Later afternoon. The bright sun is reflecting off the young green leaves of bushes and trees alike as you face west at Westerville's Heritage Park, north. Behind you is the picnic shelter and playground beyond it south is one of the soccer fields. Carol is on page 327 of Corbin's Don't Let Go. - Amorella
1640 hours. Yesterday, Miss Havisham said, "Richard would because he doesn't know any better." I took this statement to mean that I don't know anything better to say in response to me declaring before a real Angel or G-D that via intuition, and a past first-hand experience or two, that G-D is a reality. The statement could mean though that orndorff, being ignorant of the 'Truth in Context' that as far as humanly plausible, orndorff feels G-D is a reality (though he would not go around proclaiming it to the masses because it is a private spiritual feeling not an evangelical one. So, Miss Havisham how can you, my proclaimed soul, enlighten me about this from your perspective.
What you really mean to ask here is what do you know from my experiences and intuition on the subject of G-D or Angels that I don't know as my heartansoulanmind experienced the same thing I did? mh
1655 hours. Yes, I'll accept what you say above because honestly it feels a more direct and honest question.
Much of your 'flash-thinking' in "Encounters in Mind" and in "Encounters in Spirit" is intuitive. Let's set a definition here. - mh
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intuitive - adjective - an intuitive grasp of the truth: instinctive, instinctual; innate, inborn, inherent, natural, congenital; unconscious, subconscious, right-brained, involuntary, visceral; informal gut.
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The descriptive word for "intuitive" that best fits here is "visceral"; meaning, deep down or deep seated. I choose the word "visceral" because I trace it first-in-your-thought from the mind to the heartansoul to the soul. It cannot go further deep in your spiritual consciousness. Your spiritual drama of standing before an Angel of G-D or G-D returns to the drama you understood in the biography of Martin Luther [traditionally] says at his conclusion of the Diet of Worms court proceedings on the Protestant Reformation: "Here I stand, I can do no other. -- God help me. Amen."
This private spiritual consciousness of yours is, in your humanity, the same though the circumstances obviously for you are far different as you see it. Your private spiritual court, your human spirit, your heartansoulanmind, has no choice.
To remain who you are in your spiritual sense before an Angel of G-D or G-D, this is who you are as a human being (warts and all). Your heartanmind has no choice in the decision and thus I, your soul, has no choice either. This will not change, this cannot be struck down. It is a spiritual truth. It is as each woman and man has her/his own defined spiritual truth first, before all other truths.
Existentially, whether an Angel of G-D exists or not, whether G-D exist or not, has no bearing here. As a spiritual entity, you exist as you do because you have a human spirit as does every other living human being comes to have -- herorhis own spiritual existence in life. mh
1735 hours. This appears an absolute private proclamation in a world where nothing much else is absolute.
This is what humanity is, boy, absolute. - Amorella
1738 hours. As is, alas, I have no choice but to question humanities' absoluteness.
Such is the poetic irony. Such is what it is to be a human being. Post. - Amorella
After noon on Saturday. You are facing east at Heritage Park. Carol is on her walk. Yesterday, you and Carol drove to Mason for an errand and stopped and saw Amy K. for a short while before a large New York supreme at Two Cities Pizza. You also discussed cars and decided on keeping the old Honda and trading in the Avalon for a new one with all the safety features. - Amorella
1252 hours. Sunny presently but a cool and windy day. We were excited (first time) to see four healthy deer strolling about the backyard this morning. -- On another note, I feel badly about interrupting the Miss Havisham translation a couple of days ago. First time I remember a glitch.
The heart is not restrained from emotion such as those few poetic lines in Dante's Inferno. - Amorella
1301 hours. There was a time many years ago I would have felt terror writing such script. I would have thought my demons would be coming to get my mind.
In even earlier days you thought those demons were coming to get your heartanmind. - Amorella
1402 hours. My initial adult anxieties go back to reading Blatty's The Exorcist when it first came out.
You 'felt and saw' evidence of an evil presence in the house when you lived at 800 Majken Place in Mason. - Amorella
1407 hours. Thanks for reminding me.
