Everything Which Can, Does

The foundation of everything The Court of the Moon stands for and believes in. If everything which can happen, does happen, then it only follows that somewhere in the universe is a world that looks to our world as an example of how to be better. Therefore, it is our obligation to be the best example of a better world that we can be.
— Shiv Moonsong

Summary

One of Shiv's favorite topics to contemplate is the source of consciousness, what it is, why we have it, and how it works. The deeper that she wanders through the mental laybrinth that is such a deep and profound topic, she keeps coming to the same central tenant. That is that everything that can happen, does happen.

This can be as grand as turning left over turning right, or as minute as a single sub-atomic particle somewhere in the universe being spin-up instead of spin-down. When we look at it on the mathematical scale of possibility, the astounding possibility seems to approach infinite, without actually touching it. After all, if gravity works all over the place in the universe, then there is already a limit of where we cannot go, and therefore, the boundary gives a finite space to play within. And within that space, almost everything is possible.

For instance, right now, there might be some far-distant alien, sitting at a magical window screen, reading these words as though by some electrical magic. Not written in ink by a scribe's own hand, but just as accurate. A perfect mirror separated by immeasurable space and time.

And wouldn't it be funny if, somehow, that person's common language was the same as ours, and they could understand a scribe's words without translation? These are the things a young scribe dreams in idle moments.

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Aug 10, 2023 18:29

Great Article. I love the idea that we should all be striving to be an example to other worlds.

Aug 11, 2023 20:41 by Haly the Moonlight Bard

Thank you! I mean, it's not the worst idea upon which to base a philosophy. LOL!!

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Aug 10, 2023 19:24 by Deleyna Marr

Love the meta aspect of this. Beautiful!

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Aug 11, 2023 20:47 by Haly the Moonlight Bard

Thank you! This is a much greater key to everything than I've had time to lay out, but it's a good start.

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Aug 19, 2023 19:35 by Melissa

love that after she contemplated it for a long time, Shiv decided to encourage the people in her world to live up as an example to the other worlds out there.   The last two paragraphs had me rolling. I love fourth-wall-breaking humor, in the right doses!

Aug 19, 2023 20:03 by Haly the Moonlight Bard

Everything in moderation, LOL! But I do love quantum theory. I sort of half-ass stole this from Neil Stephenson's book Anatham which is easily one of my top 5 favorite books of all time.   Shiv, though....She had to really consider it. Her entire existence has been dedicated to making sure that nothing is held sacred. Religion did a LOT of damage in the past, and so she's spent thousands of years (literally) of quasi-unlife carefully eradicating such dangerous things from the records to make sure it doesn't happen again. So she had to really consider whether these were "inside thoughts" or "outside thoughts," LOL!!! What awful thing could happen if she shared this? What awful thing could happen if...everyone were just trying to set a good example for a different version of themselves? How could that be abused?   When an entire philosophy boils down to, "just do the best you can, because you are always watching you," it's not something that anyone can really obsessively latch on to and abuse. It's not implying anything about others, it's not creating any sort of us vs. them mentality. And it really focuses on self-accountability.

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