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 complete, therefore all-inclusive, therefore otherless, therefore one, therefore united, therefore harmonious.  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 all, total, whole, complete, all-inclusive, otherless, one, united, harmonious.  Since I, being, am Truth and since I, being, am Consciousness/Awareness, therefore Truth is Conscious/Awareness.

2)    Intense emotions can be overwhelming

Word-tracking:
intense:  extreme, most out, farthest, last
emotion:  move out, move, change location
overwhelm:  to take over

3)    Truth being all that is, there is nothing other than Truth to take over Truth, therefore Truth is not overwhelming.  Truth being all and there being no limit to all, therefore Truth is infinite.  Truth being infinite, one cannot move out from Truth, therefore emotion/movement in Truth can only occur within Truth.  Since emotion in Truth can only occur within Truth and since Truth is limitless, there can be no extreme emotions, extreme movements.  There being no otherness to Truth, therefore there is nothing exterior to Truth, therefore Truth is infinitely interior

4)    Truth is not overwhelming. 
       Truth is infinite. 
       Emotion/movement in Truth can only occur within Truth.
       There can be no extreme emotions, extreme movements. 
       Truth is infinitely interior.

5)   Truth is a moveable feast, not overwhelming, not extreme, not exterior. 

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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