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Thursday 25 November 2010

God or No God?

Looking at life objectively, I arrive at an interesting conclusion: God might not exist. Something exists which I am a part of and which is in constant change, but whether that something can be called God, who knows? I'm certainly not qualified to say its God because I don't know what God is.

Looking back at all of my spiritual experiences, there was never any trace of God - just an awareness and an existence. I can't say anything else about it. It was nothing. It was something. Even when I did get a chance to talk to "God", it was just my own voice speaking to me of its own accord. All my experiences of what could be considered as miracles or beyond the ordinary realm of experience were simply just me following my own inner voice. There was never any trace of a God.

God seems to be the final concept in life that people hold on to for guidance and faith, but once removed as a object which one is attached to or confides in, brings a human being back to their own weaknesses, their own emptiness and their own aloneness. Whether we wish to admit it or not, we are ultimately alone. Alone we're born and alone we die. To be human is to realise and accept this aloneness, not to avoid it or to put it into something else, like a concept of God.

We must accept that we are alone. It's not a sad thing, but rather a seat of power. There is something else which cannot be explained, but what is that something else? Who knows? Who can ever know? Philosophy cannot give an answer. Science cannot give an answer. Scriptures cannot give an answer. Language is too limited. Existence is too vast.

So yesterday, 24th of November 2010, marks the day when I officially give up my concept of a God. Now I'm neither for nor against God - simply I do not know whether God exists. It doesn't concern me. It's not a pursuit for me. It's not a question for me. All I can truly know what exists is me, and something else which I appear to be a part of, which is in constant change.

"When the Lord casts His Glance of Grace, then I see Him with my own eyes; He is indescribable, and cannot be described. With my ears, I continually listen to the Word of the Shabad, and I praise Him; His Ambrosial Name abides within my heart. He is Fearless, Formless and absolutely without vengeance; I am absorbed in His Perfect Light. O Nanak, without the Guru, doubt is not dispelled; through the True Name, glorious greatness is obtained. || 4 || 3 ||"

God or No God?

Looking at life objectively, I arrive at an interesting conclusion: God might not exist. Something exists which I am a part of and which is in constant change, but whether that something can be called God, who knows? I'm certainly not qualified to say its God because I don't know what God is.

Looking back at all of my spiritual experiences, there was never any trace of God - just an awareness and an existence. I can't say anything else about it. It was nothing. It was something. Even when I did get a chance to talk to "God", it was just my own voice speaking to me of its own accord. All my experiences of what could be considered as miracles or beyond the ordinary realm of experience were simply just me following my own inner voice. There was never any trace of a God.

God seems to be the final concept in life that people hold on to for guidance and faith, but once removed as a object which one is attached to or confides in, brings a human being back to their own weaknesses, their own emptiness and their own aloneness. Whether we wish to admit it or not, we are ultimately alone. Alone we're born and alone we die. To be human is to realise and accept this aloneness, not to avoid it or to put it into something else, like a concept of God.

We must accept that we are alone. It's not a sad thing, but rather a seat of power. There is something else which cannot be explained, but what is that something else? Who knows? Who can ever know? Philosophy cannot give an answer. Science cannot give an answer. Scriptures cannot give an answer. Language is too limited. Existence is too vast.

So yesterday, 24th of November 2010, marks the day when I officially give up my concept of a God. Now I'm neither for nor against God - simply I do not know whether God exists. It doesn't concern me. It's not a pursuit for me. It's not a question for me. All I can truly know what exists is me, and something else which I appear to be a part of, which is in constant change.

"When the Lord casts His Glance of Grace, then I see Him with my own eyes; He is indescribable, and cannot be described. With my ears, I continually listen to the Word of the Shabad, and I praise Him; His Ambrosial Name abides within my heart. He is Fearless, Formless and absolutely without vengeance; I am absorbed in His Perfect Light. O Nanak, without the Guru, doubt is not dispelled; through the True Name, glorious greatness is obtained. || 4 || 3 ||"

Friday 12 November 2010

ABC Of Enlightenment: Sex

"Sex is your basic life force. If you transform it into higher forms, it is going to disappear from its lower manifestations. But you are not going to miss anything; at each higher state the energy will give you more and more blissfulness. The higher it rises... it becomes a tidal wave of blissfulness. You start feeling orgasmic in every fiber of your being."
- Osho

ABC Of Enlightenment: Sex

"Sex is your basic life force. If you transform it into higher forms, it is going to disappear from its lower manifestations. But you are not going to miss anything; at each higher state the energy will give you more and more blissfulness. The higher it rises... it becomes a tidal wave of blissfulness. You start feeling orgasmic in every fiber of your being."
- Osho

Wednesday 10 November 2010

The Future of Adding Value in Business

Today, adding value is considered to be in monetary terms - tangible or intangible - but monetary nonetheless. For example, tangible value is adding extra features to a product which benefits the customer. Intangible is in terms of good customer service or the value gained by wearing a strong brand, like a designer dress. However, ultimately, adding value also adds to the price tag!

