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stephen marshall's avatar

love this topic and any one who brings this level of precision insight and poetry. i 100% agree that simulation theory and application have been co-opted by mechanistic and reductive frameworks, and to all the down-vibe ends you have identified

that said, apart from that co-opting, i think 'the simulation' is a spiritual technology and, as such, a radically liberationist construct. one that offers non-locals "a fleshy system to grant us material continuity" (citing @elodivedha)

i also have come to believe that spacetime, which is the dynamic stage that the simulation 'happens on' has coded within it mechanisms that generate narratives for its players as immersive systems for accelerating processes of... soul integration. if that can be considered then simulation theory is not a denial of objective reality but rather a intricate narrative game engine designed (and yes i know that word is problematic) to provide the conditions for growth, awakening, and, ultimately, transcendence

again, if that model is considered, then perhaps the 'simulation' is not antithetical to the mystical tradition; it is a repurposing of it. one that alchemizes the spiritual and the material

but materialistic empires are going to try to rope people into any deterministic system they can. so that we generate the prison our selves. but that is all quantum magick, imo. what if we 'see' the simulation as a medium, not for control, but for transformation?

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Siofra O'Donovan's avatar

Then Kandinsky had synesthesia - he saw tones in colours , colours were musical tones . There are many fake artists now who are trapped in simulation - who have no regard for Colour, tone , other dimensions … but it should be that the artist the poet the philosopher comment on and observe the simulation but they largely do not … they are part of its blandness … as we saw with the number of artists and celebrities who so unbelievably rallied the public health officials on to administer their poisons … thank you 🙏 so interesting and thought provoking as always

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