connected or seperated?

[mike59271]

recently ive been getting into lots of buddist beliefs and related concepts. I also had a salvia experience that put lots of things into perspective, but i am still unsure or many things. The main idea behind my salvia trip was that everything is connected and i saw the world for what it was, everythign is connected. Yes im here and your there, but were all connected. But then i thought maybe it just appears that we are all connected because of such an abundance of particals and whatnot. I just feel as though we are all one, where nothing really matters too much because we will all be balenced out in the end, death. I feel like, for every good there must be a bad to even things out, in order for this world as we know it to exist. So ill leave the question to you, are we all connected and part of one large plan or are we all alone in our own little world?

[dem0]

A while ago someone told me that any two people can be connected through six or so relationships.
Like my sister knows this guy who knows this other guys uncle who knows prince... or something like that.
I don't know how true it is, but it's interesting nonetheless.
And it shows how we are all connected.

[mike59271]

the way i look at it we are all connected, and the connections are infinate. We are all connected in one way or another, but the universal connection would be just that of all molecules and particals, the essense of man i suppose you could call it. Its hard to discribe what i feel but i just think we are all similar in essense , so we are all connected in mind and body. too stoned maybe?

[ruggles]

I know what you mean, I got a lot of inspiration from I <3 Huckabees, as mike59271 has told me he has too. It explains the universe as something that I had never heard before. Just get stoned of your ass, sit, and think about it, it will all make sense. Of course, his salvia trip also added a lot to his mindset.

[hotsauc3]

Very true, as individual as we may be, the driving force of reality is pushing us all in the same direction. Weak minds deny it, intoxicated with their own pride, they construct flimsy belief systems. There is only one truth, we are part of this universe we fear. Another living, breathing, chink in the chain. And when we grasp this concept wholeheartedly we will open the door to our success, and embrace the unity of life. The relativity of the universe cancels everything out, at least in the end. We're everything and nothing, many and one.


(Two sides of my brain wrestled each other into a deadlock for about half an hour before I posted this.. )

[hoast]

Originally Posted by dem0

A while ago someone told me that any two people can be connected through six or so relationships.
Like my sister knows this guy who knows this other guys uncle who knows prince... or something like that.
I don't know how true it is, but it's interesting nonetheless.
And it shows how we are all connected.

I know prince

[Mr Skinner]

The six relationships is better known as 'everyone knows Kevin Bacon through 6 links'. Old game.

As for the overall connection: Read some superstring theory and some quantum theory. They've been into some of what you're talking about. Too stoned to lay it out now...

[dem0]

Originally Posted by Mr Skinner

The six relationships is better known as 'everyone knows Kevin Bacon through 6 links'. Old game.

Good to know, Thanks.

Also, superstring theroy is crazy stuff.
Thank god for nova.