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 otherless, therefore one, therefore united, therefore harmonious, therefore orderly, therefore unique. I think therefore I am, Since I am and since Truth is all that is, therefore Im am Truth. Since I, being, am Truth therefore I, being, am total, whole, complete, otherless, one, united, harmonious, orderly, uniq.e. i being Truth and I being Mind, therefore Truth is mind.
2) My yin is insufficient.
Word-tracking:
yin: darkness, negativity, femininity
yang: light, heat, motivated, masculinity
sufficient: suffice, enough, fact
3) Truth being all that is, there can be no limit to the supply of Truth, therefore Truth is always in abundant supply. Truth being harmonious oneness cannot be divided into masculine and feminine, positive and negative, light and dark, hot and cold, motivated and unmotivated, yin and yang, therefore Truth is the harmonious interplay of positive and negative, masculine and feminine, light and dark, hot and cold, yin and yang. Truth being Consciousness and Truth being all that is, there can never be too much or too little Consciousness, too little Truth, therefore Truth/Consciousness is always sufficient.
4) Truth is always in abundant supply.
Truth is the harmonious interplay of positive and negative, masculine and feminine, light and dark, hot and cold.
Truth/Consciousness is always sufficient.
5) Truth is the harmonious interplay of apparently opposite forces revealing their unitarian lifeblood.
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 I will anonymously post it on the Bathtub Bulletin on Friday.
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