Twin duties

Month, Day: 166, Might, Perfection (Grace)

A couple of posts mentioned the duties: Transcendent, again and Operational II. We're in the Operational group at this time, hence the theme is apropos: know and obey. The ultimate goal is to know the Manifestation, then observing 'every ordinance' is imperative.

One could argue that evolution works on this theme in a cyclic manner. The Seven Valleys can be used to describe, in part, the dynamics. Look at the month of Knowledge in this post. The triad of Search/Love/Knowledge can be seen as the know part, in the following sense. We have sensor (afferent) nerves, that allow us to judge what is out there beyond ourselves, and action (efferent) nerves, which allow us to act in that real world out there. In Search, there is to be infinite patience as we deal interminably with life. Then, in Love, we differentiate what we are perceiving and how we react. Knowledge drives the incremental learning, assuming that things are working right.

Then, we have Unity as a bridge which is of immense significance. As part of the knowing is being able to see the evidences of the Manifestation. Some describe this ability as some gift (that is, nothing that ought to found hubris) whose properties we do not understand. But, the rudiments of observing are here.

For the obeying to be maximal, we need to continue upward. For now, let's just remember that we're talking Contentment (who ever said that the set on the observance side was constrained - actually, it is not), Wonderment (which needs no further explanation), and finally the last of the Seven Valleys, namely True Poverty and Absolute Nothingness.

Now, the description of the last Valley suggests that these Seven can be traversed in a step, but that there is no ultimate end here (since it is "the first gate of the heart’s citadel"). That is, one can think chord, repeating cycle, and similar.

Why? To continue learning and improving through obeying. What audacity asks is how does this help hone an effective ontology? That is, from applying the know/obey moral of the Twin Duties.

Remarks:

03/10/2010 -- A duty, know the Transcendent.

12/23/2009 -- About the chordal.

09/16/2009 -- We've only looked at a stimulus/response dual without regard to how perception handles the non-autonomous part. However, the brain, and more, will come into play as we go along. In terms of Love, we need to look at attractors, and their complement, knowing that they are two sides of the same thing.

Modified: 03/10/2010