You have seen me using Bennett's term "hyparxis" at some point in this blog. Now, hyparxis is "ableness to be", according to J.G. Bennett. In his book Dramatic Universe, volume 4, we can find a much clearer description of this term. We find him using terms as:

"decision", "commitment", to describe aspects of hyparchic future, present and past. He also  puts "interaction" and "ableness to be" on two ends of a line with "present moment" in the center.  
There are more factors active in one's awareness of the present moment, but I will give my own interpretation of this "hyparxis" term in relation to eternal patterns.

First of all, the capability to make a decision, freedom to choose between alternatives, is a wonderful capability of living beings. If you wonder about animals making decisions: yes, they can. Think for example of the choice they make between foods growing in the wild or in the meadow. Some animals are very choicy about the things they eat. The giant panda will only eat a certain kind of bamboo, for example.

But back to humans. Regarding decisions: one can only make decisions if there are alternatives to choose from. Even "fight or flight" response implies a choice between two options. But I am more concerned here with choice on a higher level of functioning, on the level of intellect. Having alternatives mean that one can perceive alternative courses of action, alternative goals, etc.  It implies that one can see patterns, possibilities, potentialities.

These latter terms belong to what Bennett calls "eternity". I may use this term too (as in "eternal patterns"), but the term pattern or possibility is descriptive enough for our purpose.
So, we have two distinct factors here that enter our experience: possibilities/patterns and decision making. The latter implies a power to make decisions and also a power to see alternatives and make evaluations. The latter implies clearly a power to interpret situations, elements, relations between elements, etc. Power is a kind of potency. So, another way of naming these two factors is to use the words "potentiality" and "potency".
For clarity's sake, however, I prefer the words "pattern" or "possibilities" on the one side and "decision" or even better: "will-process" on the other hand. The latter implies also "agency", an autonomous power to initiate an act.

The process of active will is very complex. It has been described by Assagioli in his book "Act  of will". I cannot deal with it here at length. Maybe in other posting. I will mention the steps
involved in the will-process, however.

Reversely translated from my copy of this book, we have:

1. Goal or purpose, based on valuation, motivation and intent.
2. Deliberation.
3. Choice and decision.
4. Reinforcement: command or fiat of the will.
5. Planning and elaboration of a program.
6. Steering of execution.


This is the process of will in it's complete and ideal form.

Remarks, based on Assagioli's treatment of the subject:

1. There is a goal to be reached. One has to clearly define a goal or purpose to be realized. The faculty of Imagination (ideation) is involved in this. This is not enough to get things going. An evaluation or valuation of the goal is necessary ending in a judgment. Then a motive must be generated that provides a drive and intent for one to realize this purpose/goal.
A motive is a dynamic thing. It  is generated by the values we ascribe to the goals we want to reach.

2. As there are many goals, we must choose between them. This establishing of a preference is the result of the function of deliberation where we have to investigate several goals, our skills to realize these goals, the consequences of our choice, social desirability, acceptability, etc.

Discrimination is necessary!

3. Deliberation should lead to choice and decision.
4. Then follows reinforcement of the choice and decision. This activates the creative and dynamic energies necessary to accomplish one's goal/purpose. Compare this with Bennett's "commitments".

5. Planning and a program are needed. Methods of execution come into play as are considerations of time, circumstances , conditions.

6. At last there is the steering of the execution.



Will is like a director of a play. It is the supervisor of the whole process.
It looks to me that the whole gamut of human functions is concerned in this process: from will to imagination to motivation to discrimination to planning down to the physical execution
(sensori-motor function). QUite impressive! The physical execution itself is not a function of will, but the steering of that part is.


So, hyparxis is a very wide term. I think I prefer the term will-process as it clarefies much better what's going on (especially as elucidated by Assagioli). Eternal patterns play a role in the will-process as these patterns have to do with the possibilities/goals from which to choose.

This treatment also reveals that there are several energies playing a role in the will-process.

Potentially we are speaking of all the cosmic energies (E1 to E4 in Bennett's system), where the higher energies are working in "transcendent will" (let's say, super-spiritual will), down to,
say, sensitivity/vitality as interface with the biological world.

I already showed that this process needs at least a tetrad to describe important aspects, such as goal vs ground, skills vs deliberation/decision making. See my article on the tetrad. (http://m_euser.tripod.com/newvisiontetrad.pdf)
Higher order systems are needed to express significance, structure, etc., but these can be found in Dramatic Universe, volume 3.

