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By: Miracles Creating Miracles | Belief Systems & Other BS

Miracles Creating Miracles | Belief Systems & Other BS — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:21:11 +0000

[...] atoms and atoms are made of subatomic particles, and subatomic particles… well they’re made of nothing; what I’m trying to say is that everything comes from nothing and, therefore, everything is a [...]

By: A Really Great Comment on “No Bulk” | Belief Systems & Other BS

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:07:27 +0000

[...] Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner friend David had a very nice comment on my piece No Bulk which I wanted to share here: I love the philosophical implications of modern physics, but to me, [...]

By: David Milbradt

David Milbradt — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:51:31 +0000

I love the philisophical implications of modern physics, but to me, it always seems a little far away from my reality when it is evoked on galactic or subatomic scales of existance. I mean to a fly water tension is a greater force than gravity which is far from my experience and flies are the size of solar systems to atoms, let alone an electron or a quark. It’s just sooo…. far away.

I’m a little more comfortable in the organic world of biochemistry and even there the world is disintergrating from form into information. If one takes the modern view of the body as a system that is continually rebuilding itself then chronic disease can only be understood as misinformation repeating itself over and over in the newly rebuilt system that is the body.

According to Bruce Lipton, ie. Biology of Belief and other writtings, biological information is not some predestined DNA code of conduct, but the expression of that code which can be strongly influenced by the human mind.

What prevents us from living in a (healthy) reality that conforms in every way to our personal vision? It is our beliefs that prevent us, of course, and if we can change our beliefs we can act like the alchemist in Ted Chiang’s “The Merchant and the Achemists Gate” and “search for tiny pores in the skin of reality, like the holes that worms bore into wood, and upon finding one he was able to expand and strech it the way a glassblower turns a dolop of molten glass into a lon-necked pipe…”

Its a beautiful site & blog Angus. May it bore a lot of wormholes into many, many minds.

David

By: admin

admin — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:23:48 +0000

Thanks Geoff! After we ran across each other on Facebook, I was surprised how well I remembered you—do you still have the fish jaw necklace?

cheers,
Angus

By: Geoffrey Malcolm Patterson

Geoffrey Malcolm Patterson — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:18:57 +0000

Excellent observations and, such a scary truth. The simple fact that, “nothing prevents us from living in a reality that conforms in every way to our personal vision of a perfect world” means there are some people walking around with some strange visions. But that is exactly the point isn’t it? The only way a person can change their experience, their “life”, is to accept responsibility for creating it in the first place.

Angus,

I think your site is great! So keep me in your list of supporters and hang on to my e-mail…It’s been oh what….about 30 years? Yet it appears we both chose a similar path with different scenery, to have the same type of zest for alternative views of life. Your writing skills remind me of Richard Bach’s stories, without the stories, just a straight forward discussion. It’s refreshing and very good.

Great to be in touch again,

Geoffrey Malcolm Patterson

By: admin

admin — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:59:31 +0000

Thanks for your kind comments, Ane and CT. Ane, I’ve been about to read the Zander book for a couple of weeks and your recommendation put me over the top.

CT, I read that string theory was actually used to successfully predict an experimental outcome recently, so I guess it’s still going.

cheers,
Angus

By: ctgrow

ctgrow — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:47:34 +0000

I often think that the bulk of the universe is contained within each and every indescribable molecule/atom/tiny universe. Whether they are separate, parallel universes or each portal into the infinitely small leads to the same infinitely large space/energy/time combo, obviously it’s impossible to tell at this point, but it’s great to try to relate some of these vague theories with the current/outdated latest mathematical models (string theory, etc.).

I know, string theory might have been proved wrong already, but there’s still a lot of mathematical/physics models out there that could result in some very bizarre actual models for reality.

I also realize that this theory was expressed in “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” by Vincent Schiavelli as Mr. Vargas (I think?), but I assure you I thought of this idea before watching the movie.

Anyway, I find it as easy to think of “infinite bulk” as “no bulk”. Funny how a lot of things work that way…

P.S. The format of this site is great, by the way. Very eye-catching.

By: Ane

Ane — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:11:11 +0000

Love the ending: “…what prevents us from living in a reality that conforms in every way to our personal vision of a perfect world? As near as I can tell, the answer is… nothing prevents us, nothing at all.”

Whenever someone gets uptight about “rules”, I remind them that this is all made up — every bit of it. So let’s figure out the objective of the rule, and head in that general direction. Got that from Benjamin & Rosamund Zander’s book, “The Art of Possibility.” It’s a good quick read.

By: admin

admin — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:13:02 +0000

Thanks for the comment, BF. The book will be out shortly. And btw, I enjoy your antics on Facebook.

By: BF

BF — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:15:17 +0000

“But suppose all this folderol is actually the case, and we really do live in a world of overlapping realities and mystic visions… how do we profit from that knowledge?”

Write a book, obviously.