Posts Tagged ‘universe’

A Beginner’s Guide to Constructing the Universe

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

In the document Magical Egypt, I have recommended in the previous post, they highly recommend a book with a more detailed introduction to the sacred geometry:

I will leave reviewer’s voices to speak lovely about this masterpiece:

Who knew that our universe is such a spectacularly ordered place? Michael Schneider takes us on a fantastic voyage through the primary numbers one through ten, and shows us how numbers and geometry have helped shape our world and the cosmos. Why is a manhole cover round? Because a circle, whose diameter is everywhere equal, is the only shape that won’t fall into its own hole. Three symbolizes harmony — life has a beginning, a middle and an end. Life forms are often characterized by pentagons (cut an apple in half crosswise and look at the seeds), while six is the number of structure-function-order, as seen in the hexagonal symmetry of crystals and snowflakes. This book is by no means for math majors only; even math dummies like this reviewer will find themselves totally caught up. Art and design students especially will appreciate the almost infinite variety of possible designs suggested within each primary number and the basic shapes (circle, square and triangle). Schneider also shows how, with a compass, pencil and straightedge, one can construct one’s own symbolic universe. I came away from this book not only enlightened on the subject of symbolic math, but blown away by the relationship between geometry and religion. Because reading this book makes one realize that the universe is not random, as we see it within our limited scope, but has a definite function and order, and perhaps only the God who created it according to His plan can see it whole.

This is a very well written book that relates some basic concepts in geometry to science, architecture and life. Each of the ten chapters is about a geometric shape and Mr. Schneider shows how to construct it using only compass and straight-edge. The author begins every construction from a circle, and every line is shown as the intersection of two or more circles. This is consistent with his assertion in Chapter One that the circle is Unity, but I believe it is also more accurate geometrically.
Mr. Schneider gets into the Platonic Solids, explains the golden section and its use in architecture and nature, shows the regularity in nature and a lot more. This is a very educational book that covers a lot of ground, and does so in an entertaining way.
What I really like about the book is the author’s ability to bring geometry to life. There are many diagrams, drawings and pictures which make it easy to follow the text.
The book is written for the layman, not the mathematician. If you are looking for a more rigorous introduction to geometry, try reading H.M.S. Coxeter (if you can!).
This book would be a nice companion to “The Power of Limits” by Doczi, ‘The Geometry of Art and Life” by Ghyka, and “The Divine Proportion” by Huntley.
If I had to recommend only one book about geometry for the average reader, this book would be my first choice.

Magical Egypt

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

This is awesome documentary, free to watch online, right now.
It’s perfect introduction into the symbolism, sacred geometry, the Law of the Universe, sound vibrations, ancient civilizations, the Pythagoras, Plato, Atlantida.
If you don’t know too much about these most important ideas, start with this document!

Magical Egypt

There are two parts, watch them both.
And start to realise, how logical the whole Universe is.
How it can be expressed mathematically, exactly.
Start connecting dots with your current knowledge.
And see The Law of One everywhere.
This should be really the basic topic in the elementary schools.
The Unity instead of Separation.

What is consciousness – Science and spirituality connects – video lecture

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

If you are good in english, I strongly suggest to watch this video lecture about “Consciousness”.

Messages are spread across many spiritual (new age) books about what we really are, what consciounsess really is. But I bet you have quite mess how to understand it :-)

This video lecture can give you great explanation, based on our racional/western/material/scientific/objective thinking.
It will change your view over the Consciousness – I promise you ;)

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-primacy-of-consciousness/

After watching, you won’t be so much surprised by wild experiments of some people with the subjective reality. And you will appreciate the ideas of Kant much more, if you are into the philosophy.

And I would also like to suggest you to watch another video.
More scientific. Actually, a little bit opposite, because the speaker is strong atheist (from what I understand), but don’t be turned away from this masterpiece talk.

Who cares about the Bing bang, but where the matter that precedes the bing did arise?
Who created the Creator?
You’ll get very interesting answers, logical, mathematical.
How could the Universe start from nothing? Is it possible? They say, it is.

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/a-universe-from-nothing-lecture/

Reduce all to yin/yang and enjoy the simplicity

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

“How to be healthy and happy? By understanding what life in this universe is all about. How to understand this complex universe? By reducing everything into yin and yang. Doing so gives us a framework, a point of reference. This can be extremely useful. And fascinating.” ~ George Ohsawa

You can play this funny game a few minutes each day. Try to reduce all the phenomena around you and give them the yin/yang stamps. Then you can simply apply all the rules of the Universe upon them. It’s very interesting game and enormously practical activity. The whole I-Ching book is written around this topic. When to act, when to rest. When to add, when to take. In this context you shouldn’t see any problems in your life, only opportunities, lessons to learn. Because when we are down, we must automatically go up very soon. And by being down, we learn a lot. Accept this duality game and stop worrying about anything. Because you worry about the basic logic of the Universe, which can’t be changed, only understood, accepted and enjoyed. Our worries come from the ignorance of this principle. And this ignorance stems from our shifting away from the harmony. Mostly, this shift has the biggest origin in the daily food we eat.

Nothing is good or bad. All is relative and the choice is yours. Decide consciously. What do I want to take from this situation? What can you learn from this?

Why should you worry with such mind then?

Rule of the Universe

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

There is only one rule for the Universe and that is:
There is no rule.

For many, Hitler was very bad person.
For very few, Hitler was quite good person.
For the Universe, Hitler just was.

Do you think, there’s a one direction Way we should take in our lives?
A Route of Life better than others?
The only Goal, blessed by God?

There’s no Way.
All Ways just are and no one is better or worse.

Hitler just was, according to the rule of Universe.
According to what he nourished himself with, according all the influences upon him.
We just are in the same way.

But some beings are in Harmony with the Universe and some are not.
Hitler wasn’t.
Are you?

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Latest things that influenced me before writing this post were: music – 300 (soundtrack), shower, carob, honey, tahini, seitan, brown rice, miso soup