Cosmology

Cosmology is a branch of science which studies the evolution of our universe.

The article "The singularity problem in brane cosmology" may interest you.

If you like cosmology, maybe read the article "Is the Future already Present? The Special Theory of Relativity and the Block Universe View."

Some years ago, having viewed the snowy Inuit film "Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner," I gravitated more to my syncretic Animist-Buddhist cosmology.

If you like cosmology, maybe read the document "Inter-universal entanglement in a cyclic multiverse."

It is the 15th of February of 2015, on Lulu Island. I am more interested in cosmology now than in astronomy. Physical cosmology is the "study of the origin, evolution, large-scale structures and dynamics, and ultimate fate of the universe." The vast cosmic "watershed" in which Earth finds itself is called Laniakea, from Hawaiian for "immeasurable heaven." (Hawaiian 'lani' is cognate with Tagalog's 'langit'.)

The terms are used in geology, paleontology, geophysics, astronomy and physical cosmology.

We, Joki and I, talked for a long time that evening, the 10th of March of 2020, as if she were downloading everything important into my brain. She was an avid fan of spirituality. An interesting thing that she said that struck me as wild was that if some people wanted to end the world, then the world would end for them, whilst people who did not want the end would not see it. Different people would see a different "show." Thoughts affected one's reality. She talked about "spirits" and "ghosts." She talked of "dimensions" and "frequencies" concerning spiritual "ascension." She was curious of the word "divine." She believed in sentients on other "planets" in other "solar systems" in other "galaxies." She liked astronomy and cosmology. She was very positive and believed in esoteric self-improvement. She was a rare person. In any case, she was a syncretist, as many Chinese were.

In Buddhist cosmology, there are several heavens and several hellworlds. I am thinking that our Earth could possibly be just one of the hellworlds. Baptist Protestantism is similar to Pure Land Buddhism or Amidism, because they both require only faith on a superperson, either Jesus or Amitābha Buddha, respectively. Of course, both Buddhism and Christianity have other different sects. Other sects of Buddhism do not really require faith on a superperson.

In Buddhism, one tests ideas for oneself, unlike other religions wherein leaders oblige adherents to believe everything the religion tells them. There are Buddhist ideas like The Four Noble Truths, rebirth cycles, special cosmology, metaphysical concepts, et cetera which one tests for oneself whether they are true to oneself.