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PROFESSOR DR. DOUGLAS J. THOM
ORDERED ETERNITIES EVERY WHICH WAY…
THE MULTIVERSE EXPLAINED
WITH COMMENTARY (IN BOLD ITALICS) BY FRANÇOIS JOOSTE
©2010 Douglas John Thom
I found great insight in the “Meaning of Life” by studying TCM [Traditional Chinese
Medicine] and the concept of Yin & Yang. This is, essentially, what it teaches!
• There is neither pure Black nor pure White. Everything is always a shade of
grey.
• In Nature, one cannot find a “pure man” or a “pure woman”. Both genders have
ALL qualities of the other (e.g., as illustrated by the functioning of the
endocrine system). All males and females have the same hormones. The only
thing that differentiates male and female is the quantity of the hormones
applicable to each gender. The profoundness of this statement speaks for itself.
• There is no pure good or pure bad. Every good person has a little bit of bad in
him/her and every bad person has a little bit of good in him/her.
• There is no such thing as “perfect health” nor “absolute sickness”. Every sick
person has some health in him/her (makes for getting better) and every healthy
person has some disease in him/her (makes for getting sick!). The one is just the
reverse side of the coin of the other.
• There is neither pure dark nor pure light. It is always dusk.
• One is never neither absolutely rich, nor absolutely poor.
And so it goes on and on. When one practices (and lives) this philosophy, it
is not hard to find peace and tranquility—simply because one understands the
reverse side of the coin.
In the search for truth human beings take two steps forward and one step back.
…And who knows? Perhaps they will reach the real truth at last. Anton Chekhov, The Duel
Indebtedness to All of the Thoughtful for Their Loyal Assistance
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION General Meaning Associations, Probabilities, Infinity, and Multidimensions Non-Dualistic Thinking
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CHAPTER TWO: THE MULTIVERSE WITHIN ENTITIES Introduction Specifically Somewhat Broadly Biology, Medicine, and Similar Things Psychiatry for Within Entities Newer Horizons
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CHAPTER THREE: THE MULTIVERSE WITHOUT ENTITIES Introduction The Immediate Multiverse Without Entities The Broader Multiverse Without Newer Horizons
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CHAPTER FOUR: UNIFYING THE WITHIN AND THE WITHOUT Introduction Brains and Minds Systemizing Knowledge Eternal Before Zero and Eternal Beyond Infinity How Drugs Affect the Human Brain Some Other Significant Human Brain and Mind Phenomena All Brains and Minds in Unification Eternally
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CHAPTER FIVE: THE FARTHER REACHES OF MINUSCULE AND VAST Artificial Cell (Into Eternal Before Zero) and Higgs Boson (Into Eternal Beyond Infinity) Enter the Humanities (the “Social”) Concepts From Science and Other Fields Concepts From the Humanities
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CHAPTER SIX: PROSPECTS Showing Off Conspiracy Theories Fundamental Natural Principles Some Observed Trends At Least Two Suggestions Challenging Einstein, Genetic Causation, Over-Thinking, and
Nature and Animal Priorities Final Comments
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EPILOGUE 54
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 63
APPENDIX 72
SELECTED INDEX 80
ABOUT THE AUTHOR 83
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Figures 4.1 The Original “Figurative System of Human Knowledge” Tree (in French) 4.2 Ernst Haeckel’s Tree of Life (1879) 4.3 Relationship Among the Various Sciences 4.4 The Calvin Cycle 4.5 A Complex System of Possible Linkages Between Disease Pathogens, Facilitating Variables, and State Capacity 4.6 The Spectrum of the Multiverse 4.7 Laminin—Cells’ Cement 4.8 Christianity and Meaning 4.9 The Function of Neurotransmitters in the Brain 4.10 Personality Types 6.1 Heilkunst (The Healing Art): A. The German Concept of Mensch (Holistic
Human Being); and B. Mensch and its Environmental Interaction
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
The meaning won’t necessarily be revealed in a published article in a peer-referred periodical such as the international Science, Nature, or New England Journal of Medicine.
General
There are many existences—past, present, and future—and life is an art that is more than
money, happiness, taxes, and death. There is an apparent order to things. Perfection? Perhaps.
In 1895, the American philosopher and psychologist, William James, coined the term
“multiverse (or meta-universe)” that means the entirety of space and time—all forms of matter,
energy, and momentum, and the physical laws and contents that govern them. The term
“Universe” is usually defined as encompassing everything, but it may be used in different
contextual senses, denoting such concepts as the cosmos, galaxies, the world, or nature.
“Multiverse” as defined for this book means everything, before, now, and coming. It is
multidimensional. [The reader must keep in mind that, even though some of discussion in this
book is clearly specified as pertaining to human beings, the discussion can be extrapolated to and
inferred for entities other than humans as well; the general case is not being sacrificed to the
specific case.] The Multiverse is thus thought of as “many universes” or “many existences”. A
black hole (usually associated with the world renowned physicist, Professor Dr. Stephen
Hawking) is a region of space from which nothing, including light, can escape.
To expand the thought, the concept of “Multiverse” is the hypothetical set of multiple
possible universes (including the one unique universe we are pretty sure we consistently inhabit)
that together comprise everything that physically exists: the entirety of space and time, all forms
of matter, energy and momentum, and the physical laws and constants that govern them. The
various universes within the Multiverse are sometimes called parallel universes.
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The structure of the Multiverse, the nature of each universe within it, and the relationship
between the various constituent universes, depend on the specific multiverse hypothesis
considered. Multiverses have been hypothesized in cosmology, physics, astronomy, philosophy,
transpersonal psychology and fiction, particularly in science fiction and fantasy. In these contexts,
parallel universes are also called "alternative universes", "quantum universes", "interpenetrating
dimensions", "parallel dimensions", "parallel worlds", "alternative realities", and "alternative
timelines", among other things (Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse ).
The occult and all imaginable are included in everything in the Multiverse. In the same
vein, “The Global Search for Meaning” of this book’s title has several aliases, for example, “the
global search to reveal existence,” “the global search for the secret of the Multiverse,” “the global
search for the source of existence,” and other equivalencies. Search for meaning is similar to
seeking the truth. To express things in question form would be, “What’s it all about?” and “Why
am I here?” or, generally, “What is the truth about how we all came to exist?” (beyond a biological
explanation). The search is across every continent and in every habitat.
Contrary to the implications of Albert Einstein’s comment that the secret to creativity is to
never reveal one’s sources, the author acknowledges that a host of other people’s ideas contribute
to what is here presented. And it is awesome to think of all of the many different languages
worldwide through which the ideas could be expressed!
The author is influenced by the likes of deep thinkers such as Aristotle, Francis Bacon,
Johannes Kepler, Aldous Huxley, H.G. Wells, Hermann Hesse, Viktor Frankl, Alfred Kuhn, George
Orwell, Somerset Maugham, Isaiah Berlin, D.H. Lawrence, Alvin Toffler, and—more recently—
Ken Wilber, Stephen Hawking, E.O. Wilson, Thomas Szasz, Craig Venter, and Matt Ridley, as well
as ecologist and futurist, Stewart Brand, and Matthew Taylor of The Royal Society of Arts. From
the author’s formal education in his own professional field of Educational Administration and
Leadership, sociologist Talcott Parsons is an influence and Michael Fullan is a continuing
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inspiration. However, the author is his own person/self. True self is so important, as is
contemplated on a t-shirt of the author’s twenty-eight-year-old son (Wesley):
“The Art Gallery What Defines Me Is Not What Defines You. What Drives Me Is Not What Drives You. I Love What You Do Not. I Am Me And You Are You.”
This is not the same as saying, “put yourself first” or “do your own thing.” More, it implies that, if
one is good to oneself, one will then be good to others, a concept that holds truth across all
generations.
Edward O. (E.O.) Wilson (1998) argues for the fundamental unity of all knowledge and the
need to search for consilience—the proof that everything is organized in terms of a small number
of fundamental natural laws that comprise the principles underlying every branch of learning. He
claims that the goals of the original Enlightenment are surging back to life.
The Multiverse incorporates many worlds (used in a broad sense) together, which produce
an elegant, spectacular, and mysterious whole. In this book, the author presents his framework of
The Multiverse Within Entities and The Multiverse Without Entities so as to sufficiently and
properly address (do justice to) the global search for meaning. This framework adequately
incorporates freedom to explore, zero, infinity, the eternal, probabilities, dual concepts (i.e.,
positive/negative, good/bad, male/female etc.), structure (definitions, labels, lists etc.) and
generalizations, confusion, uncertainty, and contradictions; the reader must trust the author on
this. [Others might view Within and Without as relating to Inner or Inside Space and Outer or
Outside Space, respectively.]
Meaning
As Levitt (1991, p. 140) states, “…meaning has the power to reassure, engage, attract, repel,
outrage, disgust, compare, and enlist people into action.” Everyone is searching for how this so
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complex thing pertains to them. It is only through keeping an open mind and being cognizant of
the trappings of language that truth will be discovered. The result could be monumental.
An excellent reference to read more about this topic is by W. Reich, “Listen, Little Man,”
Farrar, Straus, & Geroux, 1974, translated from the original German text, “Rede an den
kleinen Mann.”
Associations, Probabilities, Infinity, and Multidimensions
Many persons claim that Mathematics is the most challenging subject for them to learn. Its
laws are absolutely certain and indisputable compared to other sciences. Further, it is this subject
that is deeply rooted in the concepts of associations, probabilities, and infinity that are so crucial
with respect to finding meaning. Through the study of Mathematics, one becomes acutely aware
that associations can be more than linear, that they can be parabolic, quadratic, exponential,
multidimensional etc. They can also be inverse. Multidimensions enter into this book at hand
throughout. Further, probabilities, chance, and luck abound in the Multiverse. Flipping a coin to
get heads or tails is a simple example. Finally, zero and infinity, and eternal—before and beyond,
respectively—are there as well. Granted, a person may learn these things through ways other than
studying Mathematics. Nonetheless, learning them is crucial for the discovery of meaning.
Non-Dualistic Thinking
Generally speaking, the tendency is to think it is terms of “this” or “that”. This is an
example of dualistic thinking. However, just as it is known that it is possible for the mind to
conceptualize different types of associations, probabilities, and infinity, thought can be in a non-
dualistic fashion, and it is within this where true meaning may be discovered. More will be said
about this later.
Do enjoy this book as it overviews the paths, discoveries, and prospects in the search—
worldwide—for meaning!
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Chapter Two and Chapter Three elaborate the two parts of the Multiverse framework
initially described on page 10.
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CHAPTER TWO
THE MULTIVERSE WITHIN ENTITIES If there is a remedy for baldness, Why are so many medical doctors bald?
Introduction
Within, or inside of, every entity there is Multiverse.
An issue is that all of the knowledge that abounds causes a clutter that can get in the way
of the global search for meaning, its predecessor—wisdom, and its associate—truth. Socialization
has created a “buying into” things (including dualistic thinking) and what is needed is some
deconstruction and building back-up1 of knowledge—some thinking outside of the box and
delving into ideas from counter- and pop culture, if you will. Historically, this occurs over and
over again. Reframing is called for. What happens is that entire industries, including jobs, grow
out of, or are developed around the status quo, and the presence of sound values underlying such
may need confirmation within possible and subsequent proper action for change resulting. In this
Chapter Two, these ideas are kept in mind. “Multiverse” is discussed in various degrees of
specificity and “entities” is broadly defined, including living and dead.
