A. seems the only choice.
To achieve the absolute perfect state of niceness.
Not-nice is the root of all evil.

C is the only answer ... since I discovered that the life I am living is in a gigantic virtual programmed reality ... a long time ago.

I heard a radio interview recently of an old Kurmudgeon and Paranormal investigator describe his conversation
once with a Catholic Priest, when the priest let slip the word Karma. The Kurmudgeon latched on and asked
him if he is speaking of Karma, does he and the church believe in Reincarnation?
The priest replied; "Why yes we do" and when Kurmudgeon pressed by asking; "so why then does the Church not
teach people about it, rather than the fear of purgatory?" The priest reported honestly;
"It is the Church's position that if the flock knew they have many chances to get their lives right, and in order
with their creator, that they would ignore life everafter, for the temporary temptations of the mortal flesh,
knowing they could keep coming back".

It is a different take on your question.

Hi to all from Canada, I'm a blog virgin so be gentle lol.

I know in my own case it has profoundly changed my outlook, If we as individuals are merely a fragment of our combined consciousness then "all of the above" is obviously what we have chosen. I think there is empowerment from the notion of a programmed reality as long as we realize that we are the programmer. It seems to me that a segment of humanity, who understands that thoughts are what generates the program, has chosen "B" with an intention of controlling/directing our thoughts to serve their reality, by limiting ours. Imagine if the masses ever understood this, the creative genius that would follow. Knowledge is power.

Welcome Blog virgin. :d/
Good points. I'm leaning more on the idea that if this is a programmed reality
it was started a long time ago from our perspective. We are also temporary programs
in this Tron like game plane, that are merely interacting with the existing paradigm
as we see it from our field of view.

It has a momentum to it which engages our conscious minds to "play along" with
the current running map so-to-speak.

Those of use here, have gotten into this "map" and seen the programmed aspect
that begs the question of hackability. We see ourselves as a kind of reality hackers
that are looking for the backdoors or anamolies. So within the current programmed
reality, there does appear to be existing hacks running and previous backdoors opened.

Through a wide and eclectic search including of course “The Universe Solved” I have found a programmed reality to be the only logical answer for the mechanics behind reality, as most everyone on this site has as well. All that’s left to sort out, in my mind anyway, is who the engineer is and how the program evolves. Maybe its my aversion and distaste of the thought of living inside the laptop of a seriously intelligent nerd, from a past we haven’t yet achieved again ourselves, that has lead me to the conviction that we are the programmers. However, that notion is well founded in ancient myth and scripture from Hinduism in the east to hermetic philosophy in the west... Maya is illusion, we are a mind within a mind, and to know thy ‘higher’ self is the consistent message they all conveyed to understanding the game. One of the key books toward this understanding for me was written in 1903 by ‘the three initiates’ (whoever they were), long before even the concept of our modern computers, titled “The Kyballion” which details seven hermetic principals that provide the basis of an understanding of reality as was handed down through secret societies and mystery schools for thousands of years.

Here's a quote from the book on the theory of mental-ism.

The All is mind

This Principle embodies the truth that "All is Mind." It explains that THE ALL (which is the Substantial Reality underlying all the outward manifestations and appearances which we know under the terms of "The Material Universe"; the "Phenomena of Life"; "Matter"; "Energy"; and, in short, all that is apparent to our material senses) is SPIRIT which in itself is UNKNOWABLE and UNDEFINABLE, but which may be considered and thought of as AN UNIVERSAL, INFINITE, LIVING MIND. It also explains that all the phenomenal world or universe is simply a Mental Creation of THE ALL, subject to the Laws of Created Things, and that the universe, as a whole, and in its parts or units, has its existence in the Mind of THE ALL, in which Mind we "live and move and have our being." This Principle, by establishing the Mental Nature of the Universe, easily explains all of the varied mental and psychic phenomena that occupy such a large portion of the public attention, and which, without such explanation, are non-understandable and defy scientific treatment. An understanding of this great Hermetic Principle of Mentalism enables the individual to readily grasp the laws of the Mental Universe, and to apply the same to his well-being and advancement. The Hermetic Student is enabled to apply intelligently the great Mental Laws, instead of using them in a haphazard manner. With the Master-Key in his possession, the student may unlock the many doors of the mental and psychic temple of knowledge, and enter the same freely and intelligently. This Principle explains the true nature of "Energy," "Power," and "Matter," and why and how all these are subordinate to the Mastery of Mind. One of the old Hermetic Masters wrote, long ages ago: "He who grasps the truth of the Mental Nature of the Universe is well advanced on The Path to Mastery." And these words are as true today as at the time they were first written. Without this Master-Key, Mastery is impossible, and the student knocks in vain at the many doors of The Temple.

If you read it with modern eyes does it not sound seriously like a mainframe computer that we access and program with our thoughts? If you think about our current reality you have to admit that the controlling forces spend a great deal of time and energy on manipulating our collective conceptions, I have to think there is a reason.

