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Saturday, December 31
View Article  What does the conceptual framework of palaeomagnetism imply about the universe within which we live? Part I of II
by Daniel J. Shepard on Sat 31 Dec 2005 12:35 AM EST

What does the conceptual framework of palaeomagnetism imply about the universe within which we live?

 

 

Part I of II 

 

The universe is in a constant state of change. We cannot change this; it is a part of the process known as entropy. We can, however, change our approach to cataclysmic events of change.

 

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Earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes are minor cataclysmic events creating major upheavals in society and individual people’s lives. Events such as these are excellent test runs for the more traumatic cataclysmic events we will have to face at some point. Examples of such major events would include pole shifts, large meteor impacts, global epidemics, and ice ages.

 

Presently, we react to small worldwide cataclysmic events with a sense of awe and wonder over the power of nature and science: monsoons in Asia, earthquakes in Mexico, epidemics in Africa, nuclear meltdowns in Russia. We view these events as isolated occurrences deserving our attention for the full two minutes they are being aired on TV. Many people point to organizations such as the Red Cross, the United Nations, and world governments as examples of our compassion and united front intended to address such events. But would such minor efforts provide us with the expertise to handle an event such as a pole shift?

 

 

 

To be continued: Part II of II: This is not a negativism. This is... 

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Friday, December 16
View Article  Panentheism: What does panentheism say regarding the whole?
by Daniel J. Shepard on Fri 16 Dec 2005 01:00 AM EST

Panentheism: What does panentheism say regarding the whole?

Issue One: The Whole Itself

 

Balance sheet: Symbiotic Panentheism

 

The concept of panentheism can be discussed from the standpoint of several points of view. As such let me ‘sound bite’ panentheism in the language of four basic arenas:

 

            Ontologically:    panentheism – all in ‘God’

            Metaphysically: panentheism – all in ‘Being’

            Scientifically: panentheism – all in ‘Consciousness’

            Mathematically:panentheism – all in ‘The Universal Set’

 

In all four instances – ‘God’, ‘Being’, ‘Consciousness’, ‘The Universal Set’ - the words pertain to the noun form as opposed to the verb form, in other words the terms pertain to the entity of the concept as opposed to the passive or active state of the entity.

 

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Thursday, December 15
View Article  What significance does topology have to offer other life forms in the universe? Part II of II
by Daniel J. Shepard on Thu 15 Dec 2005 01:00 AM EST

What significance does topology have to offer other life forms in the universe?

 

Part II of II

 

...Religion was the first to discover a universal truth through a process we call a sense of what is. The newcomer, science, is just now beginning to verify what religions have been saying for thousands of years through the process of seeing and observing what takes place around us. The field of study it is using to do so is mathematics – topology in particular.

 

Topology offers us hope from the scientific point of view, that maybe, just maybe, we are more than just temporary beings. Topology offers us hope that perhaps religions are correct, perhaps we are a direct part of eternity, perhaps we are a form of a universal truth. As far-reaching as this may be for us, let us not forget it is not a truth pertaining to only us. It is being professed as a universal truth, which means it applies to all life forms.

 

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Topology offers the individual hope. Mathematics now joins religion as a believer in the concept of something possibly existing beyond the universe.

 

Mathematics is the purest form of science; it is the language through which science speaks. Mathematics is so convinced of the idea that universal truths exist that it has established topology as a field of study dedicated specifically to the concept of seeking these very truths.

 
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Wednesday, December 14
View Article  What significance does topology have to offer other life forms in the universe? Part I of II
by Daniel J. Shepard on Wed 14 Dec 2005 12:39 AM EST

What significance does topology have to offer other life forms in the universe?

 

Part I of II

 

Just as topology offers us hope both as individuals and as a species, topology offers the same hope to other life forms throughout the heavens.

 

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Since Hinduism, religions have been professing that the essence of life is the soul. The soul is not mortal. The soul is immortal. The soul is not limited by time.

 

The soul is eternal. Put in scientific terms, this would be expressed as: the essence of life is abstract. The essence of life is awareness. Various perceptions of awareness may be influenced by the stretching and twisting deformations of the forces within the universe, but the very ‘existence of awareness’ remains what it is: awareness existing. Therefore, the idea of the existence of awareness is a universal truth. Awareness exists and the fact that it exists remains unchanged by the deforming forces of the universe. This scientific statement is simply a statement of the fundamentals of topology.

 

 

To be continued: Part II of II: Religion was the first to discover a universal truth through a process we call...

 

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