A friend of mine asked me, “Where is God when we die?” I answered that God (ERC) remains the
same: time wise, a reality past and future eternal, physically, infinite space
made up of primordial space and secondary or created space like the one in our universe,
plus all the energies that exist both in our universe and elsewhere. What you
want to know is, said I, “What happens to our
identity or consciousness when we die? Does nature “SAVE” our identity or does
it “DELETE” it forever? My answer is that there are at least three “general”
possibilities I can think of, but for obvious reasons (I have not died and
resuscitated as Christians claim Jesus did) I am short on “specifics.”
For many people including me the first possibility
is the worst. There is nothing after death. One loses consciousness and goes to
sleep forever. Your body goes back to God and is recycled by Nature. If this is
what happens, then the phrase “Rest in
Peace” is very appropriate.
However, I would rather “Swim in Energy” than “Rest
in Peace.” The reason is very simple and very honest. I am consciousness,
therefore I root for consciousness. Perhaps if I had had a bad life, I would
not feel that way, but I have had a good life, studying hard, working hard,
raising a family, and learning all I can about our planet, our universe and the
mysteries of life, especially the nature of God: some kind of religious
philosopher, I guess I am.
The second general possibility is that Nature, God,
has found a way to “SAVE’ our identities. We are born out of the union of a
sperm with an egg, and from that small physical unit we develop into full
bodied human beings. Well, perhaps when we die Nature “REVERSES” that process
and our identities “escape” our bodies through the micro world. We may have the
experience of rising up to a heaven above, but in reality may be riding an atom,
or a quantum particle, or some other physical unit into a different dimension. I
know I could be “full of it,” but I would not underestimate Nature, judging
from its power and versatility on Earth. If there is a way, Nature (God) usually
finds it.
The third general possibility is that this universe
is partially or completely the product of intervention by a highly
technologically developed civilization in another world or universe. See my
website page “THE KINGDOM OF ELLAEL” for reference. Is our universe “programmed”?
Is the randomness we witness in our universe “programmed”? Is that possible?
What about our lives? Are our lives “programmed” or do we have free will? These
are questions, questions and more questions to which my little curious self has
no answers. I am just asking “What if…?”
and I do so because I am rooting for consciousness to survive. Therefore, my “faith”
in God or Nature has to find possible avenues for deliverance.
The reason I believe it is possible for such a “creating”
civilization to exist is that we have no idea how long our “region” of created
space has existed. We take it for granted that our universe was born after the
so-called Big Bang, but this may be just one cycle after many. When a universe
(or created space) is born from primordial space, it is possible it does not
look anything like ours. The existent particles may not know how to work as a
team to produce any sensible bodies. They are like rookies who need to learn a
trade. Young universe bodies may contain “globs” so to speak, not solar systems
and galaxies like our universe. Even the physical laws that govern our universe body today are different from those that existed in one of the first cycles, that is, IF it is true that universe bodies go through evolutionary cycles.
Perhaps many
universe cycles are needed with the macro world dictating which celestial
bodies survive and, therefore, selecting which particles in the subatomic, atomic or
micro world (which created those celestial bodies) are worthy of survival. If such an evolution of universe bodies
exist, then not only do we not know how old that “created space region” we call
our universe is, and whether Nature has already found a way to save conscious
identities from a prior universe cycle, but in addition whether all this has already
happened in another dimension or universe allowing for a highly advanced
civilization to exist.
If so, I have gone so far as to wonder whether our universe could be a “SYNTHETIC” universe
made up of synthetic particles produced in some laboratory. That is outrageous
you say? Maybe! But just tell me how one can prove the physical particles that
make up our universe are “natural” and not “synthetic”? Perhaps the ones that
are “natural” evolved in another dimension or universe, not in ours. If I have stretched your imagination too far, consider it mental exercise.
I must remind the reader that ERC remains the Infinite
Source and True God, even if a highly advanced civilization created our
universe. They are NOT “God,” or should be thought of as “gods.” Many titles are
available, from Members of the House or Kingdom to Presiding Officers to
perhaps Lords and Lordesses or what have you, but nothing that places them
above other children of ERC. All created beings are children of God, with equal moral standing. It does not matter whether they are first generation or otherwise. Those created become creators and they continue creating other creatures, but no creators should place themselves as gods before those created. The true God provides the space and the energies
that exist. The children of God could not create anything unless ERC provided
the environments into which they were born and developed, plus all the space
and the materials needed for new creations. Ergo, ERC is the one and only God.
Finally, a word about the first general possibility
I discussed, a real possibility. We have to accept our life and existence as
human beings, dependent on higher forces for our survival and well being. We
are not immortal gods. We are human beings. Therefore, it is possible that we
die and that is it. It is important to remain honest, and not try to mentally hide
inconvenient possibilities.
Trust God! If Nature chooses not to save our
identities, perhaps that is the best it can happen to us. Who knows? Otherwise,
we could end up in a situation where we are conscious but existing in a life of
pain and suffering. Perhaps “resting in peace” is not so bad after all. I once
thought of a man wishing for life eternal, but then he wanted to die and could
not. That would be a kind of Hell, would it not? So, place your trust in God,
place your trust in Nature. If it is meant for us to survive death, we will. If
not, we will not. Just go with the flow. Do not worry about wanting to die and
not being able to do so. I believe that Nature finds a way to end all suffering.
Joseph Marchante