The future of adding value is entirely different. Money, new features or customer service cannot help add true value. We are realising increasingly that no matter how much money we spend on great well-branded useful products, we are still unhappy, the consumer is fundamentally dissatisfied with all products and services. This is because value is an internal property of a satisfied person, not an external one.

Today adding value is about playing to the human ego, human desire, human wants. Tomorrow adding value is about allowing a person to connect to their inner happiness, to liberate the human from desire, to show a human being pure compassion.

World leaders, governments and business tycoons will all fail tomorrow even if they thrive today, for tomorrow, an organisation without compassion and truth cannot survive. The greater recession underlying the economic recession is the recession of kindness and compassion - this is the true source of the economic recession. Compassion is the fundamental source of value.

In business, where control was the past and where lies are the present, the future is compassion. The thought today is "No, no! A business with too much compassion will fail because a business is about making profit". Tomorrow, the reverse will be true because the Universe and Mother Earth is full of compassion, and so an organisation which believes that compassion is too expensive will die out - cease to exist - since its working against the principles of nature. If we can agree as a premise that the lack of compassion is the source of the recession, then organisations giving compassion will naturally be in the greatest demand, due to the utter scarcity of compassion.

Thus comes the rise of compassionate business - a bit of an oxymoron today. A business which endures all the burden of cost in order to zero its negative impact on society and the world as best as it can, is the business which shall thrive tomorrow. Also, its not simply ethical business i.e. doing a few ethical things here and there because one "should" or "has to", but rather business which at all levels is honestly and fundamentally serving the world to make a positive difference without any greed, hatred or short-term thinking. Such an organisation lives by the laws of the Universe, never trying to survive, never cutting corners to save money, never acting selfishly - but rather making conscious holistic decisions that take into account all impacts on society, the world and even its competitors. These traits can today be seen in many voluntary organisations and Social Enterprises which fundamentally want to make a positive difference in people's lives and are full of compassion, and they are thriving!

A business culture and subculture always follows from the personality of those who lead it. So, a business leader or board of directors who understand and practice compassion can survive the times, anything short of this, and the business or organisation will ultimately fail.

Such a paradigm shift in business philosophy will be a renaissance - and business shall be born again in its original colour, purity and purpose for which it was created - as a vehicle to serve people with compassion, without greed or hatred towards anyone including other competitors. Unfortunately that means the end of a lot of businesses and even governments we might consider "good" today, but the organisations tomorrow will give us what we really need in a pure way, rather than what we've been manipulated into thinking we need.

Sat Naam.

The Future of Adding Value in Business

Today, adding value is considered to be in monetary terms - tangible or intangible - but monetary nonetheless. For example, tangible value is adding extra features to a product which benefits the customer. Intangible is in terms of good customer service or the value gained by wearing a strong brand, like a designer dress. However, ultimately, adding value also adds to the price tag!

The future of adding value is entirely different. Money, new features or customer service cannot help add true value. We are realising increasingly that no matter how much money we spend on great well-branded useful products, we are still unhappy, the consumer is fundamentally dissatisfied with all products and services. This is because value is an internal property of a satisfied person, not an external one.

Today adding value is about playing to the human ego, human desire, human wants. Tomorrow adding value is about allowing a person to connect to their inner happiness, to liberate the human from desire, to show a human being pure compassion.

World leaders, governments and business tycoons will all fail tomorrow even if they thrive today, for tomorrow, an organisation without compassion and truth cannot survive. The greater recession underlying the economic recession is the recession of kindness and compassion - this is the true source of the economic recession. Compassion is the fundamental source of value.

In business, where control was the past and where lies are the present, the future is compassion. The thought today is "No, no! A business with too much compassion will fail because a business is about making profit". Tomorrow, the reverse will be true because the Universe and Mother Earth is full of compassion, and so an organisation which believes that compassion is too expensive will die out - cease to exist - since its working against the principles of nature. If we can agree as a premise that the lack of compassion is the source of the recession, then organisations giving compassion will naturally be in the greatest demand, due to the utter scarcity of compassion.

