Earlier afternoon. You have been cleaning and dusting the master bathroom, bedroom and closet. You are also gathering more reasonable thoughts and expectations in reference to buying a Tesla. - Amorella
1313 hours. I missed responding to Miss Havisham in Note 99. This is the selection:
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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.
From - E in S, Note 99,
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1322 hours. I really don't want to get into those religious or mythological aspects so at that moment, so I ignored it. Even in a fiction, I don't want to go any further than my own soul and its spiritual relationship with the rest of me and eternity.
You can be so timid, contrary to your normal nature. mh
1326 hours. According to Greek mythology Icarus flew too near the sun and died after his father Daedalus had created his son a pair of wings of feathers, wax and wood and told him that the wax would melt from the wood and feathers and he would fall to his death because of the heat. Icarus did it anyway and fell to his death. -- I am estranged from stepping too closely to the nebulous bonding of the physical to the spiritual. Even though I am an agnostic, I am also an existential transcendentalist. I am humbly respectful of G-D in name and deed. What do I know? Next to nothing. (1344)
You make your own wall. mh
1349 hours. Out of respect, for no other reason.
Post. - Amorella
1354 hours. I do not like being put in this awkward 'damned if you do; damned if you don't' position.
You give a morally ethical position and you have good reason for it. - Amorella
You do have good reason from your perspective. It is a noted conundrum in your physical and spiritual reality. mh
Later. You are facing east across the soccer field at Heritage Park. Quiet Easter Day. Partly cloudy and chilly with the temperature at fifty-five with a light breeze out of the north. Carol is on a short walk. You are thinking about the soul and how it relates to the heart and mind non-passionate and reasonable circumstances. - Amorella
1633 hours. Within normal everyday living I am not conscious about my human spirit, my heartansoulanmind. People are busy living their everyday lives. There are always simple pleasures or distractions or both at once or focus on family or business or hobbies. None of which may stir or dishearten the soul. Easter used to stir my soul (or so I thought). My focus was on Jesus, the man and his humanity, not as the Son of G-D. It seems rash that he would ask G-D to forgive him and everyone else for their sins. As a humbly plea though it is understandable to me. People today ask G-D to forgive them for their sins, but asking for forgiveness seems the reasonable and sensible thing to do in any case. The sincerity though would have to come from the heartansoul not the mind. I don't know what the mind would be doing other than being overwhelmed by the passion-in-the-moment. Passion though is not suffering. With Jesus, of course, the suffering on the cross existed. For others, the suffering would be from guilt perhaps for mistreating fellow human beings or mistreating animals and/or planet Earth. How does the human heart and/or the mind measure guilt? How does consciousness know what guilt is real and what is imagination? (1706)
You are dogged by the Truth untold. mh
1711 hours. The truth is unspeakable because we have no words for it. I can question things just like anyone else but I cannot declare a fundamental truth within the basic human condition other than existence at least relative to other living conscious beings.
Earlier today, you saw an article you placed on your Facebook page that I would like you to drop in when plausible. - Amorella
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8 Infinity Facts That Will Blow Your Mind
byAnne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D.
Updated February 22, 2018
Infinity is an abstract concept used to describe something that is endless or boundless. It is important in mathematics, cosmology, physics, computing, and the arts.
1. The Infinity Symbol
Infinity has its own special symbol: ∞. The symbol, sometimes called the lemniscate, was introduced by clergyman and mathematician John Wallis in 1655. The word "lemniscate" comes from the Latin wordlemniscus, which means "ribbon," while the word "infinity" comes from the Latin wordinfinitas, which means "boundless."
Wallis may have based the symbol on the Roman numeral for 1000, which the Romans used to indicate "countless" in addition to the number. It's also possible the symbol is based on omega (Ω or ω), the last letter in the Greek alphabet.
The concept of infinity was understood long before Wallis gave it the symbol we use today. Around the 4th or 3rd century B.C.E., the Jain mathematical textSurya Prajnaptiassigned numbers as either enumerable, innumerable, or infinite. TheGreek philosopherAnaximander used the workapeironto refer to the infinite. Zeno of Elea (born circa 490 B.C.E.) was known forparadoxes involving infinity.
