The Static
Imagine a pool of darkness, tranquil and undisturbed; this is the perfect original state or “divine nothingness”. Then there was a disturbance. We can only assume it came from within the nothingness, as this “event” predates all existence, and so there could not have been any external phenomena to cause the disturbance. The “pool” rippled outward from the disturbance, creating the first the first ones and zeros, a duality from what was once a singular and complete nothingness. These waves clashed and interacted with one another, manifesting as existential phenomena, i.e. the seeds of existence. The rippling effect intensified, resulting in a state of increasing complexity, an ongoing reconfiguration of the ones and zeroes. These ones and zeroes represent the opposing phenomena of the universe – the yin and the yang – being and void, change and preservation, harmony and discord, causality and chaos.
This phenomenon is referred to as the “static”, the illusion of existence as distinguishable from the divine nothingness. The “physical world”, its laws, and all of the beings which operate within this context may be only side effects of the static. It is not in the interests of human beings, whose very existence and continued perception of that existence relies entirely upon the static phenomenon, to dispel it. Acknowledging the static may be enough. Recognizing our deeper “heritage” as “nothing”, is useful for whenever we need to reset our way of thinking, to change and evolve as necessary and as we desire.
An easier way to understand the static phenomenon is to think about sensory perception. When we hear a sound, it is how our brains interpret – via the eardrum – the vibrations of air molecules. That interpretation can be altered if more than one sound is being heard simultaneously, regardless of the intensity or frequency of either sound. For example, a listener may have trouble “hearing” either one of two other individuals (or both) if they are both speaking at the same time. The two sounds create interference for one another.
All things perceived through the senses can be understood simply as data. This data is all the brain’s interpretation of particles which are detectable by the different sensory organs, i.e. photons for eyes, particulate matter for the nose, air molecules for the ears.
Therefore it is not unusual to think that just as two simultaneous sounds can interfere with the mind’s interpretation of one another, so can a smell interfere with a sight or a sound. This would also explain why when one sense is lost, others are strengthened; there is less interference. The static represents all instances of this data interference, as well as the filter of interpretation based on previously held knowledge, existing both in the mind of the individual and in the collective consciousness. It is the barrier between the subjective and objective experience of reality.