Thus comes the rise of compassionate business - a bit of an oxymoron today. A business which endures all the burden of cost in order to zero its negative impact on society and the world as best as it can, is the business which shall thrive tomorrow. Also, its not simply ethical business i.e. doing a few ethical things here and there because one "should" or "has to", but rather business which at all levels is honestly and fundamentally serving the world to make a positive difference without any greed, hatred or short-term thinking. Such an organisation lives by the laws of the Universe, never trying to survive, never cutting corners to save money, never acting selfishly - but rather making conscious holistic decisions that take into account all impacts on society, the world and even its competitors. These traits can today be seen in many voluntary organisations and Social Enterprises which fundamentally want to make a positive difference in people's lives and are full of compassion, and they are thriving!

A business culture and subculture always follows from the personality of those who lead it. So, a business leader or board of directors who understand and practice compassion can survive the times, anything short of this, and the business or organisation will ultimately fail.

Such a paradigm shift in business philosophy will be a renaissance - and business shall be born again in its original colour, purity and purpose for which it was created - as a vehicle to serve people with compassion, without greed or hatred towards anyone including other competitors. Unfortunately that means the end of a lot of businesses and even governments we might consider "good" today, but the organisations tomorrow will give us what we really need in a pure way, rather than what we've been manipulated into thinking we need.

Sat Naam.

Sunday 7 November 2010

Progress and Comparison

Progress comes when progress stops,
Like the stopping of a ticking clock,
Like time becoming a timeless lot,
Like life becomes what is and is not.

Comparison, a useless activity,
Uniqueness, the only reality,
Stop comparing against another,
Eliminate the duality altogether.

Success, a self-created ideology,
Its just a simple psychology,
No one is a prodigy,
Everyone is just biology.

Performance, just an idea,
Just another comparison,
Creating an inner fear,
Of not making it, my dear.

Steer towards nothing,
To have access to everything,
Taking no stance,
Makes the Universe sing.

Bring yourself to zero,
You are nothing, nothing,
Then you will be a hero,
You'll be something, something.

One thing is very clear,
Peer into oneself,
Find a silent place,
To clear the piling shelf.

Never will life be the same,
Life loses its apparent game,
To all the Gods, a shame,
Nobody left to blame.

Fame and forture is yours,
Universe works it all out,
Transcend self-created laws,
Accepting all the flaws.

Perfection is possible,
But not the perfection you know,
Perfection is not trying,
Perfection is the inner glow.

Show your true light,
Share your inner wisdom,
Challenge your apparent sight,
Don't flight and don't fight.

Height of life is humility,
Might of life is tranquility,
Key of life is nothingness,
Face of life is oneness.

Vaheguru. Vaheguru.
Vaheguru. Vaheguru.
Vaheguru. Vaheguru.
Vaheguru. Vaheguru.

By Guru's Utter Grace - JHBSK - Completed 06/11/2010


I had a desire to write about my current state of nothingness, even writing about it cannot really describe it and does not make it true that I am in this state, since I have lost the ability of comparison. But reading all the 12 stanzas, which mainly wrote themselves, I could only say Vaheguru! And this completed the 13th stanza of the poem, taking the reader into ecstasy. Sat Naam.

Progress and Comparison

Progress comes when progress stops,
Like the stopping of a ticking clock,
Like time becoming a timeless lot,
Like life becomes what is and is not.

Comparison, a useless activity,
Uniqueness, the only reality,
Stop comparing against another,
Eliminate the duality altogether.

Success, a self-created ideology,
Its just a simple psychology,
No one is a prodigy,
Everyone is just biology.

Performance, just an idea,
Just another comparison,
Creating an inner fear,
Of not making it, my dear.

Steer towards nothing,
To have access to everything,
Taking no stance,
Makes the Universe sing.

Bring yourself to zero,
You are nothing, nothing,
Then you will be a hero,
You'll be something, something.

One thing is very clear,
Peer into oneself,
Find a silent place,
To clear the piling shelf.

Never will life be the same,
Life loses its apparent game,
To all the Gods, a shame,
Nobody left to blame.

Fame and forture is yours,
Universe works it all out,
Transcend self-created laws,
Accepting all the flaws.

Perfection is possible,
But not the perfection you know,
Perfection is not trying,
Perfection is the inner glow.

Show your true light,
Share your inner wisdom,
Challenge your apparent sight,
Don't flight and don't fight.

