A clear thread runs
through all
three of my Monthly Summaries: How the Working Hypothesis of
Completeness
intertwines with the alternate states of consciousness that we
experience in
daily life & during meditation.
I began by
characterizing those
two states as The Jagged
Issues Of The Day versus The
Sea Of Tranquility, the former being manifest in Linear-Causal thought and the latter
in Tranquil-Holistic
mindfulness.
I then
explored the implications
of this approach to the WH in terms of Consciousness (Consciousness is
ALWAYS
complete, yet NEVER complete), Self (the Map is not the Territory),
Equilibrium
(the Future is chaotic & the Past is quiescent), and Meaning
(Rational-why-meaning
& Felt-immersion-meaning). All of these aspects of the WH pointed
toward a
Polymorphous Consciousness with infinite variety, infinite alternative
states.
Thus...the
WH of Completeness is
indeed true when I recognize that the only boundaries are my own
limited ways
of knowing. But paradoxically, the WH is also false in the sense that
Completeness can never be "complete." Consciousness is always
unfolding, and Self is always exploring alternative ways of being &
new
ways of knowing. So there is really nothing to do except to be in the
world (in
whatever manner arises), and to know that this is true.
The
Radical Shift that is implicit in the WH
occurs in knowing that nothing has changed, even though "knowing that
nothing has changed" means that everything has changed.