23 December 2009:
:: a tendency to exist ::
A Dialogue On The Above Citation:
Michael D. Main [quoting John Olson: “Strange Matter: The Physics and Poetics of the Search for the God Particle” (from: “The American Scholar” / Winter 2010):
“Each creative act we perform is a God particle. We are complicit in the creation of the universe. Matter without consciousness is raw ore. It is consciousness that smelts that ore into beams and bridges, enduring alloys that shine with an inner light.
“Our perceptions and memories give meaning to words, but the words themselves are representative … of a higher order of being. They are the strange quarks of a giant quirk called Being.
“Language extends our ability to exist not merely because it envelops us, but because it is always in a state of potentiality. Reality may prove to be a probability pattern, but without anyone to perceive and give it value, it remains a pattern. It does not become a hand. It does not awaken. It does not shine.”
Paulette C. Turcotte:
“Language extends our ability to exist not merely because it envelops us, but because it is always in a state of potentiality.”
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