99. Notes - on Milton / on buying new car

99. 19/20 April 2019

       You are with Carol and the boys at Just Hoops across from Key Bank on Columbus Pike until their class is over at eight o'clock. Earlier, Kim ordered a Jet Pizza and cheese sticks which you four had for supper. 

       1924 hours. I was not going to bring up the concepts of Heaven and Hell because the focus is on what my soul is helping me to understand. I am perfectly fine with these little nicks and crannies about the heartansoulanmind, and how it is being the soul part of the human spirit. 

       You feel, like Milton suggests in Paradise Lostthat either state Heaven or Hell, is an estate of the mind. - mh

       1934 hours. Lines from Book I come to mind. 

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[Satan is speaking.]

                           . . . One who brings
A mind not to be chang'd by Place or Time.The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n. [ 255 ]
What matter where, if I be still the same,

Selected from Milton's Paradise Lost,Book I

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       Miss Havisham has her reservations, but Milton's intent is also your own, "The [human] mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n." So, your argument is that within the sac-of-the-soul the heartanmind dangle with the mind the lower of the two. - mh

       1945 hours. That's my humored poetic vision of event presently. The mind twists reason to Hell and the heart follows suit with the appropriate passion. 

       And what of the soul in such a scenario, Mr. Orndorff? Is the soul then flown to Heaven or plunged to Hell and forever in pleasure for the virtures or punishment for the sins of said heartanmind within? mh

       1954 hours. Greek mythological tradition says the hero's soul travels to the joys of Elysium or that the tormented soul travels to Tartarus. 

       

20 April 2019

       Mid-afternoon. Earlier, Carol, Kim, Paul and the boys, and you found yourselves at the Tesla Dealership at Easton Town Center waiting for a test drive of a new Tesla Model 3. - Amorella

       1553 hours. I enjoyed the drive immensely. Carol drove it some as did Paul. We drove on I-270 twice without our hands on the steering wheel (though very close by). Most cool. Presently, I think it is the way to go, mostly because, this Fall it will be upgradable (free) to total autonomous driving. This means Carol and I will always be able to get anywhere within two hundred and some miles before a recharge. Certainly, fine for getting around the Columbus area even if we could not physically drive at the time. No bus or taxi or uber transportation to go to the doctor's or to the grocery or out to lunch or shopping. The car will drop you off at the mall, drive into the lot and park and with a click of the phone will come back and pick you up. Anyway, it is worth more than a thought. We have a price with trade in to gnaw over. (1605)

       You think this is silly that I join you here, but I enjoy the pleasant childlike 'rush' this brings to myself. The concept of buying a Tesla makes your spiritual heart feel younger and more confident to meet older age, especially because you and Carol both like to go out for a drive most every day, sometimes for exploring as well for the relaxation of reading and writing midst the nature of the seasons. The Honda is fourteen years old this summer. Whether you order and buy is one thing, but for whatever it's worth, your heartansoul are into the bargain. mh

       1615 hours. I'll do some more research but as it looks the car will be about ten thousand more than we were planning to spend anyway, and five thousand of that is solely for the autonomous driving ability, which presently few to no other car companies offer presently.

       Post, orndorff. Relax, enjoy the family Easter dinner tradition tonight at Kim and Paul's. - Amorella