Originally posted by Penguin
I originally responded to this post of yours:
[b]Even Stphen Hawking admitted the existence of aliens and 1000 people saw a ufo above New York late last year.
No amount of this kind of proof will change a closed mind.
Basically you need a preimise that the universe is not static and the scientific model has always assumed the opposite.
and I sa ...[text shortened]... you mean by it and how it relates to the existence of aliens (or ghosts)?
--- Penguin.[/b]
Since you asked, I will try, but please be patient with me. Most of our communicating is actually done through our body language (with the aid of words), so the absence of our physicalities is going to make this more difficult for me than if we were one to one in the flesh.
I say "spiritual evolution" because evolution has only physical connotations in the scientific realm. Evolution, (the word and meaning) will evolve,(as all language does), as we understand , collectively , our true natures. (ie. our true spiritual natures, which I contend is what we are primarily).
So in the first place science postulates that conciousness comes from the physical evolution of organisms ,(their brains specifically), and not the other way around.
Eastern thought, (like Bhuddism), postulates that the Ground of all being is actually "conciousness".
So I take this to mean that in the beginning (to our universe), there was "god" , or more precisely conciousness. Conciousness is the alpha and omega of all existence and the Big Bang (which I more or less believe in), is just a 'blip' that has brought into existence all that we know.
"God" thrust into motion physicality ,as we know it, and this physicality has evolved (physically) to the point where we find ourselves now. How long did it take? 15 billion years? doesn't matter from an eternal point of view.
Now if you believe that conciousness evolved from physical evolution, then we are already at an impasse. Unless you are willing to entertain the notion that the eternal ground of all being is where we came from , then there is no way we can go on . You must entertain this premise. So we need "time" to evolve brains that will eventually lead us back to the origonal ground and (re-)discover our true natures.
This implies to me that we must start with a premise that ,(psycologically speaking), we have things backwards,(or perhaps upside down).
So:
1. We are eternal , non physical beings by nature, but we have had to go through these "birthing pains",(The BB to now), to evolve our brains to the point where we can make the "leap of faith" ,(individually and collectively-like the Hundred monkeys theory), and return back to "godhead", to our origonal nature(s).
2. 'Living in the now' is highly recommended to get back into touch with our (true)spiritual identities. While we may say we are living in the now, only a spiritually enlightened person (enlightened in the Zen Bhuddist sense), is actually living in the Etenal Now.
3. "Evil" forces have sidetracked "gods" plan , and hence "god" has had to make some revisions in "his" plans so that we can get back on track , and keep evolving spiritually.
4. Our brains are actually like "antennas" ,(is that the plural for "antenna" or is it antenae (?) 😕 ), that can be tuned into the eternal, non physical consiousness (not conciousnesses, but just the one mind, the one conciousness), and hence be "turned on" properly to be used for their origonal purpose, ie. to get back to "god"
5. "God" is not a separate entity. The lise of separation from god is what we are all born into. Our parents weren't lying to us on purpose when they raised us, they just didn't know any better, and in the absence of this knowledge, they have inadvertently passed onto us , without understanding the harmful info that was being included into the other good info that they were teaching us when we were kids.
The illusion of separation (from the rest of creation), the "buffer" between "out there" and "in here" , is the root of all our problems. (Attack the root of the problem and not the branches because the branches just grow back, and stronger too, if you are directing your attention in the wrong place.)
(Going to help neighbour fix fence, will be back in 30 mins to finish this answer)