"To live in the world without becoming aware of the meaning of the world is like wandering about in a great library without touching the books." ~ Manly Hall
we could sit here for the rest of the century and debate the structures in the brain and what happens when we think but we would only be where we are right now. to explore the ideas in the rest of this book the reader must open the mind open to endless possibilities. an idea is the very essence of everything the individual experiences. ideas explode into existence bringing about something from nothing. ideas are often inspired by previous ideas. most ideas can be traced back much like a scientist would trace back a family genealogy or an anthropologist would trace back the different species in a family tree. ideas have a starting point but are infinite within this infinite universe.
ideas are only worth the value they carry. this being said, what and is value? how is it added to an idea? the initial idea is worth nothing and has no value. it is hard to determine the value of an idea. its easy to determine the value of a tangible thing because it can be quantified. intangible ideas can not be quantified through proprietary methods.
most thoughts fly through the sub-conscience with out ever being recognized or understood by that of the individual. when the individual comes to a mental capacity high enough to process and recognized these original thoughts they have tapped into the ability to create something from nothing. the idea still has no value as a thought in the head of the individual. the individuals must act and bring the idea to life through application of effort. applying effort to an idea will increase the value of said idea. effort/work can be applied to newly formed idea through writing the thought down, by drawing, by trying to recreate the thought with the creative mediums available to the individual.
the wheel is an idea that has a lot of value. the wheel is used in about every mechanical device homo sapiens have created. the wheel is an idea that every homo sapiens understand at an early age because of the exposure and wide spread use of the idea. the wheel is an idea that not a single homo sapien benefits from but an idea that was brought to life and now benefits every single human. the patent system has been an integral part in the capitalistic super economy of the world, but moving forward it may be the biggest issue. locking idea ownership to a single individual or organization only benefits the individuals involved. ideas should be able to benefit everyone as well as have 'ownership' or 'individual stake'.
the individual is constantly trying to express itself. ideas are essential to this expression. ideas prove the individuals existence. ideas give the individual the ability to live beyond the physical body.
idea mutations take place and are essential to the evolution and growth of ideas. ideas have a beginning but no end. ideas are infinite. ideas have no limitations
the world is a weird place. as i open my eyes in the morning light begins pouring through my iris towards my retina. i process the millions of photons hitting the retina in real time and produce a vivid picture of the world around myself. the colorful reality i create is an illusionary mask generated solely so i can better understand the complicate realm in which i reside. this realm will be called 'reality'. reality never rests. reality is in a constant chaotic state of motion and change. the subtle shifts and changes in the direction of these chaotic motions determines the experiences.
i would like to introduce a school of thought i like to refer to as 'singular'. singular thought requires the individual to dissolve and become one with everything it is surrounded by. singular thought is not thought about how can i better myself but how can i better my fellow individuals. bettering those individuals around us with unique and original ideas is the key to forward movement. lets dive into singular thought.
i must come to understand three truths. i live in reality. reality is i. i am reality.
i live in reality. the experiences generated by the image engine i like to call imagination make up what i come to understand as the reality i currently reside within.
reality is i. the reality created by ingesting an experience via my image engine is the same reality that makes up the physical biological mechanisms that ingest and generate said reality.
i am reality. i am every potential possibility. the reality which the individual experiences is only a fractional subset of the potential possibilities this universe has to offer. the individual experiences only a single instance of these potential possibilities.
"We are the gods of the atoms that make up ourselves but we are also the atoms of the gods that make up the universe." ~ Manly Hall
i am an aperture made up of the universe, pondering and thinking about what the universe actually is. the individual is an observer observing itself. the recursive nature of this relationship is what drives the observer to do the things it does. to question the universe around itself. to make art. to make music. to write. to try and express itself in anyway possible to get this insanely recursive idea out of itself. by the very nature of trying to expressing itself through the genesis of ideas does the observer, the self, the individual, the universe actually make possible everything around itself.
The universe is a chaotic mess of energy within which emerges all the order we experience on a day to day basis.
Ancient Chinese thought recognizes that chaos and order are related. Yin and Yang, the female and male principles represent the ancient views of creating order within chaos.
Most people would agree that the world has changed more over the past twenty years than the past one-hundred years for better or for worse.
Most homo sapiens are living longer healthier lives.
