Let's say someone is immortal and spends all their time meditating. They imagine a deer and through years of meditation map out every cell, every bone, every chemical reaction that would go on inside that deer. They can remove any influence they would have on this imagination of theirs and sort of suspend it, and let everything inside it serve its purpose.
I'm just thinking about what if someone could have a fully functioning life form inside their mind unlike the superficial images of animals we have inside ours.
Would this be a life?
2007-01-27 02:11:24 · 15 answers · asked by Atlas 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Very fascinating. It would be a simulated life. It would exist within the confines of your mind and be subjected to the laws of nature you created for it. If you had the capacity to store that much information and process it you would not be a human. You would have basically created a pocket dimension.
Thank you for the question, I wish I had a more suitable answer. It will keep my mind busy for a while regardless.
2007-01-27 02:19:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i did see this question earlier and didnt reply because i am sure you would think me nuts lol
but there is something called mindstore technique by Jack Black where this is exactly what is done
where we create in our mind and that creation becomes reality
although not in the way you mentioned
but i firmly believe that we can create
there were expriments done on this also by members of psychical research
where they would tell a ghost story to some people about a house .. those people would stay in the house and be very scared because of the story
then they would bring a new bunch of students into the home who had no idea about the story made up about murders etc
and believe it or not these students reported seeing people that matched the description of the ghosts that the previous students had been told about
i hope i made sense because i even got confused telling you lol
but anyway if you wish to read about mindstore
http://www.nyt.co.uk/jack.black.htm
2007-01-27 03:51:08 · answer #2 · answered by Peace 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No
You said "They imagine a deer", so the life would be imaginary. We may not choose to influence the deer's actions but it is still a product of our imagination and thus un-real.
If you could create life and release it to do as it pleases then it would be a life. If that life knew who created it and wanted to please that creator, it could show a respect for the creator.
2007-01-27 02:24:58 · answer #3 · answered by L Strunk 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it would be a life. I think of it like another dimension. I believe that strongly imagined events and objects can take on a life of their own. I'm thinking of shared "fictional" universes/characters like those from pop culture (Star Wars, Star Trek, etc.) I know that's not exactly what you're talking about but that's what your question brought to mind.
What you describe sounds like the processes used in magick (real, not stage). Very interesting.
2007-01-27 02:24:16 · answer #4 · answered by Huddy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No it would not be a life, it would be no different than an `imaginary friend`, as regularly invented by children and believers. Life has its own birth, each separate birth creates being, anything else is `made up`, or purely mind generated, however profoundly we may imagine it.
2007-01-27 04:32:24 · answer #5 · answered by ED SNOW 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-01 10:14:26 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it would be a simulation of life.
Sounds interesting, but what are you getting at? I think you'd like 'the fabric of reality' by David Deutsch, he talks about consciousness as a sort of virtual reality simulator.
2007-01-27 02:14:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a very deep and provocative question. I think you are touching upon what it is like to 'think' like God. I imagine God assembling all of creation in this manner and then releasing it all in a 'big bang'. My answer is yes.
2007-01-27 02:22:52 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I dont completely understand you qestion but,
I can say, that hindus realised god, through penance similar to this. Hinduism talks about realising god as you said.
It can be your life, if you are ready to do it whole your life, or it can be part of your life.
2007-01-27 02:30:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you working on a next generation sims game?
2007-01-27 06:44:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