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search for the balance between all things. The harmony of opposites. The Taoist yin and yang. The one and the zero.
This is the answer to ‘what is the meaning of life’—to find harmony and balance between the two natures of the human soul
Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS, was fixated on the occult. He studied ancient Vedic texts of India, dating back thousands of years. The bastard came to believe that these mountains were once the birthplace of the original Aryan race. He sent expeditions looking for proof.
“It’s about honesty. Putting it out there, plainly and openly. Seeing what happens.
If only more people did this!
She eyed Painter with a fresh perspective. He was more than stubborn strength. There was a brilliance behind those blue eyes and a wealth of common sense. As if sensing her scrutiny, he glanced at her.
“Oftentimes, it is madness more than genius that moves the world forward. Who else but the mad would reach so far, stretching for the impossible? And in so doing, prove the impossible possible.” “And sometimes it merely invents the most efficient means of genocide.”
Ritter des Sonnekönig. Knights of the Sun King.
Love seeing ‘Ritter’ instead of ‘knight’!
Wringin’ your hands only stops you from rollin’ up your sleeves
“Intelligent design and evolution?”
That is Wewelsburg Castle.” When Gray didn’t respond, the old man continued with a sigh. “Himmler’s Black Camelot. The stronghold of the Nazi SS.” “So it was Dracula’s castle,” Monk mumbled. Johann continued, “Back in the seventeenth century, witch trials were held up there, thousands of women tortured and executed. Himmler only added to its blood debt. Twelve hundred Jews from the Niederhagen concentration camp died during Himmler’s reconstruction of the castle. A cursed place. Should be torn down.”
“To truly understand the Nazis,” Ulmstrom said, leading the way, “you have to stop considering them as a political party. They called themselves Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei—the National Socialist German Workers’ Party—but in reality, they were really a cult.” “A cult?” Gray asked. “They bore all the trappings, ja? A spiritual leader who could not be questioned, disciples who wore matching clothes, rituals and blood oaths performed in secret, and most important of all, the creation of a potent totem to worship. The Hakenkreuz. The Broken Cross, also called the swastika. A
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“Do not joke. The Nazis understood the inherent power of ideas. A power greater than any gun or rocket. They used it to subjugate and brainwash an entire nation.”
Schwarze Auftrag—the Black Order—was a name given to Himmler’s inner circle, a secret cabal that traced its roots back to the occult Thule Society.”
Legends are ripe here. Nearby stands an old Stonehenge-like set of prehistoric monoliths, called Externsteine. Some claim the roots of the Norse World Tree, Yggdrasil, lie below
“If subatomic particles make up atoms,” Lisa asked, “and atoms make up the world we know, touch, and feel, where is the line between the phantom world of quantum mechanics and our world of real objects?” “Again, the only way to collapse potential is to have something measure it. Such measuring tools are constantly present in the environment. It can be one particle bumping into another, a photon of light hitting something. Constantly the environment is measuring the subatomic world, collapsing potential into hard reality. Look at your hands, for example. At the quantum level, the subatomic
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“At its most fundamental level, the living cell acts as its own quantum-measuring device. And it is this constant cellular measurement that is the true engine of evolution. It explains how mutations are not random. Why evolution occurs at a pace faster than attributable by random chance.”
“Okay, if the proton could be in both places, then quantum theory says the proton was in both places. So the gene was both mutated and not mutated. Held in the potential between both.” Anna nodded. “Go on.” “Then the cell, acting as a quantum-measuring tool, would force the DNA to collapse on one side of the fence or the other. To mutate or not to mutate. And because the cell is living and influenced by its environment, it tilted the scale, defying randomness to produce the beneficial mutation.” “What scientists now call adaptive mutation. The environment influenced the cell, the cell
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It is our own cells that are directing evolution, responding to the environment and collapsing potential in DNA to better fit that environment. Darwinian natural selection then kicked in to preserve these modifications.
“Consciousness has baffled scientists for centuries…going all the way back to Darwin. What is consciousness? Is it just our brain? Is it just nerves firing? Where is the line between brain and mind? Between matter and spirit? Between body and soul?” He pointed to the symbol. “Current research says its there. We are both. We are wave and particle. Body and soul. Life itself is a quantum phenomenon.” “Okay, now you’re babbling,” Monk said, joining him, drawing Fiona. Gray took a deep breath, excited. “Modern scientists reject spirituality, defining the brain only as a complex computer.
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“What is prayer but a focus of the mind, a focus of consciousness…and if consciousness is a quantum phenomenon, then prayer is a quantum phenomenon.”
Her goal was beyond consciousness, beyond prayer. It was simply belief. In the purity of that moment, the Bell burst with a blinding light, joining them together, turning reality into pure potential.
