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One of the `esoteric takeaways’ of the 1960’s and 70’s was the `tree-hugging’ phrase - “Be Here Now”. And, frankly, ultimately, it had a lot of `meanings’ - from the non-attachment of Zen, to a `re-connecting’ with the environment and spirituality, to a `self-centering’ - awareness and meditation connotation - and even more. It was a `hip’ thing to say (or - to say that you were `doing’).

(This would actually be `not-doing’ to those `into’ Carlos Castaneda.)

Anyway, that phrase BHN entered my mind again the other week and this post has been brain bubbling since then - so - let’s see how my mind treats this today. And, as you might expect - my mind generally has been mauling over the whole Phenomenology aspect of the phrase first - both in relation to `science’ and my so called Phillips Phenomenology. (see my categories (labels)  on this page for much more about PP)

The first `science’ thing that comes into my mind - is - of course, the shear impossibility to BE HERE NOW - as `all nows’ pass and have NO duration; and our actual `here’ is moving at an incredible rate of motion. All while being the pinpoint of the time-cone - with that exact balance of the actualized past `picking’ the next actualized space (the now) of the `future’.

Indeed, if we just consider THE REAL SPACE - that one (humans) occupied as matter — the `space’ that `was you’ - an instant ago ———- has truly `moved’ hugely. 

Do you know the reason?

Well, we are `traveling’ on a planet that is `rotating’; we are `traveling’ on a planet that is moving in rotation around a star; and we are `traveling’ as part of that stars rotation around OUR galaxy; and we are `traveling’ as part of the Milky Way’s `movement’ in a particular direction that all local galaxies are moving in. EVERY SECOND. Every Moment. (Indeed, I once added all this movement up and it is a large portion of 1% of the speed of light - every instant. The `here’ of `our last instant’ is `miles’ from the actual location of the `here’ of `this, our current instant’.)

So, that should put to rest in your mind that what we perceive as a permanent local space - is ONLY so - because it (every object within)  ALSO is moving at the same rate. We are matter spiraling thru space points - and have NO claim to a HERE in the human mind sense of the term. Indeed, only the `counting’ of the here’s of our space/matter - provides us with a `now’ or more precisely, a here-now,  at all.

And, before I even get to the `now(ish)’ - lets look at how human consciousness might fit into the words of this BHN phrase.

Certainly, the best connection of human consciousness lies in its own `beingness’.Beingness of the actualized past; beingness of the unactualized past; beingness of the actualized future (now); beingness of the `unactualized’ (referred to as the) future.

A beingness of `our space’ (body/matter) - a beingnessof `our minds’ (sense-knowingness of actualized memory, sense-knowingness of actualized now, sense-knowingness of actualized fantasy) - but most of all - a Beingness of Determinism via self-knowingness.

Indeed, we ARE, - our being IS, - because we KNOW the determinism we experience of space-time-and our consciousness - as only a BEING with a Ontological Knowingness can. BEINGS with ontological knowingness determine the `what is not able to not be’. That is, at least concerning their own perception structures of other SPACES (the not able to be) and other TIMES (the able to not be) - internally or externally.

(But spaces ARE NOTHING (not able to be) without duration (time - able to not be(ness) and time IS NOTHING without space to be (time needs to give a space it’s able to not be(ness) to MAKE - the determined Not Able To Not Be ————— that we call reality.

Finally, lets talk about what science has told humans about their consciousness of `our external senses of now’. First and foremost, research indicates that humans `see’ about 100 or so `frames’ of our external reality each second - YET - our consciousness picks about 8-12 of these and `molds them’ into a flowing reality for perception purposes. (Not only that - reality itself - turns on and turns off - trillions of times in that frame of reference.) I won’t even mention that what we `see’ in our brain is upside-down and the whole process needs to be righted for our senses.

But, even more important than that - at least to me - is that EVERYTHING we see —- all objects ——- are objects from the PAST — as the light that bounces off objects - which allows us to sense them -  has taken (time)(or a counted space)  to reach our retina. Time which MAKES that datum a PAST, a determined past that is UN-alterable as to its location or time of its data being sent by the light bounce.

So, if EVERYTHING outside of us is FROM the past (to us)  and is Now(ish) —- isn’t the best a human can do is - Be Here Nowish?

Hello, welcome back to The Heavy Stuff (THS) - thanks for returning or for hitting the link on another website. If you are a returning reader - you may be familiar with my posts about what I call the Phillips Phenomenology - if not - and if you have some free time - here’s my internal link to that material http://theheavystuff.com/?cat=5. And, as I’ve referred to before in these posts - the Phenomenology came to me in `altered states’ in the 1970’s - almost as a ghost writing - as I had never even read any Phenomenology. Later, when I came across Edmund Husserl, I realized that I was writing about were very similar ideas and thoughts. And, as you may know, thoughts about Phenomenology - can be taken to almost any extreme - as is shown by Sartre’s book - Being and Nothingness (to me, the Heaviest book ever written).

