Why is there anything? (Introduction)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Tuesday, April 03, 2012, 02:46 (4596 days ago) @ Balance_Maintained

The problem is that practically any way you try to think about Nothing you are most likely mistaken(In fact the very act of attempting to think ABOUT NOTHING is a mistake since that would be thinking about something). Nothingness is not something that humans have any sort of valid frame of reference for since the entireity of our lives are spent in the presence of Something.
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> How can nothing "resist" the expansion of the universe? How can the universe expand INTO nothingness? Even with the arguements going back and forth between you two very enlightened individuals we can see the complete and utter misconception of Nothing. Nothing is not a void. By definition, a void is the space between somethings. That is space, not Nothing. Nothing is nothing is no thing.-And Tony underlines the seductive tricks our mind wants to play when thinking about nonexistence. (If you both haven't noticed I quit using "nothing" because I think it leads us into mental trickery.)-A more useful dichotomy is "Something" and "Nonexistence." -You define Nothing here as "a space between somethings" but that's a seductive trap... "Nothing" is really "nonexistence" and that defies even the concept of "space."-[EDITED]-In other words, I agree with you completely.

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\"Why is it, Master, that ascetics fight with ascetics?\"

\"It is, brahmin, because of attachment to views, adherence to views, fixation on views, addiction to views, obsession with views, holding firmly to views that ascetics fight with ascetics.\"