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 whole, therefore otherless, therefore one, therefore united, therefore harmonious, therefore infinite. 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, whole, otherless, one, united, harmonious, infinite. I, being Mind (Consciousness) and I, being Truth, therefore Truth is Mind (Consciousness).
2) Room and board is my father’s responsibility, not mine. My responsibility is to please my father, whether I want to or not.
Word-tracking:
perpetrate, to bring a out, to be responsible for
responsible: despond, to promise away
promise: mission, to vow
room and board: necessities of living
please: to appease, to accede demands, to give way, to yield
3) Truth being all that is, there can be no source of being other than being, therefore being is the only source of being. Truth being whole, cannot at the same time be needy, therefore the apparent necessities of Truth are always met. Truth being all that is, there is no living outside of being, therefore Living is Being. Truth being all that is, nothing, nobody is responsible for Truth other than Truth. Therefore Truth is the only responsible party. Truth being the only responsible party, the demands of Truth are always acceded by Truth OR Truth always please Itself.
4) Being is the only source of being.
The apparent necessities of Truth are always met.
Living is Being.
Truth is the only responsible party.
The demands of Truth are always acceded by Truth.
Truth always please Itself.
5) Truth makes its living by always joyfully yielding to Itself.
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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