Theos-Talk Archives (August 2005 Message tt00326)

Dallas,

I understand your response and enjoy the material you quote. Thanks for 
everything.

peace,

bill


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "W.Dallas TenBroeck" <dalval14@earthlink.net>
To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 8:41 AM
Subject: RE: Theos-World The function of zero


> 8/29/2005 4:40 AM
>
>
> Dear Bill
>
> Re: division by ZERO
>
> One might say that ALL and ZERO are a pair of opposites
>
> Or, all and nothing.
>
> Are we shifting planes of reference? Philosophically if we limit ourselves
> to the material condition we live in, this is irresolvable. {I think.} 
> But
> even "thought" is not material or a substance, but rather a power or an
> energy.
>
> But then Einstein covered that as he said (somewhere ?) that all things 
> and
> humans were made up of energies -- and what else is an atom resolvable
> into? ('Strings' of +ve and -ve non-dimensional "beings ?")
>
> A "mind" is needed to consider these.
>
> In THEOSOPHY (as I learn) the human mind is presented to us to be 
> considered
> to be a "fragment" of MAHAT -- the Universal Mind (and the whole physical
> manifestation of the Universe is considered to be the necessary "brain."
> This is pure mysticism of course and appears suggestive and certainly 
> cannot
> be pinned down. But, worth remembering. An infinite set of inter-acting
> fields of energy?)
>
>
> Here is an ancient view:
>
>
> Nor Aught nor Nought existed; yon bright sky
> Was not, nor heaven's broad roof outstretched above.
> What covered all? what sheltered? what concealed?
> Was it the water's fathomless abyss?
> There was not death - yet there was nought immortal,
> There was no confine betwixt day and night;
> The only One breathed breathless by itself,
> Other than It there nothing since has been.
> Darkness there was, and all at first was veiled
> In gloom profound - an ocean without light -
> The germ that still lay covered in the husk
> Burst forth, one nature, from the fervent heat.
>
> . . . . . . . . .
>
> "Desire first arose in It, which was the primal germ of mind;
> and which sages, searching with their intellect,
> have discovered to be the bond
> which connects Entity with Non-Entity."
> . . . . . . . . S D II 176, 578-9
>
> Who knows the secret? who proclaimed it here?
> Whence, whence this manifold creation sprang?
> The Gods themselves came later into being -
> Who knows from whence this great creation sprang?
> That, whence all this great creation came,
> Whether Its will created or was mute,
> The Most High Seer that is in highest heaven,
> He knows it - or perchance even He knows not."
> "Gazing into eternity . . .
> Ere the foundations of the earth were laid,
> . . . . .
> Thou wert. And when the subterranean flame
> Shall burst its prison and devour the frame . . .
> Thou shalt be still as Thou wert before
> And knew no change, when time shall be no more.
> Oh! endless thought, divine ETERNITY."
> S D I 27
>
> [This is a translation of the Nasadiya Hymn
> of the Rig Veda, X v.129
>
>
> I would still maintain that if the substantial ONE HUNDRED (100) is 
> divided
> by NOTHING (no-thing material) like ZERO it remains unaffected.
>
> Even in our material environment, if one sees an equation
>
> 100 / 0 = ? the answer is either "100" or INFINITY.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> (Thanks for the Link to EPHILOSOPHER. Interesting views.)
>
> Dallas
>
> ================================
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Meredith
> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 5:54 PM
> To:
> Subject: The function of zero
>
> Excuse the previous attempt. Hurried and harried.
>
> Anyone interested in a further discussion of the dynamics of zero may look
> at this recent exchange on ephilosopher.com.
>
> http://www.ephilosopher.com/phpBB_14-action-viewtopic-topic-3137.html
>
>
> peace,
>
> bill
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