(07-18-2010, 06:32 PM)Ali Quadir Wrote: What we seem to have is a dichotomy between concepts used by Ra to explain the Law of One, and those concepts as used by human civilization. I think there must be a reason. I doubt Ra would do this by accident.
I don't think there is any dichotomy. The word infinite is used in mathematics as an adjective, to qualify some finite structure such as a line or a graph.
The word infinity is also used in the context of a direction, ie. a line might continue into infinity...the UniVerse might extend into infinity, etc. In these cases, it's still being qualified by the context.
When do you ever see the word infinity used without any context whatsoever? You don't see that in mathematics or science, because they inherently have distortion. They represent the human attempt to define our reality. Yet, THAT is the term Ra is referring to...Infinity without distortion. If it has any finite structure at all, then it has distortion, and if it has distortion, it isn't infinity but a subset of it.
I don't think there is any conflict. But we can't apply the limited definition of distortion to apply to that which is without distortion.
The Tao that can be named is not the eternal Tao.