2. Zeno's Paradox
Of all Zeno's paradoxes, the most famous is his paradox of the Tortoise and Achilles. In the paradox, a tortoise challenges theGreek hero Achillesto a race, providing the tortoise is given a small head start. The tortoise argues he will win the race because as Achilles catches up to him, the tortoise will have gone a bit further, adding to the distance.
In simpler terms, consider crossing a room by going half the distance with each stride. First, you cover half the distance, with half remaining. The next step is half of one-half, or a quarter. Three quarters of the distance is covered, yet a quarter remains. Next is 1/8th, then 1/16th, and so on. Although each step brings you closer, you never actually reach the other side of the room. Or rather, you would after taking an infinite number of steps.
3.Pi as an Example of Infinity
Another good example of infinity is thenumber π or pi. Mathematicians use a symbol for pi because it's impossible to write the number down. Pi consists of an infinite number of digits. It's often rounded to 3.14 or even 3.14159, yet no matter how many digits you write, it's impossible to get to the end.
4. The Monkey Theorem
One way to think about infinity is in terms of the monkey theorem. According to the theorem, if you give a monkey a typewriter and an infinite amount of time, eventually it will write Shakespeare'sHamlet. While some people take the theorem to suggest anything is possible, mathematicians see it as evidence of just how improbable certain events are.
5. Fractals and Infinity
A fractal is an abstract mathematical object, used in art and to simulate natural phenomena. Written as a mathematical equation, most fractals are nowhere differentiable. When viewing an image of a fractal, this means you could zoom in and see new detail. In other words, a fractal is infinitely magnifiable.
The Koch snowflake is an interesting example of a fractal. The snowflake starts as an equilateral triangle. For each iteration of the fractal:
1.Each line segment is divided into three equal segments.
2.An equilateral triangle is drawn using the middle segment as its base, pointing outward.
3.The line segment serving as the base of the triangle is removed.
The process may be repeated an infinite number of times. The resulting snowflake has a finite area, yet it is bounded by an infinitely long line.
6. Different Sizes of Infinity
Infinity is boundless, yet it comes in different sizes. The positive numbers (those greater than 0) and the negative numbers (those smaller than 0) may be considered to beinfinite setsof equal sizes. Yet, what happens if you combine both sets? You get a set twice as large. As another example, consider all of the even numbers (an infinite set). This represents an infinity half the size of all of the whole numbers.
Another example is simply adding 1 to infinity. The number ∞ + 1 > ∞.
7. Cosmology and Infinity
Cosmologistsstudy the universeand ponder infinity. Does space go on and on without end? This remains an open question. Even if the physical universe as we know it has a boundary, there is still the multiverse theory to consider. That is, our universe may be butone in an infinite numberof them.
8. Dividing by Zero
Dividing by zero is a no-no in ordinary mathematics. In the usual scheme of things, the number 1 divided by 0 cannot be defined. It's infinity. It's anerror code. However, this isn't always the case. In extended complex number theory, 1/0 is defined to be a form of infinity that doesn't automatically collapse. In other words, there's more than one way to do math.
References
Gowers, Timothy; Barrow-Green, June; Leader, Imre (2008).The Princeton Companion to Mathematics. Princeton University Press. p. 616.
Scott, Joseph Frederick (1981),The mathematical work of John Wallis, D.D., F.R.S., (1616–1703) (2 ed.), American Mathematical Society, p. 24.
Selected and edited from - https://www.thoughtco.com/infinity-facts-that-will-blow-your-mind-4154547?
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1729 hours. I dropped this on my FB page today but as I reread through it and look at the original publication date, 2018, I probably dropped this on my page at that time. Hmm. Getting older by the hours.
When Carol finishes her chapter (on page 269) you'll call Pizza Hut to place your order for supper. Post. - Amorella
2138 hours. Amorella, do you consider yourself immortal?
No. Do you? - Amorella
2140 hours. No, that is, I don't know. Physically, certainly not. Spiritually, I have no idea. Culturally, as a Unitarian Universalist I certainly lean that way.
