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The Universe Is Perfect — Here’s Why

Whether you believe in God, science, or entertain the idea of a simulation, I will challenge you to think that the universe is indeed perfect and explain why I make this claim.

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13 min readApr 5, 2024

Whether you believe in God, science, or entertain the idea of a simulation, I will challenge you to think that the universe is indeed perfect and explain why I make this claim. — Image created by “AI tool Microsoft Bing Image Creator powered by DALL·E” — the author has the provenance and copyright.

If I told you that the universe is perfect, would you resist the idea?

Most people believe the universe is malevolent, full of suffering, and anything but perfect. Some perceive it that way, but others do not. From my perspective, some things are good, and others are horrible. Perhaps even evil, judging from my moral standpoint.

Objectively speaking, though, it’s neither good nor bad; those attributes will depend on our perspective, but they could be very well “perfect.”

The core idea for this essay:
The universe is perfect, and the Universe is all. If we don’t interfere with it, everything is balanced and perfect. When we do interfere and force our will onto this world, things get messy. Good and bad are just labels we assign things according to our perspectives and ideologies.

* If you’re religious, you can replace the word “universe” with “God,” or if you prefer a more materialistic approach, “nature.”

I’m sure that when you look at your life and the world around you, the universe doesn’t seem all that perfect, does it?

There are definitely things, events, and beings that could be characterized as bad or evil. People get hurt, suffer, and die every day. So do the animals and plants. Hell, everything seems to either be in the process of birth or dying. There is no constant in this world, only change at every step.

Change is perfect, and the universe loves nothing more than change

We humans don’t like change. We want to stay young forever, and we don’t like the environment around us to change. We even have simple things like switching jobs or eating at a new restaurant. We’re creatures of habit. We cling to what we know and love, and sometimes, we cling to things we hate just because they are comfortable and familiar.

But in nature, everything changes all the time. Our perspective is such that we like things the way we like them. Nature, however, couldn’t give less damn about our feelings and views on the matter. Change, evolve, and transmute is the name of the game. Death is not the end of the universe but a change. Even a corpse is nothing more than nourishment for some creature or plant. Everything serves a purpose and is not personal in the grand scheme of things.

Everything is just a perspective

We’re the ones who assign those labels. When someone or something we like or love dies, we are sad, and we deem this event as bad. When something or someone we don’t like or don’t care about dies, we see it as “just life” maybe even karma, if we didn’t like them. Billions of living beings die every second on this planet, but you couldn’t care any less, could you? But when you see children suffer, puppies, or someone you love, for example, you assign the event a negative label and call it evil.

It’s all perfectly normal, and that is why there is no objective “truth,” as everything is just a perspective. Depending on your point of view, beliefs, and attachments, you will label everything as irrelevant, good, or bad.

The odds are overwhelming that there are people and beings on the other side of your perspective who are hurt by what you deem as good and prosper when something you consider bad happens. The universe, though, doesn’t care either way. Keep that in mind.

So the first lesson here is that everything is just a perspective, and in the billions of perspectives, there is no “one true, right, just” one. Our understanding of the word “perfect” would then be solely individual and subjective.

Below, we will explore four ideas and test this hypothesis of a perfect universe from their perspectives:

Religious, God created the universe
Simulation theory
Mind over matter, the law of attraction
Scientific, material view

For the religious — if God is good and God is all, everything must be Good as all is God

I find it so funny how most religious people I’ve met seem to believe they know better than their omnipotent God. They seem to feel like they can assign labels as good and evil and determine what is right and what is wrong. Imagining that their omnipotent God would be caught off guard and allow bad things to happen, they begin to question their faith. “Why would God allow such evil in this world?” they often wonder.

They believe in two powers: the power of good and the power of bad

God and Satan, as his equal. I’m sorry, but it would appear that they don’t really have faith in their omnipotent God. I keep using this word as it’s all important for this conversation. Let’s look at some passages describing God.

From the Bible:

“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.” — Revelation 22:13 (NIV)
“For in him we live and move and have our being.” — Acts 17:28
“The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.” — Psalm 24:1
“He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.” — Colossians 1:17
“Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.” — Psalm 147:5
“Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee.” — Jeremiah 32:17

From the Quran:

“And to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is over all things competent.” — Quran 3:189
“His command is only when He intends a thing that He says to it, ‘Be,’ and it is.” — Quran 36:82
“And He is with you wherever you are.” — Quran 57:4
“To Allah belongs the east and the west. So wherever you turn, there is the Face of Allah.” — Quran 2:115
“And Allah created you and that which you do.” — Quran 37:96

In short, God is all and God is good, and there is nothing God doesn’t know or can’t do.

