Upon thinking about this, my immediate response is to imagine a white sphere in a black void. However, this is clearly incorrect because there are many things present: (1) color, black and white, (2) geometry, which makes the sphere a sphere, and (3) space, in which the sphere is placed. You could argue there are other elements too, such as the fact that the sphere has the property of being white. — InTheChair
Can there be a universe, world, etc. in which only one thing exists? — InTheChair
Wouldn’t the universe be the one thing that exists? — NOS4A2
It depends what you mean by one thing. If you take it to the bottom or to the top all things inevitably end up being one thing. — whollyrolling
No one — whollyrolling
Something sentient or intelligent right? Because I thought the same exact thing, just not very sure how to flesh it out lol. — Ignance
So let me get this straight, “something” can surely exist as long as there’s “something” else out there that can interact with it and/or react to it? Otherwise I can surely affirm that it does not exist because there is nothing else there to (kind of) ground it in reality? — Ignance
This is a really beautiful thing. Thanks for breaking it down for me.If by ‘exist’ you mean exist in spacetime, then yes. But don’t forget that you are ‘something’, too. And you also exist and have the capacity to interact beyond spacetime - to experience ‘yourself’ in the universe, as potential - and manifest reality to the extent that you are aware of, connecting and collaborating with the potential of all that you experience. — Possibility
Can something exist by itself? — InTheChair
My original thought was, couldn't the universe as a whole exist by itself? Even that's not for certain these days with the many worlds theory. — Kilvayne
Everything is energy. — thewonder
the Ground of All... I like that. — thewonder
I'll skip some of my thinking for now, and jump to my conclusion: No, something cannot exist by itself. — InTheChair
By itself, no. But as itself, certainly. — tim wood
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