Saunders on TRP

[David Morris]

Rocks are known to have an extremely wide temporal bandwith.  Are rocks
enlightened?

Also, consider what it means to become a crossroads, especially in GR
context, where mandalas abound.  The crossroads is the center of the
universe, ie. God.

http://www.religionfacts.com/buddhism/things/mandalas.htm
Simply stated, a mandala is a sacred geometric figure that represents the
universe. When completed, a mandala becomes a sacred area that serves as a
receptable for deities and a collection point of universal forces. By
mentally entering a mandala and proceeding to its center, a person is
symbolically guided through the cosmos to the essence of reality.


On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 1:49 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Would you care to expand on what you see as Pynchon's notion of temporal
> bandwidth?
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> The following isn't Pynchon speaking, is it?
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> "Personal density," Kurt Mondaugen in his Peenemünde office not too many
> steps away from here, enunciating the Law which will one day bear his name,
> "is directly proportional to temporal bandwidth." "Temporal bandwidth,"
> is the width of your present, your now. It is the familiar "[delta-] t"
> considered as a dependent variable. The more you dwell in the past and in
> the future, the thicker your bandwidth, the more solid your persona. But
> the narrower your sense of Now, the more tenuous you are.
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> -Gravity's Rainbow p. 506
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> If someone's bandwidth is zero, maybe that means transcendence of the
> notion of time.
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> On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 7:45 AM, Mike Weaver <mike.weaver at zen.co.uk>wrote:
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>> Gotta disagree with this very strongly. I think P challenges the validity
>> of the 'be here now' mentality with his notion of temporal bandwidth.
>> Slothrop's dissolution (Tempbdwth = 0)is the opposite of enlightenment.
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>> David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote :
>> The excluded middle and the middle way are so obviously aligned. Paradox
>> is Pynchon and Zen. Slothrop found the Tao and his dissolving away is a
>> common feat of enlightened masters.  Pynchon made Slothrop into a Buddha.
>> Deal with it.
>> > David MorrisOn Tuesday, March 25, 2014, Markekohut
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