Perhaps, reading more about Ethical & Moral Collapse, e.g., from M.M. Jennings, “The
Seven Signs of Ethical Collapse”, which focuses on moral meltdowns in companies and
society, and how it is affecting all of us, may be of value here. I am not sure where exactly
to enter the information, though. This may be a crucial point to address with the
“Multiverse Within Entities” concept.
1 Somewhat like a “perestroika” of the 1980s in the previous Soviet Union (now the Russian Federation).
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Specifically
Every entity encountered has both unique features and things common to other entities.
Classifications and sub-classifications galore exist, but each entity does have some sort of
periphery (even if a minuscule unit or cell), many systems within its periphery, and some kind of
brain/mind that operates the systems, including the reproductive system that engages DNA
(Deoxyribonucleic Acid)—the hereditary material in entities. A host of ideas come to bear—
genes, chromosomes, and processes, such as DNA replication, mitosis, and cytokinesis, to name a
few.
Somewhat Broadly
All entities, including the likes of tables and chairs—drawing from a Philosophy of Mind
perspective—have common genetic systems. Further, their brains and minds link to the guiding
brain and mind of that that is “the boss” of the Multiverse. It is all one big system,2 with each
entity’s individual brain and mind being a crucial part of the Grand Plan or Design. This will be
elaborated later in Chapter Three.
It may be appropriate to also refer to/or read P. Stokes, “Philosophy: 100 Essential
Thinkers” and the core thoughts expressed in this volume. Very refreshing, I might add! I
was thinking about the publications of Heraclitus, Socrates, Epicurus, St. Augustine of
Hippo, John Dewey, Kurt Gödel, and others in a similar vein. At least, the book may
provide one with the stimulus for further research in this domain.
Biology, Medicine, and Similar Things
Biology, Medicine, Pharmacy, and the like, e.g., Veterinarian Medicine and Health
Sciences generally, represent agents that help entities to survive or to stay healthy enough to
2 The idea of “earth as one big organism” has been resurrected from Johannes Kepler in the form of the
Gaia Hypothesis. It is also an idea that Stewart Brand promotes.
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function. They do this by revealing to the Multiverse how entities are structured within and how
they function using this structure. Medications are developed to manage and cure diseases or
ailments or to repair unhealthy tissue in entities, e.g., diseased organ tissue. Another way to look
at this is that the belief is that, within entities, there is disease or unwellness that can be positively
addressed with medications that are comprised of chemicals. A fact is that entities including
organisms defined as living begin to decline from a very young age, particularly, in the case of
humans, when the pituitary gland stops causing growth around age twelve. Also, the toxins to
which entities are continually subjected cause steady decline; exhaust fumes and corrosive
chemicals are examples.
The true progression of disease (not dis-ease) is quite admirably described in the volume
by H.H. Reckeweg, in “Homotoxicology: Illness & Healing Through Anti-Homotoxic
Therapy,” Aurelia-Verlag, 1989. Again, I’m not sure where this fits into the gestalt of this
book, but it governs the entire approach to the “Art of Healing” and how one approaches
the problem of true disease. A good read is also A. Pischinger, “The Extracellular Matrix
and Ground Regulation,” North Atlantic Books, 2004, translated from the original German
text, “Das System der Grundregulation” published by Karl F. Verlag, Stuttgart. The Table
below illustrates this approach, where progression of disease moves from left to right and
regression (healing) is from bottom right to top left. This is in Independent Bitmap
Format:
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Another fact is that the mechanisms of medications (how they work in organisms in
distress), especially their side-effects and interaction effects with respect to other medications,
chemicals, and additional things that exist in entities, are not clearly understood. Opting is thus
sometimes for use of natural substances such as Stevia or Neem to heal or for “natural” therapies
such as acupuncture, acupressure, or chiropractic methods (including laser technology therapy).
As a result, “learning to live with ailments” does not always necessarily have to be the case.
Basically, the search for meaning through Science by the likes of Molecular and Cell
Biology scientists is about within entities and findings are not communicated broadly. To discover
more about how Oxygen (O), Carbon (C), Hydrogen (H), Nitrogen (N), Sulphur (S), and
Potassium (P), and other elements come into play, and more specifics on how medications attach
to bone, for example, directed by things such as anions and how cells attract like cells to them etc.
is interesting. In the prestigious research centres much more is known, than is the case for smaller
centres3. Findings are not widely shared. Thus, who benefits from the findings and with what far-
3 For example, the U.S. Military are doing very advanced work regarding Regenerative Medicine limb
transplants, but many smaller centres do not report such since they are not informed.
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reaching ethical and moral implications? Some might say that this search from the
biological/medical perspective is over—that the zygote is the beginning of life. However, search
paths into the invisible infinite led to the discovery of the artificial cell or synthetic genome.
Psychiatry for Within Entities
Medications and therapy generally are quite successful in remedying strictly physical
upsets for entities. However, much continues along the lines of searching for remedying diseases
of the brain and mind when disease symptoms (and that is all that they are—symptoms, not a
disease; maybe a “dis ease” but not a real illness) present themselves. More on the brain and mind
is discussed in Chapter Four. There are psychiatric drugs—legal/prescribed and illegal/street—
and useful therapies such as psychotherapy (best combined with medications) to eradicate mental
illnesses. [Dr. Thomas Szasz calls mental illness “a myth”, but that’s a whole other story.]
Psychiatry and the search for increasingly subatomic entities such as particles is part and parcel of
the within heretofore being discussed.
Newer Horizons
Promise lies in all of searching for increasingly sub-atomic entities, learning more about
the Chemistry of medications used alongside natural substances, including mineral salts, and
stem cell research involving freezing (blood) umbilical cords. Discovery of the artificial cell
(synthetic genome) provides prospects of possible creation of the likes of biofuels, vaccines,
pharmaceuticals, clean water, and food products (Woollacott, 2010, May 21).
In all of the medications’ exploration, attention must be paid to rejection (e.g., concerning
heart valves, bone marrow, organs, etc.), allergies, concentration of substances, and
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administration routes for substances being utilized. Ultimately, ethical and moral issues
(including whether subjects should be sacrificed in death in clinical trials in the cause of serving
the public interest), or “for the greater good”, arise. Some people sum up the conclusion regarding
all biological/medical approaches to the global search for meaning as “eat a balanced diet
(reducing sodium and sugar intake, especially as one ages) and exercise regularly.” But, there is
much more to consider, as Chapter Three begins to describe.
A good description is given by Huisemann & Wolff in “The Anthroposophical Approach to
Medicine,” 1982, Chapter 9, “The Fundamentals of Biochemistry and Pathophysiology,”
where he describes the various aspects, like nutrition, the Gastrointestinal (GI) Tract,
dietary considerations, carbohydrate metabolism, diabetes mellitus, fat metabolism etc.
I’m not too sure where this fits in, but the information is pertinent throughout the book.
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CHAPTER THREE
THE MULTIVERSE WITHOUT ENTITIES
...time slows down the faster you go…and time stops at the speed of light. The catch is that nothing with mass can ever go that speed; therefore time has to exist for anything that has mass. It’s hard to understand how pure energy (light) with no time can exist in the same realm as mass objects with time. That and the fact that all physical objects are something like 99.9999999% empty space, meaning that the entire universe barely exists.
Jeremy Thom, July 2010
Introduction
As well as there being multiverse within every entity (as discussed in Chapter Two), there
is also multiverse on the outside (without) every entity.
Chapter Two got a start on this chapter at hand through its section under “Somewhat Broadly” on
page 9. The concept of within and without entities that characterizes the author’s framework
underlying this book finds origin in his having been a Science (Mathematics and Chemistry,
major and minor, respectively) undergraduate student at Carleton University, Ottawa, in the
1960s. The within/without notion in the author’s mind springs from a similar thing in Analysis of
Variance (ANOVA) when doing statistical analysis (i.e., variance within and between groups) and
it involves degrees of freedom that relates to sample size. Some significance of degrees of freedom
is discussed in Chapter Five.
The Immediate Multiverse Without Entities
The first wave of the without is society with all of its diversity. The second wave pertains
to the search to discover and find meaning in the realm of the eternal with respect to outer space.
The Broader Multiverse Without
Beyond the infinite is an entire great beyond into the eternal, with the mysteries of string
theory and black holes and, as yet, undiscovered phenomena and entities. This forms the broader
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realm of the multiverse without entities which, together with the immediate realm, constitutes
the total Multiverse Without Entities.
Newer Horizons
Promise lies in discovering more about the space beyond. The research at the Fermi
National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Illinois and with the $10 billion Large Hadron
Collider, built near Geneva by the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is to find the
Higgs boson (or “the God particle” or “the champagne bottle boson”4), a hypothetical massive
scalar elementary particle that scientists theorize gives mass to other particles and, thus, to other
objects and creatures. Finding it has tremendous implications, including for just how subatomic
things can get (the atom was once thought to be the smallest unit of matter), Einstein’s E=mc² (a
formula apparently not well understood by many), and the Higgs particle giving mass to massless
particles and thereby disguising the true symmetry of things (Lederman, p. 367). If the Higgs
boson exists, it is an integral and pervasive component of the material world. Global warming, a
phenomenon much exaggerated as to its degree, pales relative to things such as the boson.
To illustrate the complexity of understanding this physics, scientist-turned-journalist
Dennis Overbye writes in the New York Times:
“According to the basic precepts of Einsteinian relativity and quantum mechanics,
equal amounts of matter and antimatter should have been created in the Big Bang
and then immediately annihilated each other in a blaze of lethal energy, leaving a
big fat goose egg with which to make stars, galaxies and us. And yet we exist, and
physicists (among others) would dearly like to know why.”
4 Dr. Leon Lederman coined the former alternative name and a jury of physicists, disliking the
supremacy of the particle implied by “God”, the latter.
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And from Canadian syndicated columnist Harry Bruce: “What’s a muon? Forget it, and don’t
bother trying to figure out the properties and relationships among protons, photons, positrons,
electrons, neutrons, nucleons, hadrons, gluons, bosons and fermions.”
There are also quarks, quasars, and neutrinos.
As mentioned on page 17, the discovery of the artificial cell/synthetic genome provides
many interesting prospects. Similarly, already discovered are the largest known molecules to exist
in space—soccer-ball shaped molecules called “buckyballs” (named for their resemblance to the
geodesic dames of famed American architect Buckminster Fuller). Their unique strengths and
incredible chemical and physical properties could be applied to things like armour, drug delivery,
and superconducting technologies.
The common ground with respect to the Multiverse Within Entities and the Multiverse
Without Entities lies with brains and minds in their unifying Eternal Before Zero and Eternal
Beyond Infinity, to which Chapter Four pertains.
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CHAPTER FOUR
UNIFYING THE WITHIN AND THE WITHOUT
It’s Up to You One song can spark a moment, One flower can wake the dream, One tree can start a forest, One bird can herald spring.
One smile begins a friendship, and One handclasp lifts a soul; in Chinese:One star can guide a ship at sea, One word can frame the goal.
One vote can change a nation, One sunbeam lights a room, One candle wipes out darkness, One laugh will conquer gloom.
One step must start each journey, One word must start each prayer, One hope will raise our spirits, One touch can show you care.
One voice can speak with wisdom, One heart can know what’s true, One life can make the difference, You see, IT’S UP TO YOU.
- Anonymous
Introduction
The within and without of entities are brought together by the brain and mind and the
fact that they represent two different paths to the same end of discovering meaning and truth.
One could say that the within plus without create a completeness or a fullness. Yet it cannot be
claimed that there is nothing beyond this as there are still things yet to be discovered.
