The Master

Month, Day: 167, Honour, Loftiness (Grace)
Month, Day: 167, Sovereignty, Splendour (Justice)

There has been some discussion about what the Writings might mean for science and whether science has shown anything in the writings to be false. To wit: evolution and ether.

The issue, as stated in a paper: The problem of disharmony between scripture and science is rooted in an unwarranted misattribution of scriptural inerrancy.

There is much to discuss here, but the Aqdas sequence from #174 (about Abdu'l-Bahá's role infallibility) through #188 are apropos. Take, for instance, #182: Immerse yourselves in the ocean of My words, that ye may unravel its secrets, and discover all the pearls of wisdom that lie hid in its depths.

Does it not make a suggestion to us? As said before, science is never about infallibility. Too, what bit of textual material, constructed by humans (oh yes, that includes mathematics), subsumes creation?

Granted, some worldviews seem to think that they are complete. That is, the manner of expression seems to convey authoritative (pontificate) assurance. Yet do we not know that we cannot have completeness and consistency concurrently? There are many ways to describe this.

So, for now, putting evolution aside, we saw this remark by the Master in the SAQ (#48): If we wish to deny everything that is not sensible, then we must deny the realities which unquestionably exist. For example, ethereal matter is not sensible, though it has an undoubted existence. The power of attraction is not sensible, though it certainly exists. From what do we affirm these existences? From their signs. Thus this light is the vibration of that ethereal matter, and from this vibration we infer the existence of ether.
As mentioned in an earlier post, the Master knew what he was talking about. Light is more than a physical phenomenon. It is one of the Attributes which are celebrated through the year.

The Master was the son of the Manifestation, thereby inheriting insights for which we have no understanding. Too, the Master knew that his audience was going to persist through time.

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Remarks:

08/01/2012 --Ether, in a manner that is unavoidably true. Our task? Show how to handle the matter from a scientific (the wise interpretation, okay?) framework. And, audacity is not necessary.

03/17/2011 -- Just as St. Patrick carried the message, so too ought we act to bring forth a proper viewpoint.

01/25/2011 -- Continued in the next post.

Modified: 08/01/2012

Maitreya, et al

Month, Day: 167, Speech, Power (Beauty)
Month, Day: 167, Speech, Speech (Beauty)

Many continue to anticipate the Maitreya. A New Yorker article describes how one soul has been offered this burden, without looking for it. According to the list in the NYer article, many have claimed this role or that of the Messiah.

Though some question the role and its existence, there have been many. This time of the year celebrates the birth of an earlier Messiah. We have similar occurrences throughout the year.

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So, what is the theme (motivation) here? There must be some understanding of the Prophet's Role that is within our grasp and that is inherently human (return?). This trait may very well relate to one's ability for acceptance of the Message.

Coming up next in the Motivational group will be Questions (12/12). One goal may be to ask such as to divert away from the delusional tag so that the importance of this notion to science can be discussed in a more sane fashion than we have seen to date. Would not such be the expected result if the message were true?

Remarks:

04/04/2011 -- We'll be looking at things like foreknowledge.

12/05/2010 -- Need to add that, for some views, the cycles ended. This site will be used for the main Islamic information source, for awhile.

Modified: 04/04/2011

Manifestation

Month, Day: 167, Power, Names (Independence)

Last time, we considered the notion of what science can know about the Manifestation. Do not expect that the answer is categorically 'not much' before some discussion.

In the SAQ, Part Three is apropos to the topic. There are ten Chapters related to the subject. #37 (pg 148) and #45 (pg 173) have the topological theme that we'll get back to since it's essential. #40 talks knowledge (first of the Twin Duties). As we see it practiced now, science mainly deals with one of these.

Audacity says, we need to look at this otherwise.

Remarks:

11/16/2010 -- We looked at this a couple of years ago under Belief and delusion. Obviously, a major contingent within science wants delusion to be the case. Yet, the otherwise can be demonstrated. The question? To what extent in the public manner required by science? Well, it's a foundational issue.