Right? Okay. Why do I bring this up? By assigning labels like good and evil to things in the world, you are essentially saying that either God is unaware of the evils, unable to correct them, or doesn’t care.

Here’s a better way to understand an almighty God that is the beginning and the end, the alpha and the omega, omnipotent and contains everything:

God is everything — the good and the bad! Love and hate, light and dark, victim and perpetrator, all those evil people you can’t stand — that’s God also. I’m afraid it’s either all or nothing. You can’t have it halfway.
If something you perceive as bad happens, then it is the will of God himself. Remember, his will is not yours to question. You might be tempted to think you know better than the omnipotent being who created everything. That would be rather presumptuous of you.
God created plants and all the animals, right? That means he created those murdering carnivores that kill the innocent herbivores just to maintain the balance in this world. He also created earthquakes, meteors, and floods, not to mention viruses and bacteria. Good or bad? Evil? An omnipotent God couldn’t have designed a system where no being would have to suffer? Or maybe he could, but he doesn’t care?
If you believe in those religious texts, why don’t you reread them and see just how many objectively evil things God has decreed: torture, murder, mutilation of the innocent, and genocide just because it was his will. You’ll find countless examples of such immense cruelty most men aren’t capable of these days. I’ve never seen a murderer quite as self-righteous as the Old Testament god! For me, this would make the whole good and evil debate obsolete. It’s all the same thing: labeled “good” when they’re on the side of what God likes and evil when they’re not. Perspectives again. So much from Omni-anything.

The simulation is perfect as it’s just a game world

We often play with the idea of living in a simulation on this portal. Let’s look at the concept of the universe being perfect if our reality is a simulation, a dream world, a projection of the mind. If the simulation is something we choose to play and enter on our own volition, then it’s essentially a game.

What kind of games do we like to play? Challenging ones, right?

We either fight, kill, climb, race, or solve puzzles. Either way, we don’t play games to get bored out of our minds by seeing nothing change, never risking anything, and fleeing from challenges. We play games to escape boredom and challenge ourselves. What if this reality of ours is just one such game, and we will one day wake up, realizing we played it way too safe, running our initial intention? I find that a distinct possibility, to be honest.

If this is just a simulation or a game world, nothing that happens here is real

If you die in a video game, you don’t really die. If you crash your car in a video game, boohoo. If this is indeed a simulation, then none of it is real, or at the very least, none of it is as we perceive it at this moment.

The challenges, the ups and downs, the fights, and the thrills are then just part of the game. It’s not bad per se when we lose — it’s just a game. When we win, it’s fun, but it also doesn’t mean anything. This sounds about right, as we will all die one day, and none of us will be taking anything with us — not even all those amassed millions or acolytes.

The simulation then is perfect because there is adversity, excitement, success and failure, struggle and victory, a beginning and an end. A game has to involve all of them. Otherwise, what’s the point of playing?

The universe is perfect because it’s the perfect reflection of our minds

If this thing we perceive as reality is what it seems to be, which is an illusion, a dream world, a projection of the mind itself, then it’s most definitely perfect. How so? Allow me to explain.

If you’ve ever met any ideas proposing that we can influence our bodies, other people, and our reality using the mind, then you are familiar with the general concepts. Here are some of them:

Ask, and you shall receive.
When you pray, believe that you will receive it, and it will be yours.
If you had a mustard seed of faith, you could tell the mountain to move, and it would.
Whatever you believe that you can or can’t do it, you’re right.
Your world reflects who you are and what you believe.
If you can see it in your mind, you can see it in your life.
The universe is a mirror. What you show it in your mind it reflects back at you in your reality.
Your beliefs are always manifesting in your life, repeating the same patterns over and over again.
As within, so without.
Like attracts like.
Ask, believe, receive.
Change your thoughts, change your life.
You create your own reality.

In short, your mind is projected onto your reality, or more likely, we’re all trapped in some sort of dream world that is happening inside our minds. There are many explanations, instructions, philosophies, and beliefs, but the core idea is that our minds create our reality!

If this is true, and the indications are overwhelming that it is, then the universe is, by definition, perfect. It perfectly reflects our minds back at us. It doesn’t judge. It can’t say no. We don’t ask for permission. Our thoughts, emotions, beliefs, and vibrations are constantly projected outward.

There is no such thing as idle thought, meaning that every thought we entertain somehow has to manifest itself. It’s just how the system works. We are unconsciously creating everything and everyone in this world. The emphasis is on “our world,” as we most likely live in separate realities, where we either jump through infinite realities or parallel universes, or we’re all trapped in our minds.

