Humans have many ways of reading reality. One of them (see Technical below) is “An ability to exercise judgment where events cannot be completely defined.” We have questions. Answers are available. They may lie in the realm of matter, so we look for the clues in the physical realm. When they rest in the Sacred, we tap into the domain of values and virtues. In either case we search with our minds and souls.
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SACRED
Definitions: (1) dedicated to worship; (1) devoted to one’s sacred duty; (3) recognition of that which is highly valuable and important
Derivation: Latin, “holy”
Note: Sacred and sacrifice have the same root.
Quotes:
• Joy is finding the holy in the small and the sacred in every day. — Mary Davis Holt (1938-1989) American leadership coach
• There are four questions of value in life. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? And what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love. — Lord George Gordon Byron (1788-1824) English romantic poet
Comment: Humans tend to get stuck in the historic understanding of what is sacred. We rightly reject the Golden Calf but hold on to the stories of reality from hundreds, even thousands of years ago. The scholars of those times had good moral, and even farseeing, ideals. But God is infinite and there will always be new revelations of Divine light unfolding in our minds and souls. Listen to the still small voice.
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TECHNICAL
Definitions: (1) having to do with the practical, industrial, or mechanical arts; (2) showing technique <a technical skill>; (3) concerned with the applied and computer sciences
Balancing Quality: Intuitive
Observation: The following table is from: “Man versus Machine” — Wesley E. Woodson (1918-2003) and Donald W. Conover (1923-2006) Human Engineering Guide for Equipment Designers {1964}
MAN EXCELS IN:
• Detection of certain forms of very low energy levels
• Sensitivity to an extremely wide variety of stimuli
• Perceiving patterns and making generalizations about them
• Detecting signals in high noise levels
• Storing large amounts of information for long periods
• Recalling relevant facts at appropriate moments
• Ability to exercise judgment where events cannot be completely defined
• Improvising and adopting flexible procedures and alternate solutions
• Ability to react to unexpected low-probability events
• Inductive reasoning
• Ability to profit from experience and alter a course of action
• Ability to perform fine manipulation, especially where misalignment appears unexpectedly
• Ability to continue to perform even when overloaded
• Original problem solving
MACHINES EXCEL IN:
• Monitoring people and machines
• Performing routine, repetitive, or very precise operations
• Responding very quickly to control signals
• Exerting great force, smoothly and precisely
• Storing and recalling large amounts of information in short time periods
• Perform complex and rapid computation with high accuracy
• Sensitive to infrared, radio waves, et cetera, beyond the human range
• Able to do many different things at one time
• Deductive processes
• Insensitivity to extraneous factors
• Rapid, continuous, and/or precise repetition of operations the same way over a long period
• Operating in environments which are hostile or beyond human tolerance
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The Seven Chakras:
• Crown: Consciousness (space)
• Third Eye: Awareness (of Light), Intuition (time)
• Throat: Communication, Growth (life)
• Heart: Love, Compassion, Equilibrium, Being, Devotion, Healing (air)
• Solar Plexus: Assimilation, Control (fire)
• Sacral: Creativity (water)
• Root: Instinct, Potential, Security (earth)
Peace,
Jim Downs