Brains and Minds
Much is being discovered about brains and mind, including the brain’s being elastic—
thus capable of change (Doidge, 2007; Nussbaum, 2010). There is controversy as to whether they
are one and the same, and so be it. Peck says yes and Dyer says no, suggesting that the two are
separate in that the mind experiences and the brain records. Maté (2009) claims that a brain's
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activity generates most of what is understood as mind, and he explains that traditional Buddhist
psychology recognizes that. Once mind structures are in place, they determine perceptions,
behaviours, and experiences (p. 345).
From the tiniest entity to the largest dynamic system imaginable, there is some kind of
brain/mind entity that monitors energy, keeps things functioning, and does “thinking” for
survival. Ultimately, cooperation and coalition among all entities is necessary. Matthew Taylor,
building on neuroscientific research into prosocial behaviour, calls for “a new politics of human
nature” with collective engagement and cooperation at its heart. In this book, brains and minds
are considered in totality across the Multiverse, thus pertaining to all entities, alive and dead.
Systemizing Knowledge
Historically, certain deep thinkers have devised grand frameworks for knowledge. For
instance, the “figurative system of human knowledge”, sometimes known as the tree of Diderot
and d’Alembert, was a tree diagram developed to represent the structure of knowledge itself,
produced for the Encyclopédie by Jean le Rond d’Alembert and Denis Diderot. The original
version, in French, is as follows:
Figure 4.1
The Original “Figurative System of Human Knowledge” Tree (in French) From a Google search of the Internet
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This tree was a taxonomy of human knowledge, inspired by Francis Bacon’s The Advancement of
Learning. The three main branches of knowledge in the tree are: 1) “Memory”/History; 2)
“Reason”/Philosophy, and 3) “Imagination”/Poetry. Notable is the fact that theology is ordered
under ‘Philosophy’. The historian Robert Darnton has argued that this categorization of religion
as being subject to human reason, and not a source of knowledge in and of itself (revelation), was
a significant factor in the controversy surrounding the work.
Historically, many “trees of life” have been developed. Ernst Haeckel developed his Tree of
Life in 1879:
Figure 4.2
Ernst Haeckel’s Tree of Life (1879)
From a Google search of the Internet
Advanced trees of life contain genetic representations.
Both Figure 4.1 and Figure 4.2, though obscured, are included for illustrative purposes.
Readers, if they wish, can personally research more concerning these depictions.
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Adrian Dupuis (1985, p. 254) presents the following relationship among the sciences:
Figure 4.3
Relationship Among the Various Sciences From Philosophy of Education in Historical Perspective by Adrian M. Dupuis, 1985, p. 254.
Frameworks abound. The following is one, “The Calvin Cycle” (once popular was “The Carbon
Cycle”) from the field of Biology:
Note: Plants use energy from the Sun, electrons from H₂O, and carbon from CO₂ to
make sugars. The energy and sugars will ultimately be the electrons that are captured
in cellular respiration to make ATPs. Therefore, the energy from the Sun, through the
processes of photosynthesis and respiration, will be used to run cells.
From Molecular & Cell Biology for Dummies by Rene F. Kratz, 2009, p.198.
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OR
Figure 4.4
The Calvin Cycle
Price-Smith (1998), building from E.O. Wilson’s concept of consilience (see p. 10), tackles
the interesting challenge of linking two very diverse knowledge fields – Medicine and Politics:
Figure 4.5
A Complex System of Possible Linkages Between Disease Pathogens, Facilitating Variables, and State Capacity.
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“Being sought were the answers to several questions: (1) Does infectious disease
negatively affect state capacity—generating political, economic and social
instability? (2) If so, how does infectious disease contribute to political instability
and underdevelopment? (3) Is knowledge of this relationship useful to the
discipline of political science? This study tests the hypothesis that increasing
values for Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Disease (the independent
variable, ERID) impairs State Capacity (the dependent variable, SC) and thus
diminishes prospects for state prosperity and stability (p. 5).”
Price-Smith goes on to say:
“An explanation of the causal relations detailed in the above chart is
appropriate at this point. Pathogenic microbes exist independently
throughout the earth’s biosphere with the vast majority of them present in
the zoonotic pool and outside of the human ecology. In a very real way
these pathogens are independent variables and are exogenous to the state
as they are truly global phenomena (existing at the system level). These
pathogens may cross over from the zoonotic reservoir into the human
ecology at any time with emergence being largely governed by the
principles of chaos.”
Increasingly, figurative systems of knowledge are appearing from across the Multiverse, all
in integrative connective linkages.
Eternal Before Zero and Eternal Beyond Infinity
The within and the without under discussion in this book are unified through brains and minds of all entities across the Multiverse. The Multiverse is illustrated as follows:
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Figure 4.6
The Spectrum of the Multiverse
This represents the spectrum of total knowledge and it is multidimensional (in all directions).
Mathematics confirms brains and minds ability to conceive, whereby Eternal Before Zero (0) are
negative numbers moving from right to left, and Eternal Beyond Infinity (∞ = ¹⁄₀) are numbers
moving from left to right. Pi (π) is an infinite decimal, i.e., 22/7 = 3.14159…that is used in
calculating such things as areas and circumferences. One way to visualize the essence of Eternal is
to think of an entity (mathematically, a number)—in any direction, some only imaginable—and
then to add one more. One more can always be added. Brains and minds have the capacity to
embrace the Eternal Before Zero domain and the Eternal Beyond Infinity domain at the opposite
extremities/ends of the Spectrum of the Multiverse. They can imagine/visualize increasingly
subatomic entities, be they called particles or whatever, and also increasingly hypervast entities,
be they called black holes or the like. Brains and minds are extremely powerful. Their unification
role in the Multiverse is shown in Figure 4.6, a role that involves paths forged multidimensionally
(with the associated Geometry, Algebra, Calculus, Physics, and the like) at both extremities to the
same truth. To fathom more than three dimensions of multidimensionality1 (e.g., beyond a three-
1 Multidimensionality relates to the minimum number of coordinates needed to specify each point
within a particular dimension; a line, a square, and a ball illustrate one, two, and three dimensions,
respectively, with one coordinate needed to specify a point within (on) the first, two coordinates needed for
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dimensional ball) requires directed thought, will, imagination, and, above all, intuition and faith
that there is such. Further, Mathematics knowledge helps. Time is considered the fourth
dimension and, beyond that, it is an interesting issue as to whether there actually are higher-
numbered dimensions, or just theoretical mathematical equations that suggest that there could
be. Hawking, as well as String Theory, states that, indeed, higher-numbered dimensions exist.
Religious people claim that they have discovered laminin, a substance that holds cells
together and looks as follows:
Figure 4.7
Laminin—Cells’ Cement
It has the shape of a cross that holds one cell to another. It may explain particles at the one end of
the multiverse spectrum and holes at the other end, as well as what is eternally the truth after
particles and holes.
the second, and three coordinates needed for the third (so as to appear to “come out of” the paper on which
it were to be drawn).
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Overall, Christianity’s perspective on meaning (“the big picture”) is usually capsulated in
the following:
Figure 4.8
Christianity and Meaning
Again, artificial cells and black holes and the Higgs boson (the God particle)—oh, the
wonder of Physics’ Quantum Theory!—can be embraced by brains and minds concomitantly. So
can what is beyond these two “cutting edge” areas of interest.
It is important to realize that brain and mind know no borders—of focus can be any
“objet” (from the French, meaning “thing”), of any age, alive (animate) or dead (inanimate).
How Drugs Affect the Human Brain
Molecules give energy. With respect to humans, food gives energy and this food is a
combination of small and large molecules (that have many atoms). A variety of food chains are
involved in entities such as human beings and animals getting energy. The carbohydrates made
by plants, algae, and bacteria serve as food for all life on Earth. Photosynthesis is the process in
green plants and certain other entities, e.g., organisms, by which sunlight, water, and carbon
dioxide are combined to produce oxygen and sugar (energy). In food chains, carbohydrates are
eaten by entities that in turn eat other entities to get their energy.
When a drug is taken into a person’s body, orally, intravenously, or otherwise, it enters the
person’s bloodstream so that it can interact with that person’s brain. In eating, the drug enters the
bloodstream through the normal process of digestion via the stomach and intestine. Synapses are
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important. The brain is a very complicated collection of cells known as neurons or (less
technically) nerves. When one thinks about something, senses something, or does something,
what happens at the level of the brain is that various neurons send to each other information
concerning what one is thinking, sensing, or doing. It is at the level of this inter-neuron
communication that most drugs have their effects.
Several chemicals in the brain function as neurotransmitters, summarized as follows:
Neurotransmitter What it does What drugs affect it
Dopamine Involved in regulation of movement, reward and punishment, pleasure, energy
Every drug that affects feelings of pleasure, including Cocaine, Amphetamine, opiates, marijuana, heroin and PCP
Epinephrine (also called Adrenaline)
Excitatory neurotransmitter involved in arousal and alertness
Norepinephrine (also called Noradrenaline)
Involved in arousal and alertness, energy and feelings of pleasure
Stimulants
Serotonin Involved in regulation of mood and impulsivity
Alcohol, Hallucinogens, Stimulants, Anti-depressants
Acetylcholine Inhibitory neurotransmitter involved in movement, memory function, motivation and sleep
PCP and hallucinogens, Marijuana, Stimulants
GABA (Gamma Aminobutyric Acid)
Inhibitory neurotransmitter involved in arousal, judgment and impulsiveness
Depressant drugs, Marijuana
Glutamate Excitatory neurotransmitter
Endorphins Substances involved in pain relief and reward/punishment
Opioids, Depressants
Figure 4.9
The Functions of Neurotransmitters in the Brain
Opioid drugs bind to special endorphin receptors in the brain. Other drugs such as
Prozac, that has a very long half-life, fix to bone. The prescribed medication, Fosamax, has a half-
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life2 of ten years, fixing to and deforming/destabilizing human bone (apparently quite contrary to
what the drug companies and medical doctors intended). Proton Pump Inhibitors inhibit HCL
(Hydrogen Chloride) production in the stomach, thereby preventing the chemical transformation
from say CaCO3 (an insoluble base) to CaCl2 (a soluble salt, useable by the body)—critics claim
that this accounts for its devastating effect on bone formation, and more often than not leads to
osteoperia and ultimately to osteoporosis. There are a host of drugs, and it is often an anion that
leads the drug to its intended site of action, while a cation exerts the intended action (good or
bad). Cholesterol medications such as Lipitor and Crestor contain statins that are controversial as
to their toxicity; some cholesterol (HDL) is necessary and good; other cholesterol (LDL) is
deemed bad.
LDL is not bad. It is a crucial component for the endocrine system to function properly and
to produce essential hormones among many other functions, e.g., testosterone, estrogen,
thyroid, insulin etc. LDL is therefore the one cholesterol type that is NOT the culprit
(although LDL is implicated in arterial plaque, and whether it is good or bad is
immaterial). There is no relation to the amount of LDL-cholesterol and the severity of the
plaque. Plaque is nature’s Band Aid to the damaged inner layer of the artery
(endothelium). This is precisely what the medical profession should be attending to,
instead of pharmaceutical company rhetoric “(that) cholesterol is bad for one”. {See S.
Ellison, “Health Myths Exposed,” 2nd ed., pp. 89–127.
2 The half-life of a drug is the period of time required for the amount of drug in the body to be reduced
by one-half.
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Some Other Significant Human Brain and Mind Phenomena
Besides activity pertaining to drugs (prescribed or illegal) that get into the body, the
human brain and mind have much to do with the specific phenomenon of rejection and allergies.
The brain and mind know when to object to what is occurring within. With respect to
transplants/implants, all efforts are made to assure that the thing (e.g., organ) being put into a
body will be accepted. This is done by cleaning the thing being inserted—stripping it of donor
blood, fats, lipids, and bone marrow if necessary—in the case of limb transplants for instance.
