Translation is a 5-step process of “straight thinking in the abstract.” The first step is an ontological statement of being beginning with the syllogism: “Truth is that which is so. That which is not truth is not so. Therefore Truth is all there is.” The second step is the sense testimony (what the senses tell us about anything). The third step is the argument between the absolute abstract nature of truth from the first step and the relative specific truth of experience from the second step. The fourth step is filtering out the conclusions you have arrived at in the third step. The fifth step is your overall conclusion.
The claims in a Translation may seem outrageous, but they are always (or should always) be based on self-evident syllogistic reasoning. Here is one Translation from this week.
1) Truth is that which is so. That which is not truth is not so. Therefore Truth is all that is. Truth being all is therefore total, therefore complete, therefore whole, therefore sound, therefore perfect. I think therefore I am. Since I am and since Truth is all that is, therefore I am Truth. Since I, being, am Truth, therefore I, being, am total, complete, whole, sound perfect. I, being Mind, and I, being Truth, therefore Truth is Mind.
2) My gallbladder meridian is blocked.
Word-tracking:
gallbladder: provides bile for digestion
bile: bitterness, irritability, resentment for perceived wrong
meridian: flow of energy
energy: work, organ, orgy, function, behave, act, to effect
block: obstruct, to build up against
3) Truth being one, there can e nothing or no one to build up against the sole being of Truth, therefore there is no blockage in Truth. Truth being all there is, there can be no cause other than Truth, therefore Truth is the only Cause. Since Truth is the only Cause, therefore Truth is the only reason, the only explanation, the only understanding, the only knowing. Therefore Knowing is the only Cause. Since Truth is all that is, there can be no Maker or no Making other than Truth, therefore Truth is the only Maker and the only Making. Truth being all that is, therefore Right is all that is, therefore Justness/Justice is all that is. Since Justness is all that is, to be bitter about a perceived wrong can only be a misperception, Therefore bitterness is a misperception about the underlying perception of Justness and Right.
4) There is no blockage in Truth.
Truth is the only Cause
Truth is the only reason, the only explanation, the only understanding, the only knowing.
Knowing is the only Cause.
Truth is the only Maker and the only Making.
Right is all that is, therefore Justness/Justice is all that is.
Bitterness is a misperception about the underlying perception of Justness and Right
5) Knowing is the unblockable perception of Justness and Right.
The Weekly Invitational Translation Group invites your participation as well. If you would like to submit a Translation on any subject, feel free to send your weekly Translation to zonta1111@aol.com and we will anonymously post it on the Bathtub Bulletin on Friday.
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