Your sarcasm is understood, but it is without the like spiritual anxieties of those days. - Amorella
1409 hours. I have changed attitudes on such things. I realize it was and is mostly my darker imagination plus my ability to be confused on what my reality of what the supernatural really is. As Milton wrote in Canto I of Paradise Lost: "The mind is its own place and in itself, can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven." Besides I concluded, if there really were bad Angels then it would stand to reason there would be good Angels too, and I would rather side with the good ones. You, Amorella, fit my bill of what a good Angel would be if one existed.
So, I may be then, a personified ideal of what you consider a good Angel and as there was none around as far as you could see, you made me up to compensated. - Amorella
1431 hours. As an agnostic through and through, I have no choice. My intuition senses G-D is a reality; though not perhaps as we earthlings or any other 'soul-oriented' species might have come to 'view' G-D.
You would spiritually stand before a real Angel or facsimile of one or G-D and declare this heartansoulanmind? - Amorella
Richard would because he doesn't know any better. - mh
1438 hours. Thank you, Miss Havisham, truer words were never stated.
Late afternoon. You are facing east at Heritage Park viewing the north picnic shelter through a grove of trees. Carol is on page 319 of Harlan Corbin's Don't Look Now. This morning Kim and Paul arrived early and finished putting down thirty-one bags of black mulch on the raised flower, bush and tree beds. You insisted that you pay for the bags and gave them compensation for their kindness and labor. Total, it took them two and a half hours for the labor, beginning with buying the mulch, delivering and bedding. - Amorella
1725 hours. We really appreciate what they do for us. We do reciprocate mostly with trade-off late night 'Uber'-driving and two-boy sitting when needed. Amorella, I really don't know what kinds of questions to ask of Miss Havisham. Oddly enough, I tend to think of her as a kind of benevolent inner alien, just like I think of you.
You once asked me to describe myself as I see myself and I did, more than once, in Encounters-in-Mind. I realize she chose a human image that exemplifies how she sees herself in human terms, but how does she 'sense' her 'being' in her terms. - Amorella
1737 hours. That seems pretty private to me, a bit too bold.
She's your soul, boy. You can't have hidden anything from you that she doesn't already know. The best example so far is "Pinocchio" and how you thought you were like a wooden figure who was brought to life through human help, i.e. science and compassion. - Amorella
1742 hours. What is it like, being my soul, Miss Havisham; with the focus on you, not me?
I am round, flat, and very thin and in the spiritual texture of liquid water that can solidify on one side and be gas on the other. In this 'form' as it were, I sense empathy and compassion, much as the humans who kept you alive to the point you were 'human recognizable' in human unconsciousness. Otherwise, I would not have 'awaken', so to speak. When 'awaken' my form, rounded; otherwise, I was as a gaseous vapor without the spiritual boundary of endless, that is, as a very thin circle - a thin circular plate of sharp glass that can slice to the chase. Nothing human gets by me. I hold heartanmind flat and view it sideways. Another human soul cannot penetrate me without my protective empathic and compassionate consent. Within me resides a heaven or hell of heartanmind together.
HeartanSoulanMind are a closed system of a sharp, thin water-like clear crystal solid on one side and a gaseous, steam-like form on the other. Size-wise, I am as nothing and everything; beyond the comprehension of heart or mind separate or together. Poetry beyond the sight and sound of a single letter in any human created alphabet. mh
2022 hours. I sense my heartanmind are interfering with Miss Havisham's English translation.
You are correct. - Amorella
2024 hours. My heart has thought concepts from Milton and Dante, particularly these lines by John Ciardi, whose translation I read in Dr. John Coulter's World Literature class at Otterbein. In the mid 60's I had conversation with John Ciardi on his Inferno translation when he visited the Howard House on Otterbein's campus. I was invited to the private reception as a member of the Quiz and Quill, English Honorary. Later, in 1982, I re-met, listened to his address, and spoke with him at a National Council of Teachers of English Conference in Washington, D.C. He was a very funny, down to earth sort of man, a delightful personality.
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In the translation byJohn Ciardi, used in theModern LibraryEdition ofInfernothe first nine lines ofCantoIII read as follows:
I AM THE WAY INTO THE CITY OF WOE. I AM THE WAY TO A FORSAKEN PEOPLE. I AM THE WAY INTO ETERNAL SORROW.
SACRED JUSTICE MOVED MY ARCHITECT. I WAS RAISED HERE BY DIVINE OMNIPOTENCE, PRIMORDIAL LOVE AND ULTIMATE INTELLECT.
