* i am this i am, not US vs THEM. * i am as young as now and as old as the universe. * art is in, science is out. the universe is electric * the trick is to distinct the right from wrong and if mistake is made then learn from it and move along. * ! good happens when it can. <3 ||\/| |E ~||~//-\ |P ||-| Y |5 || (C |5 The One Page Bible God of Hosts God is the physical host body at the centre of the whole universe, as a point of reference, creative input, and experience of it, the earth element, while mind is Lord of consciousness and senses of right vs wrong, the water element, the Spirit is space, the air we breathe in and out, the air element, and the Soul is emotional feelings with which we experience passage of time and perceiving change, the fire element. All four correspond to the foundations of life on earth and the four kingdoms of life, earth being the mineral kingdom, water being the fungi kingdom, air being the plant kingdom, and fire is the animal kingdom, with the fifth kingdom as a capstone representing the human kingdom of the universal awareness, micro and macro, ether, ormus, the energy of love, kindness, empathy, compassion, wisdom, encompassing the whole matrix of life and being aware of the big picture and the tiny details. the universe is a playground and the earth is where we learn how to share it. i am ❤ (love) this i am, not US O:) (angels) vs THEM 3:) (demons). Also, the body represents the needs, while the mind the wants, desires. however a healthy mind wants first to help its host body to get what it needs and to look after it well. as a saying goes, in healthy body is a healthy spirit. and my version, the body is holy, the rest is a story. The body IS the nature, right smack at the centre of it all. hence the nature calls, and the reason, the mind, is part of the body’s sensory network monitoring and processing the information within and around it, using it to provide for the body’s needs, big part of the nature, before the consciousness is free to focus on the diverse desires and ideas of fun. Sure the spirit (space) is infinite, however one attains life, and hence the remote possibility of immortality or a healthy lifespan by having a body, would it be an atom, a plant, an animal, human, robot, or galaxy, etc, as a centre of reference and experience, the body is the physical centre of the whole universe, and hence all the available options that define the free choice, self perception and determination of what one needs and wants. ... First, one has to define the terms used, specially when using the loaded words that mean different things to different people. God, aka the God of Hosts, a title according to the Catholic cannon, and i agree, is the physical body at the centre of the whole universe, as a point of reference, creative input, and experience of it (elemental earth), while the good Lord is the conscious mind with senses of right vs wrong (elemental water), with the Great Spirit, or the Holy Ghost, representing the space (Latin: Spiritus, means to breathe [in/micro and out/macro] (elemental air)), and the Soul is the emotional feeling/perception of changes in time (elemental fire). The Soul has a free choice to either aid the needs of God, the host body, one's own and that of the others around, the family, friends, community, the species, the entire planet, and eventually, as the consciousness grows, encompassing the whole universe, or cause harm to the body, intentionally or not, hence the consequences are ripped later for the sawed deeds, otherwise, without the free choice there would be no freedom, hence no responsibilities, no consequences, only the boring predetermined fates, something that God obviously does not want for the human kind, nor the mindless melee. All four elemental forces correspond to the foundations of life on earth and the four kingdoms of life, earth being the mineral kingdom, water being the fungi kingdom, air being the plant kingdom, and fire is the animal kingdom, with the fifth kingdom, as a capstone, representing the human kingdom of the universal awareness, micro and macro, ether, ormus, the energy of love, kindness, empathy, compassion, wisdom, encompassing the whole matrix of life and being aware of the big picture and the tiny details, hence the name of the species is homo sapiens, Latin for the "wise man." Also, the body represents the needs, while the mind the wants, desires. however a healthy mind wants first to help its host body to get what it needs and to look after it well. as a saying goes, in healthy body is a healthy spirit. and my version, the body is holy, the rest is a story. The body IS the nature, right smack at the centre of it all. hence the nature calls, and the reason, the mind, is