Friday, January 18, 2013

In a grain of sand

Month, Day: 169, Honour, Dominion (Majesty)
Month, Day: 169, Honour, Loftiness (Independence)

Neil Shubin's book takes a grand sweep in its look at life. Such a view makes one marvel at our power of comprehension. His notion of every speck betraying a hidden compliment would approach (in the limit, if you would) those mentions of the atom: HW 29, Iqan #216, et al.

It's nice to see a scientific viewpoint that is uplifting, even if the WSJ thought it deflating.

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Ought we work on a modernization of the argument of the necessity of God, though not in the usual sense? Rather, we either approach via an axiomatic view or through rule set modifications. Then, we ought to be able to show some benefit from the addition of the incomprehensible (either small i or large I, due to choice - small i as operationally useful in the context of intractable situations, large I from the deeper meaning).

Remarks:

03/12/2013 -- We need to address effectiveness.

Modified: 03/12/2013

Saturday, January 5, 2013

The Travels

Month, Day: 169, Honour, Mercy (Glory)

After the Master left the USA, some time was spent in Europe, over the winter. So, there was the experience of the northern climates during the cold season. Have found some interesting sites that I'll collect about the travels in the old countries.

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There are still plenty over here to look at, such as this one:

          http://portraitsabdulbaha.blogspot.com/


Remarks:

01/26/2013 -- Jan 6th, arrival in Edinburgh.

Modified: 01/26/2013

Friday, December 7, 2012

Memes, as allegory

Month, Day: 169, Speech, Questions (Independence)

Our favorite day of every month. The next month is so, too. What? Questions! The real basis of the gift of science.

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In the 100-year look back, the Master's trip to the US is now over. He's in England.

That departure could motivate consideration of several things, such as the cognitive issues related to seeing the truth in people and the truth as it's differentiated by locale. The Master spent a lot of time in New England, and more in New York, in particular. He met many people, of all types. He saw plenty of the geographic realities of the northern part of the continent.

But, the Master liked Americans, their spirit, and more. One has to think about His analysis of them after observing, for the first time, what might be considered a new breed (not, in any way, meant to connote race) of person (that multitude behind the dream of America).

Consider the mixture of people here. His visit was about the time of 300th anniversary of the early comings from Europe. In New England, there were many from the northern European heritage. The difference between those who were here and those still there might have been obvious (somewhat). We would have loved to ask (remember, Questions). Yet, there was a lot of commonality, as we know (so, too, God's Creation is everywhere dense, not specifically blessed in any part, except, perhaps, pieces of Israel).

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There can be much more to say, in this regard. But, audacity says to take this approach: just as DNA analysis looks at the physical heritage of one's past, there is another type of analysis that will measure something that depicts the accumulation from the spirits of your ancestors (perhaps, psychether might be conceptually related).

Say what?

Yes, the healthy mind cannot ignore the Holy Spirit for all time. As well, it cannot but see God's Hand everywhere. But, what is healthy, in this regard? We'll get there.

In any case, no amount of denial makes the Reality go away. Brights can claim to disprove God till they're blue in the face, but that effort, no matter how long and hard, does not effect the Reality. It does not need our attention.

Basically, we're talking an either/or choice. If one denies, fine. It's a person's choice. What ramifications might there be to this choice? We may or may not see, in this lifetime.

If one does not deny, one would hope that there is a benefit from such. The huge problem is that there is a big gap between the realization and operational effectiveness. Tons can be discussed about this, and, probably, will be, in time. For the individual now, we just have to learn to balance Independence and strict obedience.

Why Independence? How else science? Too, who can take control of some else's life and tell them how to live? Oh, I know, plenty try this; it's the cause of a whole lot of problems; yes, even to those who advance in various roles related to their belief (stated generally, purposefully).

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Now, our problem is that the way of science has been subsumed under severe materialism, as if by necessity. That is, those making the deny choice, see above, are in charge. Yet, as we heard from the Master, science is much more than that. It's how we know God and His Creation. The principle says harmony of science and religion (two wings, of equal power).

So, there are many issues here to resolve. 

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The problem, with dealing with psychether, is that science is public, meaning that reproducibility, and more, is the watchword for evaluations. And, guess what? The psychetheral thing is shared by all humans; actually, it is directly addressable by (accessible to) one's consciousness with effort. We're talking part of Creation.

One might say that altered states are sought, in part, in regard to wanting to know this thing better. But, artificial means are not necessary.

