i changed around a few things and took other things completely out...i need to write a new ending still and i'll probably add a few more quotes but here my 2nd draft on the paper...enjoy and please give feedback...i'll probably have one more draft before i do the final Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Meg Universal Cell: Part of Something Bigger In the history of the collective as in the history of the individual, everything depends on the development of consciousness. --Carl Jung * The whole of life lies in the verb seeing. --Teilhard de Chardin There are many strange theories about our universe that make little or no sense at all. One is that one single string holds the universe and all other universes together. Another is that we are nothing, and therefore we don’t truly exist. Yet another is that we are nothing but a dream of some other being. Another that seems completely out there when someone first hears about it is that our universe is living. That theory doesn’t seem to make any sense what so ever. How could our universe be living? However, the more I thought about this, the more sense it made. Interesting questions started coming to mind. How would the universe function as a cell? Is the universe shaped like a cell or is everything in the universe just a jumbled mess? How was the universe “born,” and what happened if it “died?” What would be the purpose of black holes and would this prove anything about extraterrestrial life? Once these questions, and a few others, are answered, this theory cannot be easily dismissed. Maybe, in fact, our universe is living and this isn’t a completely fabricated idea. Our universe could be something larger that along with animate and inanimate objects allows it to be a collective being. If our universe were in fact living that would mean it had to be born and able to grow and develop over time. Every organism starts out as a single cell. Before any of us were born we all started as a single cell. The Big Bang Theory states that our universe “exploded” from a single cell. Why would this single cell all of a sudden explode after thousands of years of being just one cell? That would be like saying that all of a sudden an amoeba is going to explode and become a universe. However, using common sense, we know this would be extremely improbable. If our universe is living then it would have been born just like all other organisms and that would explain the single cell. Also, space isn’t infinite. It has boundaries, just like every living organism has boundaries within itself. Living organisms have boundaries, just as space does. A living organism needs to expand and grow. If we take humans for this instance, we are always growing or changing in some way. We never stay the same. If we never changed we wouldn’t be able to tell a 20 year old from an 80 year old. We have found, through research that our universe has been constantly expanding rapidly. Scientist Floyd E. Bloom said this about our expanding universe, ''Rarely could we expect a dramatic breakthrough in one of these grand, fundamental questions. Yet this year, early but hard evidence has shown that the universe is flying apart at ever-greater rates.'' Evidence of this is in exploding stars, or supernovas. When a star explodes the light is so bright it can be seen from the other side of the universe. Months after this, the star fades away. By mapping out the distance and speed of exploding stars, researches have been able to prove the universe is expanding. The universe also has the freedom and spontaneity to grow in unexpected ways. These would be the equivalent to growth spurts. For instance, from ages 12-18 for humans is one of the most dramatic changes in our lives. There is no way to tell how we will turn out, what we will look like, nor can anyone tell us to have natural blonde hair and natural hazel eyes and we can respond in the manner to give them that choice. If the universe expanded slightly faster or slower, even by a trillionth of a second, all the matter in the cosmos would have either collapsed back into a black hole or spread out so fast it would evaporate. Are we basing our whole existence on a hope that the cosmos aren’t a trillionth of a second off at any time or is there something more to it? When our universe was born from smaller than a pinpoint, what did it emerge from? It had to come from somewhere. It couldn’t have just randomly appeared one day. This is referred to as the idea of the Mother Universe. Our universe is referred to as a “baby” universe of the Mother Universe. Wormholes would be channels from the Mother to the baby, but since the wormholes are connecting two different universes together, it would exist outside the universe and therefore they are invisible to us. It’s the same as an umbilical cord from a mother to her baby. While the baby is maturing the mother is “feeding” her baby what it needs to become healthy and able to survive. While a human nourishes her baby with blood with an umbilical cord, our universe nourishes her babies with meta-magma through the wormholes. Meta-magma is the origin of all the matter and energy in the universe. When it decays it becomes “magma.” Magma is what is found at the center of all planets. Therefore the basic of the planets is magma, which at some point of time was in the universe and cooled on the surface to become the planets. The Mother is a super space, which means it has multiple dimensions, and it has more dimensions than our