Implants that are made of a human-made biodegradable polymer attract calcium cells that in turn
attract living bone and blood vessels.
Goldberg (2006) in his book, The Wisdom Paradox: How Your Mind can Grow Stronger as
Your Brain Grows Older, describes some other important brain and mind phenomena that are
known for human beings.
Perhaps insert something about the placebo effect, e.g., D. Evans, “Placebo: Mind Over
Matter in Modern Medicine,” which is turning Modern/Evidenced Based Medicine, on its
head—worldwide!
All Brains and Minds in Unification
Human brains and minds are just some of the many brains and minds in the total of the
Multiverse. For instance, there are also brains and minds of inanimate entities, including dead
ones that once lived. Philosophy of mind explains that entities such as tables and chairs have
atomic-like particles deep within, acknowledged and utilized by all other brains and minds.
Science fiction writings capture this imagination, one that could entertain brain and mind
phenomema with respect to other than humans.
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Things have come a long way from phrenology, the pseudoscience of determining a
person’s personality and character by examining bumps on that person’s head, with the
assumption that the brain is the organ of the mind.
The following provides a humourous perspective (from Frank and Earnest):
Figure 4.10
Personality Types
Ultimately, global brain incorporates all brains and minds (some might call this
“multiverse intelligence”) in the global search for meaning, with all discoveries along the way
being a piece of the overall grand puzzle. To reiterate and emphasize, in effect, this global search
is taking place through paths into the eternal at both ends of the multiverse spectrum; the first
pertains to within entities, the second to without entities. But to achieve completeness, the
Humanities, nonscientific and affective-/feelings-oriented, must be considered. Chapter Five
elaborates.
Forcing honest research results into pre-defined paradigms. Therefore, burying the Truth
is easier and more convenient, as the Researcher might just get ridiculed and
excommunicated if he /she dares to expose what he /she knows is Truth. The “Global
Search for Meaning” is admirably applicable here:
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And then, as for obtaining Research Funding: “He who has the gold pays the Piper,
and the Piper calls the tune!” Sad but true.
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CHAPTER FIVE
THE FARTHER REACHES OF MINUSCULE AND VAST
It is by looking to the Heavens that it is appreciated how tiny an entity one is in the big picture.
Artificial Cell (Into Eternal Before Zero) and Higgs Boson (Into Eternal Beyond Infinity)
Thus, Eternal Before Zero and Eternal Beyond Infinity, metaphorically, represent the same
thing—the eternal—just in different directions on the multiverse spectrum of knowledge
(depicted on page 22). Every field of knowledge has intelligence, creativity, and imagination and
Mathematics is particularly demonstrative regarding these in its incorporation of all entities of
the Multiverse3. “Zero” and “Infinite” are signposts or markers that brains and minds recognize as
the entrance to truth. The artificial cell/human genome and the hypothesized Higgs boson are
just a beginning.
Historically, most things that are previously just imagined, and then become reality,
experience considerable opposition, particularly in the imagined phase. Automobiles, television,
and computers are examples. The discovery of the artificial cell (from searching into the Eternal
Before Zero realm) drew an immediate response from theological quarters that “only God can
create life”; the discovery, with its “watermarks” (inserted into the genome, in science fiction style
these encode a new DNA code for writing words, sentences, and numbers) opens up the
possibility of things that are imagined—even genetic engineering of a Frankenstein—becoming
real. However, a very important note is that Craig Venter’s discovery team says, “We look forward
to continued review and dialogue about the important applications of this work to ensure that it is
used for the benefit of all” (italics is the author’s). Some scientists view Venter as an opportunist,
3 Complex numbers (within the field of Mathematics), with “the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra”,
alone demonstrate this—a merging of simple and complicated.
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business entrepreneur; others (less skeptical and jealous, perhaps) regard him as one passionately
advancing the frontiers of knowledge.
The Higgs boson situation is different in that it is hypothesized/imagined, but not yet
discovered, as the artificial cell is. Again, the detection of this boson would help to explain the
origin of mass in the universe (and perhaps in the Multiverse). The continuing search for it into
the Eternal Beyond Infinity realm will either lead to nothing or to something phenomenal. Star
Trek? Who knows?
Enter the Humanities (the “Social”)
Ideally, unencumbered brains and minds—free of addictions—are best. In fact, ideally all
bodies, minds, and souls should be unencumbered. However, as entities age, things good and bad
naturally happen. For one, oxidative stress applies to all entities, producing an aging. On the
positive side, the landscapes of brains and minds tend to change, modify, and broaden with time.
There is Science and Non-Science (defined in this book as realms “social,” including all
aspects of multiverse community). Both are prevalent in the search for meaning and truth. It has
already been mentioned as a concern that the artificial cell be applied for the benefit of all. Also,
this may be said concerning the Higgs boson and the field of Physics in which it lies. Albert
Einstein, when he formulated E=mc², made his feelings clear that he wished his discovery to be
used to help humanity, so he was disappointed when it was used to create the Atom Bomb that
killed so many. Also, he linked Physics to Theology, but he appears to be a man whose work was
incomplete. To be complete, advances in science and technology find meaning through the
humanities and social sciences.
Feelings and emotions always come into play and, indeed, they must. Certainly, a
considerable amount of the objectivity and emotional detachment that characterizes scientific
research is necessary but these alone will not lead to meaning. The social responsibility aspect of
all discoveries is a necessity. To ignore it invites serious problems. Reality is reflected in
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the following, taken from an insurance brochure that is distributed by a typical, modern-day
bank:
“Remember when you never had to worry about…
• becoming critically ill?
• ensuring your loved ones are looked after?
• covering your funeral costs?
• an accident causing death?
• unexpected costs due to hospitalization?”
Such things as worry, anxiety, and fear characterize many persons’ existence. The positive aspect
is that these very same things of feeling can also exalt the imagination regarding brains and
minds.
To conclude this chapter, following is a list4 of, first, concepts (random terms and
processes) from Science and other fields and, second, specifically from the Humanities. The
reader is asked to consider these, drawing from his/her own background and experience, in
preparation for his/her reaction to the ideas that are presented in Chapter Six.
Concepts From Science and Other Fields
The classical elements in philosophies and worldviews [e.g., Aristotle and the Greeks’
Earth, Water, Air, Fire, and Anther (the personification of the “upper sky” space, and heaven, in
Greek mythology)]; Hippocrates’ Theory of the Four Humours, i.e., liquids within the body—
blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile; Galen; the Seven Chakras; a “learning curve”;
leveraging; “benchmark”; portal; responsibility; accountability; freedom; character; solid state
LTD lighting, nitride semiconductors, Nitrogen (N) toxic-free; free enterprise; The Milky Way; the
Boreal Forest; acid rain; the Greenhouse Effect; the Amazon Rain Forest; probabilities; frustration;
4 Lists, categories, labels and such reflect desirable rationality and order.
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adaptation; survival; matrices; partitioning; the Krebs Cycle; chance; hybrids; biodegradable into
water (H₂O), carbon dioxide (CO₂), and biomass; imagination; resourcefulness; politics;
objectivity; courage; intelligence; value-free.
Concepts From the Humanities
Dignity, compassion, honesty, integrity, love, hope; adaptation/survival; the Cold War/the
Hot Peace; responsibility; accountability; freedom; forgiveness; free enterprise; chance;
uncertainty; vested interests; frustration; imagination; resourcefulness; character; ownership;
consensus; safety; politics; subjectivity; courage; intelligence; value-laden.
Notice that there are some items that are common to both categories of lists above.
Farther reaches—onwards and upwards!
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CHAPTER SIX
PROSPECTS
Wisdom Seeks Knowledge
Showing Off
In the Dutch language, the word “opschepper” means “braggart” or “show-off”. The author
feels that for the meaning of things to be discovered, opschepper cannot enter into the search in a
significant sense. Admittedly, some showing off is required else confidence in a search would be
inadequate and no search would be carried out. Authentic modesty (not “false” modesty) and
moderation and balance in all affairs are the guidelines.
Conspiracy Theories
In all walks of multiverse, there can be conspiracy theories with their spin doctors. Some
people term the claim that the HIV virus leads to AIDS a conspiracy theory spun by a group of
medical and health sciences people. Let it be said that conspiracy theories should not hinder the
global search for meaning. It is up to the searchers to make wise relevant decisions, being vigilant
with respect to malingering, doctoring, inculpating, fabricating, sheltering, cheating, and lying.1
Fundamental Natural Principles
Historically, many deep thinkers have sought fundamental natural principles or laws that
underlie all learning, with E.O. Wilson being such a person of late. In 1965, Jerald Hage presented
an axiomatic theory of organizations along these lines.
Indeed, there are such principles. Somewhat ironically, the first Principle is that, when
people are made aware of such principles, it is the reaction of these people to them that
determines whether these principles are accepted or not. [Understandably, the reader may have
1 Some persons believe that the Large Hadron Collider may blow a huge hole in the Multiverse; this may
be viewed as a conspiracy theory in that the Collider doesn’t do anything that the Sun does not already do.
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to think about this for awhile before it becomes clear!] Following are Fundamental Natural
Principles, with the first generalizing what has just been said:
1. First and foremost significant is how true meaning is reacted to when it is found or
discovered through a search;
2. White light is important—being present and surrounding all entities. Einstein knew this—
so did the likes of Aristotle, and so do many persons now;
3. Desirable are the four principles that underlie Rotary International (RI)’s The Four-Way
Test of the things we think, say or do: Is it the truth?; Is it fair to all concerned?; Will it
build goodwill and better friendships?; and Will it be beneficial to all concerned?; these
principles date back to Socrates (469–399 BC) who expressed them in a different form;
4. Desirable are the principles that underlie the goals for the Royal Society of Arts (RSA),
stated as:
The RSA combines thought leadership with social innovation to further
human progress. Building on our 250 year history as a beacon for
enlightenment values, we undertake influential and varied research
projects and host the UK’s most ambitious free lecture series. Our work
is supported by 27,000 Fellows, an international network of influencers
and innovators from every field and background.
Both the RI and RSA principles are lofty and global. It is through application of lofty and global
principles that the following type of free exchange, no sugar coating, of ideas takes place:
Email Message - Your Opinion Sought
“Good afternoon Doug
Thx for the info.
Enclosed are two diagrams to explain how we (as Natural Practitioners)
view the “Holistic Human Being” (or the German concept of “Mensch”)
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and its interaction with the environment. This is also what I teach my
students.
I think I’ve sent you previously a short version of the Interaction
Matrix. However, these diagrams are more explicit.
Together they are known as “Heilkunst” (or loosely translated as “[the]
Healing Art” – which is what we base our entire Healing System on.
Unfortunately, the stem words are in German [which are infinitely
more rich and descriptive than their English (translated) equivalents].
Therefore, please forgive any errors in translation (as English is not my
first language, so I don’t have the interpretational fluidity with the
language).
The circles should be true Venn diagrams, but due to its complexity,
they are presented as partially overlapping instead of all completely
overlapping each other. The concept of “Mensch” may be loosely
translated as the “Holistic Human Being” with all of its manifestations.
The concept of “Mensch” is the “Gestalt” of basically all of its elements.
I think that now you will understand why I (and my peers) cannot
accept the current medical (including the pharmaceutical) paradigm.
To us it simply doesn’t make any sense whatsoever. From there the
“Evidence of Harm” caused by the Medical System, instead of “Evidence
of Health” as practiced by us.
If you find this too controversial for publication please ignore this
e-mail.
