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 there is. Truth being all is therefore total, therefore complete, therefore otherless, therefore one, therefore whole, therefore united, therefore harmonious. I think therefore I am. Since I am and since Truth is all that is, therefore I, being, am Truth. Since, I, being, am Truth, therefore I, being, am total, complete, otherless, one, whole, united, harmonious. Since I, being, am Truth and since I am Mind, therefore Truth is Mind.
2) Rubbing someone or something the wrong way may cause friction, inflammation and pain.
Word-tracking:
rubbing SB the wrong way: irritant, annoying, loathsome, hatred, odious, odor
friction: to grind to little pieces or make small, rubbing two objects together
inflammation: flame, flagrant, emotional, to move out, motivate
pain: penalty, punishment, emotional distress
distress: to draw tight or to draw asunder
3) Truth being one cannot be drawn asunder, drawn apart, pained, therefore Truth is painless. Truth being all that is and “potent” meaning the ability to be, therefore Truth is the sole power. Truth being the sole power and being all that is, therefore infinite, therefore Truth is omnipotent. Truth being omnipotent cannot lack power, potency, force, movement, motivation, emotion, therefore Truth is an infinite emotional resource. Truth being one and friction being the rubbing of two things together, there is no friction in Truth. Since there is no friction in Truth, there is no grinding into small pieces in Truth, therefore Truth is flagrant empowering, Oneness is flagrant empowering. Since Truth is one, there is nobody or nothing other than Truth to rub the wrong way or against, therefore Truth can only emit the odor of love.
4) Truth is painless.
Truth is the sole power.
Truth is Omnipotent.
Truth is an infinite emotional resource.
There is no friction in Truth.
Truth is flagrant empowering, Oneness is flagrant empowering.
Truth can only emit the odor of love.
5) Truth is the infinite emotional resource of flagrant empowerment and the fragrance of oneness/love.
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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