Bruce Schuman wrote:
ps. do you see co-respond-dance between your 'Zero' & Bruce's 'Origin'?
Some. As I understand "Origin", it seeks to find commonalities between the various religions of the world. Zero, on the other hand, is not a tie between religions, but is a religion in and of itself. It seeks to incorporate as much of other religions as possible, but those aspects which are at odds with Zero's basic tenets are not incorporated, even if those aspects are common in most or all other religions.
This entire business is interesting to me particularly because "origin" *means* "zero".
The entire concept of the ORIGIN design arises from the conjunction of a Cartesian n-dimensional coordinate frame, understood in cybernetic terms, with the traditional universal religious symbol "mandala". The doctrine supposes that the "origin" of the n-dimensional frame (the zero point in all the n dimensions) can be understood as the centerpoint of a mandala. Understood in cybernetic terms, this framework becomes a control logic for the stabilization of all simultaneous interdependent variables in the n dimensions.
I think Steve was asking if your work, Origin, is similar to my work, Zero. I don't think he was asking "Is the number zero important to Origins mapping of religious concepts?". Interesting response none-the-less.
The value of all variables is calibrated relative to zero. If all dimensions have a common origin, in one (high dimensional) coordinate frame, all value in those dimensions is indexed relative to a common zero point.
Ok. But you could calibrate them relative to 1, or -1, or 18563. The end result would be the same. Correct?
The commonality in religions is ascertained through venn diagram set intersection. Common factors are found at the origin -- the zero point.
And, I assume, some neighborhood around zero, or including some set of vectors from zero (or whatever number we calibrate to).
This is the key to the mathematical integration of all cognitive space -- all human thoughts -- and, also, the linear integration of the entire internet ("cyberspace").
Perhaps.
Zero is a very fast number.
Where it not unknowable, the mind would not have cognizance.
Where it not empty, the Ten Thousand Things would be formless.
Where it not immobile, the Hand of God would lie still.
From my copy of Buddhist Scriptures:
...and...
But if ill-will or the desire to hurt others should stir your
mind, purify it again with its opposite, which will act on it
like a wishing jewel on muddied water.
What was it that Buddha wished to teach? Was it sagacity, was it
brilliant academic understanding? Was his aim to encourage the
reading of the scriptures, or asceticism, or austerities? In
reality it was none of these. He simply wished to show all living
beings how to set in order body and mind. The method of doing
this is given in the classic on meditation call Zazengi": "Think
of not thinking of anything at all. How is one to think of not
thinking of anything at all? Be without thoughts - this is the
secret of meditation."
In Cohesive Math, every idea can be assigned to a number, and
every number has its opposite. The sum of opposites is zero.
This is the meaning of zero (the number) to Zero (the religion).
It is the thought which is not a thought. It is "the living
Samadhi of all Buddhas".
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