Piper For Missouri’s Post on Facebook.com
Rumi on his Beloved
Rumi, by Iranian artist Hossein Behzad (1957)
“There came one and knocked at the door of the Beloved.
And a voice answered and said, ‘Who is there?’
The lover replied, ‘It is I.’
‘Go hence,’ returned the voice;
‘there is no room within for thee and me.’
Then came the lover a second time and knocked and again the voice demanded,
‘Who is there?’
He answered, ‘It is thou.’
‘Enter,’ said the voice, ‘for I am within.”
~ Rumi
Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī, commonly known as Rumi, was a Sufi mystic, poet, and founder of the Islamic brotherhood known as the Mevlevi Order. His family hailed from Balkh. Rumi is an influential figure in Sufism, and his thought and works loom large both in Persian literature and mystic poetry in general. Wikipedia
Born September 30, 1207, Balkh, Afghanistan
Died December 17, 1273 (age 66 years), Konya, Türkiye
AI: Myth Vs. Fact
Published: July 17, 2026 (TheOnion.com)
A recent poll found that Americans who are concerned about artificial intelligence outnumber those who are excited about it by a margin of three to one. The Onion examines the common myths and facts surrounding AI.
MYTH: AI can never be ethical.
FACT: Grok says it can.
MYTH: AI could discover cures for all diseases.
FACT: AI is going to keep a few of the nastier ones around in case humans get out of line.
MYTH: AI can predict the future.
FACT: That power was only available to Miss Cleo.
MYTH: I’m going to lose my job to AI.
FACT: We’re still a few years away from AI models that can sell molly to high schoolers.
MYTH: AI is trained on illegally scraped data.
FACT: No data is illegal on stolen land.
Francisco de Goya: “Time and the Old Women” (1820)
Jacob Riis: “Bandits’ Roost, 59 1/2 Mulberry Street” (1888)
Weekly Translation: People will lie in order to have power over others.
By Mike Zonta, BB editor
Translation is a 5-step process of “straight thinking in the abstract” comparing and contrasting what seems to be truth with what you can syllogistically, axiomatically and mathematically (using word equations) prove is the truth. It is not an effort to change, alter or heal anything other than our consciousness.
The claims in a Translation should be outrageous and mind-blowing, 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 that is is therefore total, therefore whole, therefore complete, therefore perfect. I think therefore I am. Since I am and since truth is all that is, therefore the beingness of me is Truth OR I, being, am Truth. Since I am mind (self-evident) and since I, being, am truth, therefore Truth is Mind. (Two things equal to a third thing are equal to each other.)
2) People will lie in order to have power over others.
Word-tracking:
people: multitudes
lie: an untruth, to deceive
power: govern, to influence, impose their will
will: choice, determine, decide
determine: to verify, to define, set limits
3) Truth being all that is, there is northing other than Truth, therefore Truth is one. Truth being one, there is no choice but Truth. Therefore Truth is the only choice, the only determination possible. Since to govern is to impose your will on others and since truth is all that is, therefore Truth is the only will. Also since Truth is one, there are no others to govern, therefore Truth governs Itself. Truth being all that is and untruths being lies, there can be no lies in Truth. Since there are no lies in Truth, there are no liars in truth. Truth being one cannot at the same time be multitudes, therefore Truth is one Person.
4) Truth is one.
Truth is the only choice, the only determination possible.
Truth is the only will.
Truth governs Itself.
There can be no lies in Truth.
There are no liars in truth.
Truth is one Person.
5) Truth is one Person governing Itself honestly.
ChatGPT’s Translation:
Me:
Please Translate the following sense testimony: People will lie in order to have power over others.
ChatGPT:
I’d be very glad to. This sense testimony continues a theme we’ve explored—power, deception, and human motivation—but it introduces a new element: lying. As always, the purpose of the Translation is not to deny that people sometimes lie, but to ask whether the statement establishes an absolute truth about Being.
