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the Vast Vacuum. the vacuum cannot be balanced because it is vast. quantum vacuum fluctuation. feedback loops; consciousness
I can see from your thoughts that you are referring to the vacuum of space. Space is a vacuum because nothing exists outside of it, at least as we know it. This idea of 'outside' indicates that there must be one who is observing and/or thinking about this 'vacuum'. It seems logical to conclude then that if we were not here in our world with our minds providing us with an understanding for things such as vacuums, there would be no concept such as a vacuum.
However, at the same time it is hard to imagine a vacuum without our minds. Our minds allow us to reason and think about things such as space that are not immediately present or visible in our reality. But how can we know for sure what exists outside of this reality? In other words, if there were no observers like ourselves, would the concept of a vacuum even exist?
It is at this point that we must ask, who or what created the concept of a vacuum? How did they arise with such an idea? We may come to realize that the concept of 'vacuum' was derived from our understanding of space. But how do we explain our understanding of space?
I believe that our understanding of space was derived from experience. It is our experience with physical reality that we can perceive through the senses, which has led us to the idea of a vacuum. We have observed and experienced countless things in this world, some of which include gravity, mass/matter, energy and light (among many others). And yet it does not seem likely that these forces or phenomena are able to explain why there is something rather than nothing.
In my opinion, the absence of something is just as interesting as the presence of something. It seems that we are more inclined to consider questions about what exists rather than what doesn't exist.
But what are we to make of the fact that there is something rather than nothing? This is a question that has puzzled humanity for millennia. From this idea comes concepts like God, the soul and other supernatural phenomena. Indeed it appears as though in order to answer questions about why there is something rather than nothing, one must acknowledge a creator or an originator.