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Unitarian Universalism
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Unitarian Universalism(UU)is aliberal religioncharacterized by a "free and responsible search for truth andmeaning". Unitarian Universalists assert nocreed, but instead are unified by their shared search forspiritual growth. As such, their congregations include many atheists, agnostics, and theists within their membership. The roots of Unitarian Universalism lie inliberal Christianity, specificallyUnitarianismanduniversalism. Unitarian Universalists state that from these traditions comes a deep regard for intellectual freedom and inclusive love. Congregations and members seek inspiration and derive insight from all major world religions.
The beliefs of individual Unitarian Universalists range widely, includingatheism,agnosticism,pantheism,deism,Judaism,Islam,Christianity,neopaganism,Hinduism,Buddhism,Daoism,Humanism,Omnism,-Bahá’i and many more.
TheUnitarian Universalist Association(UUA) was formed in 1961 through the consolidation of theAmerican Unitarian Association, established in 1825, and theUniversalist Church of America,established in 1793. The UUA is headquartered inBoston,Massachusetts, and serves churches mostly in the United States. A group of thirty Philippine congregations is represented as a sole member within the UUA. TheCanadian Unitarian Council(CUC) became an independent body in 2002. The UUA and CUC are, in turn, two of the seventeen members of theInternational Council of Unitarians and Universalists.
However, some Unitarian Universalist churches today have statements of faith that profess a Protestant Christian identity. . . .
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As your soul, Miss Havisham, I do not contradict what your spiritual heartanmind define yourself to be. You define your heartanmind. In matters relating to your human spirit I draw no conclusion but my spiritual nature is to lean toward what sets at the very base of your heart over your mind. I don't know whether you are damned or saved, as it were. mh
2203 hours. This sets my mind at ease in any case.
That statement, in itself, says something boy. Post. - Amorella
2211 hours. By definition I now better understand Miss Havisham to be my 'human soul'.
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 bechang'dby Place or Time.The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make aHeav'nof Hell, a Hell ofHeav'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
After noon local time. You are sitting in the car in the rain facing west at Shale Hollow Park. Carol is on page 145 of H. Corbin's Don't Let Go. Many straight up tall trees shooting out a tinge of budding leaves. Yesterday's conclusion left you with a question or two. - Amorella
1235 hours. Yes. I wonder why you used 'good' rather than 'best' friend?
As far as friends are concerned there are no superlatives used. Spirits when together are good friends. When apart they are friends. The 'good' is associated with the togetherness. - Amorella
1240 hours. Are spirits together as in a dream when living?
Souls touch and form a cloud, a misting form of two or more merging heartsanminds. An analogy would be as you sit alone in a room and feel the presence of another; this is how it is for two or more souls mingling in a spiritual mist. The presence of another soul is understood and accepted or not. If accepted by the spiritual heart then the two or more are is one heart but separate minds, visualize a tortoise shell with two or more human heads sticking out rather than say, a human body with multiple heads. mh
1252 hours. The mist is easier to visualize.
That's because you visualize human life when after physical death visualization of any life will do when you don't have any. mh
1256 hours. How adept, Miss Havisham. You strike a new cord in my heart. This is an unthought learning moment.
Indeed. - Amorella
You had lunch at Smashburger's for a change and are presently at the Lewis Center Kroger Marketplace on Columbus Pike. - Amorella
1404 hours. I am mostly wordless because I am still thinking on how it would be seeing Bob P. or David S. after physical death. I like the concept of the 'being' together. In real life when focusing with a single friend I do not think of either one of us within a body at the time. It is the familiar voice and eye and facial contact. When together with a good friend I don't think of either of us having legs or feet. Hand and arm gestures are there as a wholeness of communication not as hands and arms. I had not thought this before. It is the same with a good woman friend, though not quite. There is a subtle even unconscious flirtatious chemistry that is not with a sister for instance. With a male friend though, it is easier to visualize. This is interesting to consider. It is my nature to flirt with some women. Whether this is a spiritual nature or not, I have no idea. (Pause) 1430 hours. It is not spiritual. It is chemistry, i.e. biology. This is the problem with 'love' as a word definition. There is a bio-chemical connection or one comes about but in such a case this is not love. Infatuation is not love. This is silly to think on. Giddiness. It seems to me that friendship is stronger than love or it is foremost to love. (1436)
You are suddenly wondering how it would be as a spirit and someone says 'hello' and you are not interested in returning the greeting (a personal spiritual re-connection). And, you are wondering that you would like to see someone again, to explain yourself and to ask for forgiveness for your digressions but the other spirit wants nothing to do with you; why? Because you are not a friend because you are not forgiving for your transactions. mh
1444 hours. This would be awkward enough while living. Such complications to see set by matters of the spiritual heart. Enough for now. Too much to consider that has been unconsidered.
