'Causality' Articles
Causality is not so much a mechanical process of sequential progression, as much as it is the framework by which all event potentials find their eventual expression. It is the Great Mother of Taoist thinking. The first cause in all metaphysical thinking. The big bang in its potential to give rise to all current expressions of form and energy.
There is only the causal field. Everything that seems to be new in your life has the same root as the older events, because everything we perceive as occurring now is actually old news. Events form a casual mandala. One event nested in the context of all others. It doesn’t matter what event you think is the center of the universe, but this set of patterns cycles on itself. History seems to repeat itself and even re-mixes itself.
“Each of us can manifest the properties of a field of consciousness that transcends space, time, and linear causality.” Stanislav Grof
“Logic is a poor model of cause and effect.” Gregory Bateson
Process Of Origination
I find it helpful when discussing these things to start by asking for other peoples definitions of the topic. So, what my friends is causality? That which causes something? The “thing” that drives an event? Variables. A condition for something to happen. One event leads to another? One thing in the secular world influences another… I will be offering insight into tonight’s topic of causality as a process of origination. Causality is not so much a mechanical process of sequential progression, as much as it is the framework by which all event potential find their eventual expression. Every possible event… Seek More
Causal Filter
The emphasis on causality focuses us away from ego and to our relationships. Indeed, and in fact, new research suggests that our very own minds are structured in such a way that they are by definition responsive to changes in our relationships. They are calling this insight neuro-sociology. We are hard wired to be social creatures and to see everything in the world through a social filter. Which means we see it through a causal filter, or we see the world as made up of agency and agents, of causes and objects. Socially awkward people may have less of this… Seek More
Causal Dialogue
Let’s look at time. We say things like “that was then and this is now” when in fact there is no then and now. There is only the causal field. Everything that seems to be new in your life has the same root as the older events, because everything we perceive as occurring now is actually old news. Everything occurs as a part of the dynamic that leads to the ultimate expression of the connected and connective cause. Everything is finite and nothing is finite? Exactly. It’s like the universe has a central mass of incredibly complex potential, and this… Seek More
Fictional Facts Of Life
People who dismiss empathy as a tool in any situation are going in blind? Exactly. Without both the voluntary nervous system to allow for our personal volition, and the mirroring nervous system to hand translations of our sensory feedback to our frontal lobe both working in tandem, you could have no perception of reality at all. This is why really super logical people seem so out of touch. They neglect or even avoid the automatic data stream that comes to us on the gut level. More or less hide their head in the clouds of their own internal processes. How… Seek More
Link To Causality
You say all things are happening at once, so temporal causality is an illusion. But the universe is homeostatic, so any event must be balanced out somewhere else. Am I missing something? Yes and no. As is usually the case when I get ambitious like this, the track tends to get paradoxical. Our immediate link to causality is consciousness, the observer effect. The observer facet of our mind is multi-dimensional. The temporal partitioning is a function of consciousness, not the brain itself. The brain is mostly detection equipment. It allows us to engage in a functional analysis. Our limited bandwidth.… Seek More
Causal Mandala
The universe is a memory system. It has habits of behaviour. You are part of that universe. Just as you may have a habit of eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, the universe has the potential for that behaviour in it, and it echoes across not only you but everyone else who shares the same habit. Every time someone eats a peanut butter and jelly sandwich that potential gets louder and stronger. Each single event interlaces with other seemingly unrelated events for the simple reason you can’t both eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and sleep at the same… Seek More
Event Tides
Can anyone share an experience of a repetitive pattern in their life? Something we can’t stop doing? Or something that just seems to recur no matter what you do. Both work, but interpersonal. I keep having trouble with contaminants in my environment. Hmm, ok, pollution sensitivity. You also likely have repeated “failure to communicate” type events as well, and a sense of progressive boredom even with every effort to be creative in your personal life. With certain people, yes. This stems from a basic stance of ennui you have taken toward life in general. An all is fair view that… Seek More
Choice Making Center
The events that lead you to choose chocolate chip over peanut butter cookies are not confined to that. Something as simple as your preferred choice of cake or pie is a manifestation of how resources both grow and are consumed. Your choice is not disconnected. This is also part of why you have the innate tendency to grow tired of eating any one thing for too long. Your eating habits are just your personal touch stone on the worlds production and consumption system which is not even really that dual. It’s a transformation system. I need to touch more broccoli.… Seek More
Means And A Path
Last night I bought groceries and was putting them in the car when a man came up and asked for money. I wanted to help, but I didn’t have any and I remembered your story about giving the guy your hamburger. So I gave him a bag of chips and he was really happy. Excellent. It also shows a deep wisdom. This is related to an understanding of causality actually. Being nice is part of a greater discipline eh? It is, yes. An understanding of the reality that allows human beings to exist at all, and how that is an… Seek More