But, today, I’d like to keep it all a little more basic and examine instead one of the underlying `ideas’ about `esoteric’ or altered states in general - and - that is the `idea’ that somehow - we - humans - are connected not only to each other (as of course we are thru our DNA) - but - are indeed - connected to the world and indeed the universe in a manner that can be interpreted by our consciousness as almost mystical. Some call it `oneness’ that they experience in these `higher’ states.

And, when the `altered qualitative state’ may be achived or experienced by humans - the best description - in general - is a `feeling’ or actualizing of `oneness’. It is the goal of many `states’ — from meditating states, certain drug states, to states of religious frenzy. And, those that experience `the special states’ often say it is one of the highlight experiences of their lives - often changing their very perceptions about `things’ - and especially about `connectiveness’.

So, what is `this oneness’ `state’ - that is so `connecting’ to so many `altered views of reality’ from the `common consensus’?

Well, what I’m about to suggest - isn’t as esoteric as you may think (or hope)  - as to the `connection’ - the reason - at the very base and basis of Phenomenology - for `all things’ being - connected. And, even better, largely it is `supported’ at least in my opinion - by what is known about Physics (in the broad laymen terms I will use). Are you ready to put on your thinking caps - and - ready for a thought exercise?

Ok, here we go. First, lets think about you and me. Humans. Existing in the `here and now’ - so we are `told’. And, in the macro sense - the most basic form of perception - that is exactly where we are. Here and Now.

BUT, you need to think deeper about this `reality’ you `see’. Because, obviously, what we `see’ is a `light reflection’ off of a surface (like off the surface of the things around you) - that is bounced (meaning taking TIME to reach you)  - to your retina and then interpreted by your brain. My whole point in this finite description is to emphasize that the outside reality of `here and now’ is NOT really - NOW. Let that sink in.

NO, that (what is seen by you) is `what was’ — `what they were’ (those other objects) - fractions of a second IN THE PAST. Yes, it (our visual reality) is from the PAST but IS part of YOUR OWN NOW. ONLY YOU HAVE A `CURRENT NOW’ as part of the reality you `see’ or experience.

Are you still with me?

That is why `the now’ can’t be changed, as it is already - except for your now intentions - `the past’. Let that sink in.

But, don’t feel so lonely as it appears that `Determinism’ might be more probable than `freewill’ - as you may be overthinking it. (You can find more about my thoughts about the freewill and determinism issue in the above link too.) Because, now, I’m about to take you down onto another look at our reality as humans - as - entities - things - in the universe.

Because, as you know, - if you `slowed’ us — humans - down — and looked - at `what we are actually made of’ - we find that - indeed, we are made up of electrons (and all that stuff - I’m gonna keep this simple) and that the atoms are further `made-up’ by other `smaller’ particles. And so on and so on.

But, what our science also knows is that these small components of `all things’ — all mass — all SPACES  (all humans) — ————– ALL of that — has `zillions’ of more `space’ between the particles than the size of the `particles’ themselves. It’s almost as if we are ghosts or `images of a space-mass’ - than a real thing like we `know’ we are in actuality.

For, in fact, `we’ - `any object’ - AT OUR VERY BASIS - are a `space’ - equal to ALL OTHER SPACES (made of the same material too) - all other things - a - connectedness - a `oneness’. The oneness is that we are all `space’ - with a simultaneous `experience of each other’ (remember, it takes our space of reflective now the same amount of `time’ to travel to the other space) — that said, only WE have OUR (real) NOW (that includes intentions too).

I’ve often had the thought and challenged others to tell me how my human `atoms’ are `more aware’ than the `atoms’ of a rock. What/Which atoms are conscious? `Where is the consciousness?’

So, while I feel that Oneness - as spoken about in the great perceptual experiences available to a human - is real - I think `the oneness’ basis is that we are all `SPACES with simultaneous nows’. This is EVEN TRUE as in our relationship with `things’ that are not close - even things in other parts of the universe. WE simultaneously `bounce’ off the rest of all spaces - every moment of counted time. (Or, as I like to say, and Husserl - our `running off’.)

But, there is another level too - much more related to human consciousness that seems to be able to `produce’ this `effect’ of Oneness. And, finally, I have to introduce you to the Phillips Phenomenology to talk about that `esoteric oneness feeling’.

First, almost 100% of our consciousness at ANY given moment will be part of what I call the `Not Able To Not Be’ - which IS the `reality we see’. Indeed, give it some thought — all that we `see’ (which is already the past) HAS TO BE — it has already occurred at it’s `space source’. Remember, everything we see - `takes time’ to reach our eyes and be assimilated into a reality picture.

 We, as humans, are VERY INVOLVED in the `Not Able To Not Be’ — in the `what has to be’ - indeed, it’s OUR REALITY - the determined Not Able To Not Be. Or, the HAS to be of our reality.