Kindest
François”
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A.
B.
Figure 6.1
Heilkunst (The Healing Art): A. The German Concept of Mensch (Holistic Human Being); B. Mensch and Its Environmental Interactions
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The contents of this email illustrate honesty and “calling a spade a spade”, and prompts
fundamental natural Principle 5.
5. Be honest and speak the truth.
6. Avoid all or nothing;
7. Retreat and cut losses when victory is not possible; when one does act, go in hard and fully
as one can always draw back;
8. Be nice, rather than right;
9. Things are never perfect;
10. More is gained with sweet honey than sour vinegar;
11. Oftentimes, an other-than-straight stick is required to get to a desired goal; associations
are not always linear and cause and effect can be direct or indirect through intervening
variables; the Mensch example of Principle 4. above displays that interactions of entities is
dependent upon the number of variables involved; the concept of degrees of freedom is
here relevant—a bowling ball can cause a “Strike!” (knocking down all of the pins) by
travelling erratically (i.e., displaying all kinds of degrees of freedom) down the bowling
lane. Also, to accomplish the goal of cleaning the hair out of a typical electric razor’s heads
requires considerable freedom of movement/degrees of freedom by one’s hand holding
the brush.
12. Be extremely patient and understanding.
Things are, at the same time, simple and complex. And as the reader sees from these
principles just presented, concepts from the Humanities, social aspects, generally always enter in,
sitting there inscrutably in the middle of every search for meaning, frustrating all efforts to go
around them. Especially ethics:
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There certainly are always many variables to consider…and ethics is certainly one
of them. It’s like the invention of the phone…great idea for effective
communication …but never intended to be used to promote fraudulent or
destructive behaviour.
We take the good with the bad! I believe…at least as long as people are
allowed to make choices!
—my thoughts (Christine Scheibler, personal communication, May 30,
2010)
It can be said that the Christian Bible’s Ten Commandments, and the equivalent in other
religions, have a Humanities basis. From these spring the following principles2:
13. Respect life;
14. Honour significant and inspirational others, including family and friends in particular;
15. Use wholesome, virtuous language;
then:
16. From James 1:19 of the Christian Bible: “…be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath”;
17. “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” with emphasis on family and
friends;
18. Less is better.
There is a multitude of other principles for action that have been presented over time,
some of them in the fields of philosophy and existentialism. Some take the form of tests of
good (as is the case with Principle 3. and Principle 4. above). The additional Principle 19. and
Principle 20. are presented on page 49 under “Final Comments.”
2 To not lie, deceive, and steal fit under Principle 11.—pertaining to being honest and speaking the
truth.
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Some Observed Trends
The Multiverse pertaining to developed countries appears to be witnessing several
significant trends:
• A moving away from women and men getting married;
• More and more technology (e.g., cell phone obsession) to a point of human
distraction;
• An increase in volunteer work and helping others;
• A growing general conservatism among younger generations coupled with a
disturbing attitude of personal entitlement to things across all generations;
• A team approach to medicine and the advent of personalized medicine;
• A dramatic increase in addictions and prescribed medications; and
• A tighter economy.
At Least Two Suggestions (and a considered third on page 60)
One must be acutely aware that observed trends are different in different parts of the
Multiverse. The author feels that some of these observed trends, such as marriage decline
(because it is viewed as a government “grab” of some kind) will be taken care of, or even reversed,
because of some of the other trends (e.g., in the case of the marriage decline, the trend of growing
general conservatism). Entitlement to, as opposed to earning things through sustained, hard
effort, is a harmful attitudinal trend that can fuel materialism and greed.
A closer description of the concept “Existentialism” might be useful too, as described in the
book by R. Solomon, “Existentialism”. Rather in your face, I would say.
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Two suggestions:
i. As a practical point, there needs to be more consolidation and streamlining with
respect to various agencies doing similar things. For example, charitable
organizations should partner more to create one front. Also, cancer research
groups worldwide should share findings more in an effort to determine future
steps. Simplification, generally, is the guideline.
ii. There needs to be continual assertion as to the value of formal education. One can
never have enough. Why all of the makeup, remedial programs? Has the education
system failed that badly?
Challenging Einstein, Genetic Causation, Over-Thinking, and Nature and Animal Priorities To move on to discover true meaning, there needs to be a challenge to existing ideas,
particularly those of Albert Einstein, the idea that inherited genes restrict, thinking too much
(including learning other languages), and putting Nature and animals before human interests.
These ideas are very prevalent in the Multiverse, have assumptions behind them that are usually
unquestioned, and they need to be kept in perspective, drawing from them that which is useful.
Reconstruction (Kamuf, 1991) may be necessary. More is said about this later in the Epilogue.
Final Comments
Victor Frankl (1963) suggests that one cause of meaninglessness experienced is the
confusion of values. The author of this book contends that there is confusion because premises
are continually changing; thus, firm personal foundations are called for. In his 1998 book, The Will
to Meaning, Frankl says that the capacity to take a stand toward the features of our character, or
the drives and instincts per se, is what makes us human beings. This reinforces the idea that the
way a person perceives a situation (in stress response terms from McEwen, 1998) or one's reaction
to things, not the thing itself, is key—an idea behind Principle 1. on page 41.
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This book acknowledges the discovery, in 2010, of the artificial cell (or the synthetic
genome) in the United States and the ongoing research to find the Higgs boson using the Large
Hadron Collider under the Swiss-French border at Geneva, Switzerland as the furthest (“cutting-
edge”) advancements to date in the global search to find the true meaning of life and existence.
Origins are of important focus in this. Then this book goes beyond cell/genome and Higgs,
revealing how they represent the beginning doorway to meaning on the spectrum of knowledge
across all time, space, mass, and energy—past and present (i.e., The Spectrum of the Multiverse).
The two extremities of the spectrum are given the original names “Eternal Before Zero” and
“Eternal Beyond Infinity)”, respectively, by the author and they pertain to The Multiverse Within
Entities and The Multiverse Without Entities (both of these expressions also original and coined
by the author). Multiverse incorporates all that is alive and dead. The significance of brains and
mind in their capacity to embrace and unify the Multiverse in its inherent multidimensionality is
highlighted, and then discussed is the concept of all search paths into the Eternal Before Zero and
Eternal Beyond Infinity realms (in their multidimensions) being explored—including
scientific/biological/medical and humanities/ sociological ones—ultimately leading to the same
truth.
The book ends with the author’s presentation of a total of twenty (20) fundamental
natural principles (Principle 19. and Principle 20. are presented on the next page) that underlie all
worthwhile learning endeavours, linking them to such diverse things as Einstein’s E=mc², guides
to religion (the Bible, the Talmud, the Koran, the book of Mormon etc.), the most minuscule of
subatomic entities, the most vast of black holes and farther, and stated goals of Rotary
International (RI) and the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and
Commerce (RSA).
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As this book draws to a close, the author is very aware that the continuing global search
for meaning must speak to freedom as being more primary and important than happiness3 and a
belief in free enterprise. From this spring, the final two fundamental natural principles:
19. Persons who have reached the age of majority are expected to behave in a manner
becoming of a mature adult; and
20. Conscience (which may be at odds with self-will, as evidenced by guilt observed) drives
behaviour in mature entities (adapted from the Thom Theorem, Thom, 1993.)
The following indicate the richness and fullness involved in the global search for meaning:
“F J …Jun 5…Reply…
Thank you Doug, for the feedback.
I will order the books you have mentioned and see how they fit in with
our philosophy.
In the passing I might mention that the modern Medical System (as we
see it) does not heal, it never has and it never will. This is fact! And we all
know the truth about this. The best I can do is to palliate through
massive depression of observable symptoms (instead of addressing the
cause) to the detriment of the Mensch [from there the concept of “anti”,
e.g., anti-depressants, anti-arthritis, anti-diarrhea, anti-nauseant, etc.).
For this very reason we accept (and use) the Medical System for its
(immediate) palliative powers, but that is where it ends. From there our
indulgence in “Integrative Medicine” as a global and integrative concept.
3 Of interest, it is controversial as to whether one’s personal capacity for happiness is largely hardwired
by one’s genetic heritage and early childhood experiences (Maté, 2009).
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As for healing? We believe firmly that our system is the only one that
truly heals. By “our” system, I include all of the alternative healing
systems taken together, e.g., Heilkunst, Traditional Chinese Medicine
(TCM), Ayurveda, prayer therapy, visualization, and many, many more.
Therefore, we believe that not ONE system alone can cure, but that the
Curative System MUST be adapted to the Mensch at any given point in
time, as is appropriate at the time of application.
Kindest
François”
and
Email Message - Your Opinion Sought:
F J to me
“Hello Doug
Thx for your reply.
I’m very aware of the Four Humours Theory. However, it applies more
to conventional medicine as practiced at the time. The application of
this theory (e.g., blood-letting, dosing emetics, etc) was the domain of
the medical profession which led largely to the development of (rather
sophisticated) systems of alternative medicine—having rejected the
Humour Theory and its ruthless application during the middle ages
and up to the late 1800’s. The Humour Theory derived some of its
thinking from the original Asian medicine, particularly TCM (and some
Ayurvedic) and its classification of all things into Yin & Yang from
about 5,000 years ago and recorded in the Nei Ching (by the Yellow
Emperor).” …
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“Our System of Medicine (Heilkunst) is partially based on
“Funktionelle Medizin”, as summarized by Helmuth Schimmel, which
(in summary) states that “[Functional Medicine] should be understood
as a meaningful and necessary supplementation to Conventional
Medicine. It is intended to bridge the existing diagnostic and
therapeutic gaps. Functional Medicine is NOT an anti-thesis to
Conventional Medicine. On the contrary it offers a needed expansion of
the entire art of healing, which neither Functional, nor Conventional
Medicine alone can master.
The “Global Search for Meaning” is very relevant here, as
illustrated below. Several references were recently published in
the United States, to provide reliable information on Functional
Medicine in English, to literally hundreds of physicians and other
health professionals in the US & Canada who want to practice the
Art. For example, by Editor David S. Jones, “Textbook of
Functional Medicine,” Institute for Functional Medicine, 2005,
and many others. Most European books on the subject are in
German, Dutch, and other languages — but not English.
The second arm of our Healing System is also partially based on
Anthroposophical Medicine, as described in various volumes (by inter
alia Huiseman, Wolff, Leroi, Linden, Magerstadt, Pache, Reuter, Spiess
and others)—from the German “Das Bild des Menschen als Grundlage
der Heilkunst” (first published in 1956) and many other similar
publications. This concept also gave rise to the (modern) Functional
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Medicine approach now taking hold in the US…as has been the case for
decades in Europe. Hope this helps to clarify somewhat.
Kindest
François”
The contents of the above emails also illustrate the controversy, contradictions, and necessary
focus involved. Controversy leads to change. In this book, the email correspondence from
“François” (Jooste) is presented verbatim, as the medical health concerns that it addresses is
where meaning for many persons in the Multiverse lies and ends. In essence, some of the contents
of his e-mails is actually “running commentary” or debatable opinion with respect to his personal
situation (François is a licensed pharmacist). It is true that, without health, one is hampered
[Virgil said, “The greatest wealth is health.”], but meaning goes beyond this.
When the time is right, the story of meaning will be told in total. The seed could very well
originate with an individual such as Dr. Gabriel Dakubo whose book summary reads as follows:
The pivotal role of mitochondrial functions in carcinogenesis is quite well
established. However, the critical role of mitochondrial genome alterations to
cancer development is muted in traditional textbooks. Recent scientific efforts
have provided unequivocal evidence for mitochondrial genome mutations and
content changes in cancer development, progression, and therapy. This pioneering
book is a unique compilation of mitochondrial genome alterations in cancer.
