Deduce for yourself why the universe exists, and why consciousness exists. This “game” of reasoning will work for a while, before word of the book, “The Universe And Consciousness Explained,” gets out. From experience, I know that solving what is presented below creates a line of thrilling realizations, each of which left me “high” for days. That is the reason I have included this game, for the time being, along with the book. Reading the book is fascinating, but deducing the first realizations yourself is even better - it’s physically thrilling! Stop at any point in the discourse you like, and see if contemplation will bring you the answers. Good luck. I am not giving the final answers away, but I am leaving you staring right at where they’re hiding - and, for a few bucks, you can read all about it, and much, much more in the book. (It took 25 years of studying science and mysticism, and another 23 years of contemplation and editing, to write the entire 222 page book.) * * * * * 1 * * * Why the universe exists, and why we are conscious, is what the inquisitive of every age have had the greatest desire to know. Unfortunately, conventional wisdom has come to believe that this information is unknowable. But this is an erroneous assumption. Simple logic can tell us clearly why we and the universe exist. The universe had to have had a beginning, because initially either it had to exert its potential, its power, to exist, or a Deity had to exert Its power to construct the universe in its initial form. The universe couldn’t have always existed, because it is an impossible paradox that, at every moment of existence, either the universe has already exerted its potential to exist during some previous moment, or some Deity has already exerted Its power to create the universe in a previous moment. It had to have actually happened at some actual moment, thereby creating a beginning to the universe’s existence. So, the universe had a beginning. At the beginning of our universe’s existence, either the universe arose on its own, or it was created by some other dimension of existence, possibly a Deity. In order to know whether the universe 2 arose on its own or was created by something either making up or existing within some other dimension of existence, we have to take our inquiry back to the beginnings of anything, and proceed from there to determine what happened that led to our universe being created. The primary question to ask becomes - What does logic say can arise, when existence first becomes possible? Logic trumps everything. Whatever exists must have a logical way to manifest its existence. So, we must let logic be our guide in determining what has the inherent power to arise, and what has the inherent power to create anything else. Even any form of Deity which might arise has to have the logically understandable ability to do so built into its structure. What existed at the very first moment of possible existence? First, we can determine that nothing of a tangible nature, be it a potential universe or a potential Deity, could have existed at the very first moment of possible existence. This is because for anything to exist it has to be constructed from the elements inherent in its potential to exist. For things of an intangible nature this can be instantaneous, because any assembly occurs within a spaceless void. But for anything of a tangible nature to arise, its 3 construction requires some type of tangible movement to occur requiring one moment of time to record the start of the movement, and at the very least a second moment of time to record the situation of the completion of the movement. If a potential tangible universe or tangible Deity existed at the first moment of possible existence, either of them could only have become aware of the fact that they could now start to react to the offer of existence. They could now start the tangible movement which, once finished, would actually create something of a tangible nature at the second moment of possible existence. This means that, at the first moment of possible existence, although something of a potentially tangible nature might exist, nothing actually tangible exists yet. It also means that whatever arises must do so from what is present at the first moment of possible existence, which is nothing of a tangible nature. The next step to take is to realize that “nothing tangible exists” is not a negative statement - it is a positive statement. Nothing tangible existing doesn’t mean that nothing at all exists - it means that a Void does exist. The dimension of The Void exists, fully constructed, since no tangible actions are necessary for Its construction. 4 So, the first thing, the first dimension of existence, the first realm of existence, the first type of existence, the first unique essence, we find existing instantly at the first moment of possible existence is The Void. Is there anything else, obviously of an intangible nature, also instantly “formed” at the first moment of possible existence? At this first moment of possible existence, along with The Void, the intangible dimension existing in the form of Time starts to exist, having also registered the possibility that It can now exist, and having instantly exerted Its intangible ability to do so. Intangible Time exists at the first moment of possible existence, fully “formed,” doing what time does, recording any form of existence, in this case recording The Void’s existence. “The Void” exists and “The Time of The Void” exists. A third dimension also exists - one a little harder to understand - the dimension of Possibility. This one takes a little thought. The dimension of Possibility is what starts off any existence. As far as the factors necessary the dimensions necessary - for the existence of anything is concerned, without the presence of the “Possibility Of Existence,” there would be no existence of any kind. Think about it - you know that the “Possibility Of Existence” does 5 exist, so how does It exist? In what manner, in what fashion, does It exist? It exists in Its own unique way, being Its own unique intangible essence - Its own intangible dimension of existence - functioning in Its own intangible way. Thinking about how Possibility actually does exist as a unique intangible dimension of existence - that is, as a unique intangible essence which actually does exist in some intangible dimension - helps us to make the jump to the fourth and last intangible dimension that logic finds existing at the first moment of possible existence. Once we name the fourth intangible dimension of existence present at this first moment, we can deduce, first, that none of these four dimensions can create anything else. Time