It is at this common, lowest, level that human consciousness `feeds’ its brain - its SPACE with data from. What we commonly perceive as the `flow of reality’. And, this `flow’ allows for `little reflection’ upon one’s own space - the only REAL `now’ of the `seen’ Not Able To Not Be.

Indeed, in the Phillips Phenomenology - consciousness can focus on different `levels’ of beingness. The lowest and common one - the Not Able To Not be - or - the next levels. (We spend 99% of our time focused on the Not Able To Not Be because our life and reality seems dependent on it. For example, if we weren’t - we’d crash our car, walk into a wall, etc.)

The next consciousness level `up’ is what I call the `Able-To-Not-Be’ — which ONLY is part of OUR now. Indeed, the `Able-To-Not-Be’ is exactly what the words suggest — it is `our part’ of `our consciousness’ that is ABLE TO NOT BE — the NOT ABLE TO NOT BE of our common reality. It is our `separateness’ - the thing that lets us -step back and be aware (of all the other spaces). A reflective state. A higher state. It is what makes us more than a computer (as we know them normally) or robot.

Those who meditate, go INTO, our (their)  own Able To Not Be - to meditate (the same with drugs or religious mystical states). Indeed, `when’ `there’, one can recognize that immediately it is a different state - it IS indeed, a higher level - a higher state. Indeed, it is the state that CAN access - true higher consciousness - `where’ the `oneness’ state IS.

BUT, in and of itself - it is NOT the oneness state. The ecstasy oneness state described in the literature you may be familiar with via reading esoteric materials. But, it IS close in a sense and IS the way one would reach the oneness state. Let that sink in.

So, `where’ or `what’ is the Oneness state?

The Phillips Phenomenology would suggest that `just beyond’ the consciousness state of Able To Not Be — is the NOT ABLE TO BE. And, yes, THAT is what the `oneness’ state IS. Indeed, it is the state that CAN occur if one abandons (or goes beyond) the already higher Able To Not Be state. It is where ones consciousness literally goes BEYOND the Able To Not Be - and that state - is rarely experienced directly.

Best described - it would be consciousness - CLIMBING up to BE - the NOT ABLE TO BE. The `realization’, if you will, of `the connection’ of EVERYTHING. The `connected’ SPACES we (and all things which are spaces) all have - within - OUR OWN `NOW’. The SPACE where we are real and have intentions.

Finally, the irony of `Oneness’ is that it relates to `the fact’ of our `determinism’ - the fact that OUR SPACE - the singular space that we all have - `occurs ONLY ONCE’ - is counted - and is actually NOT ABLE TO BE. A realization of the despair that confronts `us’ as a Space.

And that, connects us to the Oneness of the very Universe we live within.

My Phenomenology Poem (1976)

Time Watching The Play/Of Which Words Have No Say/What Is Not Able To Not Be-IS/ And, Is With Time - Watching, Ever Watching.

Finally, if you are `into’ the above Phenomenology - I’ve written much more at http://whatisnotabletonotbeis.blogspot.com and daily I put `anomaly’ type links at http://www.squidoo.com/AnomalyMan - thanks for checking them out and for your bookmarking my site today.

Recently, I’ve been recoding the 83 posts I’ve made to The Heavy Stuff THS) - only about the first 25 posts or so to go. What that coding has done is make the `categories’ area of this website much more interesting as I have covered a vast array of `heavy ideas’ since this websites beginning in late 2006. Indeed, it’s been quite a fun ride to present speculations about reality to an increasing readership that has grown from under 500 unique visitors in 2006 to 74,000 in 2007 to over 195,000 in 2008.

It’s probable that some of that increase of readership (which in the latest complete.com stats shows that each visitor stays six minutes) - has been do to the choices for various titles of THS’s posts. I mean, don’t you want to read `The Missing Space Of Missing Time Incidents’ ? (Found right here http://theheavystuff.com/?p=25). Sure you do. LOL.

But, what I found really compelling were my posts which `asked’ questions - so - if you will indulge me (it is moments from the weekend) - I’d like to re-ask those questions once again for your purusol. I will also provide just a few smidgens of the post itself as a tease.

Thirteen Heavy Questions

#13 - `Could An Oct.14th Alien Craft Display Be A Collective Lucid Dream Apprearing In Space? http://theheavystuff.com/?p=71 This was about Ms. Goodchild’s prediction of alien crafts hovering over the state of Alabama last year — from the post — (So, is it really such a stretch to believe that `many folks’ are going to go to bed in a matter of hours and of those that are `tuned’ into this `expectation form’ (of a spaceship hanging in the skies) `could literally DREAM INTO BEING such an event).

#12 - Can The Collective Dead Of Humanity - Evolve? http://theheavystuff.com/?p=91 In this posting I was wondering if Orbs might be dead souls and that we are seeing more orbs because the collective dead might be evolving.

