a way that is not dictated by culture... but it's difficult for an individual to think outside cultural bounds.
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Date: 2005-09-24 09:46 pm (UTC)I wonder if the Universe doesn't have a plan, it just keeps said plan in a place where the plan is excecuted but the Universe doesn't remember what it's doing. Like Memory Towers.
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