From the standpoint of an American citizen from a small suburban town, everything seems to be just fine. I have access to fresh air and clean water. What more could I ask for? The harsh reality of our world is that fresh air and clean water are not available to everyone. Why is this the case? Why with all of our technological resources, do we still have people around the world starving and in need of vital resources? The question is one that may at first seem simple to answer. Yet the further the individual travels down the rabbit hole trying to conjure an answer the more the individuals realizes that there is really no reason why some areas are still struggling. We have the ability to help those in need but lack the propensity. We are not motived to help our fellow sapiens because why would I put myself in an uncomfortable position? Someone else will probably do it. Thats too much work. I'll do it later. These are the statements holding us back from what could be. Only by supporting and bringing up those around us, regardless of race or religion will we be able to move forward.
Geopolitical differences arise over years of dispute and discomfort between local communities and nations. The rate at which communities and individuals evolve and change happens today at much faster rates and the differences are only an illusion to some forgotten dispute.
The past cannot be changed but can the past be reimagined? And if so are we changing the past? Everything that is possible has the potential to happen. This means that if something in the past could have happened, we have the ability to make it appear as if it did happen. Reimagining the past the way you wish it could have happened builds mental illusions. these mental illusions if used correctly will assist the individual in the task they are trying to accomplish. A common example of this is conspiracy theorists trying push the false narratives whether its a faked moon landing or terrorist event. They are attempting to rewrite history to push their personal agendas and encourage distrust in agencies and people involved in those events. The reason their efforts are not successful is because they lack the support of the majority. If the majority of the world believed that NASA faked the moon landing, you would be considered a conspiracy theorist if you said otherwise. Universities and primary schools have been the primary reason we do not have people running around spewing false histories.
While the university system has been an integral part in the intellectual evolution of our species as well as creating and molding minds to prevent the false rewriting of history, it has become a central power that controls a majority of the worlds information.
Universities incite competition so fierce that intellectuals resort to mind altering drugs to keep up with the competitive nature. Beyond the competitive nature inside the institution just getting accepted to a top rated university takes an extraordinary amount of effort as it should to encourage only the best. Yet often times some of the effort goes unnoticed due to filtering by the universities based on a large set of variables used to describe a person intellectual accomplishments, often void of any creative variables. Race and test scores variable filters create hyper inflated vacuums of unoriginal minds. Universities selects brains based on certain characteristics and determining those characteristics will determine an individuals success in attaining acceptance into a university.
College provides a foundational layer of knowledge and the opportunity to further the field with higher levels of research. The high level research professors are the cutting edge of intellectual evolution. Dissemination of information from these professors to the generations of intellectuals further down the educational ladder takes place at different rates. Much like how a hot coal radiates heat but doesn't immediately heat the air around it to the current temperature. the professors radiate this information through lectures and classes to students. Students ingest, digest, and process this information through the process of testing and class work. Grades are given for said work and by completing a certain criteria of class work and classes the individual student receives a diploma from the university. This paper certifies by the stamp of the university and all it stands for that the individual named completed said classwork and reach a level of mental capacity through standardized testing methods for the said major sub category. College is a pillar in the educational parthenon.
Self education stands as a cornerstone opposite of college on the education parthenon. Self education is the pursuit of knowledge guided by inspiration and intuition. When an individual pursues knowledge and lets the mind run free the path may not be know by the individual but each choice and decision along the way plays into the macroscopic picture of potential possibilities.
Inspiration leads this journey. Imagination runs free and the individual looks inward. The mental image appears not on the physical reality the individual experiences via the eyes but within the minds eye. The image engine. The imagination. Imagination is an engine similar to that of any other engine. Like an electric engine that requires a current, or a combustion engine in a car that requires gasoline, the image engine, the imagination requires ideas to operate.
Inspiring ideas illuminate individual imaginations.
"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." ~ Albert Einstein
Ideas are what make humans individuals. Ideas are the essence of life. Ideas inspire revolutions good and bad. Everything originates from ideas. Everything within the field of view of the reader is an idea. The paper this document is printed on was one day in the distant past an idea. The invention of paper and writing in gave humans the ability to live beyond their physical bodies in the form of writing history and stories. This information could be passed to the next generation and the next in the absence of the individual who generated the information. Every great idea has a beginning. Everything has a genesis. A singular point where what ceased to exist, exists. This idea genesis is the underlying reality of the realm in which we experience. The individual navigates and makes sense of the universe around itself but will only ever experience a fractional subset of potential possibilities within the infinitely possible universe. Immortalization of an individual takes place in the form of ideas genesis. Individuals who genesis original ideas stand a chance against the entropy engine our universe.