Thoughts on the Universe

2015-02-27Thoughts on the universe… 

So, if you don’t believe in God anymore, but you’re not sure there isn’t a god out there somewhere, or some being that is far more advanced than we, you feel maybe a little lost. Or at least I guess I have. And, you know, that’s not necessarily such a bad thing. I get that I have a lot of Christian friends who still strongly believe that Christ is Lord and one can only get to Heaven through accepting him as your personal Lord and Savior. And really, I am okay with the fact that people believe that—everyone is entitled to his or her own beliefs. I realize, too, that there may be people out there who no longer wish to be friends with me knowing that I don’t believe in God. And, while that sucks, I’m really okay with that, too. You have to do what you have to do for your own peace and understanding of this life.

Anyway—not the point of this whole thing. I was thinking that whatever you believe, it really doesn’t hurt to have some sort of belief that one has control over one’s own destiny—if there were such a thing as destiny, which there really isn’t, I don’t think.

The Universe (which probably is not really a universe, but a single –verse in a big Multiverse) doesn’t care about us. And that’s not a bad thing. Just because there’s not some big Creator out there somewhere doesn’t mean that we’re not important in the history of the universe. Just because there is no afterlife doesn’t mean that we can’t make a positive contribution to our planet and to assist with the survival of our species. It may not happen for a very long time yet, but we won’t be able to live on this planet forever.

That’s not the point of this whole thing, either.

If you realize that the Universe doesn’t care and you realize that there is no such thing as destiny, you realize you can remake the world to fit your needs. And of course, that’s not physically possible, but maybe you realize that if there is no specific “thing” you were DESTINED to be in this life, then maybe you could BE something ELSE—something that would make you happy, and not hurt anybody else. Something that would make you feel like even though the universe doesn’t care about me, I can still care about the universe.