Summarizing, we see that patterns and will have to work together in a complicated process where all human faculties have their role. There remains a ton to be researched. From another point of view for example, I see the six main energies (shaktis) from Vedantic lore playing a role in this
will-process, scaled down from cosmic to human proportion. Another question pertains to the working of Bennett's energies (E1 to E12). It looks now to me that he omitted a number of
important points/elements/elementals in his system. Combinations of energies or "principles" is another thing to have a look at.
But all that is material for other postings at some other time.

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Updated: Wednesday, 13 June 2007 4:45 PM MEST

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In my previous postings I discussed fanatics, corrupt or misguided governments, etc.

It will be clear that inversion of values has taken place in the minds and acts of individuals and groups concerned.  I could give many more examples, but you can easily find your own.

This posting is about enlightenment, specifically about notions of "absolute enlightenment". There are quite a few out there who think that  enlightenment means some "absolute point" or even endpoint of consciousness, eternal bliss, etc., etc.

"Infinite compassion" and the like would be attributes of this state of mind.

'God' only knows how such notions ever entered into our culture, Eastern or Western. First of all, how could a limited mind be associated with such "infinite" consciousness? No, it just can't be that way. Enlightenment is a process, neverending, because there is no end. There are relative end-points   and transitory points where so-called initiations take place, but  I won't discuss that here (better read my e-book on that). What I say here is well known to all true esoterists. You can also read about it in some works of De Purucker (see my articles).  
P.S.: single quotes around "God" are a semantic device to remind readers that a referent does not exist for that word (or is difficult to find). See my articles on Vitvan.

Derrida, the post-modern philosopher, also has made it plausible that such absolute notions about enlightenment or transcendence cannot stand. I may say more about him in another article.  Not that he seems to have grasped much about ontology (hardly any Western philosopher has) let alone about the spheres of life, consciousness, spirit-driven creativity, etc., but that cannot  be dealt with here. These are vast topics.

 What I particularly liked about Derrida were his ideas about the danger of the notion of Unity. Again, a topic that would lend itself to a volume or so. Briefly, there is a danger of condemning people who have different opinions and attitudes than believers in some final Unity. That is correct, I think. The fine theosopher WIlliam Quan Judge has written a little about that too, in Echoes of the Orient (questions and answers). He speaks against imposed uniformity of language, clothing habits, etc., if I remember correctly.

There are many ideas about Unity. Derrida believes in fundamental Duality, which can be argued for in favour. From a different angle, one can argue for qualified monism, as Vitvan does. I believe that the latter means that there are gradations in development of beings, but some stream or Essence goes through all, in one holarchy that is, and there are an infinity of holarchies. There is a fundamental difference between beings, otherwise these would not be different, but the same. Sounds tautological? Perhaps, but a horse is a horse and a flower is a flower and not a horse. The difference is a given thing, an essential difference. (I will see what Derrida exactly means by his word différance, it seems related to some of this discussion). More about that later.

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Updated: Friday, 1 June 2007 5:36 PM MEST

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Another very striking example of inversion of values is the substitution /preference of youthfulness and sex-appeal for mature age and life-experience.
Think about this for awhile.. Values of a fast and superficial life are being preferred to the wisdom that elderly age can bring. Recognize this?
The media play an important role in this. Concurrent with this is the emphasis on appearance. It is only sad that so many women fail to develop a healthy self-image. Men do not do much better, I believe.

ANother striking example of degenerated values concerns the substitution of image for truth. The newsmedia are only interested in soundbites and quick flashes of a scene instead of careful interpretation of events. Those who know how to use the media to their advantage can easily demolish someone's reputation in seconds. 

 It is the fast-food society (in the broadest sense of the word) that kills any value of healthy food, healthy work-leasure proportion, etc., that eventually kills people by overweight, stress, superficiality, etc. Either literally kills people or psychologically makes dumb people. I do not only refer to fast-food habits but especially to the above mentioned perversions in all the ramifications of these.

 Future generations will probably think these were crazy times and I would have to concur. DId I mention the use of fear to manipulate people? You see, that's another insidious mechanism used to control people. Countless repetitions of images of planes crashing into the twin towers (9/11) was a surefire way to inculcate fear in the minds of people. It's an old trick constantly used by advertizers: repeat again an again until the image "burns into the subconscious of people". In the above case it is about instilling fear in order to impose measures without much protest from citizens. Even change laws to the extreme.