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As an aside, we'll have to look at certain types of characteristics a little differently. You want me to tell you how? As I said, this is just a glimmer, about which I'll be jawboning. For instance, for the smarties, we'll look at kings and others who wielded power. That is, the Master, on several occasions while here in this newest of situations, said that levels (as in stations) are a necessary item to having any kind of order. That is, we cannot all be chiefs. In one instance when this topic was mentioned, He was with an offspring of a military officer; that is the obvious example to think about.

Aside: this is a system's concept, folks. At the same time, within the system, the Master said that all ought to be fully utilized and happy. Hence, we're not talking the age-old, top-down crap that the underlings have endured for God-only-knows how long.

Aside: We know that no one, with wisdom (see Aqdas) would want to be king - or President, for that matter - even if the crown were thrown in the ring. Too, kings have a role that makes them exemplars of God's good Graces (if only they would wake up to this -- anyone beside St. Margaret of Scotland on the list of good people?) to the folks in their domain, and, perhaps, to others. We really need to look up to them. However, given the character flaws of humans, no one of these types would be perfect, nor would they come to power except by gaming the system (yes, Pharaohs all). So, in the land of the democratic ideals, one might consider that the role is the important thing. George Washington is the perfect (yes, used advisedly) example: many (idiots all) wanted him to be crowned, but George (let's hear it for the Saint) said no and retired to Mount Vernon.

All sorts of musing will be coming forth about this subject.

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This post is only a cursory hint. Earlier, and for years, I've used psychether as a label for this mysterious thing without understanding what might be the reality of the thing to other than myself. It's not really mysterious, as, again, all conscious humans know about that in which this thing manifests itself.

In fact, psychether was used for the fact of 'ether' being misunderstood (look at the wiki page on Science and Religion related to the Faith -- all the dancing around so that the brights won't call one an idiot -- hah). Not only is psychether fairly complex, our friend Albert would find it fascinatingly familiar in properties to what he had conceived for his space-time model, except that it transcends such. That is, we're not talking spatial or temporal, and not transcendental. Rather, it's more core.

The brights, with their energetic denials of anything dealing with this truth, know the reality, too. Hence, their forcefulness in making denials. And, the use of Richard's concept in the title is intended to bring the 'meta' into memes. Richard's creativity, with regard to the term, is to be recognized, yet he opened a can of worms (which will be explained, in time).

Aside: this post is precipitated by the need to foster discussion. Too, I've been heavy into history and genealogy for about three years now. As I've swept across the expanses of western civilization's cradle, and over the long time frames and learned about those who had the talent (no monarch was without very dirty feet, and perhaps even worse), I've seen that we're playing the same old tunes, over and over (Return comes into play, here, in part). It's not a big leap to see that the energies behind all of the dynamics are the same (one task is to model how this might be); and, that families bridge the generational span, yet do not.

Aside: the Crusades are a focal, for good reason. But, that bickering goes further back. It is not necessary. Mind you, we ought not be patsies, either. The Master said that while here, to boot.

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Perhaps, we're in the day where no one religion will be above the rest. Get used to it. Perhaps, realizing this might be a key to having peace.

And, part of the psychether relates to the wars that come from the striving for dominance. It's more than just a replay of the Crusades every generation.What we have are little Lords, and all of those types, sparring about while the people suffer. Is that the way it ought to be? The problem is that the little guy's failing hurt only a small collection of people; these types' failures have wide ranging impact on many and many, and for a long time.

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As we've been told, succeeding generations will converge toward the proper views. Methinks that the lure of the e-world is indicative of the pull of the psychether. In fact, electro-magnetic phenomena (through the fact of the attribute of Light) are involved somehow. Many concepts out of in-the-small physics might have some analog. 

Pull? Yes, e-world may be an analog, but it pales in comparison to the real thing which is not to be mimicked by the virtual states (which are essentially empty). Yet, some type of augmentation, in a whole new sense, might come into play. That is, the emergence of the e-whatever is a gift in this regard. It'll help form the proper scientific framework in order to study psychether.

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As an aside, there is something related to psychether and matter which accounts for differences around the planet that are beyond our normal dealings. Nope, did not say paranormal. We'll, for now, just say that this part of Creation is one motivation behind the 1-hour trip counsel for the internment of bodies after death.

Remarks:

09/07/2015 - Bolded psychether as embolded by Multisense Realism work.

12/13/2015 -- This Atlantic article is fairly concise in its presentation of the issues. One example of those who experienced an NDE was a physician (Dr. Eben Alexander) who is accused by some of being anti-scientific. 

Modified: 09/07/2015

Monday, November 19, 2012

Crown with brilliant jewels

Month, Day: 169, Power, Honour (Perfection)

The headline says, today:  Persian Highbrow Dubs Morgan "Some Philanthropist"

I saw this earlier in the summer but did not notice that the date or that the headline was after the western trip. J.P. Morgan took over his father's bank which had been started by George Peabody. J.P. wasn't universally loved, yet he did change colors and became a giver.

