The Real and the Not Real

 Colossians 1:15-17  Ezekiel 28:15

God created all things that can be objectified by consciousness. This is what the word "thing" means. Whether material objects or abstract ideas in the mind, all "things" were created by God.

Science has proven by many experiments that only consciousness can collapse a wave-function to a particle. This means only consciousness can turn energy into matter. God collapsed some of the energy He had created when He said, "Let there be light" into the material of the universe. God possesses this power to an unlimited degree, but He has granted this power to mankind to a limited degree.

God created all things and all good systems comprised of things. A "thing" is a basic elementary sensation or idea that cannot be reduced to any lesser thing. Basic elementary sensations such as "green," "straight," "crooked," "hard," and "round" cannot be reduced to anything less than what they are. They can be reduced to atomic particles, but God has geared man's consciousness to experience the macro-world, not elementary particles.

God also creates by assembling His basic elements into good systems. Thus the basic elements called "green," "straight," "crooked," "hard," and "round" constitute some of the basic elements of a good system called a "tree." All of God's created systems comprise basic elements. The very complicated system called "life" can also be applied to the tree. "Life" also comprises a good system of many irreducible basic elements.

These principles can also be applied to abstract ideas and their systems. Basic abstract ideas can be limited to created systems in the mind, or they can be applied to the material world. For example, the basic idea called "justice" cannot be reduced to any less idea than "a sense of fairness." It is both a basic emotion and idea. But "justice" can also be applied to the world as systems of law which apply equally to everyone. Mankind often fails to achieve such a just system, but it remains an ideal system to good men. In short, all basic elements and good systems have been created by God, and only Infinite Consciousness can create reality. Reality requires an Infinite Consciousness or it cannot exist.

One of God's systems which can be wholly abstract or applied to the world is called "mathematics." Abstract mathematical systems called "theorems" can be created in the mind but which have little or no application to the world. Mathematics can also be applied to the world as practical systems in science or engineering. Either way, mathematics has to be real.

Mathematics can also be used as a simple method to differentiate between the real and the not real. Mathematics, as a system, can be reduced to one basic element which is the number one. Zero cannot be a number, although it is often called one. Zero does not number anything. Zero can only symbolize the idea of nothing. The number one is the basic symbolic idea for something. Thus, the basic absolute elements for all of reality are something and nothing.

Something is always real as basic elements and as good systems created by God. Nothing is also real as an idea. The symbol called "zero" proves this.

Those who contend that reality can be an illusion only prove to engage in fuzzy thinking. If all that we can experience equals all that we can know, then illusion, as a whole, can only equal reality. In addition, to affirm that reality could be an illusion constitutes a contradiction in terms. If something is real, it cannot be an illusion and vice versa.

The truth is that all illusions; that is, that which cannot be real, always equals nothing.

This basic truth can be illustrated by a couple of mathematical examples. The first is the simple real system 2+3=5. Although the number one can be the only basic element of mathematics, higher numbers can be considered the basic elements of mathematical calculations. Thus, the number "two" is a real basic element. "Plus" is a real idea in the mind. "Three" is a real basic element. "Equals" is a real idea in the mind, and "five" is also a real basic element. Therefore, this calculation constitutes a real and useful system both in the mind and as applied as a practical system to the world.

The second example is the system 2+3=6. In this system, the ideas of "two," "plus," "three," "equals," and "six" are all true and real basic elements, but the system is false. The whole system is really useless and equal to nothing. All false systems are not real and equal to nothing although all their basic elements are always real. These two principles constitute the reality of all consciousnesses in their applications of true and false systems to the world. The only illusions are false systems, not the basic real elements that compose all systems, but in the nothingness which identifies the falseness of the system as a whole. The falseness of false systems cannot adhere to any of the true and real elements that compose it or to the true and real idea of nothing that identifies it. This falseness can only be an unrecognizable nothingness indicated by the real idea of nothing.

All this means that everything must be real. All of God's creations must be real and true. Lucifer never created anything real. Lucifer only invented false systems comprised of God's true and real ideas. Lucifer's false systems may temporarily enhance such true and real ideas such as "pleasure," but in the end, they always prove to be destructive and equal to nothing.

This means the idea of nothing must also be true and real. The idea of nothing proves useful to consciousness in several ways.

First, the idea of nothing is useful to indicate the separation and identification of objects of consciousness, whether in the mind or in the world. Consider a room filled with objects such as a chair, a chest of drawers, a bed, and so forth. Each particular object can only be separated from every other object, and partly identified as this particular object because it can not be any other object. Notice the word "not" means nothing. Nothingness separates and partly identifies every object in the world. The same is true of abstract ideas. Every idea must be separated and partly identified as being this particular idea and not any other. This makes the idea of nothing very useful to God's construction of reality.

Second, the idea of nothing proves very useful in the creations of true and real systems. For instance, when God creates any real system, He must exclude any idea which does not fit into that system. For example, the basic idea "round" may be useful in many real systems, but it cannot be included in any system that is wholly square. Notice that "not" means nothing. The idea of nothing can be used to exclude all ideas which do not fit into any particular real system. In this way, the idea of nothing also proves to be quite useful in God's construction of reality.

Third, the idea of nothing can be useful to indicate an area of nonexistence called chaos or absolute nothingness. All false systems are useless and equal to nothing. All false systems are not real. 2+3=6 is a false system equal to nothing although its basic elements are real. Since all the basic elements of all false systems must be real, including the idea of nothing, then the falsity becomes unrecognizable as an idea. The only way this condition can be known is by the use of the idea of nothing. Consciousness can get no idea of nonexistence whatsoever. But consciousness can get an idea of its presence by using the real idea of nothing. In some mysterious way, absolute nothingness can infect reality with negative consciousnesses which invent false systems by stealing some of God's infinite set of real and true ideas. In some mysterious way, Lucifer became infected with a negative consciousness which caused him to invent false systems called "sin."