ONLY THOSE ELEMENTS TIME CANNOT WEAR WERE MADE BEFORE ME, AND BEYOND TIME I STAND. ABANDON ALL HOPE, YE WHO ENTER HERE.
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As Miss Havisham was writing with my fingers (so to speak) the lines above flashed into consciousness.
This 'event' of yours was not expected. Interesting. Post. - Amorella
2041 hours. Both my heart and mind and perhaps even my soul are involved here because these are some of the most powerful words I have ever read. I am struck still both emotionally and intellectually at the word entrance to Dante's Inferno in Canto III. Such dramatic poetry has rarely been transcribed.
After a late lunch at Rusty Bucket on Polaris Boulevard, you are sitting facing the west woods at Heritage Park across from the shelter. Carol is on her walk. Coming out of the restaurant you both were attracted to a new red Honda called an HR-V. Neither of you had seen one close up before. Another day Carol wants to go look. It's her choice this time, you don't mind as long as it is what she wants. - Amorella
1432 hours. It was a fun car to observe but we couldn't see inside. I'm just glad it sparked her interest. Cars rarely do that. She thinks the Avalon Hybrid is the best most comfortable car we have ever had. No argument from me, especially for a travel-the-distance automobile. As long as whatever we get has the best safety features that Honda or Toyota have, I'm for it.
You have spent time researching Honda cars online and like the Accord Hybrid Ex or Touring best though the Touring of course costs about three thousand more but has more goodies. The Insight Hybrid Touring is about eight thousand less, both have mileage in the high forties. - Amorella
1611 hours. Carol is on page 291 of Don't Let Go and is enjoying the book very much. I am embarrassed taking time away from Miss Havisham. Today's blog page is reading more like the style of Encounters in Mind.
What do you want to know? mh
2207 hours. From your perspective, it appears in your early description in your book, One Soul's Way, that you didn't 'awaken' until I reached consciousness. When did I reach consciousness?
You were two, generally, even though you did not speak more than one or two words at a time. When you were in your three's your first sentence ever spoken aloud was witnessed by your mother and Grandma Schick. The sentence as you were told time and time again, was: "I want a cookie?" You thought in sentences early on but as your mother always said, "He was given whatever he wanted, waited on almost constantly, so he had no reason to ask any questions." That's what you remember because your mother and both grandmothers described how you were before you spoke -- ever quiet, (rarely cried), always appearing observant of the situation, and ever polite. You had a small blue and white blanket you named 'B'. Family was concerned you were not quite 'right-in-the-head'. You enjoyed making up your own playtime reality. That's how you passed your private time. I was in those early days 'awake', that is, conscious that you were conscious; conscious through your heartanmind, as it were, as an observing third party of heartanmind. Basically, in those early days and up through being four you were not positive that you were real, that somehow your mother, father and grandparents were making you up; somehow like in the story of Pinocchio. mh
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Pinocchio
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the original Carlo Collodi fictional character.
Pinocchiois a fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) by Italian writer Carlo Collodi. Pinocchio was carved by a woodcarver named Geppetto in a Tuscan village. He was created as a wooden puppet but he dreams of becoming a real boy. He is notably characterized for his frequent tendency to lie, which causes his nose to grow.
Pinocchio is a cultural icon. He is one of the most reimagined characters in children's literature. His story has been adapted into other media, notably the 1940 Disney film Pinocchio.
Literary analysis
Some literary analysts have described Pinocchio as an epic hero. Like many Western literary heroes, such asOdysseus, Pinocchio descends into hell; he also experiences rebirth through metamorphosis, a common motif in fantasy literature.
Before writingPinocchio, Collodi wrote a number of didactic children's stories for the recentlyunified Italy, including a series about an unruly boy who undergoes humiliating experiences while traveling the country, titledViaggio per l'Italia di Giannettino("Little Johnny's voyage through Italy").ThroughoutPinocchio, Collodi chastises Pinocchio for his lack of moral fiber and his persistent rejection of responsibility and desire for fun.
The structure of the story of Pinocchio follows that of the folk-tales of peasants who venture out into the world but are naively unprepared for what they find, and get into ridiculous situations.At the time of the writing of the book, this was a serious problem, arising partly from theindustrialization of Italy, which led to a growing need for reliable labour in the cities; the problem was exacerbated by similar, more or less simultaneous, demands for labour in the industrialization of other countries. One major effect was the emigration of much of the Italian peasantry to cities and to foreign countries such as the United States.
