A Simple Cosmology of the Universe by Cyd Ropp
The simple explanation begins with that which lies beyond this universe—the pure conscious of the metaverse. Then consciousness had a thought which unfolded into countless dimensions. This multi-dimensional metaverse still lacked space and time but it now quivered with limitless mathematical potential. In a twinkling, our entire universe was imagined in the fullness of its complexity, from the tiniest quanta through the greatest astral body. This metaverse has many names in many traditions—“The Great ‘I AM’” and “God the Father” in the Torah and Bible, “Sat” and “Parambrahma” in Hindu scriptures, the “Tao” and “wu ming” in ancient Chinese texts, and “The Absolute” in modern philosophy. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/446
A Simple Fractal Model of the Conscious Universe by Cyd Ropp
In the Simple Explanation, the enclosure of our material universe is a very large toroidal pattern at the "outside" edge of creation. This would be the Universal pattern at its largest fractal scale, the Universal Unit of Consciousness, akin to the singular black void at the center of the Mandlebrot Set. Drilling downward from the greatest torus (the Universal UC) to smallest, the Units of Consciousness associated with sub-atomic particles are the smallest manifest fractal expressions of the Universal set. These smallest material instantiations of creation pass from the realm of pure consciousness through causal energy to material instantiation through calculations of the Universal fractal formula. The crossover from pure consciousness to material instantiation occurs at the edge of an infinite series of ever smaller fractal divisions proceeding downward from the lower limit of material instantiation (Planck's constant), and then energetically finer and finer until energy is finally suspended in the infinite stillness of non-being--the Metaverse. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/447
A Simple Model of Memes by Cyd Ropp
Memes are the cultural expressions of societies, and their content is information. Memes, in other words, are the “stuff” of symbolic thought. The importance of memes in the simple explanation philosophy is that a huge part of our personality is shaped by the memes we collect and hold onto. The otherwise pristine nature of our underlying fractal units of consciousness is affected by the memes we hold dear, as well as the memes we despise. We enjoy memes we approve of and we are repelled by memes we disapprove of. The Sanskrit word for these provocative memes is samskara. Samskara is traditionally defined in Yogic philosophy as the habitual thought patterns collected by the ego that interferes with soul consciousness. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/448
I Exist by Cosmin Visan
Why is there something rather than nothing? This is probably the most profound question that can be asked. In this paper, a rather unexpected simple solution is provided. The solution comes from analysing the truth value of the proposition “I exist.” It will be shown that this proposition is always true, so our existence is a logical necessity. Speculations about the implications over the universe as a whole are then provided. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/449
The Thin Veneer That We Call Reality by Steven E. Kaufman
What we experience as reality, emotional, mental, and physical, is nothing more than the forms that arise, like a sort of boundary or etching, as That which is actually there, as That which is beyond reality, as That which is beyond words, as That which is beyond conception, flows in relation to Itself and so becomes defined in relation to Itself, and then apprehends as reality the forms, the etchings, the boundaries, that have arisen within Itself as a result of its flow, as a result of its movement, as a result of its being, in relation to Itself. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/450
The Actual and the Real by Steven E. Kaufman
Reality is real, but the real is not the Actual. The Actual is what is there where the real only appears to be. Know yourself as a reality, know yourself as some form, and you lose sight of the formless Actuality that you always are, always have been, and always will be. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/451