Saturday, February 22, 2025

Beliefs

I believe that God created the world about 13.8 billion years ago, but after some time, he was overthrown in a palace coup, and since then, he and his associates have been fighting a guerilla war trying to regain power.

I don't think humanity has a future. We will die out, and the planet will become uninhabitable due to climate change or nuclear war. Some other species will take over after us, perhaps cockroaches or flies.

I believe it's all in the mind. There is practically nothing outside the mind. This is not solipsism. I'm not talking about my mind only. I believe all minds are connected into one mind, like raindrops forming an ocean. Nothing important is left when all lifeforms with a mind have died out. Well, elementary particles are there, perhaps. Or, maybe it's just waves? Who cares? Gods, angels, and demons, love and hate, confusion and clarity, exist in the mind only. The battle between good and evil is taking place in the human mind.

I believe it's essential to get off the train you happen to find yourself on, whether it's a religious train, a particular philosophy, a political ideology, or an idea about what you should strive for in life. Many people have succeeded in leaving their religious cult or their drinking buddies. It's hard, but it's possible. It's possible just to be a human being. You don't need any dogmas or teachings.

You can leave the train at the next station, but you can't spend the rest of your life at a train station; you have to go somewhere. If you jump on another train, you will be in the same situation you just left. So, what shall you do? I don't know. You have to find out for yourself. Maybe it will unfold naturally; maybe it won't.

Friday, February 14, 2025

Reality doesn't care about philosophy

Birds don't care about ornithology, and the stars don't care about astronomy. Plants don't care about biology, and God doesn't care about theology.