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  4. Posted · Edited by moment

    3 hours ago, Marblehead said:

    It was not my intention to belittle their thoughts on this subject.  However, I think that if an honest search were done of why this concept came forth in their mind we will find that they are a result of religious thoughts planted in their brain at a very early age.

     

    BTW  I consider the fourth dimension to be space/time.  But, at the present time there is no way for us to travel in space/time.

    Some researchers hope to find wormholes that connect to different sections of space-time.  Woo-Hoo!

    String theory assumes at least ten dimensions.  It is a mystery to me (but fun).

    example: The conscious flat square could only perceive lines. It would take a visit from the third dimension by a sphere to make the flat square truly aware of another dimension.

     

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  5. Posted · Edited by moment
    typo

    4 hours ago, Marblehead said:

    Only for those physicists who smoke too much silly weed.

    Marblehead,

     

    I can not just summarily dismiss three of the greatest minds of the last 100 years as smoking too much silly weed.  I too, disagree with them.  It also seems illogical to me.  But, having said that, I also know that I think in a linear fashion in an infinite universe that probably does not have a linear source.  It is my understanding that, the universe is a linear process emanating from the Dao.  The Dao is a non-linear state of being.  So, it follows: that to become more with the Dao, we must cultivate in ourselves, an ever more non-linear state of mind. Enlightenment may be nothing more than to be able to, mentally and spiritually, step in and out of linear processes.

     

    “It appears, therefore, more natural to think of physical reality as a four-dimensional existence, instead of, as hitherto, the evolution of a three-dimensional existence.”--Albert Einstein

     

    I think I will go meditate on it or maybe not.  I guess I will just do what feels right.  再见

     

     

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    12 hours ago, Apeiron&Peiron said:

     I would like to think that he wasn't silly enough to say that (but I don't know one way or the other...). At the very least, it's not what his geometric model says or even necessarily implies.

     

    In physics, Past, Present, Future are all the same thing. But for us, time moves in one direction. The question of time's direction is an old one.  

    Actually, Einstein, Feynman, and Hawking have all concluded that the past, present, and future exist at the same time.

    A well-known quote by Einstein after a good friend died was this  "Now Besso has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That means nothing. People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion." --- Albert Einstein

    IMHO a large part of the problem is that they are talking about at least four dimensions and sometimes more.  Which opens up a tremendous can of worms.  I suspect that all of these ideas are only partial truths.  After all, we are finite beings trying to understand the infinite.

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  7. Posted · Edited by moment
    typo

    On 1/13/2018 at 3:03 AM, Marblehead said:

    Don't believe that.  He had something strange in his pipe when he said that.

     

    In this time and place, I too, find it hard to believe.

    Still. his pipe is was much better than ours

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    Just wondering is anyone trying to interpret esoteric practices with science?

     

    Vinnie,

     

    In the early 1960's Bong Han Kim discovered a biological system that lined up exactly with the meridians and acupuncture points of the human body.  Shortly afterwards Kim and much of his published research disappeared   Prior to that, his research indicated, this system had tremendous energy carrying capacities, far beyond any other of the human circulatory systems.  The next 50 years saw an active suppression of this research.  But, the Bonghan system is now being resurrected as the "Primo Vascular System" by some pretty big names in biology, chemistry and cancer research.  It seems that this new research is corroborating much of Bong Han Kim's earlier research.

    It may well be that much of our energy work is being sustained by our "intent" in the Bonghan system.

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    Balance in the course of our progression.  Balance as an ongoing process. Without those occasional joyful excesses, what would be the point of living?  What would there be to balance?

    Everything has its' time.  Can we slow down aging by being vital?  On those days when there are too many choices is when we should empty ourselves.  Then the subtleties become more apparent.

    As we become more with the Tao do we become more intuitive and less self-judgmental? Does this help us relax more?

    Does becoming more relaxed bring us closer to Tao?  At that point does asking what is right or wrong become too slow to actively participate at that level?

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    It would seem to validate  some people's beliefs of moving chi through the meridians by visualization and intent. For the first time in history there is scientific corroboration of many of the neikung/neidan stories of healing and martial power.

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    In the early 1960's Bong Han Kim discovered a biological system that lined up exactly with the meridians and acupuncture points of the human body.  Shortly afterwards Kim and much of his published research disappeared   Prior to that, his research indicated, this system had energy carrying capacities, far beyond any other of the human circulatory systems.  The next 50 years saw an active suppression of this research.  But, the Bonghan system is now being resurrected as the "Primo Vascular System" by some pretty big names in biology, chemistry and cancer research.  It seems that this new research is corroborating much of Bong Han Kim's earlier research.

    I am interested in how many Dao Bums know of this and what their understanding is of its' spiritual/meditative/health value?

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