While primarily focused on the emerging role of mitochondrial genome changes,
bioenergetics and signaling pathways, attention is also given to the metabolic
transformations of the cancer cell, as well as the established altered cell death
processes that underlie cancer evolution and treatment resistance;
or it could be planted by Professor Stephen Hawking who “works all the time.” It is
determination, dedication, and superb brains and minds—as characterize the likes of Drs.
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Dakubo and Hawking—that most often yield discovery. The computer will never be more
intelligent than humans. Also, the stereotyping aspect of sociology creates divisiveness, not
integration among groups, and this possibly will result in science—in its pure motive aspect—
being the discoverer of meaning. Whatever, steadfast, natural things, such as light, water, fire,
and gravity, and the questions: What?, Why?, and How? will come to bear. Phenomena such as
global warming may provide some preliminary answers. Meanwhile, entire invisible and inferred
domains of minuscule and vast await—copasetic and trajectory. To advance, a key requirement is
for what is already known (even Einstein’s ideas) to be viewed as simply theories and opinions
that could have inaccuracies and need completion. As well, there needs to be established solid
connections between the previously known and the hitherto unknown. There is an essence of
discovery that includes the process of tying together (Selye, 1978). Finally, envisioning in
multidimensions must never cease. This broadens interpretation to such wonderful entities as
orbitals, ellipses, sets, rings, partitions, matrices, cardioids, and differentiation, integration, and
all things of Calculus. What is being sought is a unified theory of all forces and force associates,
including electricity, magnetism, gravity, mass, matter, and energy, as well as the philosophical,
metaphysical, and ethical framework of space and time (dynamic variables) in which we
experience that the interdisciplinary Multiverse unfolds.
As Levitt (1991) supports, people by their nature never leave well enough alone, and this
restlessness applies well to sustaining the global search for meaning . He also points out that,
biblically, The Fall of humans occurred in the Garden of Eden paradise—when all seemed
comfortable. This is something to think about.
Long live search and discovery!
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EPILOGUE
Dr. Thom gained considerable inspiration to write this book from the article by M. Mann,
“The Human Spirit in Leadership”, that was published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Arts
[Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA)], 1986, CXXXIV
(5358), 396–407. He was first elected a Fellow of the Society, London, England, while serving as
Director/Lecturer of the University of Hong Kong Advanced Studies in Educational Management
Program (1980–1984). In 2009, his application to rejoin the Fellowship of the RSA was successful.
From his involvement with the Global Conscience Circle (GCC)/Cercle de la Conscience Globale
(CCG), a charitable, international, humanitarian aid organization that he founded in 2000, Dr.
Thom benefits immensely. He gratefully acknowledges the particularly important influence on
this book by the following individuals who, over the years, have been his teacher, student, or
colleague: Lynn Broadbent (MBE and the RSA’s United States Chair), Clare Reilly (an RSA
Networks Manager, London, England), Johann (Joe) C. Vander Wees (FRSA and a friend of
wondrous global experience and knowledge), all members of the Thom family, Jim Scali, Alf Best,
the late Dr. Peter Millman (of the “2904 Millman” and “Millman Martian Crater”), Professor Dr.
Robin Farquhar, the late Professor Dr. William G. Walker, Professor Dr. Lieh Mak, Professor Dr.
Daniel Klassen, Dr. Jerome Harvey, the late Professor Dr. Therese Shak, Claude Morin, Dr. Ryan
Parr (of the Titanic’s “unknown child” genomics project), and Dr. R. Jay Stewart (accomplished
psychiatrist). Finally, thank you to Bev Riley and Francois Jooste, all draft manuscript readers,
Chungwen Li of the Ming-Ai (London) Institute, United Kingdom, publisher Elle Andra-Warner,
and to Paula Ojala for her typing and suggestions.
The very nature of this book compels that no ideas are “off subject”, and the breadth of
this Epilogue at hand reflects this. Further, the reader should understand that everything is about
energy, with slower and faster frequencies (e.g., light, thought, and spirit—the fastest). All
meaning that is sought anywhere is tied to things vibrating to certain frequencies, and any
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entities that are interpreted as problems, ultimately are illusions—they only exist in the mind,
perhaps as a figment of imagination. Thus, they are not problems at all. It is in society’s
unlearning of dualistic thinking (i.e., comparing two entities in a competitive manner) in
interpreting, learning, and expressing, and instead practicing a whole-person approach that melds
entities to create fairness and make problems disappear, never to return. This produces a
monumental advance with respect to the likes of leadership, as it becomes part of the calm realm
of the multidimensional eternal past the infinite, construed negatively before zero and positively
beyond infinity.
Historically, a world characterized by “world citizens” who speak one language, possess one
passport accepted by all countries, and use a common worldwide/international monetary system
has been envisioned, proposed and, in some instances, actually tried, with varying degrees of
success [the Romans and Gary Davis, the international language Esperanto (see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto ), and Eurodollars are some examples]. If these things
were ever to be fully and permanently the situation, it might contribute to a shared worldview
(i.e., Weltanschauung) with respect to the meaning of things, but it would also most likely detract
from the spectacular and rich diversity that the world in fact has. Rest assured, closure in the
global search for meaning will come with a discovery informed by this diversity and such timeless,
proven, virtuous values of cooperation, international under-standing, goodwill, dignity,
reconciliation, peace, and love and laughter to which it speaks. The 2010 summer G8 and G20
meetings in Toronto, Canada, and the security measures surrounding them, is a sample testament
to the world’s justified concern for more than the tangible that science provides. On the stage of
the global theatre is continual, meaningful regard for the welfare and safety of people and their
leaders—a concern of the human heart. A peaceful revolution is possible. Invariably, shared
meaning and truth spring from a face-to-face meeting of minds, in a setting where both worry and
anxiety, along with wise and civil solutions, are present. Predictably and happily, amidst the
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global search for meaning, civilization sustains through the encouragement of—indeed the
demand for—democratization at home and peace with neighbours. This is altogether tempered
with the knowledge that life is not always fun and with accommodation of the new generation,
who are the hope for the future. It becomes important to understand the goal and meaning of the
likes of G8 and G20 meetings. For instance, they are economic summits, not summits to do with
aid to needy countries. As worthy as the latter are, international aid is seemingly not of the
highest priority—regulating banks and reducing government deficits are. Free enterprise
business, that lacks caring for workers, can bring an economy down. The leaders of the world’s
countries have behind them hardworking advisers who are the real brains of things and it
sometimes takes unions to bring about “a guided economy” that is the most desirable situation
(Beattie, 2010); the G8 and G20 showcases the leaders and their being elected is the proper
democratic way. Their having been elected means that these leaders represent those who elected
them, not that they are working for them. There is deeper meaning that points to the higher value
accounted for by others behind the scenes…there is more to the story, if you will. There is a saying
that, “opportunity creates thieves.” This cannot be the case if leaders never forget where they
came from. The world needs good, virtuous leaders of integrity who totally understand the milieu
in which they lead and who, over time, never lack fresh ideas.
In some ways, the global search for meaning is a search for common or shared conscience
and the truth about right and wrong that is inherent in such. Desired social conscience is formed
by a profound belief in freedom, shines light, and is a global force for good. History reveals that
many wrongs have been committed, people acting in an abhorring manner toward others. Slavery,
genocide, and corruption are just a few examples, but this must not paralyze moving on. A grand,
surviving intelligence is at work in the Multiverse, and all entities are part of it. From the
beginning, ingrained beliefs build paradigms (or paths) that essentially underlie reconciliation,
peace, and all other virtuous attributes. They teach that truth is reasonable, goodness makes
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sense, and to have this guide conscience is rational. These paradigms dictate worldview,
promoting the belief and justifying that good (or bad) is being done. Generally, the flavour of
leading global paradigms is one of gentleness. Leaders, acting with kindness towards those being
led, are the priority. There may be considerable soothing of personal conscience through abiding
by this prevalent paradigm (lest the risk of being outcast), yet, being “in the big picture”, grand
intelligence ultimately leans its weight on the side of sustainability, self-sufficiency, and survival,
oftentimes leaving collective guilt in its wake. Is it not logical and reasonable that full and
complete discovery of meaning will be forthcoming only by following both paradigms that are
founded in virtue, as well as those that are not? How more of a violent-based paradigm can be
conjured up than one that considers a Big Bang vision and the Hadron Collider explosions as
giving meaning. This is not for the faint of heart. As discoveries are made, conscience—individual
or collective—can have the effect of repeatedly bringing such things as ethics, and consideration
of the Humanities generally, to the fore. However, this should be comprehended in the light of
adding richness to complete search and as testament to the diverse, lustrous majesty that
surround the spectacle that existence offers. Similarly, thunderous bangs and explosions should
be put into perspective and not viewed as being devastating, but as simply being an aspect of
sorting out the magnificent, marvelous spectacle. A parallel can be drawn to historical analyst
Paul Johnson’s concept of “the incarnation of light, its growth, spread, and reception, its
extinction, and its miraculous rekindling into an everlasting incandescence.”
Those who search for meaning must remain open to all paradigms—varying lenses, some
irreconcilable, through which to view things. Some frameworks are deductive, structured, and
ordered, and others are inductive, phenomenological, and chaotic, even caustic and vexing. Yet,
they are all legitimate. At the same time, the resolve remains unchanged and the same
dominating purpose of discovering truth is preserved. Language and semantics must not be
allowed to get in the way of discovery. An in-house jargon grows up in every area of inquiry. Its
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original purpose is one of clear communication—to facilitate understanding of progress among
searchers. However, this language can turn to become a hindrance, unless it is clearly defined;
it can undesirably reflect “psychobabble” and become associated with hype and “spin”. Brilliant
people can come to believe that things being discussed are “way over their head” and beyond their
understanding, and that others are master of the power denied to their brilliance, whereas this is
not really the case. It is very unfortunate that if, with repeated experience, an intelligent person
ceases to dispute and submits to semantics, even if logic suggests that one should act otherwise.
This is equivalent to being bullied and it is not right. [Kowtow to no one!] For example, in the
search for Higgs boson and verification of such concepts surrounding Planck’s length and mass,
semantics such as “naked singularities”, “cosmic censorship”, and Star Trek-type transporters
enter in. Although persons may grasp these concepts as independent entities, confusion can arise
as to how all of the seemingly independent fragments form a whole to determine meaning. Herein
lays a difficulty. “String Theory” is heralded as promising a unified description of all forces known,
as a theory of everything, and some top physicists do not understand it, with all of its associated
language too (e.g., manifolds, branes, and so on). Yet, could there not be something similar, but
with a different name (i.e., “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet”)? For balance,
currently, there needs to be peaceful international cooperation among countries to deal with
space debris and other hazards in space.
