A Recycled Universe (the infinite cycle in which our current universe is but a phase)

I was examining a grain of sand under a microscope and saw what appeared to be a bunch of little things moving around. I turned up the power to examine it more closely and saw myself examining a grain of sand under a microscope. Heh.

I heard it said once that if your arm was long enough, you could reach straight out into the cosmos, beyond the galaxies and scratch yourself on the back. Torus universe, I guess, where the past is re-cycled into the top of the hourglass, the resorvoir of the future.

Okay, here's the question: Is it 'chicken/egg/chicken' or 'egg/chicken/egg?'

Joking aside, I think it's logical that all of creation would exist within the 'mind' of the Creator, in the same manner as the stuff of dreams would exist within the mind of the dreamer.

I think there is a reference to that in the Bible. 'In Him, we live, and move, and have our being.' So I think your statement about dreams would fit into that.

So we have the 'thinker,' the 'thought,' and the expression of the thought. That would make the material universe the expression. The dream. The hologram. Right?

Okay, here's the question: Is it 'chicken/egg/chicken' or 'egg/chicken/egg?'

Generally, I prefer egg/egg/toast/bacon. ;')

Someone once pointed out to me that the chicken was complete inside the egg, so really, they're the same thing. :') I take that view toward that Hume quote -- "is it more likely that nature sometimes runs out of its course, or that human testimony is fallible." What we regard as the course of nature is in fact human testimony. (':

Talk about your odd coincidence... I picked up this special issue of SciAm, which didn't go out to subscribers, as it has this (not online, and I've not read it at all):

http://www.sciam.com/special/toc.cfm?issueid=38&sc=rt_nav_list

Information in the Holographic Universe by Jacob D. Bekenstein
Theoretical results about black holes suggest that the universe could be like a gigantic hologram.

Thanks for the link, SC. I see that issue also has an interview with Brian Greene, who did "The Elegant Universe" series for Nova. I'd be interested in hearing what his latest is too. I think I'll have to subscribe.

I'm re-reading an old book I picked up in the 70's, "Stalking the Wild Pendulum" by Ithak Bentov. He's not a physicist . . . more of an 'intuitionalist' and has some easy-to-understand models. He has a chapter on the holographic universe as well. More later.

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