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If we really are the universe conscious of itself (individuality and the ego being an illusion, of course), and if the universe is infinite (an infinite multiverse, universes within universes ad infinitum), then what does that say about consciousness and the true identity of 'I'?

http://brainmeta.com/philosophy.php


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Just short explanations. I don't need entire tracts for comprehension. Thanks.

If we really are the universe conscious of itself (individuality and the ego being an illusion, of course), and if the universe is infinite (an infinite multiverse, universes within universes ad infinitum), then what does that say about consciousness and the true identity of 'I'?

http://brainmeta.com/philosophy.php

It almost contradicts itself at the beginning if ..." consciousness and ego are an illusion".

True identify of "I" is both known from experience in what conscious minds have learned and unknown for that which remains to be discovered.

This is what this seems to me from the quote in your post. But not from reading the entire link.

This is strictly my opinion and my belief.

I believe that consciousness and the true identity of 1 is perception.

"i" means the same thing within your-self

There is a paradox in the two logical laws that dictate our existence. One says that no finite number is more important than another. The other says that infinity as an object is impossible. So to resolve this paradox, I think about it like this. Our universe has no bound, but we can not say it's infinite until we have transversed it. So for all intensive purposes, we are but an undefined finite existence, reaching for infinity.

Tosh! Its all about ME ME ME!

The same question was asked by the Lord Rama and the Brahmarshi Vasishta has answered vividly in YOGA VASISHTAM, which I recommend to you. Not only to you to all the MBAs and those who are specialising in HR/OD/OB etc and those who are managing the people.

It says that it is as open to self-interpretation as the infinity of the universe. Your imagination halts where you tell it to stop, otherwise, it's boundless and magical and magnificent. Setting boundaries are what keep you grounded, and can hinder you as well.

It's interesting to note that both Nietzsche's and Georg Cantor, the latter being the mathematician who rewrote infinity, (huh?)
went mad and died in an asylum.

Well that's what I was discussing with the wife this morning over coffee ...

'I' (individual) am part of 'that' (universe conscious).All 'I's are part of 'that'. Only 'I' mixed up in illusion has an identity, otherwise both 'I' and 'that' cannot be explained through the lens of identity. Both I and that are formless, shapeless, flavorless and odorless and cannot be differentiated with 'identity' as the yardstick.