{"id":56,"date":"2006-09-06T02:58:30","date_gmt":"2006-09-06T02:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/summametaphysica.com\/gg\/eta-some-reflections\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6-insights\/"},"modified":"2018-04-23T16:28:19","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T21:28:19","slug":"eta-some-reflections%e2%80%a6-insights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.summametaphysica.com\/gg\/eta-some-reflections%e2%80%a6-insights\/","title":{"rendered":"ETA: Some reflections\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6
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Summa Metaphysica’s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153String Theory\u00e2\u20ac\u009d1, 2, 3,<\/sup><\/p>\n

The Infinitude-Divine at\u00e2\u20ac\u201cthe\u00e2\u20ac\u201cend\u00e2\u20ac\u201cof\u00e2\u20ac\u201cthe\u00e2\u20ac\u201crainbow…..<\/p>\n

draws a string from the precursor milieu to Creation…….through Creation (at the dawn of time)\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 through the eons\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 to Itself – showing the line of optimal Potential<\/p>\n

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SECULARISTS can call this proposed dynamic –<\/p>\n

Infinite Consciousness and Givingness and Will
\nand LifeForce<\/p>\n

(no intervention; no Godhead)<\/p>\n

The RELIGIOUS will call the Divine, the God of Abraham<\/p>\n

KABBALISTS can readily embrace this proposal<\/p>\n

HASSIDIC purists can savor the Bal Shem Tov\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s prescience<\/p>\n

SPIRITUALISTS can ride somewhere in the middle<\/p>\n

BUDDHISTS can call this Divine\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6
\nUltimate Perfection and Harmony<\/p>\n

PHYSICISTS can put down their electron microscopes for a few minutes\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6..and savor the non-quantifiable wonders of the cosmic order<\/p>\n

DARWINISTS can be reconciled that they were partially correct…as evolution is clearly an important part of the process<\/p>\n

The \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcINTELLIGENT DESIGN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 camp can readily adopt this (Summa Metaphysica) thesis as core doctrine. It has the not inconsiderable advantage of being more precisely \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcon-the-money\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and fully compatible with the general thrust of their approach, although the avant garde \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcidentity\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 of the Intelligent Designer may take some time getting-used-to.<\/p>\n

——————- NOTES by KHALIL ——————-<\/p>\n

1<\/sup> Summa Metaphysica’s “String Theory”: With this the author makes clear that cosmic evolution is not defined solely by a start\u00e2\u20ac\u201cpoint and an end\u00e2\u20ac\u201cpoint. There is something connecting these points, which is with us today\u00e2\u20ac\u201d a “road” connecting origin to destination.<\/p>\n

2<\/sup> Summa Metaphysica’s “String Theory”\u00e2\u20ac\u201d and the Torah: The Torah is the thread that directs humankind towards Divine Perfection, providing continual guidance. This effect is powerful enough to drive all of creation, yet subtle enough to only be detected by the most spiritually perceptive souls. As he approached his final hours, Jacob\u00e2\u20ac\u201d whose life was particularly difficult and arduous,\u00e2\u20ac\u201d would bless Joseph in the name of God \u00e2\u20ac\u0153who was my shepherd from my inception until this day\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (Genesis 48:15).<\/p>\n

3<\/sup> Summa Metaphysica’s “String Theory”\u00e2\u20ac\u201d and Biology: One of the presuppositions of Darwinism is that evolution cannot be teleological (i.e., evolution cannot plan for the future; it can only favor traits that support survival in the current environment). Thus a species can only acquire traits that suit its environment at the specific time. The author\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s string theory model, in contradistinction to Darwin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s model, and in one of Birnbaum\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s crucial pivots, asserts that evolution is, indeed, most definitely goal-directed, as well.<\/p>\n

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All roads, in any event, will inevitably, in any event, lead to this ineffable Infinitude<\/p>\n

“When all is said and done, what we each seek is to reach out of this finite world and connect with the Infinite. To become one with God.”<\/p>\n

– Rabbi Noah Weinberg
\n“Five Levels”
\nAISH.com 10\/6\/06<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The ramifications are abundant\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6We are all one4<\/sup><\/p>\n

We are all united<\/p>\n

We are all very integral parts of this Cosmic Symphonic Projectory<\/p>\n

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The one is inextricably part of the Whole
\nThe Whole is embryonic Divine<\/p>\n

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Thus, there is a sort-of triple-paradox at-play:<\/p>\n

