Have you ever felt that the boundary between life and death isn't an entity simply being independent from its environment, but a single, synchronized occurrence?
I have. I know it sounds ridiculous, especially from scientific perspective. Even otherwise, we view living and dying as a chronological occurrence.
However, I think they are interwoven realities. Hear me out… I can prove it is simply a question of how broad your perception is.
Let’s first approach this scientifically. We all know Earth is orbiting Sun at roughly 1,674.7 km/h. Hundred and ten years ago, astronomers discovered our Sun orbited the Milky Way at an average speed of about 230–240 km/s, completing one orbit roughly every 225–250 million years. (copilot search)
Anyone can tell this by the power of observation with respect to other celestial bodies. And yet, we don't physically feel the shift, at least not while standing on the ground.
But if we zoom out to the international space station (ISS), we can see the line separating day from night overarching the globe at a steady rate. Astronauts also experience sunrise and sunset every forty-five minutes because of the speed with which the ISS orbits Earth. Typically, a satellite’s orbital velocity depends on the planet’s gravity. By that measure, ISS would orbit Jupiter at an insane speed and anyone on it would view the day/night sweep every few seconds.
Zoom out further to the moon. There, Earth's rotation is slow but clearly observable in time. From that point of view, it completes one full spin around its axis in about 23 hours and 56 minutes, as opposed to 24 hours when observed with respect to our Sun.
Getting back on track… An interesting scientific theory called Gravitational Time Dilation claims that the faster one moves through space, the slower one moves through time. Also, time slows down when gravity increases. That's why Earth's core is 2.5 years younger than the surface because its gravity is the strongest there. For the same reason, we'd age much more slowly on a planet with ten times the Earth's gravity.
Every scientific principle mentioned so far affirms that time and movement appear to be relative and not absolute when it comes to physical objects.
Let’s pivot and get a metaphysical take on this. If we separated ourselves from our body, the outlook of our consciousness can expand limitlessly, and we can alter the rate with which we experience life. Because our spirit is boundless.
Intriguingly, Biocentrism in Quantum Mechanics suggests that consciousness is fundamental to reality. Entailing that life and consciousness are not merely products of the brain but are integral to the universe itself.
If we bring our scientific understanding into the mix, dropping physicality would erase line between time and space. Everything will appear alive and dead simultaneously and endlessly because we can speed without restraints.
Did you know Buddha experienced the same? He witnessed the destruction and creation of the entire universe concurrently.
That's because a realized person's observational point of view is much broader and not tied to the body, operating purely in spirit at the thought level. In my earlier blog, Cerebral Exploration of Destructive Psychology, I called consciousness a Global Server that stores the entire memory of the universe. Exposure to this massive data would make one aware, spiritually. Seeing everything in its entirety (The good, the bad, all at once!) would also make one humble. This liberated view makes one understand how disparate events, emotions, and concepts, are two sides of the same coin.
I’d close by saying, “Suffering comes from clinging to ‘life’ as a fixed state and ‘death’ as a an irreversible one. Paradoxically, only an end can lead to a new beginning. It is all one, it is all cyclical.”
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