#11 - Chem-Trails What IS UP? http://theheavystuff.com/?p=19 One of my favorite things to point out to folks is how different the sky is now compared to even 15 years ago - and, how we have been conditioned to think the sky has always looked this way.

#10 - Is Earth, Are Humans, Worthy of Visitation? http://theheavystuff.com/?p=37 From the post (Obviously, if they wanted diverse life forms. Obviously, if they wanted to interact with `things’ that may have freewill or self-determination. Then, obviously, Earth is the one planet of very most interest within 25 trillion miles - THS thinks that POINT alone would certainly justify exploration.)

#9 Ufo Disclosure, Asteroid Impact Disclosure, Would Society Crumble? http://theheavystuff.com/?p=40 From the post (In THS’s viewpoint, it’s events like this that wouldn’t make your nightly news. Ever. Indeed, THS can’t imagine that some sort of world system isn’t in effect already - how could it not be, right? Would `they’ say on the nightly news, or in your daily newspaper headline, that Humankind’s very existence is threatened?

NO, `they’ wouldn’t. `They’ wouldn’t risk world financial markets to a panic. `They’ would NOT want the `work’ ethic to `slacken’ - nor a focus of workers on their own `future’. )

#8 Did Houdini Escape Death? http://theheavystuff.com/?p=18 In this post I talk about the famous message that Houdini supposedly got thru to his wife - and what that might mean about Phenomenology itself.

#7 ParaNormal Video’s - Dubious, or, Amazing? http://theheavystuff.com/?p=22 Now that anything can be faked with computer software - what does that mean as far as video proof. Could the increase in paranormal captured on video be as easily explained as in absolute numbers of video cameras?

#6 Might Alien Disclosure Mean Virtually Nothing? Might Alien Disclosure Mean Virtually Nothing? http://theheavystuff.com/?p=68 You have to read what my conjecture on this possibility is — certainly not the typical one.

#5 Economic Collapse Brinkmanship - 2012 Preview? http://theheavystuff.com/?p=87 Was the very structure of the economic system in collapse last fall - and if so - what might that mean if the crappola ever did hit the fan - could the political system react?

#4 Have Chem-trails Stopped Global Warming? http://theheavystuff.com/?p=63 I make the point un-made anywhere else - that these contrails are being used to moderate and indeed stop global warming at these levels.

#3 Could the Human Population Level `Trip’ Cosmic Consciousness? http://theheavystuff.com/?p=47 I make the case that if consciousness if a quantifiable thing - that at some point - that quantity could be a tripwire for the `advance’ so many think is coming.

#2 Do Fruit Flies Have Freewill? Do Humans? http://theheavystuff.com/?p=26 My personal speculation into freewill vs determinism. This post even made it to BoingBoing at one point.

#1 Does High Strangeness Overlap Strange Highness? http://theheavystuff.com/?p=49 I propose a new term of lexicon. Strange Highness.

Thanks for stopping by today - read a few of the above links - and leave some comments -  after all, it’s not too late to leave your answers. If you want to see a list of all posts go to www.squidoo.com/theheavystuff.
 

The Empty Space of Bootes Void

Hello fans of The Heavy Stuff (THS) thanks for returning for a dose of speculations about the reality structure - speculations on realities greatest mysteries. Even mysteries such as freewill and determinism — time travel — consciousness — and the possibilitiy of an `afterlife’ for entities with consciousness. Entities like you, yourself. Possibilities that may depend on the actual workings of the reality structure itself - the phenomenology of the structure of actualization.

Anyhow, as you know, this blog often talks about links  posted daily on our anomalies blog on Squidoo.com. Recently, we moved a science link from the anomalies lens on www.Squidoo.com/anomalyman  to our `best of 2006 & 2007′ anomalies website at www.squidoo.com/anomalyman2006 about an area of the observable universe that is the `emptiest’ void that we can observe from Earth.

The `empty space’ is called Bootes Void and represents about 2% of the observable universe from our viewpoint. The article goes on at great length (and we once again encourage you to hit the link to find the original article - you will like the Anomalies of 2006/2007) to indicate just `how empty’ this `empty space’ is — giving  great `facts’ —  for example; that if the Earth was in the area of the Bootes Void that earthling scientists “wouldn’t have known of another galaxy” -  other than ours - until the 1960’s. Amazing.

The article also gives other `facts’ about the `amount’ of `material’ in the actual universe — which it turns out is about an average of one atom per cubic meter of `space’. THS has read this figure before in other articles and it gives one pause as to just how rare REAL SPACE with atoms actually is. You know, THINGS, LIKE YOU AND ME. It turns out that WE are Rare spaces. Rare Real Space.  Amazing, even, `Living Space’.

All this talk in the article  set me thinking upon my favorite subject - phenomenology. Phenomenology deals with fundamentals like `spaces’ and `times’. Phenomenology deals with fundamentals like `present’ `past’ and `future’ — all of which it turns out - apply to things like us - rare spaces in the universe. Spaces that actually have space . At least space as humans usually consider it. And, that perhaps these rare spaces even have `time’. (Or, something liketime.)

