In my previous thesis “free will and chaos dynamic systems,” I attempted to show that free will was a binary choice of “to do” or “not to do.” The only way we are conscious of what to do is because there exists a binary pair of what “not to do.” For example, the only way we are conscious of element A is because there exits element B to compare it to; without B, the reality of A is non-existent. Similarly, the only way we are conscious of “light” is because of the existence of its binary pair, “dark.” The concept of light only manifests in the existence of dark, for light can only be fully understood when it is compared to dark. Moreover, the only way we are conscious of good is through the existence of evil, for good would only manifest in the presence of its binary pair, evil.
In the theory of universal binary opposites or contrast in nature, “good and evil” or “heaven and hell” have no real existence, since everything in nature can only exist by means of its contrast. One may describe a thing as good or evil, heaven or hell according to how one is influenced by the natural course of the contrast. This theory underscores the logical argument that it is impossible for a finite or infinite space to exist in absolute perfection or imperfection. Many believers swear by the existence of heaven and hell after death. The idea that a soul would occupy a perfect or imperfect space, eternally, after death is ludicrous. Let us examine this idea very quickly. Heaven is an absolute perfect space and hell is an absolute imperfect space; so, the only way a soul would recognize and occupy paradise in its absolute perfection is if and only if imperfection also exists in the same space. Similarly, the only way a soul would recognize and occupy hell in its absolute imperfection is if and only if perfection also exists in the same space - the concept of heaven or hell is the reality of our current existence. You cannot be conscious of a “thing” without the existence of its binary or polar opposite. In fact, you cannot be conscious of God without the existence of its binary pair, devil or Satan - the day Satan manifests itself in a physical form is the day god also manifests itself in a physical form. The present writer considers this to have been the reason why it's written in most religious texts, in a very elementary level, that god created Satan to cause confusion in the world. What the esoteric writers of the religious texts were saying was that God and Satan were binary opposites or perfect antithesis of good and evil and must occupy the same space for human mind’s comprehension.
If we look at the supposed Garden of Eden, man was forced to leave this garden in its absolute perfection because Eve convinced Adam to eat the forbidden fruit of good and evil from the tree of knowledge – we are all familiar with this story. As elementary and metaphorical as this story may sound, it actually lends credence to the principle of universal binary opposites. How? Well, if Adam and Even had not left the Garden of Eden, they would have died out of boredom of absolute perfection - they had to leave. They had to descend into the world of universal binary opposites to gain consciousness of what is good and what is evil (i.e., the tree of knowledge of good and evil). So, if man had to leave an absolute perfect garden, man would never return to such a garden since absolute perfection or imperfection is non-existent. There are those who would argue that the womb and the tomb are well known absolute perfect spaces and the idea that such spaces are non-existent is inaccurate. While this may be a sound argument; however, the womb and the tomb, though perfect, do not sustain perfection eternally. For example, the womb only sustains life for nine months, sometimes less, and after that a child is born into the material world of universal binary opposites. Same can be said of the tomb, which is occupied provisionally by the body and never once by the soul. This present writer contends that the womb and the tomb are in fact perfect antithesis of life and death.
Even on a more esoteric level, we learned that the absolute one (atom) in its absolute perfection descended into the material world of universal binary opposites (i.e., protons and electrons) to know itself. Atom is the basic unit of matter. The absolute one (hydrogen atom) compounds itself into many, and we are, in turn, one of the many aspects of the absolute one. This is synonymous to the concept of divine androgyny mentioned in the Bible: God created man in his image, in the image of God he created him, male and female he created them (Genesis 1:27). What is this creation the religious text is talking about? It is the creation of universal binary opposites – positive or negative, male or female, proton or electron, good or evil, night or day, to do or not to do, strong or weak, electricity or magnetism, 0 or 1, even or odd, like or dislike, and the list is endless. You cannot have one without the other because they are one and the same. In the Medieval Kabbalah, the sin of Adam is described as separating the oneness that exists between the binary opposites or polar pairs (i.e., the male Divine and female Shechina), by eating from the tree of knowledge before the tree of life - two aspects of the Sephirot. In the Yoruba pantheon, our world is described as a chaotic market place (Aye loja), created on the binary fortune of good and the misfortune of evil (Tibi tire la da ile aye), where good character (IWA PELE) and Ise (hard work) bring you closer to good fortune. The writer considers Yoruba's knowledge of harmonious duality to be the reason why twin children are regarded as pseudo-deity (i.e., Orisha) since twins are natural perfect “two truths."
In conclusion, every esoteric texts or even religious texts you may find talk about the fall of man from a level of absolute perfection into a chaos dynamic space of universal opposites. What is being said is that an absolute perfect space is unstable and it is almost impossible to occupy such a space. The scientific inclined minds would recognize that an absolute perfect space has zero entropy level (i.e., infinite density) and an absolute imperfect space has infinite entropy level (i.e, zero density) - two levels that are well-known to be unattainable. Man left the garden of absolute perfection and man shall never return to the same space for such a space is absolutely unstable and non-existent. It is amazing how the ancients in their infinite wisdom concluded that the soul is born, not created and would transmigrate, not die – karmic reincarnation of soul. And, we in our infinite wisdom concluded that the soul would die, be judged and occupy an eternal absolute perfect or imperfect space. You be the judge!
Copyright 11/2/2012
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