ZPC
11-09-2004, 08:58 PM
Zee here:
Quests - wise and Unwise
There is, at work, in Western culture, a quest:
a quest for certainty,
a quest for truth,
a quest for that or for whom we may trust,
a quest for proof,
a quest for determinism,
a quest for security,
a quest for safety.
We take recourse to logic, in our quest for certainty.
We seek invariants.
What is fixed or lasting?
What is durable or eternal?
Gravesites use rock, marble, granite.
Monuments are made of the hard, adamant,
slow wearing substances and forms.
Chrome doesn't rust.
Glass difficultly is changed, in adequate thickness or temper.
So, we have gleaming towers, monuments, things that endure.
Bricks are fired clay or cementitious.
This quest is a cult.
It is based upon beliefs.
The more permanent is good.
The impermanent is worthless.
We place our faith in reserves.
Having much is a virtue.
Having insufficient is a curse.
But flowers are ephemeral, fragile, short lived.
In our quest for certainty, we seek authority, validation, credibility.
Often, behaviour is patterned on giving the least and getting the most.
Such behaviour is regarded as some secret formula.
We uncritically believe we belong to ourselves.
We even believe in independence, as though it were possible.
We are dependent.
We are interdependent.
It is only a matter of minutes that can pass, without air to breathe.
It is only a matter of days that can pass, without water.
It is only a matter of weeks that can pass, without food.
Yet, we ignore our dependencies.
Somehow, we believe we can buy air (or oxygen),
as they have begun to do in Japan.
Somehow we believe we can buy water
in bottles, which is safe to drink.
Somehow we believe we can buy food,
which is nourishing and not toxic.
So, our faith is in money.
Our faith is in reserves, in savings.
We mistakenly believe that having ranks with being and doing,
as a given.
But nature has what it uses and uses what it has.
In 1931, the Austrian mathematician, GÃÂà ƒÂƒÃ‚‚ƒÃƒÂ‚àƒÃ‚ƒÃ‚‚¶del, showed that proof
requires a closed system.
There are no closed systems.
Science tries to gain proof, by isolating and defining.
Energy and pattern relentlessly flow, penetrating every boundary.
GÃÂà ƒÂƒÃ‚‚ƒÃƒÂ‚àƒÃ‚ƒÃ‚‚¶del showed you can have proof or truth, but not both.
But the legal system, the system of justice, seeks proof!
What kind of deficiency do we suffer?
A lack of consistency?
A shortage of continuity?
or is it sanity we have lost?
Democracy can provide us with an arrogant majority
and an outraged minority.
Then, the boundaries must change or conflict ensues.
A republic places authority in a written formulation
with principles, ideals, policies, practices.
When ambiguity, representational distortions,
deceit, begins to be the social currency, these ideals fail.
Who or what can we trust?
Integrity works.
Consistency and continuity works.
Taoism teaches: enough is enough.
The Tibetans teach: everything is impermanent.
Acknowledging that everything is connected.
There is a delay in consequences,
but that doesn't mean there are no consequences.
Oneness is a reality.
The closure of believing you belong to yourself,
that independence is possible,
that reserves provide safety,
that you can always buy what you need . . .
that the environment can go on being abused and neglected . . .
these are the choices to abandon.
ÃÂà ƒÂ‚Ã‚Â‚ÃƒÂƒÃ‚ÂƒÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â‚Ãƒ ƒÂ‚© 2004, ECOhealth / Z. P. Charnoe
www.smartgroups.com/groups/ecophysics
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Quests - wise and Unwise
There is, at work, in Western culture, a quest:
a quest for certainty,
a quest for truth,
a quest for that or for whom we may trust,
a quest for proof,
a quest for determinism,
a quest for security,
a quest for safety.
We take recourse to logic, in our quest for certainty.
We seek invariants.
What is fixed or lasting?
What is durable or eternal?
Gravesites use rock, marble, granite.
Monuments are made of the hard, adamant,
slow wearing substances and forms.
Chrome doesn't rust.
Glass difficultly is changed, in adequate thickness or temper.
So, we have gleaming towers, monuments, things that endure.
Bricks are fired clay or cementitious.
This quest is a cult.
It is based upon beliefs.
The more permanent is good.
The impermanent is worthless.
We place our faith in reserves.
Having much is a virtue.
Having insufficient is a curse.
But flowers are ephemeral, fragile, short lived.
In our quest for certainty, we seek authority, validation, credibility.
Often, behaviour is patterned on giving the least and getting the most.
Such behaviour is regarded as some secret formula.
We uncritically believe we belong to ourselves.
We even believe in independence, as though it were possible.
We are dependent.
We are interdependent.
It is only a matter of minutes that can pass, without air to breathe.
It is only a matter of days that can pass, without water.
It is only a matter of weeks that can pass, without food.
Yet, we ignore our dependencies.
Somehow, we believe we can buy air (or oxygen),
as they have begun to do in Japan.
Somehow we believe we can buy water
in bottles, which is safe to drink.
Somehow we believe we can buy food,
which is nourishing and not toxic.
So, our faith is in money.
Our faith is in reserves, in savings.
We mistakenly believe that having ranks with being and doing,
as a given.
But nature has what it uses and uses what it has.
In 1931, the Austrian mathematician, GÃÂà ƒÂƒÃ‚‚ƒÃƒÂ‚àƒÃ‚ƒÃ‚‚¶del, showed that proof
requires a closed system.
There are no closed systems.
Science tries to gain proof, by isolating and defining.
Energy and pattern relentlessly flow, penetrating every boundary.
GÃÂà ƒÂƒÃ‚‚ƒÃƒÂ‚àƒÃ‚ƒÃ‚‚¶del showed you can have proof or truth, but not both.
But the legal system, the system of justice, seeks proof!
What kind of deficiency do we suffer?
A lack of consistency?
A shortage of continuity?
or is it sanity we have lost?
Democracy can provide us with an arrogant majority
and an outraged minority.
Then, the boundaries must change or conflict ensues.
A republic places authority in a written formulation
with principles, ideals, policies, practices.
When ambiguity, representational distortions,
deceit, begins to be the social currency, these ideals fail.
Who or what can we trust?
Integrity works.
Consistency and continuity works.
Taoism teaches: enough is enough.
The Tibetans teach: everything is impermanent.
Acknowledging that everything is connected.
There is a delay in consequences,
but that doesn't mean there are no consequences.
Oneness is a reality.
The closure of believing you belong to yourself,
that independence is possible,
that reserves provide safety,
that you can always buy what you need . . .
that the environment can go on being abused and neglected . . .
these are the choices to abandon.
ÃÂà ƒÂ‚Ã‚Â‚ÃƒÂƒÃ‚ÂƒÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â‚Ãƒ ƒÂ‚© 2004, ECOhealth / Z. P. Charnoe
www.smartgroups.com/groups/ecophysics
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