can only record the situation of what exists. Possibility simply informs other potential dimensions that existence is now possible. (I suppose you could call the dimension of Possibility a kind of Deity - but It doesn’t have consciousness, and It doesn’t create on Its own; all It has is the innate power to allow whatever else which can arise and exist on its own to start doing so.) And The Void, in being what It is, is nothing of a tangible nature, and does nothing of 6 a tangible nature, thereby constructing Itself and nothing more. Next we can establish that logic stipulates that, not only can The Void not create anything else, it is also true that no power existing within The Void, which of necessity must be of an intangible essence, can create any type of action which would have a tangible result. You can exert intangible powers, or combine them, and still nothing will ever be constructed which has anything other than an intangible presence. You can’t get anything of a substantial existence even a tangible empty space grid, each point of space having the tangible power of maintaining its unique position - if all you start out with are intangible elements, with intangible powers of expression. And when we discover what the fourth and last dimension is, which is present at the first moment of possible existence, we realize that this dimension is also intangible, and also cannot construct any other dimension, tangible or intangible. So these four dimensions of existence are all that ever exist. And if nothing else can arise from the situation present at the first moment of possible existence, then no other dimension of existence will arise subsequently. This is because the first situation doesn’t ever change. 7 Since logic does not allow any other tangible or intangible dimension to exist other than these four, this also rules out any form of Deity dimension arising, to then somehow create our universe. Even a would be Deity would have to have a logical basis for Its existence. We can’t just run things backwards, and define a Deity as being miraculously all powerful, and therefore able to overrule logic and exist. If something has no logical basis for its existence, this means that there is no way possible for it to exert any type of innate power that would enable it to exist. (Note - the dimension we live in is a Deity, but It can be called that because it just happens to have what we define as a Deity’s abilities - at least what Mystics define as a Deity’s abilities - the ability to be conscious and to focus all the details of imagining everything imaginable, for an eternity. But our dimension is just plain lucky that It exists and has consciousness as part of Its make-up. It doesn’t exist because Its “all-powerful will” allows It to will Itself into existence, overruling any logical which means overruling any possible - way to exist. It exists because the function It fulfills cannot not exist - similarly to how and why the dimension of Time exists.) Although none of the other three dimensions have the power to give rise to anything else, the 8 presence of any of the other three dimensions provides all that is necessary, or in other words makes it appropriate, for the fourth intangible dimension of existence to arise on Its own. (To make it easier to discover what that fourth dimension is, concentrate on the fact that the presence of The Void, alone, makes it appropriate, that is, provides all that is necessary, for this fourth dimension to exist.) When we know that nothing other than these four dimensions of existence can instantly exist at the first moment of possible existence, and know that they cannot themselves give rise to any other dimension of existence, then we know that the dimension we live in must be one of these four dimensions. Our experience tells us that we are not Time, and we are not Possibility, and we are not The Void. That leaves only the fourth dimension to be the dimension we live in. Once it is realized what this fourth dimension is, further thought on how our dimension must be structured in order to perform the function it exists to fulfill leads us to realize how this dimension we exist as part of must include the universe that we see around us, and must also include many other universes. We can also realize that our dimension must also consist of all the things that thought can imagine. It also tells us how consciousness must be an intangible 9 component of this dimension, and how we can call this dimension a Deity if we wish, and how we are immortal! (!!) And then all the statements you’ve heard mystics make - “we are all one,” “everything in our lives is a grand illusion - we don’t, unless we’re Enlightened, really understand the actual illusory nature of any of the components making up our lives here,” and “you yourself are the creator of this universe, taking a limited focus of consciousness within a unique perspective on what there is to imagine” - all mystical statements, made by enlightened Mystics, making up a tiny percentage of all the world’s spiritual traditions, and who follow in the footsteps of the enlightened Mystics who started all the world’s major religions and spiritual traditions, all their statements now make perfect sense. And, if you are familiar with the strange actions of subatomic particles which those studying quantum physics have discovered, these strange occurrences will now make perfect sense as well. And, finally, if you’re familiar with some of the established “pillars” of the new age movement, the writings of Carlos Castaneda and the Seth material also now make sense. So, what is the fourth dimension - our dimension? Hint - it has something to do with 10 the other three dimensions. It would exist if any of the other three dimensions of existence were the sole existing dimension to arise. But concentrate on how it exists because The Void exists. If The Void exists, what other intangible dimension must also exist, in Its own unique fashion, functioning in Its own unique way doing Its own mundane little thing? Once you realize what this fourth dimension of existence is, then think how this dimension must be structured in order to perform Its function. Do this, and a line of thrilling realizations awaits you. Why is It conscious? Why does It imagine whole universes? Why does It exist forever in a moment? Why do YOU exist forever? To understand what dimension we live in and to know that we do not live in a tangible universe - is very exciting. But this is just the beginning! To go through this line of reasoning in greater detail, and to know much, much more, buy the book, “The Universe And Consciousness Explained” at this website, and read all 222 pages. 11 12