universe would have. Its baby universes could have different number of dimensions as long as it does not contain more than the Mother. Compared to a human, a human can have different characteristics of each parent. On a simple level, if the child’s mother has green eyes and the father has blue eyes the child could either have green eyes or blue eyes, it could not have brown eyes. The Mother is too big for us to be able to comprehend and its present everywhere and it’s in everything, and we are part of it. It has compassion for its universes, but allows all other organisms of its universes create their own joy and suffering. Biblically speaking, when Jesus was asked, “When will the kingdom come?” he responded, “It will not come by waiting for it –Rather the kingdom of the Father is spread out upon the Earth, and men do not see it.” All living organisms need to be able to reproduce. Cosmos are able to reproduce through the help of black holes. The black holes are like the reproductive organs of the universe. What, to us, is an implosion in space is an explosion somewhere else. The explosion somewhere else is a baby universe. Big Bangs and black holes mirror each other mathematically. So in other words, we are a black hole, or implosion, if seen from our mother universe. Also, the Darwin Theory of Evolution fits this scenario. When a baby universe “explodes” the values of the baby universes fundamental constants are influenced by that of the parent universe. According to the indeterminacy of quantum physics some play of inheritance is in play. A black hole forms from the collapse of a large star and information is not perfectly conserved. Therefore, constants are likely to differ from parent to offspring and also different among different offspring. Just like any organism, the stronger will survive. Each universe has its own characteristics and if one cannot reproduce once all that type of universe has collapsed, or died, that particular universe will become extinct. If we are nothing more than a chance of luck, where did the cosmos come from? Would it have been just a coincidence of perfect timing, perfect atmosphere, and a perfect singularity? Did we just magically appear on day from nothing? Matter cannot be created nor destroyed. Unfortunately, just as every organism is born, every organism will die. Nothing can live forever. A universe dies just as a man dies: it comes to a point where most of its energies have passed into an invisible realm. The cosmos are maintained by an unbroken flow of energy. The universe is what would be called “zero point energy.” That means that if we were to put the entire universe in a vacuum there would still be energy. If our universe were not living, what would be the need of so much energy? Also, why would there still be energy in a vacuum? Living organisms are the only things that if put in a vacuum would still show signs of having energy. Our universe appears to have no organization what so ever. When someone looks up at the sky at night they tend to see darkness, the moon, a disarray of stars, and occasionally another planet or two. There seems to be no order what so ever. This is a completely incorrect statement. The arrangement of our stars is very organized. If the Big Bang just exploded stars, planets, moons, etc. all over the place why would there be such organization? This is just like a person. If someone were to look at a diagram of what a person looks like from the inside they wouldn’t find the heart in their leg, their liver in their head, or their brain in their hand. We are created in a way so that we function correctly and allows us to live. Not only does the universe have the basic functions of an organism, but it also appears to have consciousness. The question comes up many times, “If we are in a living universe, why wouldn’t we know it by now?” It should be easy to tell if we’re in a living universe. To explain this, use the example of bacteria in our bodies. It’s irrational to think the bacteria know they are living in a human being and that they’re purpose is to protect us or to hurt us. Science classes make it seem that they have feelings and they know they’re job is to serve and protect or kill and destroy. In reality, this is highly unlikely. All the bacteria does is move around and do what’s in its nature. With the help of other bacteria, white blood cells, red blood cells, and other single-celled and some multi-celled organisms’ humans can be humans. Humans go around and do what’s in their nature. If our cells and bacteria don’t know they’re helping us, why should we be expected to know we’re helping something bigger? When our universe was born from smaller than a pinpoint, what did it emerge from? It had to come from somewhere. This is referred to as the idea of the Mother Universe. Our universe is referred to as a “daughter” universe of the Mother Universe. The Mother Universe holds a countless number of daughter universes while they mature through time. They were born from the black holes within the Mother Universe. It is a super space, which means it has multiple dimensions, and it has more dimensions than our universe would have. Its daughter universes could have different number of dimensions as long as it does not contain more than the Mother. Compared to a human, a human can have different characteristics of each parent. If the child’s mother has green eyes and the father has blue eyes the child could either have green eyes or blue eyes, it could not have