Modified: 11/16/2010

Transcendent Knowledge and Power

Month, Day: 167, Beauty, Knowledge (Beauty)
Month, Day: 167, Beauty, Power (Perfection)

Aqdas (#81): O kings of the earth! The Most Great Law hath been revealed in this Spot, this scene of transcendent splendour. Every hidden thing hath been brought to light by virtue of the Will of the Supreme Ordainer, He Who hath ushered in the Last Hour, through Whom the Moon hath been cleft, and every irrevocable decree expounded.

Of interest is to read forward a few more paragraphs, especially the counsel that 'hearts' are of chief interest which seems to be antithetical to those who are wont to wield power over more than their own selves.

Transcendent Glory

Month, Day: 167, Glory, Glory (Glory)
Month, Day: 167, Glory, Beauty (Beauty)

SAQ (54): For the Word does not signify the body of Christ, no, but the divine perfections manifested in Him. For Christ was like a clear mirror which was facing the Sun of Reality; and the perfections of the Sun of Reality—that is to say, its light and heat—were visible and apparent in this mirror. If we look into the mirror, we see the sun, and we say, “It is the sun.” Therefore, the Word and the Holy Spirit, which signify the perfections of God, are the divine appearance. This is the meaning of the verse in the Gospel which says: “The Word was with God, and the Word was God”; for the divine perfections are not different from the Essence of Oneness. The perfections of Christ are called the Word because all the beings are in the condition of letters, and one letter has not a complete meaning, while the perfections of Christ have the power of the word because a complete meaning can be inferred from a word. As the Reality of Christ was the manifestation of the divine perfections, therefore, it was like the word. Why? Because He is the sum of perfect meanings. This is why He is called the Word.

We have three more and then the Teleological before getting into the Operational.

Ascendant to Transcendent

Month, Day: 166, Dominion, Dominion (Justice)

Couldn't pass up having a post on this square day. We're heading to the last month of 166 (and the renewal of energies). With the three Ascendant months and the four Transcendent months, we have almost a third of the year devoted to things than cannot be reduced.

Isn't that great?

Then, we have the reducible, to an extent, and usable, with the other three groups: Teleological, Operational, and Motivational.

So, the theme will continue, as how can we apply knowledge of the Key? How long will this take? Well, I'm not racing against the anyone's clock (though, it's to be within PTIME, I hope).

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Reminder, about Revelation, Aqdas (#37): Whoso layeth claim to a Revelation direct from God, ere the expiration of a full thousand years, such a man is assuredly a lying impostor.

Easy enough.

Too, somehow, the abstracted has led us astray. How to reclaim the fact that human intuition, and natural bases, are more grounded? That is, Creation-based science.

Remarks:

03/11/2020 -- Still doing Groups (patterns).

03/21/2011 -- Year 165, Year 166, Year 167, Year 168

04/21/2010 -- We need to upgrade to a Transcendent Topology.

Modified: 03/11/2020

Revelations

Month, Day: 166, Dominion, Honour (Perfection)

One of the longest chapters in the SAQ, (#11), deals with the Revelation of St. John: In the day of the manifestation of the Lord of Hosts, and at the epoch of the divine cycle of the Omnipotent which is promised and mentioned in all the books and writings of the Prophets—in that day of God, the Spiritual and Divine Kingdom will be established, and the world will be renewed; a new spirit will be breathed into the body of creation; the season of the divine spring will come; the clouds of mercy will rain; the sun of reality will shine; the life-giving breeze will blow; the world of humanity will wear a new garment; the surface of the earth will be a sublime paradise; mankind will be educated; wars, disputes, quarrels and malignity will disappear; and truthfulness, righteousness, peace and the worship of God will appear; union, love and brotherhood will surround the world; and God will rule for evermore—meaning that the Spiritual and Everlasting Kingdom will be established. Such is the day of God. For all the days which have come and gone were the days of Abraham, Moses and Christ, or of the other Prophets; but this day is the day of God, for the Sun of Reality will arise in it with the utmost warmth and splendor.
How many today posses such insight as shown by St. John? Is it not appropriate to suggest that everyone does?

As mentioned in the Gleanings (#5): The whole duty of man in this Day is to attain that share of the flood of grace which God poureth forth for him. Let none, therefore, consider the largeness or smallness of the receptacle. The portion of some might lie in the palm of a man’s hand, the portion of others might fill a cup, and of others even a gallon-measure.