George Orwell's "1984"may very well be happening now. Big brother is watching you. Your phonelines are being tapped, your email checked, your whereabouts monitored. If you use a cellphone your location is known all the time, if the thing is switched on, that is.

Naomi Wolf has written a noteworthy piece on the degradation of democracy  as I call it. Anyway, what type of democracy is it where money and lots of it buys you power and a presidency? Not much room for wise statesmen or stateswomen there.

Where will this society go? Will the people wake up?  

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Updated: Friday, 1 June 2007 5:37 PM MEST

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This world is a hazardous world. Bennett talks about it especially in volume 2 of his Dramatic Universe series. The lowest form of hazard is mechanical. A simple example is not paying attention to the car before you on the road that suddenly hit the brakes. One second of inattentiveness in that situation can kill you and maybe others as well. It could be that you were distracted by someone on the other half of the road doing something crazy. The point is, that existence is full of such and other hazards. It is typical for existence (but not for essence). 

Other examples can be given for the reactional-world or sphere. I particularly think of emotional reactions by way of evaluation of communication signals/signs/words.  Someone  clinging to  certain concepts about life (example:belief-systems, religions) may react strongly to issues of sex, alcohol, eating meat, other belief-systems, etc. The point is, such persons may be under heavy influence of so-called "inverted triangles". This is a deep subject that has to do with how essence penetrates into existence. A clear example would be terrorists who see violence as a legitimate way to express their opinion. Although the opinion may contain some trace of truth (like degeneration of behavioral standards), the overall form of their vision has taken a degenerate shape. It has become a mirror-image of essential truth. Something to ponder about!

 Bennett treats of forms of conditioned will in his second volume of Dramatic Universe. Quite interesting, though not very much elaborated, unfortunately. There is plenty of room for keen researchers to further shape these thoughts into a psychology of inverted Essence.

Existence and Essence by their interaction give rise to a whole lot of laws (that take the form of triads in Bennett's system), a whole gamut  from mechanical to psychological. This should be studied very carefully and correlated to one's own experience. 

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Updated: Friday, 1 June 2007 5:38 PM MEST

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Many religions seem to imply absolutist ideas about 'God', Good and Evil, Heaven and Hell, Salvation, and so on.

A little proper thinking , however, reveals that such absolutist notions are untenable. Related to this is the fact that many followers of religions seem to think that their sacred writings (Bible, Qoran, etc.)  are absolute truth. One simply has to compare religions with each other to see that many contradictory statements can be found in these diverse religions. That realization should be enough to dismiss any absolutist claim from the side of religion and its followers. There may be a bit of relative truth in religions, but that's all there will be, imo.  Now, experience of inner worlds, that's something different (although still relative to context, level of development, and perhaps to the society of which one is a part). Study my free e-book on my site m_euser.tripod.com
and you will start to understand what I am talking about. Maybe there is One Truth, but there are many truths, as Gautama Buddha tells us. In other words, humans are limited in perception and understanding and can never claim to understand the whole Truth. Maybe little parts of it, called 'truth', relative to one's understanding, that's all what's possible.

Absolute good and evil don't exist, as far as esoterism teaches us. What is appropriate in one sphere of life can be utterly out of place in another situation or context. Relative evil does exist: it's like the clash of wills, especially acts and thoughts not in harmony with the situation. 

All this has something to do with post-modern ideas, but not with the extreme forms of these as a total relativity of values means to deny the existence of levels of morality, etc., which has been proven to exist (Kohlberg). Also, total (absolute!) relativity annihilates post-modernism itself as is immediately obvious, because other philosophies would be as valuable as post-modern philosophy which surely is not what the extreme relativists have in mind. Total relativity simply is lousy thinking.

You know, there are gradations in everything: love, hate, evil, good, selfishness and selflessness, etc. All rather obvious, but necessary to bring to the forum for reminding people who lack nuance in mind and thought.

In this regard we need also remember that it is only relatively recent, since the beginning of the 20th century that Einstein's relativity-theory changed the notions of absolute time and space held in science at that time.
Imagine the confusion at that time. No absolute time? What is time anyway? Without going into too abstruse discussions we could speculate a bit about "the creation of time" brought about by photons interacting with matter. Events, as they are called in physics, change the world, bit by bit.
Is motion the outer cause of time-experience? Acceleration? Perhaps.
Is recurrence a manifestation of 'time'? Or the reverse? Cycles are very important in nature. Think of maintenance/renewal (a form of recurrence, it seems). Is recurrence a manifestation of a timeless pattern?
Quite possible. You see, 'time' may be different on the molecular/atomic/subatomic level than on the mental level. Psychological experience involves diverse patterns and  faculties (sensori-motor,memory, history/context, interpretation, etc.). It  is all worth a deeper investigation than philosophers and scientists have been attempting up to today.
If you can contribute anything substantial, why not post a comment?

