Take a look around you. Pick an object, any object. Now, get closer to it. Stare at it. You can do this with any object in the room you are in and I can guarantee you one thing; what you think you are seeing is not actually what is.
Let's take, for example, the computer screen you are looking at. It appears to be, feels like, a solid, visible, stationary object right? In one sense, it is, but in another sense, it is not. Here is why. Every object that you can see or feel is made up of something not visible. That's right, not visible to the naked eye.
Every physical object is made up of atoms, units of energy that are too small to see, yet, when formed together, billions upon billions, they form matter, such as the screen you are looking at. So, while the screen may appear to be a solid, uniform thing, it is actually billions of atoms all tightly packed together in the shape and form of a screen. Not only that, but while it may appear to be stationary, that too, is deceiving. You see, all atoms that make up matter are in constant motion, motion too fast for us to see with the eye, even if we could see it. But everything, from the wall in a room, to a table, a chair, etc, is in constant motion. In other words, where there is energy, there is motion. Where there is no energy, there, and only there, is there no motion.
Now, as always, I am sharing this because it demonstrates to me an important spiritual principle, which is: When you read scripture, it is not as it appears to be.
My question for discussion is, in what ways is this true?
Ron
Quote from: gregoryfl on August 25, 2009, 04:02:33 AM
Take a look around you. Pick an object, any object. Now, get closer to it. Stare at it. You can do this with any object in the room you are in and I can guarantee you one thing; what you think you are seeing is not actually what is.
Let's take, for example, the computer screen you are looking at. It appears to be, feels like, a solid, visible, stationary object right? In one sense, it is, but in another sense, it is not. Here is why. Every object that you can see or feel is made up of something not visible. That's right, not visible to the naked eye.
Every physical object is made up of atoms, units of energy that are too small to see, yet, when formed together, billions upon billions, they form matter, such as the screen you are looking at. So, while the screen may appear to be a solid, uniform thing, it is actually billions of atoms all tightly packed together in the shape and form of a screen. Not only that, but while it may appear to be stationary, that too, is deceiving. You see, all atoms that make up matter are in constant motion, motion too fast for us to see with the eye, even if we could see it. But everything, from the wall in a room, to a table, a chair, etc, is in constant motion. In other words, where there is energy, there is motion. Where there is no energy, there, and only there, is there no motion.
Now, as always, I am sharing this because it demonstrates to me an important spiritual principle, which is: When you read scripture, it is not as it appears to be.
My question for discussion is, in what ways is this true?
Ron
Just to add a bit to what your saying, actually there are other forms of energy besides atoms and scientists have come to the conclusion that there is no place in existance where energy does not exist.
While some say that energy is a creation of God I feel that God is energy (as we understand it) energy also is known to not be able to be created or destroyed only converted to another form.
I do say those things because as humans we are completely energy in human form, and within ourselves along there are many process of energy conversion going on.
This includes the process in which we age and death itself. While some speculate that when we die we are nothing, that could not be further from the truth. We do convert to another form, some will agree and say that we decompose and return to the earth eventually and as our physical bodies are concerned that is true. But I do not believe that the nature of "who we are" and our consciousness is that simple. While scientifically right now the only really thing we can detect about ourselves is electrical impulses, but there was a time when we couldn't even do that.
The people who take such a simplistic view of who we are only rest in the knowledge we have currently. Sure, of that knowledge there is only so much that can be "demonstrated" to our physical observance, but history has shown that in the past, those who understood possibility are the ones who almost always end up being right about discoveries.
While I hope I did not derail your thread, I did not post any specific scripture because I sort of view all of scripture with some bias towards energy conversion and how that might be a spiritual snapshot within our physical realm that is actively demonstratable to a degree.
:cloud9: Good points, guys...... :thumbsup: Blessings....