Infinitude

(Originally written May 22, 2006 in Book 1)

Infinitude

Can we truly believe in infinitude? We cannot experience it. We cannot even truly fathom it. How then can we believe in it?

Even if we have immortal souls they are not infinite souls because they have a beginning. If we do not have immortal souls, infinitude is even more difficult to comprehend.

Imagine a line A going on forever in both directions, and underneath line A is a line segment going on forever to the right B, another line going on forever to the right C and another going on forever to the right D.

If A is infinitude then B is an immortal soul that began in 10,000 BC. C is an immortal soul that began in 1 A.D. and D is an immortal soul that began in 1983. The immortal souls will exist forever and ever, as infinity does but they have a beginning and no end; whereas infinity has neither beginning nor end.

The body is mortal and has no concept of infinitude. The physical realm holds the body and therefore has no concept of infinitude. But, the body encases the immortal soul while in the physical realm. Mind is coexisting with the soul, both of which are immortal (unfalsifiable). Body is mortal (undeniable).

How do I reconcile this? Aaah :(

The mind is immortal (beginning, no end) and con ponder this slightly. By pondering it a lot of times we can gather limited amounts of knowledge of it. We can transfer the knowledge of immortality (beginning, no end) to infinitude (no beginning, no end). Thus, by comprehending a little bit of immortality we can comprehend a smaller bit of infinitude.

By looking at a clear blue sky we can start to fathom both immortality and infinitude. It seems to go on forever, that is we cannot see the end in any direction. This is a good starting place for comprehension of the matter. Unfortunately it may also be the furthest point we can go. Also we can look at two mirrors and see the endless reflections back and forth. This will also give a glimpse of infinitude because we will see countless reflections. Alas our comprehension of infinitude is small regardless of the tests we give it.

Enter faith! Faith comes to the rescue. Faith is assurance of something, which is more powerful than knowledge because we do not possess Absolute Knowledge.

Dichotomy of faith and knowledge. Faith surpasses knowledge.