Post to Prescott's blog

Cyrus wrote:

"The only problem is that the telescope isn’t available for just anybody to look through."

I agree completely. There are realms of creation for which the only known instrument for investigation is the human awareness. And, like any detection instrument (be it a microscope, a Hubble telescope, or what have you), the human awareness requires training to use -- sometimes very prolonged and rigorous training. And, as is the case with conventional physical scientific instruments, not everyone is sufficiently interested and/or talented and/or graced with enough time to learn how to use the instrument of awareness in esoteric ways.

Limitations of mathematics and physics

Mathematicians and physicists do incredibly useful and practical work. They lay out maps of material reality without which civilization as we know it could not exist.

That said, mathematicians and physicists do not convey directly the gist of anything. Instead, they merely describe processes and relationships using numbers and symbols. It's like they take numerical snapshots of reality -- extraordinarily useful snapshots! -- but snapshots that do not convey the actual direct experience of reality. Mathematicians and physicists follow on the coattails of creation.

Expecting a mathematician or physicist to cut to the heart of reality is like expecting a photographer to cut to the heart of what it is like to taste delicious food. Not possible. Math and physics are not the right tools for the job of getting to the heart of the matter -- i.e., the heart of matter. For that job, the tool of awareness is necessary.

My take on things. My two cents.

Thank you for a great post, Cyrus! I look forward to your upcoming book, Life After Death For Skeptics.

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Following is a link to a blurb I wrote for a different thread that fits in with the above post:

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