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Updated: Friday, 1 June 2007 5:39 PM MEST

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Last week I watched an episode of Oprah where she talked with the producer and in some way affiliated authors of a DVD called "The Secret".

 The basic idea behind this "secret" is often called "the law of attraction". Loosely stated this law boils down to "you manifest those events/situations in your life where your mind is attuned to".

Now that is part of what I have been talking about in my theosophical writings (see articles on this site). In that sense I have promulgated that idea (for free) for over a decade.  

In my writings I have added some comments about this "law" which I want to  elaborate here (and perhaps in a follow-up) .

You know, one should take into account several factors that play a role in one's life besides this law of attraction. Think of the following: 

• influence of the environment, milieu, etc.
• health, age, temperament
• past and future karma of self and others
• cyclic factors, "Zeitgeist"

 This list will be enough for the moment.

I think it will be abundantly clear that one's environment exerts a powerful influence on  oneself. If you don't understand that, then have a look at ghetto's, slums and other concentrations of misery in this world. Then ask yourself what influences you send into the environment!

 Young children have often little choice but to undergo the negative influence of other kids and adults. Hundreds of millions of children in India alone have been abused in one form or another. The same story applies to the rest of the world. So, this "order peace of mind, wealth, health, etc. from the universe" idea  that is often preached in newage circles, seems a little cheap to me. Did the victims of war ("collateral damage") in Worldwar II, Vietnam, Iraq, Darfur, etc., etc., order these events? How cruel to think in such a way! What about ill health? Just "order good health from the universe" and expect it to arrive within a couple of days/weeks/months? What a simplistic vision of the world!

 No,  one has to be a bit more realistic than that. As  studies in physics and biology show, there are almost invariably "lag-factors" in play, e.g. one's body needs time to adjust to a new environment, diet, exercises (not only physical but mental ones too!). Thinking about that, one's mind also needs time to adjust to new insights, new information. The lag involved differs for different people and different situations. An open society with responsive people will simply allow a freer flow of creative energy (see Bennett about energy types and qualities). That kind of energy is needed to change situations for the better! The higher type of creative energy is impersonal, and may follow ways that the personality may never expect in the first place. "Ordering a $5,000 income a month from the universe" may turn out a little different than expected. You may have to work a little harder than you are prepared to in order to earn that amount..

Where's the ethic in all this "ordering business?". It looks very much a self-centered, consumerist affair to me. Not very spiritual at all. Think about that. 

 One cannot expect that someone with bad health just "magically" can turn  into a vibrant healthy person.Common sense shows that that is next to impossible. 

Having said all this, it is of course wise to adopt a positive attitude towards life, in thinking, feeling and action. A constructive attitude, based on understanding of life, will inevitably bring benefits to self and others.

As all true religions teach, selfless service to others is the road to fulfillment.  Then one will tune in to deeper levels of reality, one's inner pattern, and things will start to shift from the inside out, instead of from the outside in (external factors). But one has to follow one's passion in doing all this, nothing contrived or it will fail.

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Posted by m_euser at 1:04 PM MEST

Updated: Sunday, 15 July 2007 11:51 PM MEST

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Value and will are dealt with quite elaborately in Bennett's second volume in the Dramatic Universe series. I can wholeheartedly encourage people to study that volume!

Now, on the subject of meaning, it is probably accurate to say that meaning is a kind of mental evaluation of 'things', events, people, etc. When one can see/perceive a value in/of something, someone, etc., then one can establish a meaningful relation with the other (being, 'thing').
So, meaning is a perceived value, attached to something or to some person or situation or event or even concepts/beliefs (religion with its symbols and ideas). This meaning can acquire a lot of "charge" sometimes (emotional issues)..
There are several levels or gradations of  value (and meaning), varying from survival value to social value to aesthetic value and  transcendental value.

Meaning takes some time to develop. A certain framework and context must be present for meaning to emerge. A development from simple perception or even instinctive awareness to apperception.  Marty Monteiro has developed a theory of  interaction that incorporates some important features in this regard. Do a google search or read elsewhere on my homepage (scientific section) to find some links to his work.

