I'm almost done your book, I'm in the last chapter now. So far I really don't need to give a review because I was already a fan of what you were trying to do from the start. It was almost everything put together into a nice read, with good backing to your arguments. I'm already giving it 4.5/5 stars. (Can't be perfect, need to strive to be better!)

There were a few things on my mind and I'll post them here as I remember them. I'm just posting some thoughts as well. But the one thing I sort of read into was the fact that you think possibly the universe is not as "old" as we think and that maybe it was "fast forwarded" to our time? Since it is a program the simulation could be advanced or rewound almost and then insert us into the realm. Did I read into that wrong? Or do you think the universe of this simulation according to our sense of time is about 15Billion years old? Or do you think it was simulated that long and the world was created and we are really the only world?

I'm still sort of torn on this idea. We've always been brought up thinking the Earth is the center of the universe and humans are the top of the food chain. There was only 1 god and he only visited this planet etc. The religious idea that we are so special sort of has me torn because I was brought up catholic, and though I am not really christian anymore, I still try and live by the principles of the original teachings of Jesus. Some of the religious writings and other non mainstream things I've read sort of lean toward the fact that what we are living in is really a fishbowl. The firmament etc is all a fraud and an illusion. Planet Earth really is the only reality.

I mean that sure doesn't explain dinosaurs etc but if it is a simulation maybe they ran simulations and primates, and other beings were taking too long to evolve so they jumped us forward and reprogrammed what we were and placed us on the planet to watch the results. I mean DNA is a complex program and has infinite possibilities. Maybe the grand architect / programmer plays around and gives us free will and he lets the simulation run for a predetermined and calculated time. If we are not "good enough" for the programmers he wipes the program and starts a new form.

The whole alien hybrid agenda seems like that is the course of action. Have you read Colonel Corso's book? Or any of the others you start to get an idea that the aliens are actually no entirely biological that they are more bio-mechanical beings, bred for space travel and harsh conditions. Yet we know they have been creating hybrid babies and some have grown up already now since the program started. Yes UFO's do exist (I've seen them and know many who have as well up close). Maybe they are doing "god's work" by adjusting the program.

It sort of puts the hierarchy in place for your theory. The Angels are not necessarily "Gods" but they are also not humans. They are messengers and they do Gods work. They could be the "agents" in the matrix so to speak.

Anyway, I'm just writing down what was on my mind after reading some more last night.

The analogies of the synchronistic events were perfect. Like the example of the boy knocking his favorite cd out of a girl's bag by accident as a nudge. That all plays into the "secret" about thoughts creating reality. It also creates events like that that you have to be mindful of jumping on when they happen.

The "secret" or law of attraction is nothing new, its a zen thing thats been around for a long time. But that is a whole other topic though that I've tested with my wife and oddly enough it does work to a degree. It works both ways.

I was reading near the end of the book as you go over this. The whole NPC idea is quite funny, and possibly true. But what is an NPC if we are all computer simulations? I mean if we have DNA in us, we are a program. Consciousness though individual and singular does seem to follow patterns. Patterns are the nature of the universe. So are we really able to have free will? Or are we behaving in a predetermined pattern just like any other AI would? Who's to say we are not NPC's ourselves but do not know it?

I sort of thought about how our memories could not maybe be real and things were fast forwarded. I just think the universe is much much bigger than we think and I find it hard to believe we humans with our petty little fleshy brains could comprehend the true nature of the universe. I think you are the closest to putting it to paper though.

Thanks for the reply, I'm always interested in reading anything you have to say.

Good question, LoneCrowe. I tend to look at this stuff a little bit differently perhaps. Although I generally don't have strong beliefs, one belief that I have that is fairly strong, due to the preponderance of evidence, is that we are more than a program ourselves. I tend to think our bodies are more like avatars and that the soul - that which really defines us - is elsewhere, fully enjoying free will. DNA is probably not really a program. Even the idea of it as a "blueprint" is questionable because there isn't enough information in it to make us as unique as we are. It does appear to be a data store that is related to some high level genetic properties. Perhaps the rest of what defines our bodies is a result of the processing of this data, but also maybe the results of external stimuli.



EKUMA1981, this article from Seed magazine may be the best and more approachable article on the good work that IQOQI does on the nature of reality. Their site is here (some material in German, some in English).