brown eyes. The Mother is too big for us to be able to comprehend and its present everywhere and it’s in everything, and we are part of it. It has compassion for its universes, but allows all other organisms of its universes create their own joy and suffering. Biblically speaking, when Jesus was asked, “When will the kingdom come?” he responded, “It will not come by waiting for it –Rather the kingdom of the Father is spread out upon the Earth, and men do not see it.” Consciousness is basic to life. Without consciousness an organism could not be considered living. Physicist Freeman Dyson says this about consciousness at a quantum level, “Matter in quantum mechanics is not an inert substance but an active agent, constantly making choices between alternative possibilities. It appears that mind, as manifested by the capacity to make choices, is to some extent inherent in every electron.” He is not trying to say that atoms have the same consciousness as humans, but rather that atoms have reflective capacity appropriate to its form and function. Also, consciousness is present at the most basic forms of molecules. Molecules are able to have complex interactions in the same way all other organisms do. One researcher of this states, “We were surprised that such simple proteins can act as if they had a mind of their own.” Even single-celled amoeba can show that they are capable of complex thoughts and ideas. For example, when slime mold gets hungry, it can send signals out to other slime mold and they gather together, without any leader, organize themselves, and move across the ground until they get to a good eating ground. If consciousness can be found in atoms, molecules, and single-celled organisms, why should we be surprised that consciousness is a property of our universe? After all, everything in the universe is made up of atoms. And if our universe is not living how logical is it to say that nothing pushed on nothing to create everything? Dean Radin, director of the Consciousness Research Laboratory at the University of Nevada, did over 800 studies and 60 investigations on whether or not consciousness is present throughout the universe. At the end of his studies he concluded that consciousness “operates between minds and through space.” The two types of experiments he worked with are called “sending” and receiving.” The “receiving” part of the two experiments was also called remote viewing. The experimenter would take a person and lock them in a bare room with nothing other than a pencil, paper, and tape recorder. The experimenter would lock the door and then he would draw a random envelope out of a pot of over 100 different locations from a locked safe. He would then travel to the location the note in the envelope told him to. After traveling to the destination the person in the locked room would be notified that he was at his destination and would have to either write down or draw the location of where the experimenter was, with no prior knowledge what so ever. Was he in a boat on the bay? In a car on the freeway? In a grove of redwood trees? In a movie theater? In the room next door? A majority of those involved in the experiment could correctly interpret where he was. Unless those whom did this experiments were extremely good guessers, this shows that our thoughts can travel through a conscious space. The “sending” part of the two experiments involved a randomly selected computer with four buttons on top of it. The person’s task was to intuitively pick which of the four buttons was selected and press that button. In controlled conditions, over 7,000 results were tallied. The results were significantly above what chance would have been. One person involved with these experiments said, “These grueling experiments convinced me that we do have an intuitive connection with the universe. The most important insight that I take away from these and other experiments is that we all have an intuitive faculty. An empathic connection with the universe is nothing special; it is built into the workings of the cosmos. Participating in these experiments showed me that our being does not stop at the edge of our skin but extends into and is inseparable from the universe.”
OK, you still have that erroneous part about the eye color. You have to fix that. It is not correct genetics. Now you need a boffo conclusion. Remember, a conclusion 'concludes' something. You have to tie all this together into a neat package so that we, the readers, can walk away from this with a clear and concise idea of your thoughts. And you have to give us something to gnaw on, something to stick with us after the paper has been read. Can you do that in one paragraph? Ok, maybe two short ones. Remember the old teaching dictum: first you tell them what you are going to tell them, then you tell them, then you tell them what you told them. In your conclusion, tell us what you told us, and then give us one more good parting shot. Marti in Mexico
i know i still need a conclusion but i dont want to restate everything i just said again...that, in my opinion, is making the reader seem stupid like saying "since you cant remember what i said 3 paragraphs ago im gonna say it again"...im not sure what im gonna do yet but ill have it by the next draft for sure... for the eye color thing thats why i put on a simple level by it, i just want to make a simple point (and not make it sound too complex) without figuring the whole family in...lol... well other than that did you enjoy it??
