Science Discovers a "Third State" of Life ... but these are just Words. Philosophy

I was intrigued by this article I found on "Popular Mechanics":

A 'Third State' Exists Between Life and Death—And That Suggests Your Cells Are Conscious, Some Scientists Say

Here is a shorter, simpler version by "The Week": There is a "Third State" between Life and Death.

Both articles use the language and terminology "Third State" to describe a complex condition of Reality - a scientific realization about the enduring nature of some organic cells. `

"Experts found a third state exists between life and death, where cells exhibit unexpected activity even after an organism has died. Instead of shutting down immediately, some cells continue to function, repair themselves, and even adapt in ways that challenge our understanding of biological consciousness."

"If cells can persist and respond after death, it could redefine our perception of consciousness at a microscopic level. Some researchers argue that this cellular resilience hints at a deeper, more fundamental form of biological intelligence. Could this "third state" mean that parts of us remain alive long after we’re gone? The implications are both profound and mysterious, offering a fresh perspective on what it truly means to be alive." - Popular Mechanics

These are fascinating, paradigm shifting discoveries.

Even while the popular discourse is preoccupied with President Trump, Elon Musk and crew ... there are deeper Truths that speak to the core of what reality is. By "deeper Truths", I mean to examine Truth, not as a story of human actions, reactions and events, but as an accounting of Everything that we know. All of the forces at play; those evident and less evident.

Narrative, as Constraints on our Experience

I want to point out that the use of this term "Third State" is a perspective and a narrative, before it is anything else.

"Third State" depends on the BELIEF and the STORY that there were 2 separate states/categories before - "living" and "death" states. This has always been an imprecise story. Let's be clear - if we do acknowledge that a third state exists ... it has always existed. Even while our current History and Science textbooks never helped us grasp this complexity. "Third state" is potentially a useful narrative category, so that we can talk about a very complex feature of reality that seems to undermine our current frameworks about life and death, as rigid opposites. "Third state" discourse (especially early on) will be often characterized not by its full, complex nature, but through CONTRAST against the other two, better familiar "states".

A genuine, thorough attempt to understand the true nature of this "third state" will challenge the actual word/ term itself. Deeper awareness will necessitate new words, prefixes and complexity. It will challenge the definition and value of the "third state" concept, and our understanding of the other two states, too!

This is the nature of Human Observation, it seems.

Perhaps more to the point, this is the nature of Narrative - once we apply coherent language to our observations, and internalize them as a logical truth.

We do not experience things as they are, but through the lens of our limited "knowledge/narratives". We first experience phenomena through, and against, the frameworks of our personal, familiar understandings.

In "REALITY" (outside of perception) we are experiencing divine paradoxes, where multiple things are true at once - but the experience is determined by how YOU choose to see and engage. What we see, what we experience, will be affected by the language we have at our disposal, and by the assumptions we've prior accepted, including our perceived relationship to the phenomena.

These are just words.

It's all one thing. LOVE.

-Billy

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Episode #125 of "How Billy Sees It" - Modern Science Accepts God?