One has to accept that many who are of talent go astray bringing oodles of people with them along the paths to perdition. Is this how we learn?

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The theme of trying to describe some notion of the Manifestation will continue, albeit more slowly than not, to the end of fostering an improvement scheme for the everyman.

We are beyond the time of the Presence, yet how apropos is the following now? Gleanings (#124): It is for this reason that, in those days, no man shall ever stand in need of his neighbor.

We have seen the deleterious effect of the power; when will science demonstrate a more balanced framework (being discussed, of course)?

Remarks:

02/24/2010 -- Ascendant to Transcendent.

Modified: 02/24/2010

Mentors

Month, Day: 166, Dominion, Splendour (Beauty)

There was an earlier suggestion that we need to think about, though we cannot comprehend, the various states of the Manifestations, who are Key, since we have been allowed Questions (science).

Notice SAQ #25: In the Gospel of John, in speaking of the Promised One Who was to come after Christ, it is said in chapter 16, verses 12, 13: “I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth: for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak.” Then, there is an explanation.

How does this happen? Is there any similarity with normal human existence? That is, are we allowed any semblance of knowing.

What about action? We all have some notion about puppetry. Is this not the motivation behind indoctrination?

These questions are such as an autodidact would bring forward; independent investigation of the truth necessitates the autodidact which essentially consists a mentor-less state.

Yet, how can one actually be mentor-less? Our parents are our first mentors (SAQ #57). In fact, they set the stage for our lives, in many ways that are permanent. If they have done a good job, it leaves one in a condition of standing on the shoulders of giants (thanks, Isaac).

In this regard, too, the counsel of God loving those who works in groups (paraphrase) applies from several perspectives. One that needs further explanation is foundational (the future - psychether).

By the way, have you thanked your parents lately (SAQ #62)?

Consider that the Glory's parents died early so that he was raised by his uncle which resulted in a different mentoring situation. Teleologically important? Reducing a type of influence? Perhaps, it was a grace to them, disallowed any erroneous motions (free will, this side).

In any case, the usual 'mentor' dynamic, of the normal human experience, did not happen. However the operational aspects unfolded, we can only know pieces. One important thing? No matter how real any similar circumstance may appear to be, it cannot be the case, according to the thousand year rule.

Now, this discussion mainly points to the time when science (ah, Brights?) will have accepted some categorical difference between humans and other creatures and when they try to attempt to use this knowledge. Somehow, limits must be fully described and supported scientifically. As mentioned earlier, for those things not in the Writings (and we do not know this yet),
the Universal House of Justice will be central.

Remarks:

02/24/2010 -- Ascendant to Transcendent.

Modified: 03/11/2010

Singleness

Month, Day: 166, Honour, Dominion (Beauty)

Let's be more specific, conceptually, and the details will follow. Return is addressed several places. Are allusions implied? Yes and no, as it depends. That we see recurrence of a nature that science ignores is the key issue. Everyone can see these things as they will.

Now, taking the thought further, we need to look at the arguments against reincarnation. This does not mean to argue against any one's belief. It basically is provided for its potential for explaining some things that seem to antithetical to scientism.

SAQ #82: The first argument for its impossibility is that the outward is the expression of the inward; the earth is the mirror of the Kingdom; the material world corresponds to the spiritual world. Now observe that in the sensible world appearances are not repeated, for no being in any respect is identical with, nor the same as, another being. The sign of singleness is visible and apparent in all things. If all the granaries of the world were full of grain, you would not find two grains absolutely alike, the same and identical without any distinction.

Consider this. The growth of our prowess with abstraction (nonsense, to certain views) has led us along perdition-bound paths to the detriment of all. That the best and brightest have been allowed to game finance into an unbalanced state rests more on the complexities brought by computation, and its mathematical basis, than on mere human frailties. We can correct this.

Too, abstraction's gift to science is similar and has led to a divergence from reality and knowledge. Strong statement, I know. We can support it fully. So, we know that God controls creation; yet, that operational method is not mathematically founded. Not in the usual sense that is commonly accepted.