Indeed, perhaps it’s best to begin with at least one definition of `the past’ by one of the world’s best thinkers about such subject matter - Sartre. To quote Sartre from page 280 of Being And Nothingness
 
      “The `this’ does not appear as a present which later will have to become past and which before that was future…. The moment I perceive it already exists in the three temporal dimensions” 

And, that is what The Heavy Stuff would like to speculate about some more - our perception - and its relation to space and to time -  and  even our relationship to reality. But, The Heavy Stuff would like to say a few more words about that one atom per cubic yard of `space’ — remember how `empty’ that atom is?

Remember, science tells us that the `space’ (distance) between sub-atomic particles is immense. Literally. So, that `occupied space’ of one atom per cubic yard is actually even more `empty’ of `real mass’ - real space. As the reader of The Heavy Stuff probably knows, sciences  current assumption is that there is some sort of  `kernel’ of real space at the core of the subatomic divisions.

Perhaps yes, perhaps no.

And, what does science say `fills’ the rest of this `empty space’ – THE ANSWER IS (we are told) is that virtual particles fill that space - `virtual spaces; form the broth of reality.

And, what do we know about OUR perceiving space that we `call’ our own consciousness — well, we know from the study of physics that everything we see represented in the now actually has already occurred and IS in the determined past -  that is - to our own perceiving `now’ eyes. The fact is - light simply `takes time’ (obviously, this duration is a representation of the `running off’ space) to reach us - from everything - even the light reflecting from our own body parts. Indeed, the only `thing’ that we can truly refer to as present is our own `now’ of perception.

(Now, this is not a regress into infinity. The `other spaces’ we see and are in close `space association with’ :ie: the clock on the wall, one’s spouse, the computer, your rock collection – are not only REAL in every sense of the word – just like we are real – THEY ARE THE ONLY SPACES THAT GIVE US LOCAL location and DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT – which is key to the feeling of realness at the human level. The other spaces provide our freewill TO US.)

Think about it.

The things we see - other people and objects - have predetermined spaces to offer for our perception - in exactly pre-determined points of space — and all these spaces have reference to each other - in addition to a relation with our perception of their space. Those spaces, to THS, have the overriding characteristic of being NOT ABLE TO BE -  they are unchangeable as they arrive at our perception. They are the `run-off’ of their actual `now’ spaces that they experience and are experiencing.

Yes,  IT IS TRUE, `future’ `now’s’ to us — determined future now’s — are also part of our `real present’  — we just can’t see them the `split moment’ into the future that they occupy already. Just before they `run off’ the phenomena source. The space.

Remember the Sartre quote above - `spaces’ ARRIVE with a past, a present, and a future, — only by thinking of spaces as a phase transition – gets one on-track to right thinking about this phenomenology. Specifically, The Heavy Stuff’s phenomenology positions that the Not-able-to-be transcends into an Able-to-not-be ——- literally, the space transforming into a timelike space that represents the spaces location `in reality’ (our own light reflection) — in an `area of common able-to-not-be spaces’ — that `when they combine by the FACT that real spaces are having real proximity’ CREATES A `TIMELINE’ OF NOT-ABLE-TO-NOT-BE’S. (Really, it’s a `space-line’.) What we all commonly think of as reality.

So, `Spaces’ first characteristic is having no beingness (ie; space’s defining attribute being Not able to be. Then, Space’s second characteristic is it’s runoff representation – the able to not be (part) of space. This is a (the) part of space that is `seen’ by consciousness’s within reality (as we have NO access to the real space of an object, seeing only the runoff light).

The last characteristic of space is that the able-to-not-be `runs off’ on `other spaces run off’ forming our real itself. (In a sense, reality is two steps from `the real now’ we as a space possess).

At this point, I’d like to draw the attention of readers of The Heavy Stuff to the nebulousness of `real’. IF the only reality that has freewill , the real real that is `with us’ only so to speak – that certainly elevates our thoughts as something directly connected to REAL. To real freewill space. Even if `thoughts’ are a `different’ type of space – they have that as an undeniable unique attribute.

Whereas, the space of our `runoff’ – being `one step beyond’ the `original space’ (even if being identical, simply having all the coordinates the `real one’ lacked) may not have that tangible connection that mind has with the real space we represent. Indeed, our runoff space – can’t move, can’t change, can’t do anything. Yet, it is our human spaces representation to reality itself. Can `things’ be this quirky? Apparently.

Then, finally, we see the moment, the space, and it is not the same as the not able to be representation we already are. The not able to not be vanishes behind a new runoff of not able to be representing real.  For more understanding of THS’s phenomenology go to www.whatisnotabletonotbeis.blogspot.com  - it’s at this blog that you can answer the fantastic question, What can be changed — the future, the past, the now, nothing, or everything. Quite a question, don’t you think?

