Talk:Dimensions of Creation
The entirety of creation might be divided by several creations. The distinction between several creations has a descriptive role. It highlights a massive change on how creation worked before and after a distinct change.
According to the Book of Light Vol.1 , there are five dimensions in the First Creation. The dimensions are Perspective, Detail, Chance, Time and Space. Each of these dimensions emerged as a consequence of adding new monads to creation. According to the Book of Light Vol.1 , Monads are intensifications of consciousness. Consciousness is intensified so much, that a monad is "born" by virtue of the difference in intensity between the monadic point and the surrounding consciousness, leading to self-awareness of the monadic point.
In the following, short suggestions are offered as of why these dimensions might have appeared.
Perspective
Perspective is the first dimension which emerged. According to the Book of Light Vol.1 the first new batch of monads was comprised of two new monads. Before the first two new monads have been created, the initial Monad had only one position/perspective from which to play with creation. After the two monads have been instantiated, by virtue of their connection with the initial Monad, different perspectives on creation arose. This was a fundamental change for many reasons. First of all, the monads were connected and hence, they were able to enjoy creation from different perspectives. Furthermore, they were all created equally. Having the same traits, they were equally able to control creation, which turned the game of creation into a collective business.
Detail
With the next batch of new monads, the dimension of detail emerged. With each new wave of monadic intensifications, the added amount of monads increased. Assuming that this lead to a smaller "amount" of consciousness for each monad, it follows that the amount of awareness was smaller, which meant that the perceptions of the new batch couldn't encompass the entirety of creation at once - something the initial Monad could do. This means that the new monads could play with only a portion of the entirety of creation in the same instant. Due to the connection between the Monad and the new monads, the dimension of detail has emerged, because now it was possible to percieve different portions of creation (detail) additionally to percieving creation from different positions (perspective). From a human's perspective this is easily understood: direct your attention towards something, and notice how other information are fading out. The more you focus on some part of creation, the more detail is percieved, but at the cost of losing sight of the bigger picture. Gazing upon a beautifull scenery in nature, say a forest, creates the opposite effect: we relax our attention, our awareness is not focused, we might feel the grandeur of it, but we lose track of the details.
Note: The amount of awareness is unchanged. It is merely focused on one spot of creation, or relaxed, apprehending the big picture. This is absolutely imperative, because awareness is a primary trait of consciousness. If the amount of total awareness would fluctuate, then the amount of consciousness comprising the monad would have to do so, too. This, however, is untenable due to 1) the process of instantiation of a monad is singular in nature, and 2) consciousness would fluctuate depending on the portion of creation apprehended by the monad, nullifying the possibility of dimensions.
Chance
Creation follows certain rules. Rules create order. One of the "rules" of creation is that undifferentiated consciousness follows the intent of monads. If two monads wish for mutually incompatible outcomes, then the rule of consciousness following intent is not feasible anymore, because the consciousness can't instantiate into both wishes at the same instant. This creates a lack of rule, hence a lack of order. A lack of order/rule is the deffinition of chance.
Notes:
The existence of chance implies that the phrase as above in consciousness,so below in matter is true. Chance is the manifestation of the exception of this rule, thereby indirectly confirming it.
It is also noteworthy that already at this level the effect of rarified undifferentiated consciousness was noticeable. This effect happens due to a change in proportion between undifferentiated consciousness and the amount of monads. With each new instantiation, more monads were created. But they were not created out of thin air, they were created from the already existing undifferentiated consciousness by intensifying it to the point of self-awareness. Assuming that the total amount of consciousness in creation doesn't change, with every new batch, the ratio between undifferentiated consciousness (which is instantiating the wishes of the monads) and monads gets less and less. The amount of undifferentiated consciousness needed for the creation of the new monad was now not available anymore for the fulfilment of the wishes of the existing monads, thereby creating a shortage of undifferentiated consciousness, implicitly creating the dimensions. Chance wouldn't be noticeable, if this shortage was missing. See Effects and Perception for more details.
Time
As the amount of monadic intensifications got higher, the amount of wishes respective to the amount of available undifferentiated consciousness rose, leading to the fact that the undifferentiated consciousness (mist/mana) could not adher to the wishes of all monads instantaneously. Hence, creating the dimension of time/duration. Imagine a field of particles which may change their colours according to your wishes. As long as you and your neighbour wish for the same colour there is no problem, but as soon as there is a discrepancy in your wishes the particles will have to decide on the colour. As mentioned, the incompatibility of two wishes is solved by chance. Say that your wish is granted "first" (by chance), then duration is the "time" you use those specific particles for yourself. Conversely, time may be also defined by the duration a specific wish of yours is not being instantiated, because the mist particle is used by another monad.
