March 24, 2010
In order to fly A bird is thrown from its nest. ……
Suffering is perception
You are eternal
All this pain is an illusion
(apologies to Maynard Keenan)
One man may fly by working as an accountant
Another by helping a rape victim
Another by being raped
the quest is eternal….
its accepting the quest
learnign to fly or giving up
that is satan, that is evil, not learnign to fly
And all life is victorious
(apologies to the mandaeans..lol)
March 12, 2010
http://www.todayinsci.com/H/Heisenberg_Werner/HeisenbergWerner-Quotations.htm
It is not surprising that our language should be incapable of describing the processes occurring within the atoms, for, as has been remarked, it was invented to describe the experiences of daily life, and these consists only of processes involving exceedingly large numbers of atoms. Furthermore, it is very difficult to modify our language so that it will be able to describe these atomic processes, for words can only describe things of which we can form mental pictures, and this ability, too, is a result of daily experience. Fortunately, mathematics is not subject to this limitation, and it has been possible to invent a mathematical scheme—the quantum theory—which seems entirely adequate for the treatment of atomic processes; for visualization, however, we must content ourselves with two incomplete analogies—the wave picture and the corpuscular picture.
— Werner Heisenberg
The Physical Principles of the Quantum Theory, trans. Carl Eckart and Frank C. Hoyt (1949), 11.
See also: | Atom (92) | Particle (13) | Quantum Physics (14) | Wave (16)
It seems sensible to discard all hope of observing hitherto unobservable quantities, such as the position and period of the electron… Instead it seems more reasonable to try to establish a theoretical quantum mechanics, analogous to classical mechanics, but in which only relations between observable quantities occur.
— Werner Heisenberg
In Helge Kragh, Quantum Generations: A History of Physics in the Twentieth Century (1999), 161.
See also: | Electron (30) | Observation (147) | Quantum Physics (14) | Theory (192)
Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means at our disposal. In this way quantum theory reminds us, as Bohr has put it, of the old wisdom that when searching for harmony in life one must never forget that in the drama of existence we are ourselves both players and spectators. It is understandable that in our scientific relation to nature our own activity becomes very important when we have to deal with parts of nature into which we can penetrate only by using the most elaborate tools.
— Werner Heisenberg
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The Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Theory (1958). In Steve Adams, Frontiers (2000), 13.
See also: | Experiment (218) | Quantum Theory (19) | Question (52) | Research (221)
Science no longer is in the position of observer of nature, but rather recognizes itself as part of the interplay between man and nature. The scientific method … changes and transforms its object: the procedure can no longer keep its distance from the object.
— Werner Heisenberg
The Representation of Nature in Contemporary Physics’, Symbolism in Religion and Literature (1960), 231. Cited in John J. Stuhr, Philosophy and the Reconstruction of Culture (1993), 139.
See also: | Change (44) | Man (115) | Nature (255) | Object (14) | Procedure (6) | Recognize (4) | Science (463) | Scientific Method (62)
March 4, 2010
the LHP practioner of course does not like things…so they change things
and make them look nice.
the RHP also does this but works to do this for everyone not just themselves
the mystic realises that one doesnt need to change the flow, they need to become it.
There is a subtle difference between the three that is difficult to discern, especially when the three may use incredibly similar techniques and even the same imagery. However the intent is different within all three. Some also would argue there is only really two distinct paths making the LHP and the RHP one path…
This can all be epitomised by the King going to the beach…holding his hand up
and commanding the sea to stop. His will may indeed stop the flow of the sea. If his will is strong enough he could build a construction liike a dam. This would be the LHP and the RHP. The LHP would arguably use the power of the sea to their own advantage, thus building a windmill or hydro electric plant, to power their own castle. The RHP would argue this is wrong, and use the sea to power the entire kingdom.
The mystic however knows, such acts are pointless, the sea is going to do whatever it wants, thus the mystic jumps into the ocean…and dies….
but what swims, is no longer the person that dove into the sea
this death of course is also a part of the LPH and RHP (less so the LHP), but it is to make the power plant work effectively…
as a side note, this death is the esoteric meaning of what Christians call being Born again….which obviously differs quite a bit from what many (but arguably not all)christians think being born again is…
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-Hand_Path_and_Right-Hand_Path
The terms Left-Hand Path and Right-Hand Path are a dichotomy between two opposing philosophies found in the Western Esoteric Tradition, which itself covers various groups involved in the occult and ceremonial magic. In some definitions, the Left-Hand Path is equated with malicious Black Magic and the Right-Hand Path with benign White Magic.[1] Other occultists have criticised this definition, believing that the Left-Right dichotomy refers merely to different kinds of working, and does not necessarily connotate good or bad magical actions.[2]
In more recent definitions, which base themselves on the terms’ origins amongst Indian Tantra, the Right-Hand Path, or RHP, is seen as a definition for those magical groups which follow specific ethical codes and adopt social convention, whilst the Left-Hand Path adopts the opposite attitude, espousing the breaking of taboo and the abandoning of set morality. Some contemporary occultists have stressed that both paths can be followed by a magical practitioner, as essentially they have the same goals.
