Rod's Summary

I began the week with the contemplation of interconnectedness...the Butterfly Effect...wholes & parts. So, what do "complete" and "incomplete" really mean? The idea arose that the Universe is, indeed, complete in every respect, always has been, always will be, could not be otherwise. The Universe reveals its universal completeness in space & time & X. But Consciousness, on the other hand, is always arising as an event-horizon, a crystal Now that emerges from a fuzzy past and moves into an unknown future.

In the complete incompleteness of consciousness I can see only local unfolding. In universal terms the Universe is complete, but in consciousness terms the Universe appears to arise out of chaos.

Which leads to "knowing." Ways of Knowing. Knowing about the box from inside the box (one's culture, for example), and knowing about the box from outside the box. Tacit knowing & analytic knowing. Neither is complete. Cannot be complete.

Which leads to the question: "What is the purpose of the Working Hypothesis?" Is it merely an alternate route to feeling good? A path to enlightenment? A way of opening up to the world? A way to discover consistency in an inconsistent lilfe? A way to realize personal authenticity?

Or am I just playing head trips. Playing with words. Playing with concepts. Playing with paradoxes.

I know I've already passed beyond feel-good. And I know I don't have a clue what enlightenment means. Unless it means opening to the world, which is where I'm heading, slowly but surely. Perhaps what I'm seeking is a consistent, authentic way of being with the Working Hypothesis, of being with the world, of fully acknowledging & accepting & cherishing the complete incompleteness of consciousness.

... from Rod