Not only are things different at the meta-atomic level, so too are they atomically, and perhaps below. The consequence? A type of memory that, when we learn how to use it, can phenomenally change our lives.

We've see the 'sun' in the atom (Seven Valleys). We have not, yet, seen this force. Know what? Its use will not be as readily found as was that in the 1940's use of atomic power. Too, it'll require human interaction; therefore, any with notions of the isolation of the best and brightest (we've seen this start with the financial imbalance) will be counter productive.

How long will this all take? It'll probably be beyond my time; yet, I can express the main component of the basis - psychether.

There you have it, folks.

Afterword: We have only 1 more day before the Ascendants begin our climb to the New Year and the energy burst.

Remarks:

01/25/2012 -- Yes, still at it. Ready to be more audacious. What we're looking for has to do with mind; at some point, it will be allowed by science that we can observe effects (actually, predict, to boot - one step forward will be a more insightful mathematics).

05/17/2011 -- Stephen gets press.

05/09/2011 -- We need a constructive re-look.

02/24/2010 -- Ascendant to Transcendent.

Modified: 01/25/2012

The Key

Month, Day: 166, Honour, Words (Justice)

As said before, there will be a focused effort on bringing an understanding to the philosophy of science regarding the spiritual. That is, we need more than a mere operational stance, as this notion is a primal issue.

Firstly, we know that there is the knowledge. The boom in scientific coverage over Creation the past two hundred years is full of examples, and there is more to come.

Aqdas #14: Thus doth the Lord make plain the ways of truth and guidance, ways that lead to one way, which is this Straight Path. Render thanks unto God for this most gracious favour; offer praise unto Him for this bounty that hath encompassed the heavens and the earth; extol Him for this mercy that hath pervaded all creation.

Secondly, there is the 'key' which has more than an intellectual, or contemplative, role. Of course, one can point to the individual's ideals and improvements as being important. Yet, the sum of humanity's attributes, of any sort, are not the whole of much. This we need to demonstrate as clearly as were Euclid's notions (why go back that far? a counterbalance to the girth of abstract nonsense).

Aqdas #15: Say: God hath made My hidden love the key to the Treasure; would that ye might perceive it! But for the key, the Treasure would to all eternity have remained concealed; would that ye might believe it!

Finally, explicit plunking of this as a factor is not what we're talking either. Rather, in the Writings are embedded what is necessary for the proper basis. Our task? Again, to demonstrate this, partly by character and also by insight.

Aqdas, Notes #23: Wishing to reveal Thyself, Thou didst call into being the Greater and the Lesser Worlds, and didst choose Man above all Thy creatures, and didst make Him a sign of both of these worlds, O Thou Who art our Lord, the Most Compassionate! Thou didst raise Him up to occupy Thy throne before all the people of Thy creation. Thou didst enable Him to unravel Thy mysteries, and to shine with the lights of Thine inspiration and Thy Revelation, and to manifest Thy names and Thine attributes. Through Him Thou didst adorn the preamble of the book of Thy creation, O Thou Who art the Ruler of the universe Thou hast fashioned!

As one looks at the arguments of the brights, and others, the notion of the looming giant abounds, even if it is just done as an allusion (and even unconsciously). Now, that thinking of the avatar of everything has the corollary of trashing the small and the weak. Too, it's part of the mistake of thinking that the return of the Prophet will be with glory and power and military might which is really antithetical to Christ's Reality.

Also, we were told, more than once, that all can witness God's influence in their lives (Iqan #233: The understanding of His words and the comprehension of the utterances of the Birds of Heaven are in no wise dependent upon human learning. They depend solely upon purity of heart, chastity of soul, and freedom of spirit.). In fact, some of the more lowly are of a greater stature, in to-be-described spaces, than those whose facilities with processing data (sense, language, and such) are superior. Actually, those who excel at the sensual (of a connotation far beyond the mere erotic, folks) do have analogs in the animal kingdom.

To be bold, it is the best and brightest to which that refers who essentially screw up the world with their machinations. The financial downturn is a recent example. There are too many to describe here. Plus, the adage of the sin-covering eye probably kicks in. Counter to that, though, is protecting the innocent, weak, and innumeracy'd.

That, folks, is the role of the autodidact (Independent Investigation of the Truth). And, have a Creation-based framework is one item to discuss.

