Careful Lon - you'll end up as a sphere of influence! Some of these weird bits of ancient geometry are found at molecular level. Good luck with the toothache - I've just had four teeth (expensively replaced after being knocked out in rugby days) taken out and my moods are generally better. By the time I've lost them all I may lapse to comedy!
On Feb 6, 2:45 pm, Lonnie Clay <[email protected]> wrote: > Six months ago I discussed Love and Boredom on thread > :https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic/epistemology... > > Here's another pair of spheres, distraction inside contentment. Contained > inside and determining the size of the spheres are a tetrahedron with four > points each of which has a nested sphere at the point. Label the four > spheres as greed/fear, boredom/love, understanding/confusion, and > alertness/obliviousness. > As distraction grows towards the size of the contentment sphere, the > difference of the two known as satisfaction decreases. > The greed sphere growth is limited by the size of the fear sphere, with > fears of losing what you possess overcoming the desire to possess more. > I already discussed boredom/love see the link. > Understanding grows with enlightenment until the sheer number of things > known - complexity, causes confusion to be reached. > Alertness is limited by the size of the obliviousness sphere, with neglect > being the difference between the two and irrelevance lying outside the > nested spheres. > As distractions caused by the inner forces grow, particularly from the > unfulfilled desires, complexities, lessened neglect, and increased hatred > (boredom exceeding love) satisfaction with the situation may cause the > contentment sphere to shrink until it is actually smaller than the > distraction sphere. At this point a person becomes quite frustrated and may > engaged in public diatribes. LOL > > Lonnie Courtney Clay > p.s. I have a toothache, which makes me grouchy. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en.