The search continues on paths and roads that cover the gamut from the most minuscule
subatomic to the most vast unfathomable—a spectrum of eternity in all distinctions and
directions. Trails of the farther reaches of the spectrum speak to both the marvels of microscopic
ingenuity and of eternal, cosmic beyond. Passion, human spirit, hope, keeping the faith and—
above all—a necessary sense of optimism and encouragement are key motivators. Thinking in
multidimensions is not only involved, but is necessary and sufficient. Many believe that God is the
secret that holds all together (Einstein described ultimate meaning as “To know the mind of
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God.”). God may, or may not, encapsulate the multiverse spectrum in all of its magnitude. Really,
who or what is God? Those searching for meaning are limited if they believe that horizons end
with only as far as the eye can see. They are also limited if they give too much reverence to God,
and the likes of Einstein’s ideas about space, time, gravity, speed, and mass affecting time, theory
of relativity—special and general—with the former saying that the speed of light is constant and
that it represents an upper limit on the speed of everything in the Universe, and E=mc². Albert
Einstein lived at a particular time in history. Also, that God orders things is a belief that is widely
held, but that too could limit finding true meaning. Truth may come out of chaos. [A lawyer
applies chaos theory in the courtroom to initially create confusion that is subsequently cleared up
by his/her particular argument that becomes perceived as best reasoned.] Facts surrounding
Einstein and God vary, and Einstein’s relativity theory is said to be famous for being
incomprehensible; to be fair, if people do not understand his ideas, it could mean that he either
was a genius or was very stupid. The work of both Einstein and God can be viewed as still to be
completed. Other great persons have come along since Einstein and have acknowledged his ideas,
and others will continue to come along and contribute to knowledge. For example, others predict
tachyons that may travel faster than the speed of light, but such have not been observed yet.
Energy thought of as vibration, oscillation, and movement, light considered as being made up of
both waves and particles, and travelling at different speeds in different materials, and sound and
light having different speeds, is some of the rethinking that is deemed to be required to discover
meaning.
Following from this, E=mc² could quite possibly apply to searching into both Eternal
Before Zero and Eternal Beyond Infinity, or The Very Small and The Very Big, if you will. But
imagination and creativity must not stop with this formula (a formula that is not understood
correctly by many people). The point is that knowledge should not end with Albert Einstein! He
was just one human being, and to keep referring to him as the most intelligent person ever (as is
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continually done) is unfair to the rest of humanity and something that Einstein himself probably
would dislike. He was just one person, with his biases and weaknesses such as everyone else.
Everyone is searching and it could happen that true meaning is discovered without any
connection to Einstein’s ideas. This true meaning will result only when so much being attributed
to one man, Einstein (including by institutions of higher learning), ends. [In Hawking (2007),
Einstein’s ideas are presented quite clearly.] Further, what may be needed is interpreting God
(and Jesus Christ) in the context of the times, as Johnson (2010) does for modern times.
Besides the challenging of Einstein (and the ideas of many other post-scientists), so too do
such prominent ideas as genetic causation, over-thinking (including learning other languages),
and letting Nature and animals dominate need to be challenged. [Some, such as Ferris (2010),
suggest that, also, the ideas of the likes of Darwin—related to genetics and nature in the general
sense—need serious challenging.] Maté references that we are not certain that anything is
inherited. To attribute things to genetics is narrow in that it would ignore all kinds of concepts,
such as the long-term effects of prenatal stress and the dominant influence of the environment
(particularly on brain development following birth), and the possibilities of "tabula rasa" (a person
being born with a blank mind), the curious psychological development of infants' minds, and the
idea that, over one's lifetime, one educates one's conscience. To blame genetics is an easy way to
avoid responsibility, something that abounds in the Multiverse. Concerning the idea that there
can be too much thinking, there are several issues. Generally, there can never be too much
thinking. For example, learning numerous other languages has been determined by brain
specialists to enhance intelligence. In Chapter Six, page 45, two suggestions are made. A third
could be that a common global, multiverse language [not necessarily Esperanto or Klavarskribo
(Klavar), “the universal music language” (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klavarskribo )] should
be developed and embraced, in the interest of finding true meaning. Currently, Latin facilitates
communication amongst the likes of medical doctors, lawyers, and clergy, globally. Regarding any
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claim that over-thinking inevitably results in a brain aneurysm, what real evidence of this is
there? Finally, Nature and animal interests being given priority is a compelling issue; the
Christian Bible, Book of Genesis, declaring that humans are to have dominion over Nature and
animals provides one viewpoint.
Things can occur anywhere at any time, transfiguring history and geography. A wonderful
sense of the absurd is useful. No one knows the true beginning and end of things. Age needs be
transcended in the quest. Mysterious, subtle, contrasting—experience indicates that all
approaches that seek to find truth involve assumptions, and they may be questionable. Such
approaches invariably are designed to incorporate controversial issues of the era in which they are
used, and to give meaning to these issues as something encompassed and acceptable. [Gender,
marriage, economics, and politics are recurrent, key issues that can take different forms as one era
gives way to another.] The point is that assumptions must not negate the open mind that is
required for discovery. Buying into dualistic thinking (i.e., mind and matter, good and evil,
argument and counterargument) leads nowhere. It is believed that everything can be figured out
and that there is a great knowledge where, in reality, little is known. If there was knowledge,
natural catastrophes (or “Acts of God”) could be handled much better. The left brain does not
have the answer; the full, whole person does. In this sense, leadership could be much improved
with an unlearning of dualistic thinking that, in essence, fuels competition. Living under illusion
and delusion is common and will change only with a general tying together of loose ends in
society—an admitting that global cooperation and coalition are the appropriate way of the future.
Witness the lack of innocence in business—using others’ money to get rich. Guilt can paralyze, at
best, rendering inactivity and introspection and, at worst, chaos and confusion. Fear explains
unusual behaviour.
These are particularly dangerous times, not only in leadership but in education
generally—so many formally-educated people, but apparent ignorance all around. Being literate
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with technology is not true literacy. Some believe that only a return to God and faith brings calm
and order to the continuing chaos. Definitely, hope, courage, enlightenment, and renewed vitality
are called for. What is eventually found—true meaning—promises to be either nothing or
something absolutely phenomenal! It may be discovered through Science, and
multidimensionality [incorporating time, the infinite-dimensional function space of quantum
mechanics, and abstract spaces of intuition (String Theory delves into ten or eleven dimensions)],
but its fabric must undoubtedly incorporate the totality of all knowledge, for all time,
philosophies, and realities, including the Humanities/social, and aspects of love (Maté, 2009), for
it to have true meaning. [Beattie (2010) and Ferris (2010) lend great support to such.] This is
characteristic of any attempt that has ever come close to discovering the grand design of true
meaning.
No one knows anything much. A significant lack of control over things needs to be
accepted. What totally constitutes the Multiverse? Minuscule Corpuscle and Vast Passel. Finite
and yet Unbounded. Space and Time. Gravity, Motion, Magnetism, Mass, Light, Dark Matter, and
Energy. Symmetry. Quantum. Photons. Manifolds and Branes etc. and Singularities With Layers
Beyond. Parallels. M-theory as the theory of everything in The Grand Design. The meaning has
yet to be determined. Be ready!
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of the standard search engines, such as Google (www.google.com), on the worldwide
Internet. Also, other works of the authors cited can be accessed in this manner. Dr.
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APPENDIX
What is Not New in This Book?
A focus on systemic energy;
Incorporation of origin, multidimensionality, and structure of things;
Incorporation of movement faster than the speed of light (c);
Imperfection.
What Would Seem to be New and Fresh in This Book?
. Unconventional perspectives on the implications of time not existing;
A “thinking outside of the box” with respect to reconciling contradictions;
An inclusion of Science and Nonscience, uniquely defined using social/humanity
knowledge—encompassed are inductive and deductive, experimental and
phenomenological (experiential), and order and chaos;
An inclusion of input of dead and inanimate entities as well as of those living,
particularly neurotransmitter brain capacity, in totaling systemic energy;
A forging of a particular integrative coalition of science and religion worldviews,
transcending both a religion of fear and of ethics;
Incorporation of the many different languages, races, and cultures worldwide;
A general transcending of restrictions to truth caused by overly defined boundaries for
fields of knowledge and action;
Incorporation of both binary and analog technology;
Incorporation of willpower.
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Key Ideas for Dr. D. J. Thom’s Future Contribution to Explain Meaning (Detailing His Theory/Practice Further)
It is said that the Multiverse is just one of many universes that appeared spontaneously
out of nothing, each with different laws of nature. I have been developing a model for the
Multiverse—one that ranges from "Eternal Before Zero" [a Within realm] to "Eternal
Beyond Infinity" [a Without realm]. The former realm pertains to DNA and the very
small/subatomic, and the latter realm to the very large/vast. Overall, or in the Macro
sense, my model is set in a systemic context of multidimensionality (of interest, it is said
that String Theory currently entails up to some twenty-one imaginable dimensions , or
planes of existence in the Hinduism sense). The total system is such that any changes to
our universe affect the homeostasis/balance of any entire system of universes (or parallel
universes)—the Multiverse.
A key point that keeps recurring in my work is that, in the Multiverse, types of mass
need accounting for, with the hopeful discovery of Higgs boson [pertaining to my model's
"Eternal Beyond Infinity" realm] felt to be key.
Several people have gone beyond Albert Einstein's E = mc² [i.e., Energy = mass X (i.e.,
multiplied by) the speed of light squared]. Perhaps this formula needs reinterpretation for
these times in which we live—times of highspeed digital and analog technology—drawing
on sound knowledge regarding the total energy of body, mind, and soul (alive and dead
or inanimate), past, present, and future. For example, perhaps in some revised form the
formula applies to both "the very small" and "the very big," as they evolve. Or perhaps
there is something entirely different that is required to explain meaning. What truly is
awesome is how entities survive, e.g., how after a winter, a flower—with sun, rain, and
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soil etc. —will bloom again. This phenomenon is a part of a total multiverse energy.
Einstein’s work was incomplete.
In the Multiverse, it would appear that there is a total energy (physical and mental,
with mental energy being infinite). Do former theories of gravity need revision as Einstein
did in his revising those of Newton? Movement can be faster than the speed of light. The
special and general theories of relativity are challenged. They apply differently to entities
speeding toward than away from each other. The current work with the Large Hadron
Collider in Geneva, Switzerland would seem to be one of many exciting endeavours that
have implications. I certainly do not have all of the answers. The fact that recently two
asteroids buzzed the Earth and one is predicted to destroy the Earth in some 172 years is a
motivation to keep looking into these things. This has caused a stir, particularly from
British and Soviet quarters, though 172 years is quite far off and there are projected
intervention strategies to alter the asteroid's course away for the Earth. Further, normally
an asteroid burns up in the atmosphere before it would hit the Earth; of interest, the
planet Jupiter—with its larger gravity—is said to continually protect the Earth from
destruction by pulling the likes of asteroids into its atmosphere.
Albert Einstein made unique contributions of curvature and multidimensionality.
[Both the world and space can be thought of as flat in the sense of “flat” meaning
“connected”; the entire role of asymmetry needs more understanding.] He summarized
and integrated a vast amount of science that was known up to his time. Whether he was
a genius or not is debatable. He did not believe Quantum Theory, in more than four
dimensions, or that there exists more than the universe (Hawking, 2007; Einstein, 2009).
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Certainly, his name and ideas became synonymous with high standard intelligence, but
not so as to harm scientific progress.
