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 all-inclusive, therefore otherless, therefore singular, 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 total, whole, all-inclusive, otherless, singular, one, united, harmonious.  Since I am Truth and I am mind, therefore Truth is Mind (Consciousness).  

2)    Referring to people as vermin and cockroaches is the pathway to fascism.

Word-tracking:
people:  mortals
refer:  describe, characterize, describe qualities
quality:  kind, sort, type, qualia, characteristic, property
property: proper, true
vermin:  noxious life form
cockroach:  pests, survivors
pathway:  road, cause and effect
fascism:  dictatorship, tyrant, absolute ruler who brooks no opposition.

3)    Truth being all, there can be no limit to all, therefore Truth is limitless, infinite, eternal, immortal.  Truth being immortal, people or mortals is a lie about the immortality of Consciousness.  Therefore Consciousness is immortal.  Truth being all that is, the only qualities are qualities of Truth:  wholeness, completeness, perfection.  oneness, etc.  Since qualities of Truth are the only qualities available, referring to someone or something as vermin or noxious or cockroach or pest is outside the realm of possible properties (that which is proper or true) and is a mischaracterization of the underlying perfection, purity, healthfulness and utility of all.  Therefore the only possible characterization of Reality is the perfection, purity, healthfulness and utility of all.  Truth being all that is, there can be no cause other than Truth.  Since Truth is the only cause, therefore Truth is the only effect, which is immediate.  Therefore the cause and effect of Truth is immediate.  Truth being one, there can be no power other than Truth, therefore the power of Truth is absolute and there is no opposition to It.

4)    Truth is limitless, infinite, eternal, immortal.  
        Consciousness is immortal.
        The only qualities are qualities of Truth:  wholeness, completeness, perfection.  oneness, etc.
        The only possible characterization of Reality is the perfection, purity, healthfulness and utility of all.
        The cause and effect of Truth is immediate. 
        The power of Truth is absolute and there is no opposition to It.

5)    The properties of Truth are absolute and immediate and there is no opposition to it.  

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