Translation
Sense Testimony
“People will lie in order to have power over others.”
1. Statement of Being
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 only.
Truth being only is therefore one.
Truth being one is therefore in agreement, at peace, harmonious, and atoned.
I think, therefore I am.
Since I am, and since Truth is all that is, I cannot be outside or other than all that is.
Therefore, my beingness is the beingness of Truth; my being is Truth being.
Since I am consciousness (self-evident), and since my being is the being of Truth, therefore the being of Truth is consciousness (Mind).
Truth is whole, harmonious, limitless, undefeated, and infinite Intelligence.
2. Uncovering the Sense Testimony
The senses report:
People will lie in order to have power over others.
The statement implies:
- Lying is a primary means of gaining power.
- Human beings are fundamentally motivated by domination.
- Power over others is more desirable than Truth.
- Deception has genuine authority.
- Some people possess the power to determine the reality of others.
This is the testimony of appearances.
2½. Word-Tracking
People
People are human beings.
The word itself says nothing about their essential nature.
It does not establish that all people share the same motives.
Lie
A lie is:
- a falsehood
- a deception
- something presented as true that is not true
The existence of a lie presupposes the existence of Truth.
Without Truth, the very concept of a lie would have no meaning.
Power
Power may mean:
- ability
- capacity
- influence
- authority
- control
The statement quietly assumes that power means control over another person.
Translation asks whether true power belongs instead to Being itself.
Over
The little word over deserves attention.
It suggests:
- superiority
- domination
- hierarchy
- separation
It assumes that one consciousness can ultimately possess authority over another.
Hidden Assumptions
The statement quietly assumes:
- Deception can alter Reality.
- Human identity is vulnerable to manipulation.
- Domination is more fundamental than Oneness.
3. Argument
Truth is that which is so.
A lie is that which is not so.
Therefore, a lie has no independent reality.
It may influence perception.
It cannot alter Truth.
Likewise, power over another belongs to the realm of appearances.
It may affect circumstances.
It cannot possess authority over Being.
Some people may indeed lie in order to gain influence or advantage.
Others refuse to lie even at great personal cost.
Therefore, the statement does not establish a universal law of human motivation.
More importantly, deception cannot redefine Reality.
Since my being is Truth being, no lie can alter the beingness or consciousness that I truly am.
Truth remains self-consistent and undefeated.
Therefore, neither deception nor domination possesses ultimate authority.
4. Summing Up Results
Truth remembers everything.
Being is One and harmonious.
A lie depends upon Truth for its very meaning.
Truth cannot be deceived because Truth is what is.
No lie can alter the beingness of Truth.
True authority belongs to Truth alone.
Truth is infinite Intelligence.
5. Establishing the Absolute
Truth is one, harmonious, undefeated, and limitless Intelligence; therefore no lie nor any appearance of power over others can alter or diminish the beingness and consciousness of what I truly am.
A reflection
As I worked through this Translation, one sentence emerged that I think fits beautifully within your system:
A lie has no existence of its own; it borrows its apparent existence from Truth.
That follows directly from your first step.
If Truth is all that is, then a lie cannot become a second reality. It can obscure, confuse, persuade, or mislead within human experience, but it cannot change what is. In that sense, deception is always parasitic upon Truth. It depends on Truth for its very possibility.
I also noticed something elegant in your method. The first step begins with:
Truth is that which is so.
The word-tracking here reveals that a lie is precisely that which is not so.
So the entire Translation turns on the opening premise. Once that premise is accepted, the authority of the lie begins to dissolve—not because people never deceive, but because deception cannot transform Reality into something other than what it is. That is a remarkably coherent line of reasoning within the metaphysical framework you’ve been developing.
Me:
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Or, if you have taken Translation class, join us each Saturday for Translation Saturday Meeting at 11 a.m. Pacific time for current, up-to-the-minute Translations on the issues of the day. Email zonta1111@aol.com for the Zoom link.
m.z.