On the one hand we are AUTONOMOUS – and wish to be AUTONOMOUS.<\/p>\n

On the second hand, we want to become ONE with the Divine.<\/p>\n

On the third hand, we already are INTEGRAL to the Divine.<\/p>\n

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All three dynamics would seem to be operating in-tandem.<\/p>\n

Three cardinal tenets of Advanced Metaphysics are in perpetual tension.<\/p>\n

Segue’-ing from one modality to another<\/p>\n

(and the Religious add yet a fourth – SUBLIMATING oneself to the divine)<\/p>\n

energizes the very core of our being – and presses the forward wave of the cosmos, ever-forward still…..<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

Ascents in human consciousness are a key goal.
\nAscents in human goodness and givingness, probably are, as well<\/p>\n

——————- NOTES by KHALIL ——————-<\/p>\n

4<\/sup> “We are one”: Q4F (Quest for Fulfillment) is a force originating from the individual that is directed right back at the individual\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s CORE\u00e2\u20ac\u201d a force directed back towards its center (centripetal). Q4P as a quest also originating from the individual but pushing infinitely outwards, unleashing its energy into a cosmic collective that energizes time and space\u00e2\u20ac\u201dmaking it more of an outward driving (or centrifugal) force.<\/p>\n

Without Q4F constantly re\u00e2\u20ac\u201cenergizing the individual, Q4P might be unsustainable. And without Q4P there would be insufficient collective energy to ignite the cosmos and drive forward and onward, and thereby create the framework in which Q4F can thrive, as well.<\/p>\n

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HUMANITY\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s evolvement was to be the solution to these primal cosmic thrusts. Thru HUMANS, Q4P has its OPTIMAL route<\/p>\n

Through HUMANS, Q4F (and the gamut of EMOTION) plays out MAXIMALLY<\/p>\n

It is not that HUMANS happen to have evolved INTELLECTUALLY and in CONSCIOUSNESS; Rather, that evolvement is one of their key raisons d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122etre<\/em>5, 6<\/sup><\/p>\n

It is not that EMOTION happens to be the byproduct of human interaction; Rather, part of the raison d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122etre<\/em> of humans\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 ever-ascending complexity and sophistication, albeit continuing primitive brutality, is to play out the panoply of EMOTION in ever-increasing range and nuance.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Human aggressiveness\u00e2\u20ac\u009d plays into both key themes:<\/p>\n

The cosmos itself is hyper-aggressive; Only a hyper-aggressive dynamic could have burst forth into REALITY from the VOID. As hypothesized, human dynamics parallel cosmic dynamics; In addition, aggressiveness is a key to reaching various potentialities.<\/p>\n

The by-products of aggressiveness\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 even the very severe \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcbad\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 ones, e.g. victimization, murder, destruction, enslavement, torture, betrayal, humiliation\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 play out the dark-side gamut of emotion. This \u00e2\u20ac\u0153dark side\u00e2\u20ac\u009d gamut of emotion is presumably symmetric to the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153light side\u00e2\u20ac\u009d gamut (e.g. joy, happiness, exhilaration, love, etc.). It is conjectured here that one could not have the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153light side\u00e2\u20ac\u009d of the gamut, without its symmetric \u00e2\u20ac\u0153dark side\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n

A diabolical spin on the above would conjecture that
\nthe cosmos indeed wanted to play-out both sides of
\nthe emotional spectrum.<\/p>\n

——————- NOTES by KHALIL ——————-<\/p>\n

5<\/sup> Raisons d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122etre <\/em>A: Philosophers from Aristotle to Descartes have asserted the centrality of human intellect. By designating intellectual development as the essence of humanity, the path, \u00e2\u20ac\u201d if not the destination, \u00e2\u20ac\u201d was made clear. This concept augmented human potential markedly by making humankind aware that its loftiest pursuit is the quest for elevated consciousness, yet the ultimate benefit of this journey had remained undefined and uncharted until now.<\/p>\n

6<\/sup> Raisons d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122etre <\/em>B: In Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle concludes that it is the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153role\u00e2\u20ac\u009d of the human to cultivate that faculty which is uniquely human, namely the intellect. He does not, however, explain how or why this would be beneficial either for the individual or more generally. Others (including Maimonides) have reached the same conclusion about the centrality of the intellect but have struggled (or not attempted) to elucidate its personal or global benefits. The author\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s conclusions are apparently the first to do so in the context of universal metaphysical principles. Others have neglected to put the refinement of human intellect into a framework, arguing that it is an ends unto itself. Here the author finally puts this lauded act into a structured metaphor.<\/p>\n

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