Monday, November 24, 2008

7 Valleys: Knowledge, Unity

Month, Day: Speech, Glory (Perfection)

Continuing with the series on the 7 Valleys that has these four entries.
The original is a meditation from about 12 years ago. Comments are found in italics.

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Knowledge --
  • “And thus did we show Abraham the Kingdom of the Heavens and of the Earth, that He might be established in knowledge.”
Unity --

Unity is where the heart, lungs, and the solar plexus have established themselves. Also as we get to the 7th and talk of camphor, consider how spiritually unified must be the infant/mother link (Hidden Words #29, Persian).
  • Both of the genders have the opportunity to partake of such a sacramental union.

What else does Unity give us? Well, intellectually, it is full of ideas for the modern mind. We see some inklings about topology, for instance; and there is an emphasis on 4.

  • First/last is just ripe with significances related to the arguments of "intuitionism" in the philosophy of mathematics.
  • Seen/hidden has much to do with views that can come out of category theory. This is further seen as an important issue in computer science.

Yet, such associations being mentioned by no means should be taken as leave to put trivial bounds on these 4. Putting words to concepts, and linking them to known phenomenon, somehow begins to put bounds on usage and makes us begin to filter out what could be very important aspects. Soon, these filtered out things are denied.

  • Is this not what happens with any socialization, e.g. the attainment of scientific knowledge?
  • Look at the message on how our perceptions can differ (paragraphs 2-7).
Valley accounts for a whole lot of Words from the Bahá’u’lláh. We see '' [], (], [), and () ", for instance. We see the 4 Loves, as another example. And, finally, "build thou a fire and burn all thoughts and words entire." As you ponder this, think about how the quantitative (to date, that is, as this is going to change) basis of mathematics pulls one down to fewer, more dense words.
  • What we need is to get back up to those more ethereal regions, with audacity.
  • How can this be done without the Writings?
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Modified: 12/03/2008

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