My dad and I used to have lots of conversations about this very subject when I was younger. Mainly as a way to explain dejavu. (Not your usual saturday afternoon conversation between a kid and his dad I'll agree but as a family we've always had a desire to think beyond the box.)

Eternal recurrence is an interesting theory, but there are so many versions of the idea. If I recall correctly, reincarnation had its birth from just such a theory. Or was it vice versa?

Either way, there does seem to be some substance to the basic idea. The universe seems to be cyclical, as well as our own solar system and weather patterns. Makes me curious if somehow this could be tied in with precession, and the zodiac.

Can't recall who posited the theory, but depending on where we're at in precession consciousness rises and falls during it. Hence, why some believe consciousness will rise as we enter the age of Aquarius.

Just some ponderings. S&F.

This has all happened before, huh? Show me the geological evidence.

This might sound weird, but we have lived through this before. I know it sounds ridiculous, but we are the ancient civilizations that we talked about...

It's so hard to explain in words. But it feels like we have been this technologically advanced before.

I have no evidence to support this, but I just wanted to add my two cents.

I have always loved entertaining this thought, not really as a answer to my bigger questions regarding life and where we go after. No rather as a way to overcome my lethargic days. I look at it as a way to get up and do something rather than waste the little time I have on this earth. Especially if I half to live it all over again. Though it is a fascinating subject.

You guys know that Battle-star is fiction....

Right?

The Matrix Trilogy is based entirely on this exact philosophy...I love the way it is portrayed in the movies...in fact, the Matrix Trilogy is one of the most significant philosophical pieces of art ever produced...IMO...

Originally posted by FejkNick
You guys know that Battle-star is fiction....

Right?

Never watched it in my life to be honest, I can't speak for the op , although in my case I'm referring more to an overall idea of the universe as a whole rather than just our planet.

Originally posted by Schmidt1989
This has all happened before, huh? Show me the geological evidence.

see above.... for me it makes far more sense (if it ever can) on a universal scale rather than local scale, so no fossils as time itself would be replaced / rewritten each time. But this would hazard a question what would happen to the laws of physics, would they stay constant or change as the universe contracted and expanded? I've no idea as its only a theory and nothing more.

Wayne...