Later, orndorff. - Amorella
1522 hours. We are off to Kim and Paul's after five to watch the boys while Kim and Paul are going out with his younger brother Peter and his girlfriend for the evening. You do not know if you will be an 'uber' driver for them tonight.
Concerning your considerations earlier . . . if you were in such a predicament I would understand . . . in here at least souls open the door to other heartsanminds and they do not allow such complications. Good friends are known to other good friends. Friends are known to other like friends. As in life, souls protect. Heaven it may not be, but Hell it is not. That's how I, Miss Havisham, see it.
Afternoon. You had lunch with Fritz and you just stopped by for a Honeybaked Ham for Easter Eve at Kim and Paul's. -- A bit later, after the ham delivered home you are back to Heritage Park by the shelter. Carol is taking her walk - Amorella
1508 hours. I wonder, what makes a person wise? People say it comes with age, but I don't see that much has to do with it. I used to think wisdom comes with mental maturity but I don't know about that either. Ben Franklin was thought to have been wise. I supposed the founding fathers were thought to have been wise too. But today we have no more factions than were around at the time or near the time of the Revolutionary War. If I remember right, one-third of the country wanted independence, one-third supported the king, and one-third were nonpolitical. So, here we are. Is wisdom an ethical question?
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wisdom - noun - the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment; the quality of being wise.
• the soundness of an action or decision with regard to the application of experience, knowledge, and good judgment: some questioned the wisdom of building the dam so close to an active volcano.
• the body of knowledge and principles that develops within a specified society or period: the traditional farming wisdom of India.
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1527 hours. Having good judgment sounds like the best criteria to define wisdom to me. Of course, as noted in the definition good judgment is based on a background of relevant experience and relevant knowledge. Relevant in context to me means this is mostly coming from the mind not coming from the heart. Yet, the basics of ethics comes from from following one's heart. Miss Havisham, how does the soul view the use of ethics or is it the judgment of heartanmind in terms of one's personal court. For instance in a personal determination of justifying one's action one could say, I believe my personal actions were justified through my heart rather than my mind. Which one is inherently stronger? It seems to me the heart is always stronger than the mind in terms of ethics.
Earlier, in another note, you said you felt that the spiritual heart was inherently closer to the soul than the spiritual mind. I do not deny this is true.
1551 hours. For me then, in a leap of logic, my argument that I am a romantic personality instead of a neoclassic one is correct.
One testicle naturally hangs lower than the other but that does not mean that one is inherently unequal with the other. In fact, only one is needed. mh
1557 hours. So, are you saying, that to be consider human only the heart is needed?
I am suggesting that the mind is built in for survival of the physical in almost all instinctive and conscious creatures. The spiritual heart is the addition that makes Homo sapiens human. mh
1604 hours. I find this quite difficult to accept at face value because it is our rational thinking, our intellect, that raises us up from those creatures of lower consciousness.
It is the spiritual heart that raises the intellect not the other way around, and it is the spiritual heart that raises consciousness also. mh
1650 hours. It may be but it is not the way I think. Passions of the heart are whirlwinds; it is the rational mind that gives the taming focus to build and invent.
Building and inventing create new whirlwinds. The heart is at the core of all human endeavors. Above all other spiritual matters, the soul favors the human heart first. mh
1658 hours. How then do we ever escape these whirlwinds in our private and public lives?
