Monday, October 29, 2007

Is the Universe based on Logic?

Most of us know that computers are based on logic. The logic of AND, OR etc is ultimately all dependent on 0 and 1. Logic cannot be built upon just 1 or just 0, for 1 (on) to exist 0 (off) must exist that is the premise of Logic and Reason.

Our conscious mind in many ways is like a computer and understands logic and reason using the basic constructs of correlating the opposites. It is very hard to reason something when the opposite view doesn’t exist. For something to be correct something has to be wrong; for something to be cheap something else should to be expensive. But I believe there is part of us that is capable of understanding things without the need for logic and reason. We can perhaps discover it by meditation.

Anything in this universe that can make logical sense is easily understood by us, but the vast majority that is mot based on reason is very hard to understand and grasp. You can read more on the philosophy of “non duality” or “advaita” – there is only one and no two.

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