PHYSICS: WEEK 11




Using E-Prime to shape then way sentences are constructed can be quite challenging since the verb "to be" is so commonly used in the English language.  I gather that E-prime functions to sort out some of the emotional illusions and logical error that are sprinkled throughout our language of observance.  The effort that E-prime makes to bring a higher sense of clarity to language reminds me of a class I took about Mayan culture.  We were taught that the Mayan language is one of the most perfect languages that ever existed based on its use of only one definition assigned to one word.  Therefore, there would be little confusion in what words meant because there was only one single meaning.  E-prime is a way we can shape our language preferences and structure to give insight into a situation without adding our own emotional biases that might convolute reality.


"As above, so below."  When we apply this statement to physics, it states that microcosms reflect macrocosms.  It can also be applied to the concept that mind becomes matter.  There are recurrent concepts in Chinese philosophy that emphasize the yin and yang having a relationship defined by opposition, inter-transformation, mutual consumption and interdependence.  Both are mutually changing into one another even though they are polar opposites.  

Th reflection of the microcosm as the macrocosm occurs on many different levels.  For instance, the human body is a microcosm of the universe.  Bodily systems and organs mirror the way the cosmos works while the world is a holographic reflection of the macrocosms and microcosms in a infinite array of examples.  

As is the human body
So is the cosmic body
As is the human mind
So is the cosmic mind
As is the microcosm
So is the macrocosm
As is the atom
So is the universe

                             -The Upanishads







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  1. UnknownJuly 22, 2018 at 5:50 PM

    I had no idea that the Mayan language was so highly influential! It makes me wonder what other languages are "perfect" in terms of communicating effectively and functioning with our ideas of E-prime.

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