From one came many is an ancient and mythical tale of creation. I believe we created this game environment ourselves from a level of oneness that we don’t yet completely comprehend, as a way of experiencing many aspects of ourselves. I firmly believe that we can hack the program quite easily by simply regaining control of our thoughts.

Was this too long for a blog? Learning my way as I go.

"Cognitive Causality" does not mean that the mind creates all reality, but that the mind creates your reality.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3OXDwmlEZE

Just feeling a little nostalgic on this fine January 6, 2011.

Don't you think we are all after that little "connection" or "Epiphany"?

January 6 (or thereabouts is when historical "Christiandom" celebrated the "Epiphany"


I think in many ways, our world religions are steeped in gnosticism -- not to be confused with any particular religion that has actually taken on the title of a "Gnostic" religion, but simply the idea that religion recognizes our "human" condition as mere mortals who desire to move forward and out of this "probationary" state. In order to "move on" we require a certain form of "admission fee" (or achievement) while in this probationary state.

But the idea of "Epiphany" -- doesn't that alone seem very "gnostic" -- even at its core? I think Christians particularly focus on our (or the world's) revelation of the true divinity of Christ -- that Jesus is God. From a "gnostic" (or "secret knowledge" requirement to "move on") point of view, I think the Epiphany is really when Jesus becomes fully aware of his own previous position in the heavens outside of "space-time" and his mission on earth within that space-time continuum.

Here are two short exerpts -- one from non-virtual.com and the other from Urantia Book -- that I would like to share on this fine January 6, 2011:

From non-virtual

For those of you who think that all faith and religion are devoid of logic or reason, you are sorely mistaken. Take the 17th century thinker, Blaise Pascal. He was a French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher.. Pascal argued that it is always a better "bet" to believe in God, because the expected value to be gained from believing in God is always greater than the expected value resulting from non-belief. It is important to remember that Pascal's wager or "gambit" is about the belief in God, not the existence of God, but if you were to analyze your options in regard to belief in Pascal's God carefully (or belief in any other religious system with a similar reward and punishment scheme), you would come out with the following possibilities:

· You may believe in God, and God exists, in which case you go to heaven: your gain is infinite.
· You may believe in God, and God doesn't exist, in which case your loss is finite and therefore negligible.
· You may not believe in God, and God doesn't exist, in which case your gain is finite and therefore negligible.
· You may not believe in God, and God exists, in which case you will go to hell: your loss is infinite.

From these possibilities, and the principles of statistics, Pascal deduced that it would be better to believe in God unconditionally. It is a classic application of "game theory" which is a way to itemize options and payoffs and in game theory the answers are always valid within the assumptions made.

But then, faith will become the last piece of the puzzle - at least the last piece in the puzzle we are currently working on; the ever present metaphysical world. Meaning that for this perspective, we will have to have faith of the existence of things that cannot be proven, but can still be understood even loudly and clearly. As with Pascal's Gambit, your faith will not be the basis for the existence of God, but the existence of God may be the object of your faith. In other words, if there is a being out there whose "eye is on the sparrow" and knows your every thought, you must consider the new type of wager; that is a wager that does not belong to you. Instead of you making the bet of whether or not there is a God, someone else is betting on you. Turn your game theory around; God just might have a wager on you. If God is a supernatural being who is all knowing, and you have knowledge (faith) that She is all knowing, then it follows that there is some purpose for this arrangement. She will always keep you in the driver's seat. God is counting on you!

She is counting on you a whole lot more than you can possibly be counting on Her.

From Urantia

101:0.1 Religion, as a human experience, ranges from the primitive fear slavery of the evolving savage up to the sublime and magnificent faith liberty of those civilized mortals who are superbly conscious of sonship with the eternal God.
101:0.2 Religion is the ancestor of the advanced ethics and morals of progressive social evolution. But religion, as such, is not merely a moral movement, albeit the outward and social manifestations of religion are mightily influenced by the ethical and moral momentum of human society. Always is religion the inspiration of man's evolving nature, but it is not the secret of that evolution.
101:0.3 Religion, the conviction-faith of the personality, can always triumph over the superficially contradictory logic of despair born in the unbelieving material mind. There really is a true and genuine inner voice, that " true light which lights every man who comes into the world. " And this spirit leading is distinct from the ethical prompting of human conscience. The feeling of religious assurance is more than an emotional feeling. The assurance of religion transcends the reason of the mind, even the logic of philosophy.. Religion is faith, trust, and assurance.
... 101:1.7 Thus it may be seen that religious longings and spiritual urges are not of such a nature as would merely lead men to want to believe in God, but rather are they of such nature and power that men are profoundly impressed with the conviction that they ought to believe in God. The sense of evolutionary duty and the obligations consequent upon the illumination of revelation make such a profound impression upon man's moral nature that he finally reaches that position of mind and that attitude of soul where he concludes that he has no right not to believe in God. The higher and superphilosophic wisdom of such enlightened and disciplined individuals ultimately instructs them that to doubt God or distrust his goodness would be to prove untrue to the realest and deepest thing within the human mind and soul—the divine Adjuster.