30 APR 2023 by ideonexus
Three Guidelines and Eight Stages
I.A The Three Guidelines The Dao of Great Learning lies in making bright virtue brilliant; in making the people new; in coming to rest at the limit of the good. Only after wisdom comes to rest does one possess certainty; only after one possesses certainty can one become tranquil; only after one becomes tranquil can one become secure; only after one becomes secure can one contemplate alternatives; only after one can contemplate alternatives can one comprehend. Affairs have their roots and bra...Folksonomies: confucianism
Folksonomies: confucianism
12 DEC 2017 by ideonexus
Formalized Thinking is Non-Intuitive for Humans
Ancient scribes learned not merely to read and write, but also to use catalogues, dictionaries, calendars, forms and tables. They studied and internalised techniques of cataloguing, retrieving and processing information very diFolksonomies: intuition formalized thinking
Folksonomies: intuition formalized thinking
24 DEC 2014 by ideonexus
Ingress Operation Solstice
Enlightened believe in science, observation, and understanding of natural phenomenon. The word Solstice reflects that on this one day, the sun stands still How did the ancients explain this? With Fear or Celebration? They turned to astronomy and the observation of the heavenly bodies that dance in the depths of space. Just like our ancient fore-bearers, we believe that XM needs to be observed, understood, and celebrated, not feared and locked out of the portals that surround us. We celebr...Folksonomies: enlightenment solstice
Folksonomies: enlightenment solstice
16 MAR 2013 by ideonexus
The Scientist-Artist
We may soon discover that all babies are bom geniuses and only become degeniused by the erosive effects of unthinkingly maintained false assumptions of the grown-ups, with their conventional ways of "bringing up" and educating" their young. We now know that schools are the least favorable environment for leaming. The home TV is far more effective, but we are alĀ¬ lowing the big money-making advertisers to poison the information children assimilate in their four to five hours a day of spontane...Another complex and unique passage from B.Fuller.
05 JUN 2012 by ideonexus
We Don't Question Human Artifacts
If the finding of Coines, Medals, Urnes, and other Monuments of famous Persons, or Towns, or Utensils, be admitted for unquestionable Proofs, that such Persons or things have, in former Times, had a being, certainly those Petrifactions may be allowed to be of equal Validity and Evidence, that there have been formerly such Vegetables or Animals. These are truly Authentick Antiquity not to be counterfeited, the Stamps, and Impressions, and Characters of Nature that are beyond the Reach and Powe...Folksonomies: archeology
Folksonomies: archeology
So why do some question impressions of ancient animals?