Saturday, August 31, 2013
Is the Universe a Giant Brain - U-Predict Broadcast - 8/20/2013
“The results of a computer simulation suggest that
"natural growth dynamics" - the way that systems evolve - are the
same for different kinds of networks - whether it’s the internet, the human
brain or the universe as a whole.” – Space.com (November 20, 2012)
“There is no bearded old man on a throne, watching your
underpants…the universal laundry monitor is a figment of our imagination” – Anita
Perez
And so we began a broadcast of one of the oldest question in
civilization – who or what is God? On
the U-Predict of October 23, 2012, we looked at cutting edge theories that we
truly live in a Matrix; the cards chided us for that theory. We were told that they universe was something
more than matter and information. There was other elements, like perhaps
knowledge, wisdom, creativity and perhaps love and caring for all of
creation. So now we move in a different
direction – something more organic; something right out of science fiction – a giant
brain. The reading room for U-Predict included:
Anita Perez, Ivy Lieberman, Jean Maurie Puhlman, Joanne Matthews, Koneta Bailey,
and ReeNee Cummins.
We started by asking if this was a more superior theory than
the matrix theory, and was told yes. We
asked if this was the final theory we would derive, we were told “no”; as our
spiritual knowledge grows we will have a better understanding about how the
universe works. When we asked if the
brain contained the entirety of God, we were told “no.” In fact, the model we got fit many of the
ancient or mystical religions. We were
told there was a part that we would/could understand, but that there was a
bigger part that was beyond or comprehension.
In the Kabbalah there is Ein Sof.
Ein Sof may be translated as "no
end", "unending", "there is no end", or infinite. So
again, the cards point us to ancient, mystical teachings for an answer.
As the reader can see from the quote from Reading Room
regular, Anita Perez, the entire room did not have to turn a card to agree to
dismiss the idea of the “old man on the throne” as a representative of
God. However, there were some
fascinating ideas about how we fit into the picture. The most popular (that was supported by the
cards) is that we are like the “monkey mind of God” – filled with chatter and
unnecessary worry and anger. We were
also told that it was our destiny to learn more and more and to learn to still
our “monkey-mind” presence. This also
brought about a discussion about if we are part of God’s thoughts, does God
control everything, knows everything, and sees everything? The answer we got was no – there is a huge
experiment going on, and we have to take responsibility for our participation,
choices and outcome. This definition would also give credence for why there is
karma, and how it would work. However,
the cards at this point told us flat out to “not worry about such things.”
For the third week straight, The Sun leads in Major Arcana synchronicities. We are being told to celebrate these new
findings about how the universe works and how we fit into the overall
plan. We added the Judgment card, and
got information from readings that said it is time to wake up, loose our narrow
definitions of God and celebrate the freedom this gives us. We have been transformed by this information;
we are important to God as the thinking/feeling mechanism in this dimension. We also had synchronicity with the High
Priestess. We always get this card when
we ask who or what God or the controlling power in the universe is. In other words, there are things we may never
comprehend, but we should still celebrate who and what we are and our place in
the vastness.
As far as Minor Arcana, the most common synchronicity was
the Queen of Wands. She is considered
the most natural of the queens. She
represents following your instincts, taking responsibility for your action and
their outcomes. This, of course, echoes
the advice we got from the Major Arcana synchronicities. We also had the Page of Cups who speaks of
learning and loving in a child-like manner.
In many of the major religions we are told to approach life with the
mind of a child, or beginner’s mind. It
is also a reminder that if we are the process by which the universe is
gathering data, it too has an open, curious, child-like mind. The next synchronicity was the 3 of Wands
(yes, there were a lot of wands this week – interesting considering that is
considered the source for new ideas). We
need to (again) look beyond our worn-out ideas as to how life works and how the
universe works. When we are told we have
free will, we should take that at its word.
The final card was the 9 of Wands.
This again echoed the message of the Majors. Don’t worry – be happy. We’ll get through this together, and the
outcome will be amazing. Can you live
with amazing – U-Predict…
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