When something happens to us, good or bad, it happens because we thought about it, believed it would, envisioned it, desired it, or feared it previously. Since the system simply reflects our minds to this theater we experience as reality, the cause of everything is always within us. It cannot be any other way.

To check the validity of this statement, simply recall everything that happened to you and find the corresponding thoughts.

If you had an accident, were you afraid of having an accident? Did you watch, talk about, or read about some accident that left a lasting impression on you?
If you have bad relationships, follow the thought patterns, and you will notice you don’t just find these people. You create them.
If you’re always sick, look for fears, thoughts, and words about sickness. Furthermore, expand the search to include anything that might be causing intense emotions like resentment, anger, sorrow, etc.
This is true for everything and will become instantly apparent when you are brave enough to accept the responsibility for everything, the good and the bad, and objectively look for correlations. Signs are everywhere. All you have to do is look for them.

Anyway, the universe, from this point of view, is perfect because it is the perfect mechanism for copying your thoughts into your reality, whatever it may be. It doesn’t judge, allow, or deny things to you. It always gives you exactly what is contained in your mind.

The problem is that our minds are full of terror, fear, anxiety, regret, self-doubt, and silly beliefs we can’t seem to shake. But that is not the “system’s” fault. It’s ours. The system works perfectly.

One of the best analogies is one of the mirrors

Imagine that the universe is just one giant mirror, reflecting what you show it within your mind back to you in your life. If you’re fat and you stand in front of the mirror, it’s not the mirror that is imperfect for showing you back a fat person. It simply reflects what it is shown. You get the point.

Another interesting analogy is one of dreams

In our dreams, we meet, talk to and have relationships with different people. They all seem real and as if they have a mind of their own, but we know they do not. After all, we’re just dreaming about them. We can sometimes control our dreams and bend them to our will, but most of the time, our subconscious does the directing.

Even when something horrible happens in our dreams, we’re the ones doing it to ourselves — no one else! This could be a great indication of what this thing we call reality is like. Our subconscious may write the script, and everyone else simply follows it.

The best way to test this theory is to try and take control of reality yourself

Like in dreams, you decide what you want to happen and write the script of your life, including what other people act like and say. Once you see that you can determine what someone will say, word for word, and how they’ll say it to you, the veil of illusion will drop like a hammer!

How did you make them do it? Was it a coincidence? No problem. Choose something they would never say and keep testing. You do the scripting in your imagination, visualizing or writing the script for them, imagining a short scene. Down the rabbit hole you go, my friend. Have fun, and I hope it doesn’t mess you up too much.

If you come to a similar conclusion as mine, you’ll again see that the system — the universe- is perfect. What exactly is the mechanism for this occurrence and the true nature of reality may be debated, but if it does indeed work as a mirror or a dream world, where it perfectly reflects our inner world, then the universe is indeed perfect. Our minds need a little work, though.

Is nature perfect? — The classic, scientific, material outlook on the world?

If all of the above ideas on the nature of reality sound like literal insanity to you, and you consider yourself a person of science, then what would you say if I said that nature is perfect as it is? It’s us humans who tend to meddle and ruin things. But more importantly, it’s us who give things meaning.

We decide what is good or bad; nature doesn’t care

In nature, there is balance. That balance includes life, death, change, murder, survival, droughts, floods, volcanoes, apocalypses, dying stars, weather phenomena, and extinction-level events. All of these are perfectly natural. All of them happen with or without humans.

Some animals are at the top of the food chain, others at the bottom. Each of them plays a role in the circle of life. 99% of animal and plant species that ever existed on Earth have gone extinct before humans even showed up. For nature, extinctions are not bad, much less evil. Those are words we made up.

From our point of view, there is plenty of suffering in nature and injustice. When it’s caused and directed by nature, we tend to look favorably on it. We only have a problem when people are hurt or are causing issues.

I challenge that thought by claiming that we are nothing more than nature itself

Like all planets, plants, and animals, we are made by nature and bound by its rules. We are also, in a large way, victims of our chemistry and instincts. If we are the way we are, then nature intended it so. The same can be said of God, of course. Despite calling ourselves thinking animals, we’re no less worthy or natural than any animal on this planet. We just happen to be at the top of the food chain.

Those killer instincts we have and find oh so evil are perfectly natural since we are nature at its peak, as far as we know. You may think we’re the only species who hurt each other, but that is naive and uneducated thinking. There are infinite species who murder, torment, steal, and wage war on each other on this planet. You just don’t notice them. Are they evil? Are they wrong? Or is it all perfectly natural and, therefore, by definition, perfect?

Food for thought.

Have a nice day — a perfect day!