Raëlian cosmology
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Raëlian cosmology is a cosmology proposed in 1973 by Raël, the founder of the International Raelian Movement (IRM), a growing religious organization. This cosmology is similar to the Jain cosmology in that it proposes that the observable universe has no creator and is infinite in time and finite in size and surrounded by infinite space.
However, in Raëlian cosmology, our observable universe is an "atom" of a much larger level of matter (and possibly organism). It is also stated in Raël's books that "atoms of our atoms", or subatomic particles in our bodies, also possess universes like our own, but on a much smaller scale. This pattern, atom within universe within atom, is believed to be infinitely repetitive, from the infinitely small, to the infinitely large. The Raëlian Messages by Raël state that humanoid extraterrestrials, who were originally called under the name Elohim (singular: Eloha), verified this cosmology scientifically.
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[edit] Beliefs
Raëlians do not believe in reincarnation as dictated by mystical writings because they do not believe that an ethereal soul exists free of physical confinement.[1] Instead the Raëlians think that advanced supercomputers of the Elohim are right now recording the memories and DNA of human beings.[2] When Elohim release this information for the coming resurrection, people would be brought back from the dead and the judgments upon them would be realized based on actions in their past life. People excluded from physical recreation would include those who achieved nothing positive but were not evil.[3] Claude Vorilhon expressed an interest in cloning Hitler for war trials and retroactive punishment.[4] Raël also mentioned cloning as the solution to terrorism by suicide attacks, as the perpetrators would not be able to escape punishment by killing themselves if the Elohim recreated them after their attacks.[5]
Raël says that, "Everything is in everything." Inside the atoms of living things, he says, are living things made of atoms which themselves have living things made of atoms, and so on, to the infinitely small. The universe itself is contained in an atom inside of another universe, and so on, to the infinitely large. Because of the difference of mass, the activity of life inside in a living thing's atoms would undergo many millennia before enough time passes for that living thing to take a single step. Raëlians believe the universe is infinite and thus lacks a center. Because of this, one could not imagine where an ethereal soul would go, due the universe's infinite nature. They believe that infinity exists in time as well as in space, for all levels of life.[6]
Raëlians believe that humanity would be able to create life on other planets only if humanity is peaceful enough to stop war. In that case, humanity could travel the distances between stars[7] and create life on another planet.[8] Progress in terraforming, molecular biology,[9] and cloning would enable these teams to create continents and life from scratch.[10] Progress in social engineering would ensure that this creation would have a better chance of both surviving and having the potential to understand its creators.[11] Research on how civilization would occur on another planet would allow scientists to decide what traces of their origin should be left behind so that their role in life creation would someday be revealed.[12] The progress achieved by the science teams would ultimately sustain a perpetual chain of life.[13]
[edit] Relation with Sensual Meditation as promoted by the IRM
- See also: Sensual Meditation and Raëlian Church
The official cosmology of the Raëlian Messages plays a role in a series of meditations described in the Raëlian book of Sensual Meditation. During these meditations, one is encouraged to establish a link between one's anatomical features and one's central nervous system. The Raëlian Sensual Meditation emphasizes the nuances and structure that exists in the human body and it emphasizes the Raëlian cosmology to encourage the meditator, after a controlled breathing exercise, to experience the inner planets, stars, galaxies, and people within his or her constituent particles down to the infinitely small. Following this, the meditator is encouraged to experience the greater universe, or the infinitely large that we are a part of, in accordance with the teachings contained within the Raëlian books. The meditator is encouraged to mediate the consciousness of the self between the infinitely small particles and the infinitely large particles. This part of Sensual Meditation may sometimes be followed by sensual physical contact between partners.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Raël, Intelligent Design, pp. 154-155.
- ^ Raël, Intelligent Design, p. 171.
- ^ Raël, Intelligent Design, p. 214.
- ^ CULT BIDS TO CLONE HITLER FOR WAR TRIAL, Daily Record. 9 August 2001. Retrieved 18 September 2007.
- ^ Cloning solution to terrorism, some say, The Maneater. 21 September 2001. Retrieved 6 April 2007.
- ^ Raël, Intelligent Design, pp. 153-155.
- ^ Raël, Intelligent Design, p. 159.
- ^ Raël, Intelligent Design, p. 70.
- ^ Raël, Intelligent Design, p. 293.
- ^ Raël, Intelligent Design, p. 50.
- ^ Raël, Intelligent Design, p. 153.
- ^ Raël, Intelligent Design, p. 280.
- ^ Raël, Intelligent Design, p. 91.
Relevant books by Raël (Vorilhon, Claude) containing messages about the said fractal nature of the universe:
- 1974 : Le Livre qui dit la vérité ("The Book Which Tells the Truth")
- 1975 : Les extra-terrestres m'ont emmené sur leur planète ("Extraterrestrials Took me to Their Planet")
- 1979 : Accueillir les extra-terrestres ("Let's Welcome the Extraterrestrials") ISBN 4-900480-06-1
- 1980 : La méditation sensuelle ("Sensual Meditation") ISBN 1-903571-07-3
[edit] Cited texts
- Raël, Intelligent Design: Message from the Designers. Nova Distribution, 2006. ISBN 2940252203. - The messages given to Rael published in 1973, 1975, and 1979.
[edit] External links
- FractalCosmology.com - a site on fractal cosmology (by Yun Pyo Jung, a particular Raëlian)
- What is the symbol of infinity? - a webpage from Maitreya.co.kr