Aside: The financial mess came from two things: human frailities and computation. Now, the first is age-old (why else the need for the Manifestation to return?). The second is new and not very well understood. Its basis is largely undecidable, yet many of the best and brightest do not accept that. Hubris? Too, computation is easily manipulated, analogous to the adage about the capability of statistics of being used to support any argument. Hence, market frameworks, that would not exist without the computational advances, can be gamed (and they are, folks). Regulators and administrators (read the political realm) are powerless to handle the complications. So, the affairs will remain messy. Question? Where are the Baha'i economists, and bankers, talking the proper view? Staying mum due to not having mastered the realm (dismal that it is) is no excuse, as understanding is not possible (von Neumann said that about mathematics); the 4th Valley's allusions (Were all the denizens of earth and heaven to unravel this shining allusion, this darksome riddle, until the Day when the Trumpet soundeth, yet would they fail to comprehend even a letter thereof, for this is the station of God’s immutable decree, His foreordained mystery. Hence, when searchers inquired of this, He made reply, “This is a bottomless sea which none shall ever fathom.” And they asked again, and He answered, “It is the blackest of nights through which none can find his way.” ) are supportive of that notion. We'll be going into these types of concrete issues more often in 2010. Why cannot the Faith be used to found a more stable structure? Economic, that is, not militarily supported power. And, economic is a more

Remarks:

08/31/2012 -- Names, Knowledge, Independence.

05/17/2011 -- Stephen gets press.

05/09/2011 -- We need a constructive re-look.

04/04/2011 -- We'll be looking at things like foreknowledge, as an example of our attributes that approximate.

03/17/2011 -- Just as St. Patrick carried the message, so too ought we act to bring forth a proper viewpoint.

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

01/08/2010 -- Underdetermination is the main state, that is, of the human without the spiritual assists that are readily at hand.

Modified: 08/31/2012

Questions and more

Month, Day: 166, Questions, Honour (Beauty)
Month, Day: 166, Questions, Sovereignty (Perfection)

Questions never end and recur with several patterns. Too, with Questions, we have the basis for our knowledge and science. Now that we're on the Ascendant side toward Honour, we ought to consider a basis for audacity.

This will take some time, but let's consider the importance of Some Answered Questions (SAQ). Notice the topics covered in the Contents. The first section deals with the influence of the Manifestation (SAQ #1) on human progress. What is a Manifestation? How comes the influence?

The first question invokes the Twin duties, yet there is an operational theme involved, to boot. That second question will take longer to answer as it is a motivation for audacity. Not that the first is easy.

However, looking at the first question, for now, we can dispatch it in part by referencing the Attributes which is an uncountable set. Yet, we were given the nineteen recurring for some reason leading to thoughts like Transcendence and Ascendant.

Given that we can juxtapose, despite arguments by the Brights, what comes up in this context will be delusion and futility. You see, those of the denial side will apply the delusional label for any beyond an extremely limited operational viewpoint where those of certain neuropeptidergic and cellular traits reign with help from their ever-growing artifacts that are based both in thought and matter.

For those who do understand or comprehend (see below), we see from Search that it's endless, in fact, the 4th implies a certain type of imposed limitation. Yet, it's not futile as we are always encouraged to seek (Questions, of course! Too, acts over words).

Aqdas #186: Say: This is the Dayspring of Divine knowledge, if ye be of them that understand, and the Dawning-place of God’s commandments, if ye be of those who comprehend.

Ultimately, and soon, we'll have a collection of thoughts of the Manifestation's life and purpose. We can start with Abraham (Knowledge) and Moses (Veiled from this was Moses). Then, we will look at some existential issues related to the theme.

Modified: 12/31/2009

Yearly measure

Month, Day: 166, Will, Knowledge (Majesty)

Audacity poses questions about dynamics that need further study. What motivation? Consider the quote provided below in terms of a yearly push on the Baha day of Baha.

What effects could we discern with the proper model?

As we all know, as we age, the metaphor of the seasons for the changes that we experience is not just lightly correlated. And, though we know that the Creator's influence is of each moment, knowing that a special burst comes yearly would allow us to think about how we manage this for ourselves and for endeavors.