Height of life is humility,
Might of life is tranquility,
Key of life is nothingness,
Face of life is oneness.

Vaheguru. Vaheguru.
Vaheguru. Vaheguru.
Vaheguru. Vaheguru.
Vaheguru. Vaheguru.

By Guru's Utter Grace - JHBSK - Completed 06/11/2010


I had a desire to write about my current state of nothingness, even writing about it cannot really describe it and does not make it true that I am in this state, since I have lost the ability of comparison. But reading all the 12 stanzas, which mainly wrote themselves, I could only say Vaheguru! And this completed the 13th stanza of the poem, taking the reader into ecstasy. Sat Naam.

Tuesday 2 November 2010

Experiment to Stop Wave-Collapse Occuring

The experiment I thought up this morning to prove my thoughts on stopping wave-collapse from occurring by eliminating the mind and its notions, would be to do a large-scale study. The study would involve trying to stop the wave collapse from occurring by the observer dissolving their mind and notions (if even for a moment). This is very easy to do and anyone can do it. Below is my experiment but the observer must not be told about what to expect from the experiment i.e. no notions should be added to the observer. The observer must be briefed that all that they have known in their life is not relevant to the experiment and thus to just be in the present moment without any ideas about what is the purpose of it. The observer must also be told that if thoughts come, not to fight them in any way, just to observe them and then continue to come back to being present to gazing. Within 30 minutes of doing this properly, the wave function should not collapse and infinity should emerge:

"Have a dimly lighted room - bright enough to see one's body but not the surrounding environment - this is to eliminate distractions. Next, the observer sits on the floor in cross-legged position or in a chair in a relaxed posture - having the chair may become a distraction in which case the floor is a better alternative. Finally, the observer must drop all their notions about reality and drop their mind - this is done by simply looking with a fixed gaze just at the floor towards the feet. Simply looking with a fixed gaze for around 30 minutes, trying not to blink".

This is a bit like a modern meditation but ultimately would prove or disprove the hypothesis that the observer's mind and notions cause wave collapse to occur and that wave collapse can be stopped at the quantum level by eliminating the mind and its notions at the macro level.

Try this experiment for yourself and let us know what your results are!

Edit 05/11/2010 - This experiment would not really prove anything since nothing is testable, but instead would give a subjective experience. Also, infinity cannot be defined, and anything which cannot be defined cannot be tested. There are many academic studies which prove at best that during meditation chemical changes are occurring in the brain, including activating the pituitary glad and the pre-frontal lobes - however this is as far as it goes. The rest must be left to subjective experience.

Experiment to Stop Wave-Collapse Occuring

The experiment I thought up this morning to prove my thoughts on stopping wave-collapse from occurring by eliminating the mind and its notions, would be to do a large-scale study. The study would involve trying to stop the wave collapse from occurring by the observer dissolving their mind and notions (if even for a moment). This is very easy to do and anyone can do it. Below is my experiment but the observer must not be told about what to expect from the experiment i.e. no notions should be added to the observer. The observer must be briefed that all that they have known in their life is not relevant to the experiment and thus to just be in the present moment without any ideas about what is the purpose of it. The observer must also be told that if thoughts come, not to fight them in any way, just to observe them and then continue to come back to being present to gazing. Within 30 minutes of doing this properly, the wave function should not collapse and infinity should emerge:

"Have a dimly lighted room - bright enough to see one's body but not the surrounding environment - this is to eliminate distractions. Next, the observer sits on the floor in cross-legged position or in a chair in a relaxed posture - having the chair may become a distraction in which case the floor is a better alternative. Finally, the observer must drop all their notions about reality and drop their mind - this is done by simply looking with a fixed gaze just at the floor towards the feet. Simply looking with a fixed gaze for around 30 minutes, trying not to blink".

This is a bit like a modern meditation but ultimately would prove or disprove the hypothesis that the observer's mind and notions cause wave collapse to occur and that wave collapse can be stopped at the quantum level by eliminating the mind and its notions at the macro level.

Try this experiment for yourself and let us know what your results are!

Edit 05/11/2010 - This experiment would not really prove anything since nothing is testable, but instead would give a subjective experience. Also, infinity cannot be defined, and anything which cannot be defined cannot be tested. There are many academic studies which prove at best that during meditation chemical changes are occurring in the brain, including activating the pituitary glad and the pre-frontal lobes - however this is as far as it goes. The rest must be left to subjective experience.

