Definition: Uncertainty

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Revision: 12 Apr 2025

Uncertainty

The absence of certainty.
The impossibility of knowing the complete state of a system.
Uncertainty is an intrinsic quality of manifestation.
Uncertainty is an intrinsic quality of what cannot actually exist.
The state of manifestation cannot be completely known since it is being recreated in each instant and such recreation need not follow any laws that are believed to govern form.
As manifestation is one process, uncertainty also applies to every apparent subset of manifestation.
What is certain about manifestation is that it is a mirage of consciousness. Manifestation is a thought form that hovers above the ground of reality. The whole of manifestation is continuously shifting and any attribute of manifestation could be otherwise in any instant.

Sayings:

“Do not go looking for certainty in the world. What is certain is that the world is not what it appears to be. Thus no measurements are completely certain.”