Too, we could use the insight to consider what the ways of science could know and show.

From the Aqdas (111): Happy the one who entereth upon the first day of the month of Bahá, the day which God hath consecrated to this Great Name. And blessed be he who evidenceth on this day the bounties that God hath bestowed upon him; he, verily, is of those who show forth thanks to God through actions betokening the Lord’s munificence which hath encompassed all the worlds. Say: This day, verily, is the crown of all the months and the source thereof, the day on which the breath of life is wafted over all created things. Great is the blessedness of him who greeteth it with radiance and joy. We testify that he is, in truth, among those who are blissful.

Finally, does the measure diminish, yearly, between Manifestations? Or, does it increase to offset the collection of flim-flam? Those are Teleological questions.

Remarks:

03/22/2022 -- Still at it. The yearly measure comes with the wafting mentioned in the Aqdas. Later, we saw group concepts applied. See Splendour/Glory from 179. 

05/17/2011 -- Stephen gets press.

05/09/2011 -- We need a constructive re-look.

04/04/2011 -- Yearly measure, in use (April, the month of potential).

03/21/2011 -- Year 165, Year 166, Year 167, Year 168

11/21/2010 -- What motivates, indeed. By time of the Motivational, how much of the yearly measure do we have left?

12/21/2009 -- More on the diagonal or square'd days.
12/06/2009 -- The Motivational implies goals and actions. Too, the day? Splendour, Splendour. Or, Baha, Baha. Seems as if each month recapitulates the year, in a sense (brings to mind the adage of ontogeny recapitulating phylogeny - suggesting some organic [living being, of course] analog?).

Modified: 03/22/2022

Science and the Manifestations

Month, Day: Light, Words (Majesty)

An example of how our use of light has abounded, in so many ways beyond just the prowess with electromagnetics, is Facebook (500+ Baha'i references). There have been discussion forums galore, since the internet's inception, what with Usenet, et al. This latest may be the largest collective, though, which is only just begun (Carpenters).

Baha'i Faith and Science's (Wikipedia) discussion page had a brief interchange about whether the Writings are propositionally complete. Well, the Incompleteness Theorem may suggest not; yet, we have the larger piece of evidence in that the Manifestations recur regularly. Too, we're told that limits are imposed judiciously by the hosts (angelic and otherwise).

Hence, we need to know that there is no axiomatic set that would found the new audacious view; at least, not in total, but there may be (are) operational subsets that will be (are) of much interest. Who is looking at this?

What we have now after the latest Revelation is the Manifestation as the paragon, the Writings as the evidence, and the Administration as the workable covering scheme. It's that first that we need to look at more closely, in term of the audacity that is required.

That is, the influence via the axioms may be insignificant compared to that of the rules, definitions, and milieu that relate to the Manifestation's importance.

From the Facebook page, PUP, pg 128: "... religion must be in conformity to science and reason. If a religion does not agree with the postulates of science nor accord with the regulations of reason it is a bundle of superstitions; a phantasm of the brain. Science and religion are realities, and if that religion to which we adhere be a reality it must needs conform to the fundamental reality of all things."

We will look more closely at 'postulates of science' and 'regulations of reason' in the context of this post, using, of course, discussion of how we know and raise Questions.

Remarks:


08/01/2012 --Ether, in a manner that is unavoidably true. Our task? Show how to handle the matter from a scientific (the wise interpretation, okay?) framework. And, audacity is not necessary.

03/17/2011 -- Just as St. Patrick carried the message, so too ought we act to bring forth a proper viewpoint.

08/05/2009 -- We'll look at SAQ #37 more in the context of how the Teleological influences.

07/19/2009 -- From the beginning.

06/22/2009 -- We can know.

Modified: 08/01/2012

Knowledge and the Manifestations

Month, Day: Light, Beauty (Beauty)
Month, Day: Light, Glory (Glory)

We don't get that congruence every month with the day of the month and the day of the week.

There are many references to the theme, especially in the SAQ (Part Three).

One from the Tablet of Ahmad is so apropos: "Verily this is that Most Great Beauty, foretold in the Books of the Messengers, through Whom truth shall be distinguished from error and the wisdom of every command shall be tested."

