Thread: No matter where you go, whether you live or die, you will always be in this one place.

That my friends, is the void. Let me explain in detail. I have been pondering this for a day, this thought just came to me one day and I would like to share it with you all. The universe is not infinite, the fact that it is expanding right now means that it currently has an end. Think of yourself as a track star and you see the finish line, but the finish line is extending faster than you could run to it, however if you got in a really fast car (cheater!) you could make it to the finish line, so although the universe is expanding if we can build something that moves faster than the universe could expand, then eventually you would make it to the end of the universe so really, the universe isn't infinite but it is trying to become infinite. So what exactly is infinite? If the universe isn't infinite then, the space it is trying to occupy must be infinite, this space is the void. The universe is trying to fill in the void, but that is impossible since the void is infinite. If you go out into space, then take out all the stars, planets, random rocks floating and everything else, all you have left is just blackness. This is the void. According to the big bang theory the universe exploded into existence and from then on it has begun it's futile quest to fill in the void. Right now as you are reading this post, you are in the void it is just that this part of the void that we are in is being occupied by this stuff we call matter.

But even matter isn't solid. Solidity is an illusion. What we feel as touch is the repulsion of the electromagnetic forces. Basically when you sit on a chair you are technically floating. Anyway, enough of this science. Basically the main point here is that first there was the void and nothing else, then something comes to occupy the void. Now lets look at dreams. Sometimes when a dream ends instead of waking up the dreamer is in a pocket of empty space then a new dream scene materializes and spreads out before them. This is very similar to how our physical world was created if the big bang theory is correct. The difference between them is just how long it took to manifest. Dreams manifest far more quickly than things in this physical world but in principle the way a new dream scene is created and the way our universe was born is very similar. First there was a void then it becomes filled.

A more simpler way to experience the void is to simply close your eyes and cover them. For a moment there is nothing however even that too starts to get filled. People would see colors, images, dots of light, etc. Can you see the pattern here? In all instances the void gets filled by something, be it physical matter, or ideals and beliefs which is the stuff dreams are made of or random colors. The void seems to be able to get filled by intangible things as well as tangible things. Not only that but it seems that the voids purpose is to simply be filled, because the void never remains empty for long it always gets filled. So there is one last void that I must discuss. There are people that believe in the after life, some believe there is nothing after death and they may be right, maybe there is nothing after death however how long will it be that way? If the void awaits us when we die then what makes it any different than the void we encounter in our dreams when we wait for a new dream to form? What makes it any different than the void we live in now currently being occupied by this universe? Why cannot the void of death be filled? It seems apparent the it's nature is to simply be occupied, not only that but it can be occupied by many things, be it this physical substance or beliefs and emotions and ideals, the stuff dreams are made of. The void of death, is no different than the void of life, and the void of dreams, or even the void of our eyes being closed, because in the end, something begins to fill it. So just because the void awaits us when we die, you have to understand that we are always in the void but it is always being occupied.

Thanks for reading my ramblings. Take what resonates and leave everything behind.