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Updated: Friday, 1 June 2007 5:40 PM MEST

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Values are fascinating. After some pondering I have concluded that values look very much like a kind of essences that radiate their influence throughout the universe from one level of being to the next. A kind of archetypal forms, perhaps. These are factual on their own level of being, if you can follow me. The mind can grasp some of these facts and bring them down to the level of earth where they become embodied or realized through events.

The mind has agency, an aspect of will, that brings patterns to bear on situations on earth. Bennett would probably say that a hyparchic factor (will!!) is needed to turn value (eternal pattern) into fact.  Or "Being" into Function.

 Do you recognize triadic function here? Pattern-Will-Function.

It is small wonder that psychologists (and most philosophers alike) have  evaded the subject of will as the plague. It is a notoriously difficult subject, yet the most important one to master. Roberto Assagioli  has written an entire book about the subject (Act of Will), which is a must-read for every serious person. The stages of will he describes are important food for study as understanding of these and application of this understanding will help you add great quality to your life! I did describe this process in my before mentioned article on the http://m_euser.tripod.com/articles/theo2.htm human being and you will encounter my visualization exercise on the "ideal model" of yourself in the book of Assagioli on Psychosynthesis. In that book, he very aptly describes the buildup of exercises to reach the stage of applying the ideal model successfully. That is another important writing of his hand. This exercise has to be done with the right attitude of mind, of course. I refer you to my articles on theosophy for further development of these ideas.

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Following your innermost pattern or essence is called following your dharma, the inner road that, in stages, will lead to more understanding, compassion and Light. This has all to do with bringing the creative energy (E3 in Bennett's system) to expression. But more about energies later..

Always check my article on the composite human being in this regard.

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Dyad, triad and tetrad

Recently I developed a practical example of dyad, triad and tetrad.

The dyad fear-courage is being discussed as well as a controlling third factor introduced (triad). The tetrad shows all of this in concrete action. Energies are discussed too. You can find all this in my article  http://m_euser.tripod.com/newvisiontetrad.pdf

Some cross-correlational terms in diverse systems  of gnosis are described  there too.

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Friday, 6 October 2006
Patterns and forms

Patterns and forms are fascinating. Think about a music score. This is a pattern of notes of kinds. Actually it usually is a combination of different patterns, hence a complex pattern, but the thing that is important here is that you can put it on paper, read it from whatever direction you want, etc. It is time-independant. Only when the pattern is actualized by someone
playing the notes, then it is under constraint of time. Tempo, rhytm, etc., become important then. The pattern itself is beyond the physical thing. It is meta-physical. If you want you can study some of Buckminster Fuller's work where he talks about these things.


The same thing goes for form. A form has a pattern too. If you have a blueprint of a house, there are all kinds of lines on it representing walls, doors, windows, etc. The pattern or blueprint is non-physical. It must be interpreted by the one using or applying it. That requires mind or cognition. Don't you see that there are different ontological levels here? Ponder about this and you will understand how you can change patterns of behaviour, thought-patterns, emotional patterns, etc. Very enlightening!
Life is like a movie where patterns (emotions/behaviours) are acted out. You can change the role you play if you really want.


I'm not suggesting that it is always easy, but certainly some patterns can be changed easier than others.

In the Arthur Young model, patterns are put on level 3, stage 3 as you will know when you've studied my writings on his work.
Level 4 combines the patterns of stage 3 with stage 2 substance.

In Kabbalah and theosophy patterns or forms are also attributed  to level 3, but the story is a bit more complicated there, since there is mirroring of levels, and there are forms on each level of existence. But that is another story.



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Friday, 29 September 2006
E10, E9

While E12 and E11 are energies of movement in Bennett's system, E10 and E9 are energies of form.
E10 is called "cohesive energy", binding energies of all sorts. These give cohesion to solids and liquids. Surface tension in liquids is a consequence of such energies. In Bennett's view nuclear binding energies, atomic and molecular binding energies all fall in the category of E10. These cohesive energies produce forms and pattern. This is what we observe thru our senses.

E9 is termed "plastic energy". This energy has to do with adaptation of form, the ability of molecules/atoms to change shape.Examples: muscles, arteries, vocal chords, etc. It is the most versatile and active of the material energies. One immediately is reminded of biochemical molecules like enzymes, etc., that initiate form-change in other molecules.