Post. - Amorella
1701 hours. The question rose up from the depths.
In here, boy, in this blog, one does not escape the personal existential-like spiritual whirlwinds through physical death. - Amorella
1706 hours. I don't believe you, Amorella.
One cannot escape what one is; one can only change what one is as spiritual matter. - Amorella
1709 hours. Only through one's consciousness I suppose.
Only through a good friend's consciousness, young man. Now, post. - Amorella
You and Carol visited Dr. Scott R. this morning. You had a steroid cortisone shot to relieve the osteoarthritic pain in both knees. Kim called and is meeting you for lunch at Panera on Rt. 23 across from Kroger's shortly after noon local time. Errands this afternoon. Tomorrow lunch with Fritz M. at Bob Evans in Westerville. - Amorella
Presently, you are facing west towards the woods in the north lot at Heritage Park. Carol is walking. A short while ago you were reading a recent article from England's "The Sun" newspaper online about how people do retain consciousness, at least for a short time after death. If you can find the article drop it in. There have been anecdotal stories about this from those where were actually pronounced dead and shortly after were revived. - Amorella
1522 hours. It this is verifiable it shows, at least to me, that it is perhaps plausible that consciousness can survive physical death for a short time. How does consciousness do this? Where does it go? How does it come back? What are the triggers?
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LIFE AFTER DEATH
When you die ‘you KNOW you’re dead because your brain keeps working’, scientist claims
A new study suggests your consciousness carries on after your heart stops beating
tops beating
By Harvey Sullivan
16th April 2019, 4:55 pm
Updated, 16 April 2019
WE know we are dead when we die because our brains keep working to make us aware of what's happening around us, haunting new research suggests.
Top medical experts have forever been at loggerheads over what happens when humans die, with anecdotal evidence of bright lights and flashes reported by people who have 'come back' being the cause of much debate.
.Dr Sam Parnia is studying consciousness after death and examining cardiac arrest cases in Europe and the US.
He says people in the first phase of death may still experience some form of consciousness.
The expert ventured that people who have survived cardiac arrest later accurately described what was happening around them after their hearts stopped beating.
He said: "They'll describe watching doctors and nurses working, they'll describe having awareness of full conversations, of visual things that were going on, that would otherwise not be known to them."
Dr. Sam Parnia is studying consciousness after death and examining cardiac arrest cases in Europe and the US.
He says people in the first phase of death may still experience some form of consciousness.
The expert ventured that people who have survived cardiac arrest later accurately described what was happening around them after their hearts stopped beating.
He said: "They'll describe watching doctors and nurses working, they'll describe having awareness of full conversations, of visual things that were going on, that would otherwise not be known to them."
Explaining when a patient is officially declared dead, he said: "It's all based on the moment when the heart stops.
"Technically speaking, that's how you get the time of death."
His study is examining what happens to the brain after a person goes into cardiac arrest - and whether consciousness continues after death and for how long - to improve the quality of resuscitation and prevent brain injuries while restarting the heart.
Unlike the plot in Flatliners, however, when a person is resuscitated they don't return with a "magical enhancement" of their memories, said Dr. Parnia.
Selected and edited from - https://www-dot-thesun.co.uk/tech/7819011/die-know-youre-dead-brain-working-after-death/
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Later, you had a leftover supper and are waiting for the national evening news. The article is not as exciting or detailed as you hoped. It does show though, that people argue about whether consciousness continues after physical death. - Amorella
In my sense of being, consciousness is not the spirit, the heartansoulanmind, of an individual. An analogy is that consciousness is the bloodwork of the spirit. For example, consciousness allows the spirit to move, to work its way, to stand on its own ground, so to speak. mh
2251 hours. The article above is not proof obviously but it does show to me that there is a possibility that consciousness survives physical death. One of our problems is in the definition of physical death. We use 'when the heart stops'. Perhaps it should be 'when consciousness leaves, i.e. when the brain is physically dead. Life is always interesting. If there is consciousness within the human spirit after physical death, then I would hope human spiritual life will be interesting too.
