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Jan. 8, 2005 There has been too much primitive-inclination towards the formulation of a FINITE THEORY of existence inside the all too heart-like minds of many scientists, physicists, mathematicians and philosophers. The very elusive answer they seek for as to the structure of existence, embraces in its core the absurd premise and conclusion of some kind of absolute entity, which by proposition is finite in makeup. This trend of finite-existential thinking is the most natural occurrence as the trivial mind is primarily faced with objects and conditions which appear in their immediacy to be finite in extent. Moreover, the common mind blindly accepts the primal impression of subjected conditions without contemplating further. We can say that this kind of mind belongs to the primitive order responsible for various non- intellectual, non-creative, non-philosophical and ultimately limited endeavors of humanity’s search for finality in ultimate truth. The other category of mind is what we may rightly refer to as the modern awareness. This is the intellectual, creative and philosophical order of intellect, continuously responsible for intelligence expansion and intensification. The proper representatives of this dimension of intellect are the philosophers of humankind. The problem with the concept of a finite existence as such is that only those existents inside of the finite sphere can be explained in terms of their being, but that the very existential condition or entity containing everything remains undefined itself. For what is outside of this finite existence – if it is finite in principle and extent then something else must be hosting it; simply anything finite in whatsoever sense must have a surrounding condition, and so the finite thing becomes part of an infinite continuity. The cause of this narrow-minded notion is the uncomplicated mind faced with a finite-appearing environment as we have noted before; the plain mind simply cannot fathom anything infinite – it needs to have an end in sight, or more correctly, a beginning, middle and end. And so we can realize why infinities are distressing: conclusions are more satisfying; answers hold more fastness than eternal continuity – the dark beyond is a threatening vacuity. More even so, this eternal darkness is also the fertile womb of the mental weakness of strong, irrational belief in a cosmic creator or (higher/supreme) cosmos of some kind. Theoretical physicists and mathematicians, for example, are troubled by the infinities arising in theoretical models attempting to describe the fundamental structure of the Universe. It is indeed apparent that these narrow minds will never recognize the existential chimera of all ostensible fundamentals, structures, or even the seeming existence a Universe as such. The infinite problem so to speak, of having such a vital grip on finite reality is the continuous incidence of mental famine in the minds of those probing the apparent object which is one-sidedly supposed to be fundamental in its build. For the very fundamental building blocks of existence are never-ending in composition and occurrence, nothing ends in the form of some or other smallest instance – continuity is an infinite continuum by the very meaning of its being. And so this manic search for the boundaries of existence will continue unsatisfied; it is simply a waste of intellectual effort as every discovery yields only the unfruitful principle of superficial sequence. Do these theorists and scientists on this endless quest suppose that the ability to ask ‘why?’ will ever disappear? Have they ever thought of the possibility of being asked why existence is finite – what will they say? Would they say that existence is finite because of this and this? For in such a case the continuity of everything will be all the more positively illustrated! This is why theories, sciences, formulae and so- called principles are ever dwindling into more incompleteness. The philosopher realizes that nothing can ever be complete, and so it becomes necessary to contemplate the meaning of existence and indeed that of questioning itself. It becomes necessary to attune the human experience of distressing infinity to a harmony of oneness with all of being. It is now up to the philosophers and artists to explain the beauty of an infinite reality, or rather the un-realness and untruthfulness of everything, the absence of absolute truth; they enlighten the world by unveiling the immense possibilities of creative meaning in an eternal existence: they say to us that there is only beauty in continuity, for ends and boundaries means death and creates the inert condition of a mindless humanity – without continuity and transitory horizons there is no room for wonder and contemplation – passion and will come to a close where there are no more continuity. What point is there to stare into wall which encloses all existence, doesn’t the mind need a view onto something vast, expanding into the never ending future, in order to be what it cannot help itself to be? Staring a boundary in the face will only inspire the intellect to climb over it – the real philosophical mind knows that the finite boundaries that science is looking for are non-existent. But scientists and theorists are so closed-minded that whenever they observe a principle they stop and conclude it as finite, not realising that the principle melts into a greater principle and so on, ad infinitum. Being is purely a continuous growth or movement into infinity with no direction, origin, space, time or end. The micro and macro dimensions are one and the same – infinity has no direction as it is everywhere all the same and at once; it is infinite in every sense of the word, it is more than infinite and escaping all definition. If it is finite at all, it is simply finite in its infinity…the thinking mind is ever a flight of mental motion into eternity… ------------ About the author Werner Reyneke: I am a 23 year old passionate writer/poet in my spare time and a computer programmer by proffession. Visit my website to see my first published book. I live in South Africa and have been published in a local newspaper (some poems in Haiku form) for the first time in February 2000. I have also been selected for publication in a VoicesNet Anthology (visit www.Voicesnet.org) and a Poetry.com (ILP Publishers) anthology called "Eternal Portraits"). Visit my website at: http://myweb.absa.co.za/wreyneke/Mybook.htm Email: wreyneke@absamail.co.za Tell a friend about this site! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com and are not allowed to be posted on other websites. ARTICLE THIEVES WILL BE PROSECUTED! |
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