Wheatley Dialogue LO10435

jpomo@gate.net ("jpomo@gate.net")
Fri, 11 Oct 1996 13:32:35 +0000

Replying to LO10408 --

Michael McMaster gave us all some wisdom -

..snip..
> What does exist is things that we don't understand explicitly. Maybe
> even things we can't currently understand implicity - although I'm
> not so sure about this one.
>
> But that we don't understand something and can't "make sense" of
> something is not a comment on the world and therefor does not
> indicate chaos. So, "chaos", in our ordinary useage does not reflect
> the world but our internal states - our understanding - of the world
> at a moment in time.

To me, this wisdom means that what happens always makes sense and is not
therefore chaotic. Certainly the universe and movements of gallactic
systems have been considered chaotic and then suddenly rational. The same
should be true of the human world or that of Mother Nature. Believing this
is the first step on the road to better understanding. Much of what once
appeared chaotic to me in the human world now appears to make common
sense. Perhaps we weren't meant to understand everything and many of us
don't have the experiences necessary to understand much, but it certainly
is a lot of fun trying.

Thanks to Michael for the wisdom.
Regards, Joan
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