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Originally Posted by iamthat
There is One unchanging indivisible Reality which, though unmanifest, reveals Itself in infinite multiplicity and diversity. (Anandamayi Ma)
You cannot be conscious of what does not change. All consciousness is consciousness of change. But the very perception of change - does it not necessitate a changeless background? (Nisargadatta)
Or to put it another way, that which changes is not real, that which is real does not change.
Peace.
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Well.. they (those wise writers) were looking at the aspects of this universe that have not been changing as rapidly.
So to their minds and eyes, it seems unchanged.
Being humans, the idea of nothing is permanent including this very ground that we are on (earth) is unsettling.
Just like any religious beliefs (trying find some kind of comfort at this harsh realities), they want to believe on some permanence to hold on to.
For an example, our earth orbits Sun.
It has been orbiting as far as we know.
But it has not always been this case.
Our own galaxy was formed at some point, just like our universe was formed.
Then, our Sun (star) was formed (estimated 4.603 billion years) and at some point our earth started orbiting it.
We know this for fact.
We also know that stars die as we have observed in our own universe so the life cycle as we know will eventually cease to exist.
We will be able to calculate the time frame in the future.
I strongly believe that our own souls evolve as they learn and adopt to ever changing universe. Hence the reason for reincarnations.