How do we get from the amorphous and chaotic Paper Universe to something that remotely resembles our own with its almost-lawlike structure... at least almost-lawlike to our present way of thinking?
Possibly think of Origami: paper folded - not cut - into crisp and definite discrete forms. The paper remains chaotic (amorphous pressed and dried pulp), but the work of art is well-defined.
Possibly interesting.
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I think that's almost like the comment I posted just a few moments ago. Yes, the Origami is the subjective point of view which incorporates our own biases and prejudices, penchants and dislikes, our strengths and weaknesses, our loves and fears. It is the disjointed lower level to which we are subjected to. The Paper Universe is the objective whole and is...besides within the immense the power of the imagination...all but impossible to completely affiliate with in my opinion...without the virtues and compassion. With compassion and the virtues, the fragments can be transcended and we can return to the whole. What do you think?
Ben
Right at the moment, I am meditating on the paper, then the transform into origami. It's beautiful and intricate.
Then we may unfold it back down to the original rectangle of paper...
We may iron it out flat, or we may chew it up and pulp it, then dry it and press it dry again and start over with the origami...
"Virtue is its own reward" is an old saying. It originally was hard for me to understand. We are led to believe if we are "good", we will be rewarded.
But now it looks like that if we are "good", we already have been rewarded... even prior to doing the "good" action.
I am going to think more about it before responding to your question.
However, I was very serious when I wrote in a post - which I thinkk was "New Ghost Dance" - that I am rejecting all this old "white guy" philosophy that has failed so miserably.
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