The following are key ideas to be addressed in my future writings (questions keep
arising):
for my Model, “The Multiverse Spectrum,” Zero (0) is thought of in terms of “Ground
Zero”—the physical border of an individual entity; the entity is the point of reference;
also, more than a mathematical explanation is required; there are “Individual Ground
Zero” and “Collective Ground Zero”;
globally, ongoing is a search for meaning generally; this search ranges from the aspect
of seeking an artificial cell to trying to determine what exists in the Multiverse beyond
the Earth and Solar System, corresponding to the “Eternity Before Zero” and the
“Eternity Beyond Infinity” realms of my model, respectively; on all fronts, the focus
tends to be on searching for “life’s meaning”); the habitable or “Goldilocks zone for
life” is not too hot, not too cold—just right for other life in the Multiverse; in essence,
both direct aspects of the search involve seeking something unitary—a single cell, in
the case of the former [i.e., at the one (lower) end of my spectrum model] and a
particle, in the case of the latter [i.e., at the other (higher) end]; the Hadron Collider
activity represents trying to improve “bang” knowledge in Physics so as to better
search for life beyond the Earth; in the main (though this is altering), a physical,
Science approach is being taken to the search at both ends—DNA science and beyond,
at the one end, and E = mc² science and beyond at the other; Chemistry figures
significantly into the one end and Physics into the other, all considered within an
interesting, subtly unobserved, Nonscience context; also, some might say that a
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microscope figures significantly into the former end and a telescope into the other; of
interest is that “m” is common to both formulas E = mc² and F = ma (i.e., Force = mass
X acceleration) and just what the implications of this are; establishing truth may
involve replacing mathematical explanations and treating them (including E = mc²) as
exceptions and/or partitions;
the search for meaning generally has several philosophical faces and thus can be
expected to involve some things more of Nonscience (compared to the Science
referred to above) applied to the search at both ends; examples of such things are
ethics, will, modesty (shyness), humility, religion, politics (with its many faces,
including inherent aspects of economics, finance, and law), and gender;
music as the universal language latently figures into the one end of my model and
Jupiter, the Earth’s protector from destruction, into the other;
a broad framework for meaning (e.g., time, space, mass, speed, heat, gravity, energy,
within and without, eternal before ground zero and eternal beyond infinity,
multidimensions, unification, natural principles, logic etc.) continues to be developed
and the challenge is to harness the best features of this; revising this broad framework
as the multitude of Science and Nonscience is fit into it, everything from relativity to
an individual’s personal mood, is the future direction; the host of related Science ideas
(many mathematical) that immediately and randomly come to mind include
electromagnetism, Planck constant (h), thermodynamics, entropy, inertia, probability,
uncertainty, homeostasis, linear, binary, analog, evolution, intelligent design, the Big
Bang Theory, trigonometry, geometry, algebra, exponents, powers, quadratic
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equations, parabolas, theorems, corollaries, polynomials, tangents, sets, rings,
partitions, sine and cosine curves, correlation, regression, Factor Analysis, Analysis of
Variance (ANOVA), robustness, matrices, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, Boolean Algebra,
Galois Theory, calculus, integration, differential equations, Pearson’s chi-squared test,
Latin Squares, and volume, various symbols and formulas (including E= mc² and F=
ma), and names such as Newton, Faraday, Bohr, and Hawking. A major Nonscience
idea that comes to mind is spirituality—encompassing both lower order (e.g., food,
money, fun, and sex) and higher order concepts (e.g., autonomy, freedom, sensitivity,
responsible self-actualization, creation, wonder, order, chaos, honesty/integrity,
humility, modesty, hope, faith, charity, love, family, intelligence, caring, intuition,
religion, civility, and impartiality); these concepts are defined in the sense of a blend
of the traditional and more contemporary/postmodern, recognizing that they have
become reinterpreted in terms of technology (Ripple, 1986); conscience is of utmost
importance, with the mind-body (psychosomatic) relationship known to exist but not
known as to exactly how it works; one theory is that calming, tranquillizer-type
endorphins are released in entities’ brains through enjoyable actions;
the future is not something to be predicted but to be achieved;
time does not exist in that there is a continuum from what was to what will be; this
applies to all entities; reference is to the Eternities that involve imagining many planes
of existence; time slows down the faster one goes;
if time (a fourth dimension) does not exist, then the many dimensions (above three
dimensions) in String Theory could be encompassed into non-existence; Principal
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Component Analysis (PCA) is used in studying multidimensionality to suggest what is
statistically important;
DNA research has not helped to cure cancer (or other conditions such as autism and
Alzheimer’s disease); researching the DNA of entities from ancient times (i.e.,
Egyptian mummies) would seem to be potentially fruitful with respect to disease
among classes of people (e.g., some Pharaohs had long life spans); ancestral entities
(e.g., humans) began a continuum of willful choice that carries on a legacy into the
Eternities; they had virtuous hopes for the current generation, as does it for the future
generations; entities such as fish, rocks etc. contribute to a global brain and
intelligence; ultimately, perhaps humans are animals that act from instinct and
intuition and whose minds and brains trick them into believing that they are more;
a testable model for creation is emerging (Ross, 2009); the Second Law of
Thermodynamics (incorporating entropy), the essence of which is that “when left
alone, things naturally tend toward disorder,” is a significant rationale in this in that it
implies that evolution must be directed, thus confirming the compatibility of science
and religion within a creation rubric; yet, Nature tends to sustain itself;
in every language, there are clever techniques of expression so as to convince people;
among them are logical fallacies, hypothetical cases, masterful use of the general and
specific (as with Einstein), “subsidization” arguments, and the use of infamous
peculiar problems, dilemmas, paradoxes, or allegories (e.g., Plato’s Cave allegory); add
to this a presenter’s expressing false modesty, and the result is an obscuring of reality
and truth; the discovery of meaning involves transcending such human cleverness to
grasp true reality; bringing order to the chaos and disorganization that characterizes
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actual reality is the tall order.; everyone has his/her belief as to “how things work,” but
there is a truth; sometimes it is necessary to break an undesirable (i.e., disorganized)
existing situation—such as the world situation—in order to begin to repair it for the
better; the concepts of “divide and conquer” and that things once broken heal
stronger than before pertain here;
multidimensionality can be conceptualized through holography;
revelation of truth usually comes through a child;
. multiversal peace (i.e., peace throughout the Multiverse) is the ultimate goal.
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SELECTED INDEX (tailored for usefulness) A Alexander, K. 63 Alexander, S. 63 Andra-Warner, E. 54 Antidepressants 49
Aristotle 9, 38, 41 B
Bacon, Francis 9, 24, 63
Beattie, A. 56, 62–63
Big Bang Theory 20, 57, 76
Black holes 19, 28, 30, 48 Booth, K. 63
Brain neurotransmitters 31 Broadbent, L. 54 Brooks, M. 63
Buckyballs 21 C Calculus 53
Calvin Cycle 25
Cancer 47, 52, 63, 78 Chaos 78 Chekhov, A. 4, 63
Chinese medicine 50 Chown, M. 63
Christianity 30, 70 Chua, A. 63 Complex numbers 36
Conspiracy theories 40 Cox, M. 63 D
Dakubo, G.D. 52, 63
Darwin, Charles 60, 63, 65 Derrida, J. 66
DNA (DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID)
14, 36, 64, 73, 75, 78 Disorganization 78
Doidge, N. 22, 64 Dunne, T. 63 E Easton, David 64
Einstein, Albert 9, 20, 37, 41, 47–48,
53, 58–60, 64–65, 73–74
Esperanto 55, 60 Eternities 68, 77–78 F Fawcett, J. 64 Ferrell, K. 64
Ferris, T. 60, 62, 64 Fisk, R. 65
Four Humours Theory 50 Frankl, Viktor E. 9, 47, 65 Frye, N. 65 Fukuyama, F. 65
Fundamental natural principles 40 Fundamental Theorem of Algebra 36 Fullan, M. 9, 65
Functional medicine 51 G
Gaia hypothesis 14
Genetic causation 47, 60
God particle 20 Goldberg, E. 33, 65 Grand design 62, 66 Greeks 38 Greene, B. 65
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H
Hadron Collider 20, 48, 57, 74
Half -life of a drug 32
Hawking, Stephen 8–9, 52–53, 60, 65–66, 74, 77
Higgs boson 20, 30, 36–37, 48, 58, 73 Hofstede, G. 66 I ICR (Institute for Collaborative Research) Discoveries Laboratory 66 Integrative medicine 49 J
Johnson, P. 57, 60, 66
Jooste, F. 52, 54 Jupiter 76 K Kepler, Johannes 9 Klassen, D. 54 Kuhn, A. 9, 66 L
Laminin 29 Language, 9, 78
Lederman, L. 20, 67 Levitt, T. 53, 67 Lindblom, C. 67
Living, dead, and inanimate entities 72 M
M-theory 62
Maté, G. 22, 60, 62, 67 McLuhan, Marshall 67 Meadows, D. H. 67 Meadows, D.L. 67
Medications 15–17, 32, 46
Mensch 41–44, 49–51
Mill, J.A. 67 Millman, P. 54 Mlodinow, L. 66 Mortenson, G. 67
Multidimensionality, 28, 79 N Nadis, S. 71
Nature and animal priorities 47, 60–61 Nussbaum, P.D. 22, 68 O Ojala, P. 54
Opschepper 40
Over-Thinking 47, 60–61 P Parr, R. 54, 66
Parsons, Talcott 9, 68, 70 Parthasarathy, A. 68
Peck, M.S. 22, 68
Perestroika 13 Placebo Effect 33 Planck constant 76 Plato’s Cave allegory 78 Principal Component Analysis (PCA) 77
Psychiatry 17 R Randers, J. 67 Reilly, C. 54 Ridley, M. 9, 68 Riley, B. 54 Romans, the 55 Ross, H. 68, 78
Rotary International (RI) 41, 48 Russell, B. 68 Russell, P. 68
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S Sagan, C. 69 Schuessler, W.H. 69 Star Trek 37, 58 Stewart, R. J. 54
String Theory 19, 29, 58, 62, 71, 73, 77
Szasz, T. 9, 17, 69 T Takemura, M. 69 The Multiverse Spectrum 34, 36, 59, 75
The Royal Society of Arts (RSA) 9, 41, 48, 54, 69 The Teaching Company 69
Thom, D.J. 49, 54, 69–71, 73 Thom, J. 19
V
Vander Wees, J. “Joe” C. 54 Vedanta Treatise 68
Venn diagrams 42
Venter, Craig 9, 36, 71 W Walker, W.G. 54
Weick, K. 70 Wells, H.G. 9, 64 Weltanschauung 55
Wilber, K. 9, 71 Willpower 72
Wilson, E.O. 9–10, 26, 40, 71 Wilson’s Bridge 68 Wisdom Paradox 33, 65 World citizens 55 Y
Yau, S.T. 71
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Active Professor Dr. Douglas J. Thom, BSc, BEd, MA, PhD, FRSA, Honorary Associate of the
University of New England (Australia), International Patron of the National Youth Award Scheme of
Sierra Leone, West Africa; award-winning PhD dissertation; Active Full Professor of Educational
Administration/Leadership; over 130 diverse scholarly works (including 40 books and diaries)
together formally housed in the Ming-Ai (London) Institute in London, England (www.ming-
ai.org.uk) [associated with the Ming-Ai (Lourdes) Centre in Lourdes, France], and in the Northern
Studies Resource Centre and the Archives Department on the fifth floor of the Main (Paterson)
Library of Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada (www.lakeheadu.ca); Dr. Thom’s
works are throughout the world, including at Harvard, Princeton, Cambridge, Hong Kong (China),
and Toronto universities, and in institutions in France, Italy, Turkey, Africa, India, Mongolia, Brunei,
and Australia; member of the Executive Committee of the Editorial Board of the international, peer-
reviewed journal New Horizons in Education; 26-year member of Rotary International (RI); some
medical studies; and founder of Global Conscience Circle (GCC)/Cercle de la Conscience Globale
(CCG) that aids needy countries/nations worldwide [established in 2000, with a lively website at
www.facebook.com—Dr. Thom reports regularly on "The Wall"]; working together with his RSA and
RI colleagues and his students and university colleagues, he feels honoured to help humanity.
Professor Dr. Thom believes that a successful future depends on the provision of high quality
education, the pursuit of knowledge and truth, and the creation of ideas.
Phone: (807)767-9046 E-Mail: [email protected]