Theory of Enlightenment (atheist)

[Ozzie]

Originally Posted by Random

Enlightenment is the merger of the left and right hemispheres of the brain, the merging of creative and logical processes. Left brain is represented by a square and right brain is represented by a circle. Left is logical, rational, intellectual. Right is creative, emotive and imaginative. Left is the past and future. Right is the present. Atheists square the circle, a logic dominated world. Enlightenment circles the square, leading to a more balanced approach.

Questions, or comments?

I sure it has been said before here. Enlightenment is not theoretical, certainly it is not geometric.

More likely it is chaotic?

[Random]

Originally Posted by Ozzie

I sure it has been said before here. Enlightenment is not theoretical, certainly it is not geometric. More likely it is chaotic?

I don't reckon "chaotic" would be the right word. Maybe spontaneous for some, though it is said that it can be arrived at by diligent effort and mental focus, or meditation.

[Troublemane]

Originally Posted by Random

. Left brain is represented by a square and right brain is represented by a circle.

I prefer a triangle, especially fractal triangles

[Ozzie]

Originally Posted by Random

I don't reckon "chaotic" would be the right word. Maybe spontaneous for some, though it is said that it can be arrived at by diligent effort and mental focus, or meditation.

Spontaneity is a chance conscious recognition of something arising from chaotic determinants.

[gnostic]

Originally Posted by henei

And if you drew a square around a circle, and then 'fold' open the lines of such, which line will be the longest?

It really depends on if includes right-bends of the square or not as one line (the circumference).

• If you do, then the square's line is longer.
• If not then it's the circle's line is longer.

The circle would be the longest continuous line, even though it is inside a folded square, but as a shape of whole, the square is longer, since it is on the outside.

If you think of it in this way, if the square has the same width as the diameter of the circle, then the square would always have the highest quantity unit in the circumference.

Therefore, if you are talking about circumference, and if width = diameter, then square wins with a longest circumference. If the square is within the circle, then circle wins.

It's that simple.

[Heneni]

My appologies, didnt want the maths to mean the battle of the brains.

I redid the math and

1. If circle is inside square - square wins i.t.o longest circumference.

2. If square is inside cirlce - circle wins i.t.o longest circumference.

What Random means by if you place the circle in the square is breaks is this:

Draw a circle around any square. Now remove the circle which you drew around the square and without changing it, try to put in INSIDE the square you just drew. Cant do it.


If you draw a square around a cirlce, and then try to remove the square and put it inside the cirlce, you cant do it either...so im afraid im still stuck.

I think the problem here is, we are not all imagining the same circles and squares, some of us are changing their sizes which is not necessarily implied, and some of us keep the original sizes the same.


Enlightenment is a process , and happens when you are able to see the real meaning of things. And as one becomes enlightened you become more and more aware of your own insignificance outside of the reality of others. Significance only comes when you are part of the greater whole reality. Selfishness can never help enlightenment because it is unwilling to see beyond 'me'.

Love
Heneni

[Troublemane]

Heneni, I think what your talking about there is the age-old mathematical problem called "Squaring the Circle". Heres a link explaining it better than I can.
Squaring the circle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Although proven impossible using standard Euclidian geometry, I believe it has been shown to work using Non-Euclidian geometry, such as that Einstein worked with (Minkowski space, etc.)

[cardero]

Originally Posted by Random

Enlightenment is the merger of the left and right hemispheres of the brain, the merging of creative and logical processes. Left brain is represented by a square and right brain is represented by a circle. Left is logical, rational, intellectual. Right is creative, emotive and imaginative. Left is the past and future. Right is the present. Atheists square the circle, a logic dominated world. Enlightenment circles the square, leading to a more balanced approach.

Questions, or comments?

Are left handed people more prone to tapping into the right hemisphere and does this make right handers more prone to becoming athiests?

[Random]

Originally Posted by cardero

Are left handed people more prone to tapping into the right hemisphere and does this make right handers more prone to becoming athiests?

Interesting possibility. But in superstitious cultures, left-handed people are demonized and regarded with suspicion, whereas right-handed people are "righteous", you see. I don't see how that tallies with right-handed folk being more prone to Atheism.