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The Elevation of Unknown Things
%title The Elevation of Unknown Things
A personal essay on spirituality and religion. Couch in the context of what does religion mean in Post-Self, maybe as written by Ioan and Joseph Chace? 2291/systime 167
Ideas
In no particular order
- Prayer - The alignment of the self with God in all things
- The Kingdom of God - The alignment of all with God in all things
- Frameworks of language - Framing the numinous in the language of spirituality
- Hierarchies - The appeal of Quakerism
- The numinous - The elevation of unknown things
- Should all things be known - If there is nothing unknown left, what then? (viz Universal Paperclips)
- The fractal nature of God - Infinitely nested nature of physicality mirrored in the divine (incl Ground)
- Lapsed charismatics - Quakers as lapsed charismatics
- Eschatology and soteriology - The subtle importance of E&S
- Magic, mystery, and ecstasy - Journey through PF/Phoenix spirituality, the importance thereof
- On grief - Job = argue with God; Ecclesiastes = letting go
Resources:
Outline
- [.] Intro
- Layers
- Conclusion (should all things be known) vis a vis paperclip maximizer
Non-Post-Self version
- [.] Intro
- Layers
- Conclusion (should all things be known) vis a vis paperclip maximizer