When one looks at a reality structure that may be this basic in description – the possibility that `other types of spaces’ and `other types of real’s’ may indeed exist  - and may be perceivable – seems more plausible.  After all, we humans seem to be able to distinguish these `space phases’.

As readers of The Heavy Stuff know from previous posts, THS speculates that when a human dies (or any consciousness dies) it’s mind-space continues to occur – continues to have some representation in the able to not be (of spaces) (virtual spaces). On occasion, these not able to be `spaces’ could even `express’ (actualize) as a duration themselves.

Interestingly, these virtual spaces, the able to not be’s, (the times outside of spaces) present as a space when they occur - and this could be the very definition of anomalous phenomena. Able to not be’s expressing as not able to be’s.

These `virtual spaces’ could even be human consciousness spaces called tulpas – created by living humans (see several of my posts on Tulpas on this site, or find all my posts on www.squidoo.com/theheavystuff )———– or —— orbs — very small representations of `spaces’ NOT made by living humans – but, possibly representing a portion of one’s consciousness after death.

Or, the most dramatic of all doppelganger’s (while alive) or the full appearance of a `Ghost’ (when dead)  (the ultimate representation of this being the pilots of eastern flight 401). All of these phenomena represent an aspect of `real space’ — phenomena with origins in the able to not be space of reality.

NOTE however, these are not spaces with a connection of a REAL not able to be space within reality represented by atoms.  Which could be why all these etheral, esoteric, fleeting phenomena — don’t last within reality.

Has all this been heavy enough for you? THS would love to read your comments - nothing is too far out when commenting about phenomena. Or empty space.

As most of you know, this website often features the links I have on my Anomalies lens. You can find the link to my site under my side blogroll `Anomalies, Paranormal, and Mind Perceptions - please visit to find this link and more -  http://www.leslieflint.com./transcripts_chinese.html. The above link is to an amazing amazing website that I can’t recommend more highly. It has the miraculous. It has numerous `direct voice communications’ from the dead recorded from the mid 1950’s to the 70’s. While I will let you use the link to the site to find all it has to offer (which is an amazing list of the highlights of the tape recordings) - I will briefly summarize my take on it. 

Basically,  in the 1950’s and 1960’s, and until the early 70’s, a group of researchers tried to take a direct approach to the dead — literally asking them to speak aloud in a occult type setting - begging any spirit to speak and identify themselves. They beckoned these spirits with the enticement that they were recording the `spirit’ with a purpose to explain what the afterlife is like. An incredible variety of folks `came thru’ and were recorded - and they tell what the `afterlife’ is like in astounding detail.

Additionally, as I mentioned, the website features the `heaviest’ words of wisdom of each of the spirits that came thru. It’s an amazing variety of esoteric thought. The link I have above was from a Chinese wise-man of ancient times — and indeed — you will find that what he has to say is profound and seems to come from another advanced consciousness level IMO (in my opinion).

An example of the characters who came thru - such as Bimbo the Clown — who enlightens us with esoteric ideas such as  `we can’t escape ourselves’ and `the animals here aren’t in cages’ (I listened to the entire Bimbo recording - a must listen.). Bimbo had many things to say about humor and circus folk too - all insightful. Really. I also fully listened to a bricklayer and even a dead spirit who answered if UFO’s were from other planets. Again, the best link to this site was posted on my Squidoo lens on June 12th (easy to find on my one page lens).

All these recordings will make you think and describe in amazing detail what continued existence may be like for a consciousness.  And, are these direct voice recordings any different, really, than the EVP recordings of the last couple decades or so? (Except better.) It’s a distinction without much merit to me. Each method beckons or records the `unknown human consciousness’ for a `sign of information transfer’ into the present.

Also, if you are a reader of The Heavy Stuff — you know I’ve tackled the `Ghost’ `issue (afterlife and afterlife communication issue) before — whether the Ghosts of Flight 401(who also spoke out-loud after `appearing’ in a `real present’) or the 4 Ghost videos I have linked to in a previous post that can still be found at my lens squidoo.com/theheavystuff. I’ve also blogged about how Houdini seems to have been able to get a message thru from the great beyond into the `real reality we all experience’. Houdini’s message was even in `code’ to make sure the message couldn’t be faked. Like the direct voice recordings, it also was `delivered’ in an occult type setting to `believers’ in communication with the dead - who were probing for SPECIFIC INFORMATION/knowledge.

I trust that I’ve made a case that these are all similar phenomena in a broad sense. But as you know, this blog’s interest is in examining the phenomenology of these anomalies. Just `where’ does this information, voices or even ghosts with voices `come from’? And, once again, what does it indicate about `our space’ in the afterlife if this information is to be believed?

I guess the first thing it indicates about dead humans is that - we still have a space - our space - the one space with OUR one now. The one space that was NEVER part of the `reality structure’ to begin with - even in life. (See my last blog post about freewill vs determinism in humans). The one space and only space that was NOW to us. The one space that contained our intentionality’s - and also - our freewill.

