2006-5-30 05:56:00
Anni writes:
"There is a huge boat on the ocean and you really, really want it to go in a certain direction. It seems difficult because it is so big, but if you can find the steering wheel, it is amazing how little power and movement it takes to make the whole ship turn to the any direction you want!
"What is the name of this principle?"
JJ:
You have indeed described a principle, which we will call the Lever Principle.
I believe it was Archimedes who said that if he had a lever large enough he could move the whole earth.
Now with modern equipment other assistance comes into play, but the lever principle is always at work.
The lever principle is basically this: A fulcrum and force properly applied leverages, or increases, the power of a force to move mass though the distance of the move is correspondingly decreased.
Therefore with very little force one can move a heavy rock, but the distance of the move would be small.
Fortunately to steer a ship a large quick motion is not necessary but the force is leveraged to control the steering.
Anni:
"And did you include the Principle of Truth yet in the series on Spiritual Principles? I always like that principle myself."
JJ:
But what is the principle behind truth? I do not recall anyone ever giving it out.
Here is my take:
Truth is an accurate description of what is being experienced or is existing, is going to exist or has existed or been experienced in the reality in which we find ourselves.
Falsehood is a distortion of an experience or an existence to make that which did not happen or exist appear to have happened.
It is thus true that the moon is in the sky because it exists and we experience it.
To say we have two moons would be a distortion or falsehood.
To say that I had a true experience in a dream of a monster chasing me would be true. Even though it was a dream, the experience was real.
To say that I had an experience in a dream of a dog chasing me would not be true. If I had not such dream then I did not have such an experience.
Many people make truth much more complicated than it is, but it is so simple a child can understand. It is what we experience and what exists in the world of form.
More could be said but that is food for thought for now.
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-- Unknown
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