If we are in a simulation, I wonder what is doing the simulating? Are our souls energetic video game players that experience this world in order to learn?
Are there multiple simulations "up"? Is there an end to these fractal spin offs of physical laws and realms?
Are we some kind of mass AI thing or a part of a radically technological other world? Is the task of our own civilization to spawn an exponential amount of other simulations?
Our technology is heading in this direction. Video games have been simulated realities for decades. Virtual reality fully immerses the players deeply into the digital worlds.
I've seen many cases where people wearing VR head sets are acting in the game and do something crazy in real life. It's hilarious to see them break things or go stumbling around.
The VR world has taken over their body and senses. It might be a strong parallel to our experience of this world. Do we forget that this is just a game?
The more I accept this waking world as a simulation, the less "I" feel as a separate self. The sense of seriousness is released with all its related anxiety and judgements. There is more and more puzzlement as people go off the deep end about the not-real.
"Let go!" is the cry of spiritual teachers. Don't let the simulation get you down! We will all exit it some day, to who knows where. I tend to learn and interact in peace as this understanding grows.
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