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 is therefore total, therefore whole, therefore complete, therefore perfect. Truth being all that is, there is nothing other than Truth, therefore Truth is one. I think therefore I am. Since I am and since truth is all that is, therefore the beingness of me is Truth. Since I, being, am Truth and since I am mind (self-evident), therefore Truth is Mind/Consciousness.
2) I have tennis elbow syndrome due to improper or over use of my arms.
Word-tracking:
tennis elbow syndrome: lateral epicondylitis, overuse of muscles
muscles: body tissue that tightens and relaxes in order to get something done, strength, power, brawn
tendon: attaches the muscle to the bone
use: to act, to take action, perform, to do, to finish
arm: to type, to communicate
3) Truth being one and truth being mind and truth being all, therefore Truth is all one mind OR Truth is omniscient. Truth being one mind therefore Truth communicates with itself instantly and automatically. Truth being all that is, there can be no power or force other than Truth, therefore Truth is omnipotent. Since Truth is all that is, therefore Truth is all that can be used. Since Truth is all that is and since Truth is all that can be used, therefore Truth cannot use itself untruthfully. Therefore Truth uses Itself truthfully (properly). Truth being omnipotent, cannot be overused since there is no limit to omnipotence. Therefore limitless power is the proper use of Truth. Truth being whole, complete and perfect, nothing really needs to be done. Therefore action is redundant. Truth being all that is, therefore limitless, there can be on redundancy in Truth. Therefore No action required in Truth.
4) Truth is all one mind OR Truth is omniscient.
Truth communicates with itself instantly and automatically.
Truth is omnipotent.
Truth is all that can be used.
Truth uses Itself truthfully (properly).
Limitless power is the proper use of Truth.
Nothing really needs to be done.
Action is redundant.
No action required in Truth.
5) No action required for Truth to be omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent.
And now I’ll ask ChatGPT:
Me: Please Translate the following sense testimony: I have tennis elbow syndrome due to improper or over use of my arms.
ChatGPT:
I’d be delighted. This sense testimony resembles the one we did on scoliosis. It contains both an observation and a causal explanation. Your Translation asks whether the explanation establishes the nature of Being or simply describes an appearance.
Translation
Sense Testimony
“I have tennis elbow syndrome due to improper or overuse of my arms.”
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, self-consistent, undefeated, and infinite Intelligence.
2. Uncovering the Sense Testimony
The senses report:
I have tennis elbow syndrome due to improper or overuse of my arms.
The statement implies:
- I possess a condition.
- My body has been damaged.
- Improper or excessive use is the cause.
- My present condition is determined by past physical activity.
- My body defines my present experience.
These are conclusions drawn from observation.
2½. Word-Tracking
Have
To have means:
- possess
- hold
- experience
To have something is not necessarily to be it.
The distinction between having and being is important.
Tennis
Originally referring to the game of tennis.
Here it merely labels a common location of the condition.
Elbow
The elbow is a joint—a place of connection and movement.
The word identifies a location, not the essence of Being.
Syndrome
From the Greek syndromē:
- running together
- concurrence
A syndrome is a collection of signs and symptoms.
It is a descriptive label.
It is not itself an explanation of ultimate reality.
Improper
Improper means:
- unsuitable
- incorrect
- inappropriate
It is a judgment based upon a standard.
Overuse
Overuse means:
- excessive use
- more than is considered beneficial
It describes quantity.
It does not establish the nature of Being.
3. Argument
Truth is whole and harmonious.
Infinite Intelligence cannot become divided against itself.
The senses may observe pain, inflammation, or limitation.
Medicine may reasonably describe patterns associated with those observations.
Such descriptions can be useful for care and healing.
However, a description of bodily appearance does not define the nature of Being.
Since my being is the being of Truth, my essential identity cannot be reduced to a syndrome.
Nor does the phrase “due to overuse” establish an ultimate cause.
It describes an observed relationship within the realm of appearances.
The body may require rest, treatment, or wiser use.
Yet no appearance of limitation can diminish the wholeness of Truth.
Therefore I distinguish between the experience reported by the senses and the Reality of Being.
4. Summing Up Results
Truth remembers everything.
Being is whole and harmonious.
Having an experience is not the same as being that experience.
A syndrome is a description, not an identity.
Apparent causes do not define ultimate Cause.
Truth is infinite Intelligence.
5. Establishing the Absolute
Truth is whole, harmonious, limitless, undefeated Intelligence; therefore no bodily condition, descriptive label, or apparent cause can define or diminish the beingness and consciousness that I truly am.
One observation
I noticed something in the word-tracking that I think may become valuable in future Translations.
The sentence begins:
“I have…”
Not:
“I am…”
That distinction may seem small, but philosophically it is profound.
You have thoughts, but you are not your thoughts.
You have memories, but you are not your memories.
You have a body, but your method asks whether your essential being is identical with the body.
You have a diagnosis, but the diagnosis does not establish your identity.
I think this could become one of the recurring insights in your Translation method:
What I have does not establish what I am.
That simple distinction seems entirely consistent with the first principle you’ve developed and provides a powerful antidote to identifying oneself with labels, conditions, or experiences.
Me:
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m.z.