INFINITY and the limitations of
God
written solely by Alexey Prokofyev INFINITY….…………………………………………………2 THE MEANING OF LIFE………………………………….3 FATE………………………………………………………….3 THE LIMITATIONS OF GOD………....…………………..5 FAITH………………………………………………………...6 HAPPINESS………………………………………………….6 POSSIBILITIES……………………………………………..6 SIN (returning from Cosmos)……………………………….7 FORGIVENESS……………………………………………...7 AGAINST SUICIDES…………………………………….....7 SHIT………………..……………………………..…………..7 2
INFINITY. We all know the world is infinite. But do we THINK about it? The world is infinitely enlargeable and infinitely divisible. Multiply the world you know a billion times, then multiply the result a billion times. Where is that end? Don’t think it’s a stupid question. WHERE IS THAT END? That’s why the very essence of the world is superhuman. We are more than ants, but we are not SO much more, because both our species are opposed to infinity not as a distance, but as a notion. This stuff is as simple as can be, it’s under everybody’s nose, but nobody cares. 3
More than this you know there’s nothing (Roxy Music). The mind wants the world to be clear to someone, but God would have to exist in infinity too. THE MEANING OF LIFE. The meaning of life is pleasure, because if there is another meaning to life, what is in it for you? Isn’t it what we all carbon beings are trying to do, derive pleasure from life? FATE. Guilt is stupid, so is regret. Everything is predestined, that’s why the future is predicted so bloody often. Horoscopy is about predicting the future too, even if it only predicts traits of your future character. You may say that certain things are predestined, and certain ones are not. But all things are interconnected, so 4
how can one appear without the other? Everything is firmly set in the infinity of time behind us and in front of us. Those who tried to invent an eternal engine forgot that it would have to be an enclosed system, while we live in infinity, powered by movement that comes from nowhere. Every movement in the infinitely divisible matter is predestined since the day it all started rolling, which day never happened. This makes the idea of sin and the ensuing heaven or hell absurd. It also means that everybody is innocent. People who go to jail are innocent. Those who jail them are innocent too. The firing squad consists of innocent men. Pinochet was innocent. We think we move things, but we are just puppets with miner’s picks. 5
This stuff should somehow be taken into consideration. So boiling people in oil in hell makes no sense. Maybe it doesn’t HAVE to make any sense. It also means that nothing in the world is casual. Every direction you take to pee is firmly set in the past and will have inevitable consequences. There’s no such thing as a missed opportunity. Try to behave, but never give a damn for the past. Say: “It’s not my fault. It was written in the stars.” THE LIMITATIONS OF GOD. Infinity is too big a plot for him to cultivate, and neither can he rule human lives, because the humans are included into the movement of infinity. God can exist only as an intermediary between us and the Universe, but in no way can he be The Master of Everything. BECAUSE THERE 6
IS NO EVERYTHING. There’s only infinity. So if there’s God, you can’t blame him for all the shit that happens. He has little jurisdiction, really. You may say that God IS infinity. But how can infinity make decisions? FAITH. Faith is nothing but hope and auto-suggestion. And this can work wonders. HAPPINESS. The world is infinite, and it may have infinitely different impacts on you. On the other hand, you are not infinity, you have certain traits of character, with which you were born and with which you will die. So the direct and honest reaction to things that occur is the happiest way to live. 7
POSSIBILITIES. Everything is possible but the absence of space, time and images. SIN (returning from Cosmos). Nothing that doesn’t hurt you or your neighbor is a sin. FORGIVENESS. If they slap you, turn the other cheek. If they kill you, let them kill you once again. AGAINST SUICIDES. You want to kill yourself, because you have made an unfavourable judgement against yourself. But do you want to kill the judge? I know it’s only one of the cases. 8
SHIT. Existence is the right to exist, which expires when you die. The only unalienable right of an organism is self-defence. There’s plenty of people in the world whom I would call shit. Shit can repent it’s sins, but no one can change his character. I refuse to take shit for my fellow monkey. If shit can hurt you physically, you should beware. If it cannot, don’t give a damn. I welcome all comments at: alecpr@mail.ru
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