(08-21-2011, 09:54 PM)Icaro Wrote: I've never been one to get caught up in the technicalities of free will arguments. Do you feel as if you have free will? To me in my direct experience it does. That's a good enough explanation for me! We know that the purpose of the octave is to learn, which comes about through new experience and new creation.I am more interested in the scientific aspects of it, doctrines aside. I think the ancients left many clues in their muddled writings, now spread across various cultures. In a sense, the LOO is a retelling of an eternal and self-repeating old myth for an audience of the 'New Age'. I would not at all be surprised if the LOO, as the work we know it as having come through the efforts of Don & Co, becomes a defining text for the generations to follow.
I can already see the initial steps here at b4th. Most of the arguments that members make are profound, to say the least. It is good to be engaged in this dialogue and communication, for it prevents metastasis, in my opinion. Having said that, here is the final part of the 'Return to the Forest' series:
I think this explains the 'Block Universe' thinking on Time much better