I thought it was better than the last, however, a few simple things: I agree that you should change the genetics part... Genetics is more complicated than one generation... Although, brown eyes are a dominant gene, and when you have a parent with brown eyes the child has about a 75% chance of getting them (pretty high in genetics), so if you feel you must have that sentence in there, leave it as it is now, and don't change a thing. Metamagma - I found no websites or dictionary references that mentioned this... Perhaps you meant a nebula? Everything starts from a nebula, which are high-energy particles that form suns, planets, moons, and everything in between. They pull together, which creates stronger and stronger gravity, the heavier particles sink to the center, then they start to become so compacted that they get solid, and when it cools off, the crust forms, and you've got a planet... Merry Christmas! (Don't ask, I'm random like that sometimes.) some play of inheritance is in play Maybe, 'some play of inheritance is in motion? Sorry if I'm being annoying... repetition aggrivates me... Therefore, constants are likely to differ from parent to offspring and also different among different offspring.-Perhaps, 'constants are likely to change from parent to offspring, and also among other offspring?' I think the second 'differ(ent)' would be implied. However, I might not fully understand this... If the Big Bang just exploded stars, planets, moons, etc. all over the place why would there be such organization? -Exploded doesn't feel right when used in this context... I think it should be 'blew'... And the big bang isn't theorized that it started from a cell, but rather a group of particles compacted into a really, really small ball... and then hit with something... Once again, sorry I'm being annoying. My mother was an english teacher and my father smelt of elderberries. (lol, if you haven't seen Monty Python you probably won't understand this...) Humans go around and do what’s in their nature. - I've been trying to tell this to people for three years... No one's been listening... Good luck convincing people of it, though. Humans like to feel that they're in control of the situation and themselves. It's alike to telling them that we have no choice in what we do, or who we are, because someone's already planned everything. They won't accept it. They want to feel that they can change where they're going, what they're doing, and to some, I think this will come across as 'We have no choice in what we do. It's just in our nature.' But it's so true... All of our actions and reactions to the things happening around us can be explained by simple human nature. With the complexities of today's social classes and societies, it can get misunderstood and warped, but things can be really simple and uber-obvious if we just take the time to look. Yet that is how life goes; the hardest things to see are those which are right in front of our eyes... (philosophically and psychologically speaking... I can obviously see the computer screen, or else I'd be lost and confused...) Oh, and I almost forgot... I think you repeated a paragraph somewhere in there... I liked the second paragraph better, btw... But I don't want to seem like I'm being overcritical... It was better than the last one, and you're making definite progress...
Yes.. You must. MexicoMarti's comments are spot on: tell them three times. Don't use the same words, but convey the same sense.
Don't fall in love with your ideas or words....it's the surest way to a closed mind. You have a couple of us telling you that your bit on genetics is wrong. So FIX it, you don't have to eliminate it, just fix it so it is accurate and still in keeping with your ideas. You can't have a 'simple point...not too complex' if you are using genetics as a supporting issue for your theme. So make it a little complex....we can take it! We're strong, we're tough, we're intelligent. And so is anyone reading your paper. How about a conclusion that restates your premise, and then ends with a question for the reader to ponder? Because "It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question." - Decouvertes Marti in Mexico
i'll find the website on metamagma...i have it written down somewhere....i realized after i posted that i had the same paragraph twice too...lol...i fixed that though
Meg See "Science and Sanity" by Korzybski. Van Vogt got 3 novels out of it and there are potentially another 3000.