In essence, with death we leave our `time in consensus projected space’ behind — in our body. The time-space we always `projected’ onto `our reality’ of other close objects. Other close `spaces’ - like everything in your field of vision that IS something. And, with death, we would move into - in essence — our remaining personal space - probably called the spirit by many. A personal space with one HUGE connection with real reality — THE NOW - THE NOT ABLE TO NOT BE. The `determined time’ of spaces.

For those readers who are still pushing for some speculation as to `where’ these NOW’s really are — I will explore some possibilities in part 2. Do you think the answer might be similar to `where is cyber-space’? Stay TUNED. And, thanks for reading - leave a comment.

Recently on my Squidoo lens (website) at www.squidoo.com/anomalymanI carried the link found elsewhere on the web about the research study which attempted to find out if common fruit flies had `freewill’ - or - did they `act’ `randomly’. They conducted this research by gluing the fruit fly to a copper wire that left it `free’ to beat its wings. The fruit fly was then immersed in an all white environment which was`free’ of `cues’. The scientists were trying to determine if the beats of the fruit flies wings were `random’ within this environment which had `no cues’ — or — did the beating of the wings, which yields a `direction’ for the fruit fly - result from something other than random movement.

While I will have the link to the story at the bottom of this post (or you can go to my Squidoo site) — the results indicated the fruit flies had something between `freewill’ and `determinism’. (It quibbled about whether the `pattern of movement - which was similar to an algorithm’ qualified as real intentionality.)  But then it seemed the study then concluded that any freewill was `freewill’ - and even if limited, the fruitfly had it. And therefore so did humans the research seemed to extrapolate. Hmm. How nice. I wonder how many would have read the article if it had said humans had no freewill.

Interestingly, the article did spend some time talking about the freewill vs determinism `issue’ of philosophy — a rarity in today’s dumbdown media positioning of avoiding anything `too heavy’. But, as you know, HEAVY is this blog’s middle name — and freewill and determinism qualifies as topic material. It also goes right into the area my mind likes to explore — phenomenology. That’s right, the stuff of Edmund Husserl and others. To me, combining the ideas of 1910 phenomenology and just the basic of physics known today, seems to point to at least a way to grapple with the freewill vs determinism issue. IF it really is an issue.

My hope is that readers of The Heavy Stuff are at least familiar with the basics of phenomenology - but if not - one dictionary definition is:

• the study of the development of human consciousness and self-awareness as a preface to philosophy or a part of a philosophy
• a philosophical movement that describes the formal structure of the objects of awareness and of awareness itself in abstraction from any claims concerning existence

How’s that for heavy? All I can say is that Phenomenology has been the heaviest idea I’ve ever encountered. In addition to that, amazingly, I’ve had my own phenomenology ideas before I encountered Husserl’s works in 1975 or so. But, all that is for another post — this post is about freewill and determinism ——- and  — The Heavy Stuff’s as always unique take on the issue. READY? Get that mind open now, breathe deep, use what you have and do what you have  to do to  arrive at an altered state to receive this phenomenology take/positioning  on one of mankind’s intellectual issues.

Here the idea is. Ordinary physics tells us about `how’ humans `gather’ our information to even perceive the reality around us. First, we as a human being, have a `space’ which is us. Me. You. A space. A group of atoms organized by DNA to represent a human and all the characteristics of a specific human `space’. This `space’ (our body) has a relationship to `other spaces’. The computer we sit in front of - the garbage can in the kitchen - the trees outside. Even the locust in the tree. Even to the sounds from a train whistle.

Those other `spaces’, those other `things’ — `are representations of their actual now a `moment ago” — THEY are NOT in OUR `space-now’. The `light’ from `where their space is’ travels to our perception. THEIR space that we see has already occured and THEY are actually IN another `space’ - of which will travel to our perception too. What this means my dear readers is that `the space we see is DETERMINED’. Even the `space’ we see that is OUR OWN body - is DETERMINED. The nature of consciousness is that we can only be aware of things that have been determined. And are therefore `past’ things in comparison to our `now placed-spaced consciousness’.

Does that mean that we all need to `embrace despair’ as suggested by J.C. Pierce in his 1970’s books on `The Crack Of The Cosmic Egg’? No, not at all. The fact that `the space we see has been determined’ does NOT mean we `didn’t participate in THAT SPACE’. Indeed, not only did we participate in that space —- OUR `real now space’ — ISN”T even a part of it — we exist in a `real space’ which has our intentionality and duration exclusively.

It’s this `real space’ that we possess - that has our `freewill’ NOT the `space’ we `project’ onto `others spaces’. What we need to grasp as human beings or what any space needs to grasp as a being with life in reality - is that we can `change’ our `relationship’ (the `next’ actual space location) to any space — by moving our actual space. And, we do THAT in OUR `space’ with our intentionality’s - and freewill that has NOTHING to do with other spaces.