Note, Teleological and Operational.

Remarks:

03/17/2011 -- Just as St. Patrick carried the message, so too ought we act to bring forth a proper viewpoint.

06/11/2009 -- Science and Religion.

Modified: 03/17/2011

New Year 166

Month, Day: Splendour, Splendour (Glory)

SAQ #42: In like manner, the Holy Manifestations of God are the centers of the light of reality, of the source of mysteries, and of the bounties of love. They are resplendent in the world of hearts and thoughts, and shower eternal graces upon the world of spirits; They give spiritual life and are shining with the light of realities and meanings. The enlightenment of the world of thought comes from these centers of light and sources of mysteries. Without the bounty of the splendor and the instructions of these Holy Beings the world of souls and thoughts would be opaque darkness. Without the irrefutable teachings of those sources of mysteries the human world would become the pasture of animal appetites and qualities, the existence of everything would be unreal, and there would be no true life.
Remarks:

03/21/2013 -- Add in Year 169 and Year 170.

03/21/2011 -- Year 165, Year 166, Year 167, Year 168

02/24/2010 -- Ascendant to Transcendent.

Modified: 03/21/2013

From Whence

Month, Day: Knowledge, Beauty (Glory)

We know that knowledge is from God, and that there are two main ways to know (SAQ).

Humans seems to want one over the other; the science side is constructive, requires work and is testable; on the other side, Revelation is a function of time and is not testable, in the usual sense.

There are many constructs of science to discuss, however the construct named 'meme' can be used for issues related to knowledge, to how generations progress in development, and so forth. Yet, those who postulate the meme cannot bear to accept that God can be part of the equation, to boot.

How? Well, that is our challenge; there are many avenues that are possible, including using the Writings prepositionally (even propositionally, or do we need a different concept for this application issue?).

On the Revelation side, we know that the Manifestation is periodic; between those events, what we might call small 'r' revelation is from the Manifestation. Nevertheless, this more spiritual side needs attention, albeit through action many times. The main challenge is how spirit and science ought to interplay.

For one thing, a new look at mathematics will be on the table. Some statements in the SAQ are very much topological in nature.

Remarks:

12/07/2009 -- Motivational musings, especially topology.

Modified: 12/07/2009

Evolution

Month, Day: Might, Dominion (Majesty)

SAQ #50 puts the proper wrinkle: All that we can say is that this terrestrial globe at one time did not exist, and at its beginning man did not appear upon it. But from the beginning which has no beginning, to the end which has no end, a Perfect Manifestation always exists. This Man of Whom we speak is not every man; we mean the Perfect Man. For the noblest part of the tree is the fruit, which is the reason of its existence. If the tree had no fruit, it would have no meaning. Therefore, it cannot be imagined that the worlds of existence, whether the stars or this earth, were once inhabited by the donkey, cow, mouse and cat, and that they were without man! This supposition is false and meaningless. The word of God is clear as the sun.

One can think of the ways that evolution was influenced spiritually; though, we are not to look back too far (4th point); that is, the progressive unfolding of the Manifestations has physical impacts.

Is not studying these to be part of science (broader connotation, of course)?

Remarks:

01/25/2011 -- What would be a comprehensive view of this phenomenon?

01/26/2010 -- Of note: Twin duties, Free will, Return, Operational time.

08/16/2009 -- The Operational group is approaching, and ontology is primal. One area of focus, as suggested by this post, will be mind-body studies. Somehow, insights from the Writings ought to have importance, teleological and operational.

05/29/2009 -- The Transcendent baffles.

Modified: 01/25/2011

Attributes and Names

Month, Day: Light, Names (Independence)

Of course, these are more than the finite collection that we can cover with the months and days.

The Manifestations: "through their Revelation, their attributes and names, the Revelation of God, His names and His attributes, are made manifest in the world…" (Aqdas, Note 160) and are how we know God.

The SAQ has a whole section titled "ON THE POWERS AND CONDITIONS OF THE MANIFESTATIONS OF GOD" regarding this subject.

Remarks:

11/23/2009 -- Motivational thoughts.

05/29/2009 -- The Transcendent baffles.

Modified: 11/23/2009