Thank you so very much for the session everyone.
This session left me with so much to ponder. On the one hand I found it curious that an old paradox was used to describe Trump's situation currently and i wanted to perhaps discuss the possible meaning (if there's any) of the reference to the unstoppable force and an immovable object. From what i've read (not extensively at all) it seems that this is a very old paradox that seems to determine a contradiction. from Wikipedia:
An example of this paradox in non-western thought can be found in the origin of the Chinese word for contradiction (Chinese: 矛盾; pinyin: máodùn; literally: "Spear-Shield"). This term originates from a story in the 3rd century BC philosophical book Han Feizi.[2] In the story, a man was trying to sell a spear and a shield. When asked how good his spear was, he said that his spear could pierce any shield. Then, when asked how good his shield was, he said that it could defend from all spear attacks. Then one person asked him what would happen if he were to take his spear to strike his shield; the seller could not answer. This led to the idiom of "zìxīang máodùn" (自相矛盾), or "self-contradictory".
Another ancient and mythological example illustrating this theme can be found in the story of the Teumessian fox, who can never be caught, and the hound Laelaps, who never misses what it hunts. Realizing the paradox, Zeus turns both creatures into static stars.[citation needed]
The problems associated with this paradox can be applied to any other conflict between two abstractly defined extremes that are opposite.
One of the answers generated by seeming paradoxes like these is that there is no contradiction – that there is a false dilemma. Dr. Christopher Kaczor suggested that the need to change indicates a lack of power rather than the possession thereof, and as such a person who was omniscient would never need to change their mind – not changing the future would be consistent with omniscience rather than contradicting it.[3]
In the same way, an irresistible force, an object or force with infinite inertia, would be consistent with the definition of an immovable object, in that they would be one and the same. Any object whose momentum or motion cannot be changed is an immovable object, and it would halt any object that moved relative to it, making it an irresistible force.[citation needed]
A deterministic universe may contain more than one of such forces/objects as long as they are never determined to meet in the entire history of such a universe. Indeed, in the context of such a universe, one could redefine the words "irresistible" and "immovable" to "is never successfully resisted" and "is never successfully moved" (within the fixed history of said deterministic universe) instead of the counterfactual possibilities. This is similar to the Novikov self-consistency principle of the grandfather paradox in time-travel scenarios.
So, perhaps, could this mean that either, Trump is stubborn but will/could eventually be moved or that the forces against him are extremely powerful but by no means unstoppable? Which in the context of the '40 days' is actually quite chilling! Because, say what you will about him but, the fact that what is happening, between a sitting president and the Deep State, is happening is quite simply incredible. JFK was the last one to have such a crazy opposition and while I think he was far more intelligent than Trump. Trump is quite more devious which could be a good way to outsmart his opponents. Besides, JFK had no twitter. So I guess we should keep a close eye.
Second, was the impact of the crystal project upon all of you guys involved. And I want to express my immense gratitude, from the bottom of my heart, thank you everyone who made this possible.
I was pondering this, and had a few thoughts that I'd like to share with you all.
If I was given an option, I would choose to avoid Laura and everyone else any pain or suffering even if it meant some incredible benefit for me. At some point during the session I even got to feel a sense of guilt and selfishness. While at the same time I felt tremendous respect and appreciation.
On another level I couldn't help but think of a soul that through work begins to expand its existence beyond itself and begins to touch everyone it comes in contact with. That is the concept that came to mind when i imagined the "price to pay" for a benefit the world over. A soul that grew past itself.
On another level I thought of Gurdjieff, and the Work and intentional or conscious suffering, whereby one "pays ahead" with suffering which could be described as negative consequences for something positive i.e. mastery of oneself. And then I connected that with this idea of a larger body that we all are part of, and how perhaps this is another way to understand it. At some level, just like individually, no progress is achieved unless some conscious effort (which may be experienced as suffering for some) is applied.
I'm still thinking about all this, but it made me want to express my gratitude once again and let you guys know how much I respect and value all the work that you guys do. And how important and imperative is for the whole network to follow through in the same direction. In other words, to not let this suffering be had in vain, if that makes sense.
Sorry if this was too confusing. These are my two humble cents.
Thanks a lot everyone.