A little flight of fancy occurred to me in the shower this afternoon after
three cups of high octane coffee and with the added stimulus of pine soap
essence. What if we all reside on the imaginary plane? While we are
"alive", i.e., living in our physical manifestation, we are existing on
the real number line. We can measure our existence and that of others. In
a sense, we exhibit universality, i.e., we are all recognized as human
beings (? :))
When we die, maybe we go off the real number line onto other portions of
the imaginary plane. We no longer carry a physical manifestation but only
a spiritual one. We then mix in whorls within whorls and reemerge on the
real number line in a different physical manifestation. Maybe we carry
some information with us so we don't have to relearn all of history; maybe
we come around multiple times with ever greater "intuition." We could
easily imagine that this imaginary plane is heaven because we are not
limited by our physical manifestation while we are there; we could even
carry this idea forward through multiple manifestations so that future
generations believe in an after life.
2. The logicians can pick the following apart.
If the planet earth did not exist, we would not exist on it. (I think
this one will fly.) If the planet earth did not exist the way it does, we
would not exist the way we do.
Conclusion: We are as we are because the earth is as it is. We
self-organize as we do because all of history has evolved as it has
because the earth is as it is.
Conclusion: We act according to our paradigms which are as they are
because all of history is as it is.
Conclusion: Those of us who are not in jail are the lucky ones because
our paradigms developed in a way that our actions are deemed acceptable
(or at least not so unacceptable as to put us in jail) or we haven't been
caught in an unacceptable act by someone who can put us in jail.
Corollary: The ones in jail are the unlucky ones because their paradigms
led to unacceptable actions and they were caught by someone who could put
them in jail.
Conclusion: "There but for the grace of phase space go I."
Conclusion: Non-judgmental, open exploration of all assumptions and
thought processes could lead to more lucky people and fewer unlucky ones.
3. In some phase space, elements which seem to be unconnected dust have
been proved mathematically to in fact be connected by almost invisible
filaments. If we are each a particle of dust, we are still all connected
through the fact that we are nodal points in space and time in the same
phase space defined by the planet earth's history. We are similarly
connected to all people who have not yet appeared on the real number line.
When I was on "The Wall" at the Pecos River Learning Center (used to exist
in Santa Fe) and I was tied to two other people, it became so obvious that
I would choose my actions in an interdependent context because I could see
that I was interdependent. It was also obvious that many people don't see
the gossamer strands that connect so they choose their actions as if those
strands aren't there. The results of these actions are so removed in
space and time that these people learn that these actions are OK, i.e.,
produce the results they want.
So is it possible for us to help others see this interdependent reality
which will enable them to interact differently with their situations and
thereby create results that add value for a broader set of stakeholders
without subtracting value from some other set?
Adios, amigos and amigas.
-- Willard Jule 75272.3452@compuserve.com