this is a metaphor
but
it might be a parable - only i cannot remember what exactly a parable is

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background:
i have had this idea on my mind for a while now
it is sort of a response to the 'what the fuck is really going on?' question which is
still liable to swim thru my head

as of late - it was inspired by a conversation in another forum about krishna which had me rolling my eyes

Quote:
the person on the other forum wrote: "According to Bhagavadgita, we are
parts and parcels of God (Krishna). We are Krishna's marginal potency,
which means that we have free will. We're one with Krishna and different from
Krishna at the same time. This philosophy is called acyntia abheda
bheda tattva -inconcievable potency of God. We're one in quality, that means
that as God has free will, we also have free will in minute form. But in quantity
we're different. Krishna is greater than us in that sense, that he is all pervading, we're not.

it was also brought to mind by this comic:

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here is the lowdown:

you create a fictional character

you are the creator of this character and this character is able to live as long as you do

this character knows that you are its creator
and knows that it lives as long as you do

nothing goes on for this character
it has no need for anything
because
you provide for it

because of the relationship the character has with you
it has no need to do anything
ever

so
for the fuck of it
you create a character of the opposite sex

you let this character know the lowdown as well
and you provide the means for them to create more characters on their own

so your two characters get busy making more
but
they decide not to let their offspring know about you

and instead
they tell them other versions of
where they came from and how to provide for themselves
(fear etc)

eventually
all knowledge of you
-the creator-
gets jumbled into a mess

fast forward until the civilization that you created has 6.5 billion people
some of these 6.5 billion have NO FUCKING IDEA that you created them
and they are approaching this universe you created
with the intent of controlling it all

yes
that means some of these characters
which exist in your imagination
have NO IDEA that they are in your imagination
and they are trying to control you

yes
fictional characters
trying to control you

eventually
they develop an internet-type system for communication
and due to the seemingly infinite amount of information available to them
some of the imaginary characters manage to piece together what the deal is
that they are a part of your imagination

these characters cease trying to control the universe that you created
because they realize that it would be ridiculous

i am not sure where this goes yet
but
the characters wind up realizing that they could create a metaphorical scenario
where

they create characters in their imagination
and they wind up posting messages very similar to this one on the internet

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can somebody please let me know where this metaphor falls apart?

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