Bennett says that this energy comes into play because "there are holes in things", nothing is continuous. He also points out that the so-called "imperfections" of materials enable them to respond to the environment. This is a thought that is interesting. Does it also apply to the living world? Probably so! With E9 we get to the high end of the "non-living" world.

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Sunday, 17 September 2006
E11 - directed energy
E11 - directed energy
This energy "comes from separation and arises when motion has a consistent direction". See Bennett's book "Deeper Man" for a fuller description.
Examples: forcefields, usually associated with polar forces like seen in electromagnetic phenomena. The gravitational field of the earth is also inherently directed. These forces are in the domain of physics, chemistry and biology. A gradient of kinds is involved in this.

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Saturday, 16 September 2006
multi-perspective

To continue my previous posting: it is necessary that we all get some true education on several levels: historical, psychological, scientific, religious and spiritual,  communication skills, to name a few, in order to learn to see different perspectives or angles on a topic. And the standard scientific approach doesn't cut it, as this is only one perspective! Include some mystic teachings like Sufism, Gnosis and other variants of the so-called meta-physical branches. A good place to start is with my own articles, since these cover broad ground, including some basic general semantics. Learn to meditate, and to be a witness to as well as a participant in the affairs of life.

Then you will become a true "renaissance man" or woman, a positive, creative factor in society.

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Maps, belief-systems and reality

Gautama Buddha once said: there is one Truth, but many truths.


In modern semantics this can be expressed thus: there is one reality, but many maps of reality. The map is not the territory or reality, but only a concept or projection of reality.

One's belief system filters how one perceives reality. This knowledge is of immense practical importance! Think of clashes between civilizations, conflicts, wars, etc., not to mention daily life petty conflicts. All these
vanish into thin air when people start to understand that their
belief-systems, concepts or ideas of reality are just maps.

Stick to the golden rule, and the greater part of quarrels will disappear. Something to teach at schools and at home? Maybe a good idea to stick the following slogan to the wall at home, work and other public places: "Your belief system is not reality", "your map is your reality, but not other's reality". "Think of the golden rule, before you act".

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E12-dispersed energy

E12: dispersed energy

This is heat energy as in thermodynamics. Energy of random motions. Formless. Dispersive nature. Beginning of motion.
In biology, it is a result of work done in physiological processes. Study photosynthesis, the buildup of ATP molecules and the breakdown of these.

While I do acknowledge entropy-increase, there also is the reverse process of entropy-decrease, related to order, information, knowledge and planning. This is a whole field of study in itself!

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Wednesday, 13 September 2006
Energies (1)

A short overview of energy levels/types:

 From lowest to highest from the human point of view :

 (A discussion will follow later)

E12 - Dispersed energy

E11 - Directed energy

E10 - Cohesive energy

E9 -  Plastic energy

E8 -  Constructive energy

E7 -  Vital energy

E6 -  Automatic energy

E5 -  Sensitive energy

E4 -  Conscious energy

E3 -  Creative energy

E2 -  Unitive energy

E1 -  Transcendental energy

 

 

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Monday, 28 August 2006
Energy levels (1)

Having said what I said in my previous post, there are a lot of gems to be found in Bennett's work.
Example: his description of energies is impressive. He sketches twelf energy levels, six objective and six subjective. The lowest are "material" (below life), then come the living energies and then the cosmic energies.
Life has something of both subjective and objective energies. It has sentience and it has mechanism. Each energy merges into the next. Every level is organized by the level above it and disorganized by the level below it. See the booklet "Deeper man" by Bennett. There can be different kinds of energy within one level. Thought, feeling and sensation are on one level but operate from different centers, according to Bennett. They also produce different results. In practical life there is always a blend of energies.

An overview of energy levels (qualities!) will follow shortly.

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Tuesday, 15 August 2006

From now on, my blog will become more diverse.

I have been studying Anthony Blake's work concerning systematics.

He rightly says that Bennett fails to account for many of his conclusions.

Iow: Bennett states many things as truths but fails to portray the process of thinking by which he came to many of his conclusions.

I already observed this but liked some background from a longtime collaborator of Bennett. In addition, I observed that there are very few real-life examples  or case studies by Bennett showing how to apply systematics. The method is promising, I think, but desperately needs to be coupled with real-life (full blown) examples.

Time and energy permitting, not to forget some inspiration, I will pay some attention to these matters on a low frequency basis of posting.

See  www.duversity.org for more by Anthony Blake. His bundle of papers on a case study of globalization is interesting  as it shows how the logo-visual method can be applied.

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