I was raised Catholic, later became an atheist and skeptic, and after decades of exploring different perspectives, I developed my own teleological framework. I realized that science, eastern/western religions, philosophy, and mysticism were like the fable of the five blind men touching an elephant (each grasping part of the truth but missing the whole). So, I streamlined everything into a unified metaphysical model that connects it all. After finishing my model, I came across a mystic phrase that fully resonates with my ideas and explains part of them in an elegant way: "As above, so below; as within, so without; as the universe, so the soul."
I was raised Catholic, later became an atheist and skeptic, and after decades of exploring different perspectives, I developed my own teleological framework. I realized that science, eastern/western religions, philosophy, and mysticism were like the fable of the five blind men touching an elephant (each grasping part of the truth but missing the whole). So, I streamlined everything into a unified metaphysical model that connects it all. After finishing my model, I came across a mystic phrase that fully resonates with my ideas and explains part of them in an elegant way: "As above, so below; as within, so without; as the universe, so the soul."
It's been quite a ride.