T.o.N. (Theory of Nothing)

[Lloyd Gillespie]

Sorry, I couldn't resist, but really nothing is "clearly proven true," Lloyd. I guess that's why I have absolute faith in "it."

Isn't faith for the mindless/abstract/unscientific side of the mind?___Duh...

[Profpat]

Lloyd;

I noticed that in addition to being an engineer you are also an economist.

Doesn't our whole economic system operate on blind faith, in that NOTHING but faith and confidence, back our worlds currency. No more gold or silver, only the faith I can spend them tomorrow. And if or when I can't spend them, it's goodbye economic system.

It's one of the examples I use in class.

Best to you,

Pat

[Lloyd Gillespie]

Lloyd;

I noticed that in addition to being an engineer you are also an economist.

Doesn't our whole economic system operate on blind faith, in that NOTHING but faith and confidence, back our wrlds currency. No more gold or silver, only the faith I can spend them tomorrow. And if or when I can't spend them, it's goodbye economic system.

It's one of the examples I use in class.

Best to you,

Pat

Pat, imo, when all nations mutually use paper currency credit systems, they all somewhere near inflate safely together, thus there seems to be more resiliancy built into this system than many realize. I agree with you that a solid backed system would be better, but the world seems to afraid to make that move yet. I back Alfred Marshal's, J.M.Keynes' and Paul Davidson's suggestions of self-liquidating national debts and units of production, as a sound standard, to back future currency systems. I also back computerizations of certain markets, to counter the ill effects of presently computerized robberies in the international markets. We must use new Boolean logic systems against the present Boolean logic rip-offs.

Just a short answer, as this is Nobody's thread, and if you want to know more, e-mail me.

Lloyd

[N0B0DY]

I'll have two duhnuts and a coffee to go, Lloyd.

For me there is only one true faith, and that is complete trust in letting things happen without conscious interference. Like those "naturals" who do things without having to think about it, or those gifted individuals who have mastered an art without having learned it - though perhaps retaining mastery from other liftimes.

I know you're not that familiar with eastern metaphysics, Lloyd, but faith in certain eastern sects is the furthest non thing from mindless - it being more of an abundant universal fullness of mind controlling environmental circumstances, where the burden of being responsible for wrong thoughts and actions is forfeited.

[Profpat]

Hi Nobody;

I guess you and I agree on the importance of faith.

Without faith in our government, our government would cease to be.

Without faith in the corporation, the corporation would cease to be.

Without faith in the family, the family would cease to be.

And yes I believe without faith in reality, reality would cease to be.

Best to all,

Pat

P.S. " But you have to have faith for it to work Mr. Vincent " Fright Night ( Mr Vincent holding the cross trying to stop the vampire )

[RascalPuff]

Hey Austin:

Yer already famous and it seems to be contagious.

You are now the masthead and part of the introduction at http://forums.delphiforums.com/EinsteinGroupie.

(And it's all yer fault.)

Rully hope you read the material at that site, it may evoke some more pictorial and directory art from you that can be used there.

I'd love to see what you do with it. If you have a fax and will connect with me, there's a couple of diagrams in particular that I"m sure would blush at your illumination and have people's sox rolling up and down if and when posted on my site.

You got a fax # I might send some illustrations on?

There's one in particular that is absolutely enchanting, even in black and white.

P.S.
Your art is magnificent and your prolific text is brilliant.

Thank you for embellishing Nobody's site with such light.

RSVP

Best regards,
- RP

[N0B0DY]

Pat,

I once had a long drawn out discussion with a Fourth-Way advocate, who argued that there are many minds of which make up individuals' minds, and the goal is to reduce the splintered personality into single disciplined focus - hence the need for becoming a disciple, often at a large cost.

My take on the issue is that if the many minds are negated completely, the result is the same and we can realize that the one and none can be equated. The only difference between the two is one is produced through conscious effort based on preconceived set models, and the other naturally without effort and highly individualistic.

You may have heard of in your studies, that the the alignment of the head and body correlates to the alignment of heaven and earth, and the importance of the spinal bridge being kept in line. This can be achieved with the unnecessary aid of a guru who hasn't a clue of your individual makeup; or naturally by relaxing progressively to where the shoulders naturally fall and the chin is pulled in of itself, properly aligned from your own body that does have a clue.

The hair's-breadth difference is the difference between what the world is and what the world can be; a reality given and a reality made.

[austintorn@aol.com]

Rascal,

Saw your site—looks great—it should bring in more readers; I'll have to actually read more of it soon.

By some coincidence, you are playing a large role in the the next installment of the ninja-TOE story, which is a good one that resolves a few things and is just awaiting some minor touch-ups and formatting for posting.

Have no fax machine, per say, but my computer can receive faxes from any phone, but I only have a DSL and cable modem, but I think one of my older computers has a phone modem built into it, so I'll try a test and get back to you. (Or you could scan the pictures into your computer and post, if you have a scanner. Profpat needs to divert some funds to us for additional and better computering equipment.)

[Profpat]

Austin,

I'm still looking for funds to replace my #2 pencil, that you had me sharpen down to the eraser.

Good luck guys,

Pat

[austintorn@aol.com]

Nobody,

I agree with the many minds theory, so far, from what I've absorbed from studying the brain:

— A Thousand Minds —

The mind is perhaps many little minds,
Each a simpleton awaiting control,
Such as when we eat, socialize, or fight,
None of them very complex at all.

— Survival of the Fittest —

Subconscious trains of thought vie for attention;
The dueling choirs compete for first place
In the mind’s ‘I’—consciousness—to produce
Future, for this may be the task of thought.

Profpat,

Maybe a #3 pencil has a lucky number on it.