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Time may be only percieved if the amount of undifferentiated consciousness is low enough so that two monads use the same mist-particle for different wishes. Say one monad wants a castle, the other a car. The castle needs lots of particles to achieve, so that monad will draw a big amount of particles for his endeavour, colouring the mist particles in the vicinity of another monad, which happens to use those mist particles, too, thereby creating the effect of duration.
Space
With the subsequent instantiation of monads the dimension of space could be perceived. It got obvious that each monad has a spatial relationship to each other. This occurs due to the heightened susceptibility of monads to the mechanics of instantion of contradictory wishes. The spatial relationship is defined by the relationship of a monad to the amount of mist particles/mana it can use without interfering with the wishes of another monad. After the instantiation, the amount of monads is constant, and so is the amount of undifferentiated consciousness/mist particle/mana. The quotient between the mana and the amount of monads renders an average for the mana each monad may safely use without interference. If we imagine the field of mist particles again, then the position of monads is distributed isotropically, assuming the mist to be homogenous and isotropic. Each monad then has a spatial portion of the homogenous mist it may colour without interfering with another monad's creations. The usage of portions of mist in the vicinity of another monad creates the realization of spacial order.
Notes:
It is totally logical that the amount of dimensions had to stop, because the available undifferentiated consciousness got more and more rarified with every new batch of monads. Later, in the subsequent creations, solutions are found for the problem of rarified undifferentiated consciousness. The creation of the universe (super-rarified realms) is one solution. It is a brilliant solution for solving the problem of rarified undif. consciousness without losing the intensity of the game.
Implications of the Dimensions
There are a number of conclusions one might extract from the dimensions concerning the way Creation works.
Effects and Perception
The effects of certain phenomena were so small that the monads weren't able to notice them. They were not perceivable by them. Hence, the dimension of chance, time, space etc. existed from the start, implicit in the idea of monadic intensification, but was not perceivable to the monads untill sufficient monads were created in order for the effect to take place on greater scales. With each new batch, a new dimension merely "popped into existence" by suddenly getting aware of the specific dimension. A similar idea is adopted by [1] Berkeley, an English philosopher from the 17th century. His trademark statement was "esse est percipere". Being means being pervieved.
This also explains the term "unfolding". All dimensions have always been implicit following the initial inspiration, it was only a matter of getting aware of them.
This also intimates why souls are explorative by nature. In order to get aware of something, the necessity of exploration is due.
Rules of Creation
Different "rules" of creation might be derived from the above said.
The Conservation of Consciousness
It is worth stressing that the amount of awareness any given monad posseses does not change, as this would mean that the amount of consciousness would have to change too. This would mean that the amount of consciousness would rise or sink depending on the attempt to percieve different portions of creation, which is obviously not tenable. This seems to be consistent with the idea that consciousness cannot be created nor destroyed - but "merely" coagulated to the point of self-awareness. Since awareness is a primary trait of differentiated/monadic consciousness, and consciousness can't be created nor destroyed, it follows that the amount of awareness is also constant. Hence, the amount of available awareness can't fluctuate, it can merely be focused via attention or dilluted by lack of attention. By extrapolation one could argue that the total amount of consciousness (differentiated + undifferentiated) is constant. It seems plausible that this is one of the most basic rules of the entirety of creation. This reflects nicely in the law of energy conservation, which is a premise our contemporary physics is based upon. This rule (if true) is also connected to the creation of several dimensions. It is reflected in the fact that dimensions are created. Dimensions couldn't be created if this basic trait of the fabric of consciousness would be violated.
Perspective needs constant awareness - hence constant consciousness - for if it was missing, then the "position" of creation would be missing, avoiding the possibility of a different position, leading to no perspective at all.
Detail needs a constant amount of awareness, for if it was missing, then there wouldn't be different monads with different amount of consciousness leading to the apprehension of different portions of creation.
The emergence of time and space wouldn't occur, because the problem of rarified undifferentiated consciousness would be missing --> mist in the room gets more and more dilluted. Many points of awareness wish this and that, the reacting mist can't follow all wishes instantly. Hence, the dimensions of chance, time and space are created.
Wishes now may have the dimension of duration, which is the "time" taken for the mist in the room to form according to the wishes of the specific monad. This is why the more monads wish the same things, the faster the wish is instantiated: More monads wishing the same thing means lack of discrepancy in the wishes of the monads for the mana, hence, lack of contradiction. The wishes may be instantiated instantly, because the mana doesn't have to decide on which wish to instantiate. Time has been defined as an effect tacking place due to a lack of mana and differing wishes.
Note: The conservation of consciousness does not work for the consciousness of incarnated consciousness, which is (on this earth untill now) only a fraction of the monadic consciousness. The awareness withhin the PU is fluctuating constantly due to the dependency on external and internal criteria.]