Monday 1 November 2010

Quantum Electrodynamics (QED) and Measurement Problem

"Quantum electrodynamics (QED) is the relativistic quantum field theory of electrodynamics. In essence, it describes how light and matter interact and is the first theory where full agreement between quantum mechanics and special relativity is achieved. QED mathematically describes all phenomena involving electrically charged particles interacting by means of exchange of photons and represents the quantum counterpart of classical electrodynamics giving a complete account of matter and light interaction. One of the founding fathers of QED, Richard Feynman, has called it "the jewel of physics" for its extremely accurate predictions of quantities like the anomalous magnetic moment of the electron, and the Lamb shift of the energy levels of hydrogen."

QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter By Richard, Feynman (1985) from Wikipedia

My thoughts on QED: It just seems interesting to me that electromagnetism is the only theory so far which has been able to bridge quantum physics and Einstein's theory of relativity. Since all personal development, spiritualities, yogic systems and religions attempt to develop one's electromagnetic field, also known as the aura, in order to evolve as a human being - it seems convenient, if not ironic, that this is so. However, rather than to imagine "one right answer" to the existence of the Universe, perhaps it is safer to assume that multiple answers and/or no answer is the best answer. Also, since I'm a novice at science and cannot claim in any way to understand this theory or its constituent parts, then my comparison between science and spirituality is purely random thought without any solid basis. In a way, my thoughts are quantum coming into existence as of and by themselves without any guide or velocity from myself and then dying as they reach their full fruition into words - and to think that this process is to do with my electromagnetic field is simply bizzare and extraordinary at the same time.

"The measurement problem in quantum mechanics is the unresolved problem of how (or if) wavefunction collapse occurs. The best known is the "paradox" of the Schrödinger's cat: a cat is apparently evolving into a linear superposition of basis vectors that can be characterized as an "alive cat" and states that can be described as a "dead cat". Each of these possibilities is associated with a specific nonzero probability amplitude; the cat seems to be in a "mixed" state. However, a single, particular observation of the cat does not measure the probabilities: it always finds either a living cat, or a dead cat. After the measurement the cat is definitively alive or dead. The question is: How are the probabilities converted into an actual, sharply well-defined outcome?"

From Wikipedia

My thoughts on the measurement problem: The measurement problem, as highlighted by the Double Slit Experiment and the paradox of Schrödinger's cat, shows something very interesting to me. It shows me that reality is itself infinite, but when we try to observe it or imagine it, it becomes finite. I would posit that this is because the observer's mind is finite, and therefore reality is adjusting itself into a form which can be understood by the observer. For example, if we had an observer with an infinite mind capable of understanding everything, then reality would not have to rearrange itself but rather would display itself in its true form.

Also, it is the observer who is transforming reality at the same time as reality is transforming itself to the observer. If the observer was looking to manipulate a result, simply by looking to see that result, the result would emerge, not because it exists but because the observer has a filter with which they are looking through, which is having an impact on reality. For example, if a person always thinks everyone is against them, then their reality exists as everyone around them attacking them or making them wrong, whereas the reality may be different. Thus, I make two summaries for the future. One: reality's true form is infinite. Two: the observer's filter or notions about reality taints reality.

From this I draw one interesting idea: Since reality and the observer can impact each other, there must be a relationship between the infinite (reality) and the finite (observer). This relationship suggests that the finite is a part of the infinite and the infinite is a part of the finite, in varying degrees to the extent of that relationship. The extent of the relationship is determined by the extent to which one's mind can conceive infinity without adding any filters or notions and since the mind is finite, only by eliminating the mind and its filters can infinity be conceived in totality. If the apparatus of the limited mind is removed, it allows for something greater to arrive that could otherwise be understood by the barriers of the limited mind. Thus, the relationship to reality is in negative correlation to the usage of the mind. In other words, only by stopping thinking can reality really be seen, even if only for a fraction of a second.

Naturally, then new notions may be added to manipulate reality to the observer's wants and needs. The problem with the old notions are that they were not chosen but rather inherited from society, parents, teachers, upbringing and environments, and would thus naturally taint reality in a way which is not in the observer's favour. Also, since a human being requires a mind to function, even if there was a technology to escape it momentarily, the limited mind would return and with it reality would dissipate back into a limited form which could be understood by it.

All the above is not proven, and so it remains to be seen whether modern science comes to the same conclusion in a hundred years time - but it felt good to share these thoughts and its in the love of sharing something that I do this.