part of the body’s sensory network monitoring and processing the information within and around it, using it to provide for the body’s needs, big part of the nature, before the consciousness is free to focus on the diverse desires and ideas of fun. Sure the spirit (space) is infinite, however one attains life, and hence the remote possibility of immortality or a healthy lifespan by having a body, would it be an atom, a plant, an animal, human, robot, or galaxy, etc, as a centre of reference and experience, the body is the physical centre of the whole universe, and hence all the available options that define the free choice, self perception and determination of what one needs and wants. the universe is a playground and the earth is where we learn how to share it. i am ❤ (love) this i am, not US O:) (angels) vs THEM 3:) (demons). "the universe has its centre everywhere and its circumference nowhere." now + here = nowhere. you are the entire universe, micro and macro, at its centre -- your soul -- and as such you are enormously significant. take good care of yourself and your environment. "the universe has its centre everywhere and its circumference nowhere," is a famous proverb which William Blake has so eloquently paraphrased in his book Songs of Innocence and of Experience. I did some research on its origins: *1 - "The Universe has its centre everywhere and its circumference nowhere", William Blake wrote in 'Songs of Innocence and Experience'. *2 - Pascal wrote in 'Pensees' #199, Penguin tr., "Nature is an infinite sphere whose centre is everywhere and circumference nowhere". Nicolas of Cusa wrote similar things. Reference by Dan Lusthaus. *3 - St. Bonaventure wrote in 'Itinerarium Mentis in Deum' "Chapter 5. The Consideration of the Divine Unity Through Its Primary Name Which Is BEING." ... "8. ... As eternal and most present, it encompasses and enters all duration. existing, as it were, at one and the same time as their center and their circumference. Likewise, because it is the most simple and the greatest, it is wholly within all things and wholly outside them; hence it is "an intelligible sphere, whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere". ...". Latin: "Cap V. De speculatione divinae unitatis per eius nomen primarium, quod est esse". ... "8. ... Quia aeternum et praesentissimum, ideo omnes durationes ambit et intrat, quasi simul existens earum centrum et circumferntia. - Quia simplicissimum et maximum, ideo totum intra omnia et totum extra, ac per hoc "est sphaera intelligibilis, cuius centrum est ubique et circumferentia nusquam".[14] ...". [14]Alan. aab Insulis, Theolog. Regul., 7. http://web.sbu.edu/theology/apczynski/courses/CLAR 101 Intellectual Journey/Itinerarium/lat5.html#para8 *4 - "God is an infinite sphere whose centre is everywhere and circumference nowhere", appears in Bartholomaeus Anglicus' De proprietatibus rerum, as referenced in Bartholomaeus Anglicus and His Encyclopedia by M.C. Seymour et al. edition of the Trevisa translation. The source is popularly attributed to the XXIV Philosophers, see notes at the tail end of Book XIX. The Hermetic 'Liber XXIV philosophrum' (ed. C. Baumker in 'Beitrage' XXV. 208), found in the 'Summa' of Alexander of Hales (I. 19a and 60a); on which see M.-T. d'Alverny in P.O. Kristeller, 'Catalogus translationum et commentatiorum' (Washington DC, 1960), pp. 151-4. In DPR I. 16 (p. 53) BA cites Trismegistus as the author of the definition here ascribed to Secundus. Vincent, 'Speculum naturale' I. 4 (Venice 1591, IV. 4 va) attributes the first definition to Empedocles and gives the second as 'mens immortalis'. Within the metaphor of the rational soul as a circle of perfection BA joins these two Hermetic statements with an orthodox restatement of the philosophical concept of the Trinity, cf. DPR I. 2 and III. 13 (pp. 44-5, 103), which depends on Innocent III, 'Liber extra' published with his other decretals at the Fourth Lateran Cuncil of 1215. See further, A. Garci'a y Garci'a, 'Constitutiones concilii quarti lateranensis' (Vatican, 1981), pp. 41-6, and notes to 44/15 and 53/1. Reference by Juris G. Lidaka. www.georgetown.edu *5 - "God is a circle whose center is everywhere, whose circumference is nowhere", popularly credited to St. Augustine writing in the 'Confessions' (I am still trying to verify this. I haven't found it yet in the 'Confessions'). *6 - Oxford Dictionary of Quotations places it under "anonymous" and attributes the source to the "lost work of Empedocles". The dictionary also notes that the quotation is found in the 'Roman de la Rose' in the form "The nature of God is....". Reference by Norman Hinton. *7 - it's also in Alan of Lille's Sermon on the intelligible sphere. See M-T d'Alverny's (wonderful) 'Alain de Lille: Textes inedits', p.297: "Deus est spera intelligibilis cuius centrum ubique, circumferentia nusquam." She cites also the Regulae theologiae, 7 (PL 210, 627). Reference by Jeffrey Fisher. *8 - "God is a circle..." is also attributed to Plotinus in 'Enneads' VI, 5.4. Reference by Mark Murphy. *9 - "An infinite sphere, the centre of which is everywhere, the circumference nowhere." God being defined by St. Augustine according to Henry Miller in 'Black Spring' p.103. *10 - God is my centre when I close him in; My circumference when I melt in him. -- Silesius 'Cherubinischer Wandersmann' (1657 A.D.) 3.148: Gott ist mein Mittelpunkt, wenn ich ihn in mich schliess: Mein Umkreis dann, wenn ich aus Lieb in ihn zerfliesse. (Source: Joseph Campbell 'The Mythic Image' Bollingen Series C, p. I.64 (1974 A.D.) Princeton University Press, assisted by M. J. Abadie.) !Listen to your heart, and if good can happen then it will. <3 The Big Picture painting by Alexander Braun (2012 - in progress) fluorescent acrylic, oil, gold, silver, copper lief, silkscreen, pencil, markers on 48"x48" canvas. _\|/_ ~.~ _\|/_ The One Page Bible The One Page Bible is the metaphysics that i have developed to redefine and simplify the practical application of the religious, philosophical, scientific, political and cultural terms and symbology for clearer understanding and more effective use in real life. It is the conceptual foundation of The Big Picture painting that I am still painting, it can be seen at its current stage of completion along with an expanded online version of The One Page Bible at: http://about.me/theUniverse . TOPB was first published in 2003 as a title of the Symbiosis magazine, zine number 3 issue 2 (it starts from zero), that i have published while living at the legendary Pope Squat on King Street, Toronto West End, organized by the OCAP. The Symbiosis zine, the three issues published thus far, was 8.5" x 11" size with 22 pages, including a card stock cover, printed in five colours (red, blue, green, yellow, and black) with 1000 copies distribution, hand collated and stapled by me, and paid for by myslef, the donations, and over $500 of ads i have sold in the Kensington market of local stores and merchants. The One Page Bible of the Symbiosis zine was a collection of the Creation stories from different artists, musicians, and other creative people that I have collected contributions from, one page per person, and with 44 pages and 88 faces the Symbiosis zine offered eclectic diversity of views and wide spectrum of individual perspectives about the big questions of life. It also showcased numerous artwork, with all of the content released to the public domain under the Creative Commons Share Alike License 3.0, that was before the Idiosyntactix Strategic Arts & Sciences Alliance has created its own Peer Production License. (Google or visit Idiosyntactix group on facebook for details.) In 2009 I have published The One Page Bible on a birch bark, the original I gave, in 2014, to my mom when I saw her for the first time in over twenty years, which was very special. In 2016, on February 29, upon a popular demand for more copies, I have made an upgrade with introduction of the second version of the birch bark type, this one, while retaining most of the original content, features more in-depth metaphysics and new flat earth information. . . . (birch bark v2 29Feb2016) poem: The UN flag shows Flat world map That ancients said Created God. Sky is the limit Under a dome Sitting on top Of the Antarctic wall. The Sun, Moon, and stars Making circles above, Around North Pole -- The Centre of Earth. _\|/_ ~.~ _\|/_ Steve Sisgold: Authors at Google https://youtu.be/bjJYlaR7Qu0 I am thrilled to announce and present to the world, after many decades of struggle to remedy the damages caused by the false "mind over body" paradigm, the new book, heavenly inspired O:) must read, by Steve Sisgold, titled "Whole Body Intelligence" where he effectively explored the VIRAL vs VITAL believes. http://WholeBodyIntelligence.com/ Courtesy of a TV interview by Barry Kibrick, Between The Lines TV program. http://BarryKibrick.com/ + https://www.facebook.com/Barry-Kibrick-180178462030886/ + http://WorldChannel.org/ This "mind over body" attitude is wrong and is unfair, unreasonable enslavement of the body for no good reason to the psychotic dictatorship of the mind on the lose. Hence was my main reason for the creation in 2002 of the first One Page Bible, followed by another version in 2009, and 20016, accompanied with its visual counterpart, The Big Picture painting, started in 2012. Both conceptual works can be seen at https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10207481226442649.1073741874.1048125436&type=1&l=96f3cca5ee