The main imperatives demanded of Pinocchio are to work, be good, and study. And in the end Pinocchio's willingness to provide for his father and devote himself to these things transforms him into a real boy with modern comforts.
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2301 hours. This is true. I did think people made me up and after a while I came to life. I was read lots of stories as a young child. I never said much but I enjoyed the stories. I smiled, but could not think of anything to say that would have any meaning so I kept quiet. In hindsight there was a truth to this. From birth on I was kept alive in an incubator and my first few years I was kept alive by my mother and grandmothers. They did wish me to stay alive because everybody thought I would surely die being but two pounds. Dad said I looked like a small skinned rabbit. No one disagreed.
After hearing the stories so many times you agreed too and identified with Pinocchio in that context. - Amorella
2310 hours. Miss Havisham brought up a good story. I had not thought on that connection with Pinocchio in seven decades plus. Odd to realize I felt I was made up. I did tell stories. They were lies of a sort, but mostly they were stories -- fantasies mostly. Faery stories.
Mid-afternoon. You had McD large drinks and a Subway picnic sans chips and cookies as you sit facing east at Shale Hollow Park across from Kroger Marketplace on Columbus Pike. Carol is on her walk. Earlier, you and Carol mowed and trimmed for the first time this year; lots of trimming around the house. Carol mowed the short front and east side and you mowed part of the back and the west side plus all the trimming. It took three hours and you are not completely finished but you can work on it in the morning and late afternoon to complete the work. You basically have not mowed the yard for three or four years since Tim K. mowed for you at a fair price and use of your mower. - Amorella
1526 hours. It is going to take me some time to get back into mowing. It certainly helped having my knees pumped with steroids last week. The sod still has some bumps as it has not fully settled, but it is looking green from late November fertilizing. I would mow, then sit about the same length of time, then mow and sit again. It feels good to be doing some outside work; even worked up a sweat a couple of times. None of this has much to do with the human spirit though. Working the physical heart may help and reading and writing should help the physical aspects of the mind, but my soul probably sits back waiting for me to have some passion or mental struggle to get into the fray. (1540)
Are you drawing me out? What for? What is a 'human soul' without the intention of be immortal? What does immortal even mean? I view myself as existing. What alternative do I have from your perspective? I don't have a vocabulary; I have to borrow yours through Amorella. - mh
1606 hours. Basically, following through in context with this blog, I see you are an existential spiritual-like being.
Yes, I am. I'm glad you put 'spiritual-like' being because while you may be spiritual; ironically, I am a soul for human and/or human-like beings just as you suggest in the Merlyn books, that your marsupial aliens have: heartansoulanmind spiritual qualities to hold and protect the spiritual heartanmind. mh
1618 hours.Since some of my Merlyn fiction follows your guidelines for what a soul does, does this mean my imagination is at work on several different levels within the heartansoulanmind?
You call it plausible or reasonable imagination, i.e. plausible or reasonable explanation to you, in context with your heartansoulanmind, me. I understand the word 'imagination' as you view your commonly recognized shared human reality. mh
1626 hours. Our species has no choice but to have common words in all our languages.
And, I have no choice, but here, to have no language at all. Existing does not need nouns and verbs, especially verbs. 'Here' or 'there' will do. 'In' or out' will also do. 'Deep' and 'deeper' will also do. No need for 'less' or 'more'. Do you catch my drift? - mh
Morning. You are depressed because Miss Havisham is a 'human' soul not an immortal one. And, you are surprised when I, the Amorella, stated I was not immortal. Why?
1019 hours. I secretly hoped you were, I suppose I wanted fame and some immortality to myself even if it were fleeting. Who knows why because I don't like crowds and attention because then I wouldn't be free to be the private person I like to be. I really don't know why I kept my encounters in mind blog up for so long. I don't think it was ego, but who knows. I don't even know if I would like having consciousness beyond the physical. What would I do? What would anyone do with their 'free' time, so to speak? Dream? Ponder? Wonder? Engage in conversation with other like human spirits? Seems to me, at times like this, I would just like to sleep soundly uninterrupted.
An honest response in any case. - Amorella
1029 hours. Right now I'd like to take a nap then after the wet morning grass turns dry I'll go out and work in the yard.
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'.