Kind regards,

JHBSK xxx

Quantum Electrodynamics (QED) and Measurement Problem

"Quantum electrodynamics (QED) is the relativistic quantum field theory of electrodynamics. In essence, it describes how light and matter interact and is the first theory where full agreement between quantum mechanics and special relativity is achieved. QED mathematically describes all phenomena involving electrically charged particles interacting by means of exchange of photons and represents the quantum counterpart of classical electrodynamics giving a complete account of matter and light interaction. One of the founding fathers of QED, Richard Feynman, has called it "the jewel of physics" for its extremely accurate predictions of quantities like the anomalous magnetic moment of the electron, and the Lamb shift of the energy levels of hydrogen."

QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter By Richard, Feynman (1985) from Wikipedia

My thoughts on QED: It just seems interesting to me that electromagnetism is the only theory so far which has been able to bridge quantum physics and Einstein's theory of relativity. Since all personal development, spiritualities, yogic systems and religions attempt to develop one's electromagnetic field, also known as the aura, in order to evolve as a human being - it seems convenient, if not ironic, that this is so. However, rather than to imagine "one right answer" to the existence of the Universe, perhaps it is safer to assume that multiple answers and/or no answer is the best answer. Also, since I'm a novice at science and cannot claim in any way to understand this theory or its constituent parts, then my comparison between science and spirituality is purely random thought without any solid basis. In a way, my thoughts are quantum coming into existence as of and by themselves without any guide or velocity from myself and then dying as they reach their full fruition into words - and to think that this process is to do with my electromagnetic field is simply bizzare and extraordinary at the same time.

"The measurement problem in quantum mechanics is the unresolved problem of how (or if) wavefunction collapse occurs. The best known is the "paradox" of the Schrödinger's cat: a cat is apparently evolving into a linear superposition of basis vectors that can be characterized as an "alive cat" and states that can be described as a "dead cat". Each of these possibilities is associated with a specific nonzero probability amplitude; the cat seems to be in a "mixed" state. However, a single, particular observation of the cat does not measure the probabilities: it always finds either a living cat, or a dead cat. After the measurement the cat is definitively alive or dead. The question is: How are the probabilities converted into an actual, sharply well-defined outcome?"

From Wikipedia

My thoughts on the measurement problem: The measurement problem, as highlighted by the Double Slit Experiment and the paradox of Schrödinger's cat, shows something very interesting to me. It shows me that reality is itself infinite, but when we try to observe it or imagine it, it becomes finite. I would posit that this is because the observer's mind is finite, and therefore reality is adjusting itself into a form which can be understood by the observer. For example, if we had an observer with an infinite mind capable of understanding everything, then reality would not have to rearrange itself but rather would display itself in its true form.

Also, it is the observer who is transforming reality at the same time as reality is transforming itself to the observer. If the observer was looking to manipulate a result, simply by looking to see that result, the result would emerge, not because it exists but because the observer has a filter with which they are looking through, which is having an impact on reality. For example, if a person always thinks everyone is against them, then their reality exists as everyone around them attacking them or making them wrong, whereas the reality may be different. Thus, I make two summaries for the future. One: reality's true form is infinite. Two: the observer's filter or notions about reality taints reality.

From this I draw one interesting idea: Since reality and the observer can impact each other, there must be a relationship between the infinite (reality) and the finite (observer). This relationship suggests that the finite is a part of the infinite and the infinite is a part of the finite, in varying degrees to the extent of that relationship. The extent of the relationship is determined by the extent to which one's mind can conceive infinity without adding any filters or notions and since the mind is finite, only by eliminating the mind and its filters can infinity be conceived in totality. If the apparatus of the limited mind is removed, it allows for something greater to arrive that could otherwise be understood by the barriers of the limited mind. Thus, the relationship to reality is in negative correlation to the usage of the mind. In other words, only by stopping thinking can reality really be seen, even if only for a fraction of a second.

Naturally, then new notions may be added to manipulate reality to the observer's wants and needs. The problem with the old notions are that they were not chosen but rather inherited from society, parents, teachers, upbringing and environments, and would thus naturally taint reality in a way which is not in the observer's favour. Also, since a human being requires a mind to function, even if there was a technology to escape it momentarily, the limited mind would return and with it reality would dissipate back into a limited form which could be understood by it.

All the above is not proven, and so it remains to be seen whether modern science comes to the same conclusion in a hundred years time - but it felt good to share these thoughts and its in the love of sharing something that I do this.

Kind regards,

JHBSK xxx