These questions are almost giving me headache:

Does the physical universe we live in, contain infinite number of stars and infinite space?

Or are there a finite amount of stars, but infinite space?

Or is it still expanding or contracting, and outside of  its edges there is the void?


Edward

Hi there!
These are big questions, most likely beyond the comprehension of humans. I don’t believe there can be any satisfactory answers. That’s what makes the mystery so awe inspiring. I prefer to just look out into the night sky in awe and humility at the shear vastness of what is there.  In my opinion, trying to fit the universe into a framework diminishes the impact it has on us. The attempt to quantify what is limitless with a human intellect is one way of giving it boundaries of definition which is very limiting. We no longer meet the universe with our whole being, but through the lenses of our interpretations. Such questions result in a very busy mind, because one can spend a lifetime trying to find an answer and still be asking the same question or different questions. To me its like an endless stream of noise. But...I keep asking questions too, it seems to be human nature, or a product of being in separation, mind cant help it . When will our questions ever end? I'm not sure if I have eased your headach or given you a bigger one, I think I've given myself one too!
Peace be with you
Robin

Edward,
I personally entertain the idea that all is one ... like if travel almost infinite in one direction in our universe (imagine to make the universe as small as the smallest particle (if smaller den a Lap Quark - its weired because it is infinitely large in scale - but just for the sake of the idea - at one point you end up in the sub atom space of one possible universe - and you can start to explore in to this universe ... funny?

hope I was able to share my idea of this - all and nothing - infinitely small and infinitely large are at one point the same.

thanks and have a wonderful day - may the force be with you
Ernst

Hi,
What is interesting is that no matter the question there there is always you and the question. And always there is an reflection of you in every question. So every question can be helpful. But you know it is not the answer that is helpful about the question.
It reflects us, our limitations and our fears. If we discreen that in question and also in the answer it will be a much more interesting area to talk about. If we look to a flower and think that is a boring thing and that we understand it. We might be mistaken. In fact when we now look around to find a thing that we completely understand, maybe we find that a not so easy task.
The mysterious infinity totally out of our class is right here we dont even need to move our eyes.

with love,

Duu

Hello, Edward.  I can feel the tension you carry around these questions, your worry and  resentment.
 
For me, the answers are what's lying under the questions.  For me, in this case, it would be towards solutions once I have seen what's motivating the questions.  That is, once I know, what am I going to do with that knowledge?

With questions like these, I like to recall what the Buddha said.  Questions like these only serve to increase our worry and turn us away from our practices.  You may feel otherwise. 

  Kind regards.

If the fabric of reality, which happens in the void, is not solid, then I guess the fabric of the universe we live in, is not solid either.

What provoced the questions was that I've been watching documentaries about the universe the last few days, and it was so fascinating. When I saw how small I am compared to just the milky way galaxy and the solar system, it made me cry. But more thinking about how endless the universe is, just makes me a little bit dizzy.

After watching the documentaries, everything seems to be floating so nice I again. I notice that when I relate to people, from a place of no-thinking or ego judgements, then there is no separation it feels like - and then people respond to me as the Goddess herself, or the DB.

But here is the thing, this game of hide and seek, makes me nervous. And I start thinking, what if people respond from a place of ego, and I become used in way that is not good for me? Can I be sure that Goddess will be Goddess, if I project or let the reality be Goddess herself?

In the background Corona is singing

"Try me out, please baby try me out
Just take a chance because I wanna be yours
Wanna love you
Try me out, if you just try me out
I'll be the girl for..."

So no unnecessary thinking, and just feeling the body and it's tensions, is the ultimate surrender for me right now.

-edward