1 - THE BASES OF KNOWLEDGE AND OF LOGIC; the fundamental Cause and the seven absolute scientific Certainties.
Metaphysics is the science of causes. Not the science of effects like Physics. Its epistemology cannot be based upon experiments. It can only be based upon the absence of any hypothesis. Hypotheses are admissible in Physics, since you can verify, but not in the Metaphysical field. Our science refuses any hypothesis and demonstrates that this is the only way to understand the universe, mind, matter and life.
If you read the page " Science for Tomorrow ", you realize that university Science is incapable of explaining the universe as a whole.It is founded upon experimental verification of a universe considered as a scientific " object ",despite the fact that these experiments take place " within " the laws of the very universe they try to explain ; i.e. within mind.
The only way to build a science of the universe is to study it from outside, without refering to universal laws, where there is no being.
This means you must start from NOTHINGNESS.
Nothingness is the contrary of being, the contrary of the universe, hence it is the only zero-point from which you can build a valid science of existence.
But nothingness is not only a " zero-point ". It is also a CAUSE, the first cause, since it is the only absolute necessity. This can be proved in several ways.
The main way is to acknowledge that what " is " is the whole, whatever it may be, and that the whole is bound to be infinite. Now, infinity cannot be something. To be something is to be definite. So nothing infinite can really be, neither mind nor matter nor " God ". The Infinite is undoubtedly a necessity but not a reality. A necessity is an aim, and an aim is a source of energy.
Infinity cannot be, so, infinity is a limit, a potential revealing itself little by little. " God " is this eternal necessity which creates everything towards infinity.
But the aim can never be reached. If it were possible, since this necessity is eternal, it would be, and there would be nothing at all here and now.
The fact that infinity cannot be but is necessary is called by us : " nothingness' necessity ".
You will discover that this necessity, alone, is sufficient to generate all the laws of the apparent universe, both physically and spiritually.
The Seven Basic Certainties are not hypotheses. Any experiment takes place from within their parameters, so, it is impossible either to prove or to falsify them. This is why Logic and Science depend on them and confirm them, even if they allegedly are not " scientific ". They are undisputably true.
Our new epistemology merges " truth " and " Science " instead of simply stating that what is true is unscientific, and what is scientific is not true. It becomes possible. By acknowledging the primary axiom of Logic, it becomes possible to build a science of truth. The primary axiom is a synonym of Logic itself. We call it
" Nothingness' Necessity ",
the only logical starting point.
Nothingness' Necessity is proved by the very fact of " being ", itself, as the first five basic certainties demonstrate.
I - I AM.
The sensation of being is a certitude. Only the sensation, not its form. My sensation of being is the sensation that there is a universe. It means that being is a DUALITY. I say "I am" because I feel in opposition with "what I feel I am not". I feel that the infinity around me is outside me, is not me. This object of consciousness makes me feel "I am".
II - I AM IS ALL.
There's nothing in the universe which is not contained in this sensation of being: everything I can experience is a sensation of "I AM". Hence, if I want to be scientific, I must recognize that NOTHING EXISTS OUTSIDE MYSELF, since the whole universe is MY SENSATION. So, I am obliged to say: "I am not a body". For my body is a sensation among many others, and all of them are included in "I AM". I can't be at the same time matter or body, which are forms of sensation, and the sentient act itself. These are two different persons, and the first step to initiation is to recognize the distinction between these two aspects of reality: what I am, and what I feel myself to be. I am the consciousness of things, not things themselves.
III - SO, EVERYTHING IS MENTAL.
Everything is A PART OF MIND. OF MY MIND. Matter itself is a sensation of mind. Now you can no longer remain a physicist. If you are still in some doubt, ask yourself the question: "can I be conscious of something which is outside my consciousness?" The answer is NO. I can't be. If I feel or observe something, it obviously means that it is INSIDE my mind. If it is outside my mind, I can't have any consciousness of it. Quantum Physics is obliged to admit that. The whole universe, all that can be conscious, is spiritual. You can by no means prove the existence of something matérial, though you can be sure of mind. So, be scientific. Reject hypotheses. Reject matter as such.
IV - I am a sensation of universe, all of it is my mind, and THIS SENSATION IS PRESENT. I am present and only present. No sensation exists in the past nor in the future. Even memory is a present feeling. It doesn't prove the past. Nothing can refute the fact that only present being is certain. Once more, reject any hypothesis in order to build certainties to lead your life.
V - THE PRESENT IS NON-EXISTENT, IS NIL. It doesn't have any duration. You can always divide what has a duration, and find something in it which is of lesser duration. The present is not divisible. It only separates what is past from what is not yet. It's a point without substance and which doesn't contain anything. Physicists sometimes give present a duration, in order to allow the universe to exist. This is scientifically untenable
VI - ONLY NOTHINGNESS
IS SELF-JUSTIFIED
Since it needs no cause at all, and NECESSARY, since being is a question (and when you analyse being, it turns out to be non-existent). If you can produce an eternal and necessary cause of God, of Matter or anything, you win. But you cannot. The only "thing" which doesn't need any cause is NOTHINGNESS. So, it is superior to any other reality. If the cause of God or of Matter stopped, "Nothing" would immediately take its place. It means that Nothingness is a greater truth. Stronger. And hence it turns out to be the fate of anything else whenever its cause stops (ad infinitum).
NOTHINGNESS'S NECESSITY means that Nothingness is the AIM, the absolute aim, which yields the energy creating the universe. The universe will turn out to be an eternal means for nothingness to be eternal. This paradox will be explained further when we explain that apparent being is a " separation " within the principles allowing Nothingness to be actual.
VII - There is nothing else certain but this necessity. Hence, LOVE, TIME AND EVOLUTION (which are the appearance of illusion), are this necessity itself, the demonstration of this energy. A necessity is an energy. The universal evolution is this energy, FROM THE CAUSE (Nothingness Necessity) TO THE AIM (Actual Nothingness, or UNITY).
Since being is a separation of nothingness's principles, and since the aim is their absolute unity (nothingness). Nothing else but the paradox of Nothingness is, and nothing else but love fills up the apparent life yielded by this paradox. Hence, to love is to become what we necessarily are, never reaching absolute unity. There is a cause, which is the contrary of what is, so what is is its means. The Universe enables Nothingness.
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