/lit/ - Literature

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He explains later in the interview how he believes morality emerges

"Q: I have read your CTMU and some of the Q & A on the Ubiquity website regarding the CTMU and find it extremely fascinating. Much of the information resonated with many of the things I have been contemplating for the last year (or so). I wanted to know if you had any further writings on the topic especially related to the following areas. (1) The nature of the interaction(s) of the multiple levels of consciousness. (2) The nature of the connection with God via our "souls". Or just in general, the nature of the soul. Is it a more complex syntax in which we are embedded that facilitates this communication with God? Are we all embedded in it? (3) The nature of morality. Do "moral laws" have a basis in reality (loosely speaking). That is, if moral laws are mental constructs, how do the mental constructs of higher levels of consciousness affect the lower levels? That is, how does what "God thinks is right" affect us (lower forms of consciousness)? I realize that, to a degree, the above questions are really all the same, but if you have any essays or thoughts on these matters I would love to hear them.

I have more questions and thoughts but I can save those for later...

A: Yes, such writings exist, but they are (as yet) mostly unpublished. Don’t worry, I'll get them out there somehow. As for your specific questions on morality, the following should suffice. In the CTMU, “what God thinks is right” is encapsulated by the Telic Principle. This principle, a generalization of the Cosmological Anthropic Principle, asserts that by logical necessity, there exists a deic analogue of human volition called teleology.

However, due to the fact that God’s Self-creative freedom is distributed over the universe, i.e. His “Mind”, human volition arising within the universe is free to be locally out of sync with teleology. This requires a set of compensation mechanisms which ensure that teleology remains globally valid despite the localized failure of any individual or species to behave consistently with it. In part, these mechanisms determine the state of your relationship to God, i.e. your soul. If you are in harmony with teleology – with the self-realization and self-expression of God – then your soul is in a state of grace. If you are not, then your soul is in danger of interdiction by teleological mechanisms built into the structure of the universe. "

I'll have to think on this for a while. I can't believe how much this ties in with Jordan Peterson's concepts of transgression against being, spiritual alignment, meaning as a guide to being, and equilibrated states.