I Am Amazed At the Universe

The aspect of order and disorder or entropy utterly fascinates me. I think all matter (including humans or even rocks) is defined by it's existence.

The meaning of life...is merely existence. And that anything formed is life and has a life-force. Humans are merely a mix of the sun and the earth, we are just another form of matter.

I know entropy is the basic universal force, however I wonder about the force of non-entropy or order. Why it exists? Where and why did that energy get unleashed? Actually thinking of this - because we are still in the expulsion and release of high energy.

http://gizmodo.com/what-was-our-universe-like-before-the-big-bang-1791889926

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AliceTinker · 51-55, F

I've never hitched my waggon to any train but the way I think could be seen as animist.
Everything has a lifeforce, everything has energy.
Humans have no more or less lifeforce than a rock to me.
We are all just matter and I'm still trying to learn the why and how or maybe that there's no why or how maybe we just are.

okaybut · 56-60, M

@AliceTinker Wow...thanks for the new term. Love it! Google Pantheism and you will see a similarity. I would certainly class myself as a animist. And could not agree more about a rock have a similar life-force. We are all formations on the earth based upon the earth and sun.

okaybut · 56-60, M

@AliceTinker Just read this in the definition:
Distinction from pantheism
Animism is not the same as pantheism, although the two are sometimes confused. Some religions are both pantheistic and animistic. One of the main differences is that while animists believe everything to be spiritual in nature, they do not necessarily see the spiritual nature of everything in existence as being united (monism), the way pantheists do. As a result, animism puts more emphasis on the uniqueness of each individual soul. In pantheism, everything shares the same spiritual essence, rather than having distinct spirits and/or souls.
Yes, looking at this, I am still more so a Pantheist (but agree with all the aspects of Animism)...could have been the influence of my Roman Catholic faith in growing up. The need for one god.