To Binah or not to Binah?

Mike Weaver mikeweaver at gn.apc.org
Thu Oct 12 21:00:41 CDT 2000


Morris on

>"Binary Systems"
>implies Control, clear decision-switching, ON or OFF.  Everything else is
>the middle.  When seeking to understand the world (not to control it),
>EVERYTHING is analyzed in terms of contrasts or similarities, but in the
>combned blends of many middle-grounds, shades of gray.

Binary systems - tensions between Polarities
(control - no control, clarity - chaos u.s.w.)

The palette or spectrum image may be a
good way of mapping but it doesn't tell you
which way you are travelling.
Motion the missing quotient,
the third dimension with space and time.

I seem to remember that the binary thing really used to bug me
when I was tripping. Maybe it's just about looking at things
in a way we can get a handle on.
Three body problem anyone?  




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