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Existence is subsistence
The title for this post “existence is subsistence” is an idea that was highlighted by the scientist Emanuel Swedenborg. We can find observable evidence for this “law” in all biological systems in which every living cell (and every part of … Continue reading
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Tagged belief-systems, complexity theory, Emanuel Swedenborg, love, proving God, universal principles
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The irony of spiritual growth
The main driving principle of personal spiritual growth is to challenge one’s egoism and self-centeredness in order to adopt a larger, more inclusive form of love with one’s fellow neighbors. Spiritually speaking, we are to view ourselves from a more … Continue reading
Posted in god, Inner growth, Life after death, love, Reality, religion, spirituality, unity
Tagged cooperation, egoism, God’s scheme, heavenly happiness, love, organizing principle, spiritual growth, transgression, universal law
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Peter discovers universal patterning principles
Once upon a time, a scientist named Peter was contemplating the unity and order of the manifest universe. He wondered if there could be a scientific view of the world beyond “physicalism” and serendipitous “creation.” He marveled that the murky … Continue reading
Harmony collapses the wave function
One of the biggest mysteries in physics is how the probability distributions in a quantum process collapse into a single outcome of measurement. How does one formal outcome emerge from all the possibilities? And what happens to all those other … Continue reading
Are the first causal principles of the universe ALIVE?
The debate between scientists and theologians concerning the existence or non-existence of God as necessary for the creation event would become more profitable and rational if the discussion turned to whether the first causal principles of the universe were inorganic … Continue reading
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Tagged “Proving God”, creation, evolution, first principles, love, order, relationships, reverse entropy, teleology, thermodynamics
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Sacred Residue
One of the big ideas that separate Emanuel Swedenborg’s theology of salvation over other religious doctrines is the concept of spiritual “remains.” In this unique heavenly doctrine Swedenborg puts forth the dynamic concept of ultimate causality that all life comes … Continue reading
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Tagged angels, Emanuel Swedenborg, George Gurdjieff, love, re-birth, remains, salvation, spiritual body, subconscious mind
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