or http://about.me/theUniverse, along with the numerous articles on the subject (see my notes) focused on the metaphysics and re-defining or re-establishing the terms used to describe the human reality, which includes: the physical body and environment (micro/macro, pleasure/pain, life/death, needs/order) aka God of Hosts (EARTH), sensory of the conscious (awareness of the soul)/subconscious (awareness of the body) mind with the archetypes of the values, ethics, and judgements (wants/laws), with the associated dichotomies of good/evil, right/wrong, (WATER), spiritual/spatial (in/out, war/peace) perception/the "here" circumstances, breathing, animating the in/out connections between the micro/macro spaces, hidden, (AIR), and last but not least, is the feeling emotionally the procession of time (love/fear, care/hate) the "now" presence, cycles/fates/change, "the emanation of the Holy Spirit," -- the Soul (FIRE). The fifth element is the centre, as an old proverb says, "the universe has its centre everywhere and its circumference nowhere." now+here=nowhere. (ETHER). ~.~ _\|/_ I am as young as now and as old as the universe. _\|/_ The body is holy, the rest is a story. _\|/_ The universe is a playground and the earth is where we learn how to share it. _\|/_ Love is the root of all evil and good. _\|/_ i am <3 i am, not US O:) vs THEM 3:). http://theUniverse.name/ http://theUniverse.name/wp http://about.me/theUniverse Live! Prosper! Be Well! ~.~ ~.~ Responce to: "Can people really change their moral character?" http://www.futurity.org/moral-behaviors-1114902-2/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=webfeeds muahaha hehe that is the trick indeed. in other words, can the Hell be turned into the Heaven, can the Satan be overthrown and the Hell be frozen over... i think more doable is to improve oneself spiritually, hence the moral lessons in life, and get the hell out of Hell while ye can. it's not about US vs THEM, but oneself and one's own spiritual journey through life and eternity. Now, according to my the One Page Bible (http://about.me/theUniverse), since the body is the host, aka the God of Hosts, and is obviously knows what it is doing, the issue of morality and ethics, the values and judgement, are the realm of the mind, the consciousness, in spiritual terms also referred to as Lord, a state of being responsible for sensory perception and thought, as too the decision making placing judgement preferences within the spectrum of so-called "virtues" or "good" intents vs "sins" or "evil" ones, The body is like the instrument, the mind is like the tune being played, the soul is the performer who plays and feels it, the spirit is the space it fills with. Change your mind, and the world will follow. The trick is to distinct the right from wrong, and if mistake is made, then learn from it and move along. i am <3 i am, not US O:) vs THEM 3:) along with the Golden Rule of rip what thou sow. The universe is a playground and the earth is where we learn how to share it. Also, this may help: The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism By Hakim BEY "In fact I have deliberately refrained from defining the TAZ--I circle around the subject, firing off exploratory beams. In the end the TAZ is almost self-explanatory. If the phrase became current it would be understood without difficulty...understood in action." http://hermetic.com/bey/taz_cont.html immoral, spiritually dead people spending billions of dollars employing immoral, spiritually dead enforcers trying to impose some kind of morals. fascinating. ~.~ light -- dark love -- fear truth -- lies good -- evil well -- bad joy -- sad wise -- fool fun -- pain fate -- hate bliss -- doom peace -- war life -- death God is a word describing the body. Lord is a word describing the mind. Spirit is a word describing the space. Soul is word describing the emotional feeling of time change, i is a word representing the ego as the centre of experience and the point of reference, since, as an old proverb says, the universe has its centre everywhere and its circumference nowhere. now + here = nowhere. Now that the big words are defined, it is possible to use them to have an intelligent conversation, because the words manifest their actual meaning in the context of the sentence, depending on who is using them, and with what intent in mind, Lord God & Spirit would know of course. http://about.me/theUniverse hence the Ten Commandments. "While other religious systems focused on how we behave toward God, the Ten Commandments centered on how we behave toward one another." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-evan-moffic/the-most-revolutionary-pa_b_8363108.html