[Bob Campbell]

Originally Posted by simplyshuchi

I could'nt agree more. However, please help me with a small doubt.

Originally Posted by simplyshuchi

Have you tried solving a jigsaw puzzle with a few pieces missing? Each added piece tells where the others go, and if a few are missing many others can't find their places in the schema. In short, to be able to fit in all the pieces in a giant pattern we need to have all pieces.

Stepping out of the metaphor, it seems to me that we need to have everything before we try to explain everything and come up with a comprehensive Theory of everything.
Now since we are obviously nowhere close to knowing everything, just exactly where does that leave us in our quest for TOE?
Im lost, could you help me out?

Hi,

There is another starting point possible that begins with the whole picture. There are structural requirements implicit in the concept of universal oneness that allow the proliferation of manyness. One and Many must find mutual reconciliation in discrete nested stages that embrace ALL structural possiblities to experience. There is a "System" (see www.cosmic-mindreach.com) of delineating the cosmic order in this way that implicitly prescribes the basis of meaning. This requires that there is an isomorphy or strutural self-similarity implicit in every area of experience however diverse it may seem. The same structure keeps recurring in different phenomenal disguises. So it is not necessary to have all the pieces of the puzzle in every area of experience to have an understanding of a specific area of experience for it to be consistent with the whole of experience. With some degree of insight into the isomorphy of phenomenal experience as it presents itself, anyone can explore the universe from their own back yard. There is a sense in which to understand anything well is to understand everything well.

Regards, Bob.