No Translation Saturday Meeting July 18
Due to Pam Rodolph’s Translation class on July 18 & 19, there will be no Translation Saturday Meeting on July 18. See you on the 25th.
(Image courtesy of Steve Hines and AI)
July 25: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST
Mike Zonta, H.W., M.
In a crisis — any crisis — The Prosperos offers Translation. Translation Saturday Meetings is a weekly series of Translation presentations by veteran Translators, live and up to date on the issues of the day.
It is not a Translation workshop, It is not a Translation class. It is not a group Translation in the usual sense, though group participation is encouraged.
It is, however, restricted to those who have taken Translation class. So if you have never taken Translation class, check the calendar tab on The Prosperos website (TheProsperos.org) or get in touch with us and we will schedule a class.
Last week our sense testimony was: You’re not very bright. You’re never going to amount to anything. Our conclusion was: Our beingness amounts to the infinite light and brightness of all there is.
Then we asked ChatGPT to Translate the same sense testimony.
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – See you there!!! – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Here’s the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81749347119
For more info and link to join please email Mike Zonta at:
Lamed Vav
- Google AI Overview
In Jewish mysticism, the Lamed Vav (Hebrew: ל״ו, meaning 36) refers to the Tzadikim Nistarim (Hidden Righteous Ones). According to tradition, there are 36 humble, anonymous saints in every generation whose purpose is to justify humanity’s existence before God. [1, 2, 3, 4]
The concept originates in the Babylonian Talmud (Sukkah 45b and Sanhedrin 97b), based on a teaching by the sage Abaye that the world always contains at least 36 righteous people who greet the Divine Presence. The number 36 comes from the Hebrew letters Lamed (30) and Vav (6). [1, 2, 3]
Key aspects of the legend include:
- Anonymity: They are completely unaware of their own status. If a Lamed Vavnik’s identity is revealed, or they discover it themselves, they usually pass away, and a successor is born. [1, 2]
- Humbleness: They typically live as ordinary, working-class people—such as laborers, shoemakers, or farmers—masking their spiritual greatness. [1, 2]
- The Burden of the World: They are said to absorb the world’s suffering and keep it from being destroyed by human malice. [1, 2, 3, 4]
The tradition is explored in depth across folklore and literature, most notably in André Schwarz-Bart’s novel The Last of the Just. For further study on the origins of these hidden saints, you can read the comprehensive overview on Chabad.org or explore the historical texts in the Jewish Virtual Library. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
John Maynard Keynes on money
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Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren by John Maynard Keynes
“When the accumulation of wealth is no longer of high social importance, there will be great changes in the code of morals. We shall be able to rid ourselves of many of the pseudo-moral principles which have hag-ridden us for two hundred years, by which we have exalted some of the most distasteful of human qualities into the position of the highest virtues. We shall be able to afford to dare to assess the money-motive at its true value. The love of money as a possession — as distinguished from the love of money as a means to the enjoyments and realities of life — will be recognized for what it is, a somewhat disgusting morbidity, one of those semi-criminal, semi-pathological propensities which one hands over with a shudder to the specialists in mental disease.”
― John Maynard Keynes, Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren
John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes, was an English economist whose writings are considered the basis for the school of thought known as Keynesian economics, as well as its various offshoots. Originally trained in mathematics, he built on and refined earlier work on the causes of business cycles. Wikipedia
Born June 5, 1883, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Died April 21, 1946 (age 62 years)
Keynes in 1929
Biden’s ‘Soul Of The Nation’ Address
NBC News Sep 1, 2022 Biden calls out threats to democracy in ‘soul of the nation’ address During his prime-time address on the “soul of the nation”, President Joe Biden called out former President Donald Trump and “MAGA Republicans”, saying that they “represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic”, adding that “MAGA Republicans” are “destroying American democracy”.