So, that makes one wonder if sins can be bought off. Something like this: step on people, have all sorts of negative impacts, but then turn around and use the money for good. The greed of those after capitalistic pursuits is well-known. Those lusting after power can be problematic, to boot.

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Which brings up the issue of kinghood. We know the Aqdas has a quote that mankind will be of age when noone wants to be king. Yet, we are to serve the king; there seems to be some necessity of the role implied.

Well, it is a role. We can study the royal families in Europe to get a good handle on the intrigue and other matters that ought not be condoned. Except, there are exceptions, like St. Margaret of Scotland.

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In a sense, those ahead of large corporations are the new kings whose domains are beyond any geographic limitations. One doesn't have to go far to see some of these with almost countless poor workers who are trapped into a type of indentured servitude state.

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In True Wealth (SAQ #15), the Master uses the metaphor of a crown: As the compassionate God has placed such a wonderful crown upon the head of man, man should strive that its brilliant jewels may become visible in the world.

Too, the Aqdas tells us of the true throne of gold.

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So, we'll be getting back to this topic, a lot. It was interesting that the Master first mentioned rank after being here a few months. We know that there are differences in ability. The Master said, though, that all ought to be able to enjoy the fruits of life.

Ought kings be elected? We sure see that attribute come out of the personalities of a lot of elected officials (a whole other topic -- we'll get back to this in a discussion of memes, which are, essentially, a way to discuss something that is metaphysical (perhaps, we need another term) without using the term or concept).

Is a king someone who is on the right side of the distribution in all possible projects from whatever is the hyperspace that describes the requirements for the role?

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The Master was the King, as we'll explain, for several reasons. Yet, it was like with Christ, those in charge then completely misinterpreted the predictions of the sacred texts. Our intent in looking at this continues the audacious thrust.

Speaking of memes again, we're all kings of ourselves. By capability, we may differ in how we like to spend our time and energy. However, structure is there to keep the system working. Hence, roles will differ; some may have more glory, or power, than others; yet, we're all potentially the whole bit.

And, we do have the aristocracy as subjects for scrutiny so that we can better learn to live peacefully on this planet.

Remarks:

12/06/2012 -- Changed the title. 'brilliant' was mis-spelt. Writing in tongues? See the next audacious post.

Modified: 12/06/2012

Sunday, November 11, 2012

J. P. Morgan

Month, Day: 169, Power, Perfection (Beauty)

I noticed this earlier, before following the trip west. But, the Master praised J.P. Morgan for his philanthropy. The Master did several indirect nods in mentioning that rank is part of the plan.

We'll have to look further at the matter, but it's like this (forgive the paraphrasing):
  • All are to provide service to the Lord, in whatever way in which they have capacity. But, those of the higher gifts have no more grace than do the lowers. In fact, everyone ought to be happy with the Lord's gifts that they receive. And, the greed will be kept in control. That is, not screwing of the lowers by the highers.
Evidently, J.P.'s mis-dealings were minor compared to his later generosity. So, there is hope for the sinner (always)?

Again, J.P. was from an old American family, like his [father's] partner who was more beloved, Peabody.

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About the 11th day of the 11th month. The Master visited Arlington Cemetery and the grave of the father of his guest, Mrs. Parsons. In NYC, the Master, this time after the trip west, said that He preferred the poor to the rich. However, in New England, the Master very much visited with those who were affluent, albeit many of these were old American families. So, this day, we need to also remember those who helped the young civilization through conflicts from the beginning. We'll go more into that, in a sense of symmetry

Remarks:

05/25/2013 -- Reading of the Master's comment gave me pause. Not that I have a knee-jerk reaction to "fat cat-ism" as a fault (? -- we know that any excess comes about from collective detriments, elsewhere, do we not?), but the whole notion of the eye of the camel was strongly embedded in my brain during the early years (say, daily religion lesson, plus serving at Mass multiple times sometimes, ringing the church bell, ... -- hence, apple of the Bab's eye). Or, the counsel that gaining the whole world, while losing one's soul, does not a good career make (modern focus). So, financial gain seeking seemed other than spiritually fit. Besides, J.P.'s partner, Peabody, looked to be a better guy. Now, we have to consider how those with huge pockets may be analogs of kings.

11/19/2012 -- George Peabody's and J.P.'s time didn't really mesh. George retired by 1864. The 'kingly' set is considered, by some, to be related to wealth in the material sense. Or, it's a function of power. Character? In a sense, the Master was the kingly presence of his time.

Modified: 05/25/2013