The Heavy Stuff positioning on this philosophical issue is —- Every Space Becomes A Time Point For Other Spaces.

The link to the article directly is http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18684016/ – and, just to ask, if fruit flies have freewill, should they be glued to copper while alive? Just kidding. Thanks for reading, leave a comment — and hey, I’ve got the best of the links of 2006 on www.squidoo.com/anomalyman2006.

Some of us in the universe crave `the explanation’. Read books and books to find it. Wondering about how wide ranging `the answer’ might be; yet knowing that the answer must be simple. Simple not in the sense of a simpleton; but simple in that it uses common sense to provide meaning to the world’s mysteries. To use common sense to build from `the impossible event’. More on that shortly.

But first, what is the intended target of discussion in general on The Heavy Stuff? Well, this is the first vision of what should be covered — Randomness and Artificial Intelligence; Global Consciousness; Freewill and Determinism; Time and Space; The Impossibility of `movie’ Time Travel; Being and Nothingness; Lucid Dreaming; Mutual Hypnosis; Branes and Inflation; Consciousness and Awareness; Dimensions and Strings; Impossible Anomalies; Existence after `death’; Phenomenology.

It should keep one busy for awhile. And, just the scantest of background info to this first blog post. My name is Rick Phillips. About the only background that I have with anomalies is that since March of this year I’ve had a top ranked Squidoo.com `lens’ (website) called Anomalies, Paranormal and Mind Perceptions. The url is http://www.squidoo.com/anomalyman . Well I actually have another personal connection to anomalies that some I guess call the `woo-woo’ factor. Don’t worry, no aliens will be trotted out on a personal level; but, absurd anomalies will be trotted out and test any credibility that I present here. My reason for disclosing this upfront is that some of my personal experiences with `time’ and `space’ will, I’m sure, prejudice my judgements on some mysteries. All to be explained. Hopefully.

Once again, this blog will be different from the Squidoo site — while looking at some of the same anomalous events. This site is concerned with the most speculative notions about space, time and consciousness. And, what could I use as a better segway than that to the first matter of study - that being - is there `Earth Consciousness’?

I have a link on my Squidoo site http://noosphere.princeton.edu/ that you should visit - and if you visit intend to leave every notion of the world around you behind. That’s right, the `Impossible Event’ isn’t some humans landing on mars video that you can find on the web. And, no, the impossible event isn’t from some far removed Utah ranch where impossible things have been recorded. No, the `Impossible Event’ is at the Princeton University site.

Impressed? Just wait to you take the half hour to somewhat digest just what happened to a collection of data eggs on a particular day in history - Sept. 11th, 2001 to be exact. With the significance of that tragic and historic day - perhaps the fact that this story is not more widely known is to be expected. But, what is not acceptable, is that the implications of what happened within those data eggs is not more widely disseminated. Yes, the first clue to the seam in the cosmic egg might be data eggs. But, the implications are huge and should be addressed — as this obviously, is the biggest anomaly of history. IMHO.

If you are not familiar with the `noosphere’ - it is an ongoing experiment linking dozens of computers worldwide that produce a random sequence of numbers - these numbers are collected in five minute `packets’ and sent to Princeton for analysis for un-randomness. As you know, long sequences of numbers can have sessions of what seem to be un-randomness. Think about this in terms of the 11 Blacks in a row you observed at the roulette table one night - or ten dealer busts in a row in blackjack. Anyway, the analysis looks for that and maps this outcome in various ways — if you go to the site — and if it operates in the same manner — you can hear the randomness the world is creating right now (delayed 5 minutes). It is a very cool site.

But, back to the `Impossible Event’ of 9-11-2001. What happened in a nutshell was this — computers all over the world started to `act’ non-randomly. In essence as if they had consciousness. What you find as you read about this `event’ was that it was the biggest computer `event’ in years of running the 24/7 project. That’s right, this project went on for years without this magnitude of event. Oh, and it peaked around the time of the crash into the buildings. Oh, and you can see the `effect’ of each buildings falling. Oh, and the computers in America were the most affected. Oh, and the East Coast computers were the most affected. Is that enough, or should I tell you that the `effect’ can be traced back on the computer data to within minutes of when one of the hijackers first cleared security.

Heavy Stuff, huh? Amazing beyond belief in every regard - with no photo manipulation - no rigged data - no humans at the control panel. Only `linked computers’ sharing information; right? Obviously, the implications could be staggering. Are some machines conscious? At least perhaps groups of machines linked together which share information. Or, does the `effect’ on the data that morning have to do with something else all together - perhaps from the Earth itself, Mankind itself, or even time-space itself? AND, what does it mean that the computers most affected were in America and that they knew and were reacting - prior to the tragedy. What happened to cause and effect? Or, was determinism the case in this instance - or near determinism.

Just what happened on Sept. 11th in cosmology terms - to be continued.

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