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THE FOURTHWAY MANHO E-JOURNAL Volume 40 October 26, 2018 |
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THE GENERAL LAWS OF NATURE AND THE TECHNICAL SYSTEM OF THOUGHTBy Professor Dr. Tan Man-Ho (Chen Wanhe) (An excerpt from the original work, Real World Views, Book 2, by Professor Dr. Tan Man-Ho entitled: "Biocosmic Nervo-Reflectant, the Theory of Material Reflection in Man, Inner Development and Social Upheavals," July1973 - September 1974 Discourses, Chapter 4, Section A & B : "The General Laws of Nature and the Technical System of Thought," pp. 101~126)
A. THE GENERAL LAWS OF NATURE
1 General Laws of Nature (part of it): Every new state of matter is a continuation of the development of the “battle” of contradictories in the old state of matter. The contradictories always exist, eternal to material development …….. this contradictions in material development is the essence of the material development of states of matter, and also in states of human matter human being. When Newton formulated his third law of actions and reactions in his “Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica” he is actually “referring” to the contradictions of matter in natural mechanical motion and hence the development or formation of material beings by such natural mechanical motion - a unique aspect of a very much complex motion.
2 Sometimes, in certain communities, the material condition of oppression appears ripe for a drastic sociocosmic transformation but the idea, feelings, beliefs of the communities or in general the culture severely retards any prospect of sociocosmic transformation. There exists this brutal oppression in reality which can be verified from the various facts, and there is no mistaking in the observation. The oppressor accused the oppressed. Therefore, the oppressed must have felt an injustice. The oppressed accused the oppressor (the capitalists, lords) therefore the oppressed feels it is just – he is in the right. This vice-versa relationship is quite common everywhere there is oppression in any community. Practical solution involves the careful re-direction of the people’s mind. Know your friends and know your enemies. There is no reconciliation between enemies but struggles leading to new synthesis. This is in accordance with the law of unity of opposites – the irreconcilability of opposites which unite in opposition even into the synthesis.
3 Today I have decided to tell you something about the dialectics of pure and quantitative science instead of just starting off with pure and quantitative science contents. Mathematics is one of the quantitative sciences. It is called in this way because it does not deal with qualitative changes. It only deals with fix quality-monads and changing quantities. In physics and physical chemistry, symbols are used to represents various qualitatively different elements, and descriptive explanations are the qualitative complementary of the whole compendium. In biology, Darwin dealt with the
quantitative changes in organic species but the bulk of description
and explanation is most qualitative.
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To interpret physics and physical
chemistry and everything in a mathematical way is to be tautological
and many mathematicians are not objective as they journey in the
pure realm. The cause of phenomenon to them lies in the
variation of their graphs and mathematical equations for which their
inner gymnastics are trained. It is tautology of tautology.
It is objective of the non-objective. After looking at the
pure numbers, measures, algebraic symbols, graphs and equations, the
owner of this potpourri of being psyche hydrogens must move out to
the outer world and return to re-discover himself in the inner
world.
However, when “cosmic” concepts are
introduced into our thoughts as ‘Views from the Real World’ narrated
in as oral and written presentation to other three-brained being
similar to ourselves, we would be narrating as if everything is from
and within the framework of the most general laws of everything so
far known in man, namely:
The models of the enneagrams, the hexagrams, the pentagrams, the trigrams, the diagrams, the geometries and trigonometries and other esoteric models including the formalogical, formatory scientific non-dialectical, non-trialectical and non-octave models and symbols, and etcetera.
The Law of Unity of Opposites is a fundamental concept in dialectical materialism, a philosophy associated with Marxist theory, particularly developed by Hegel and Marx. This law posits that contradictory forces or opposing tendencies coexist within any given phenomenon and are essential to its development and transformation. Key aspects include: 1. Interdependence: Opposing forces are interdependent; one cannot exist without the other. For example, the concepts of day and night are opposites but define each other. 2. Mutual Penetration: These opposites are not static but interact dynamically, influencing and transforming each other. 3. Conflict and Resolution: The interaction between opposites leads to conflict, which is a driving force for change and development. This conflict eventually leads to a synthesis or resolution, resulting in a new state that contains elements of the original opposites. This concept is central to understanding the processes of change and development in nature, society, and thought according to dialectical materialism.
3. The Law of the Transition of Quantitative Changes to Qualitative Changes and Vice Versa According to Dialectical Materialism: The Law of Transition from Quantitative Changes to Qualitative Changes and Vice-Versa is another fundamental principle in dialectical materialism. It describes how gradual, incremental changes in quantity can lead to a fundamental change in quality, and how qualitative changes can, in turn, influence quantitative changes. Here's an overview of the key points: 1. Quantitative Changes: These are gradual and incremental changes in the amount, size, or number of something. For example, heating water gradually increases its temperature. 2. Thresholds and Turning Points: When these quantitative changes reach a certain threshold or turning point, they lead to a qualitative change. For instance, when water is heated to 100 degrees Celsius under standard atmospheric pressure, it undergoes a qualitative change from a liquid to a gas. 3. Qualitative Changes: These are fundamental, radical changes in the nature or essence of something. These changes often result in the creation of a new entity with different properties. In our example, water vapor has different properties from liquid water. 4. Reciprocal Influence: Qualitative changes can also affect quantitative aspects. For instance, the boiling of water not only changes its state but also affects the rate of evaporation, a quantitative change. 5. Application: This law is applied to understand the processes of development and transformation in various fields such as natural sciences, social sciences, and philosophy. It emphasizes the non-linear nature of development and the importance of recognizing critical thresholds and turning points. Overall, this law helps explain how small, seemingly insignificant changes can accumulate over time to produce significant and transformative effects. The law of the transition of quantitative changes to qualitative changes and vice versa is a very complicated law. The real world has quantities to the googolplex and there is an infinity concept for it if quantity is bigger than googolplex. A quantity in the real world whether pure or applied is associated with some forms of pure intrinsic subjective quality in itself and some forms of applied extrinsic objective quality outside itself and becomes a measure in the real world. Quantitative changes in general are established quantitative facts and proofs as foundations or axioms for quantitative changes in syllogistic motion through all the axiomatic laws of mathematics that would finally be bound to mathematical equations - all inside the human head as a quantum field of being-psyche mathematics with cosmic properties. Every bit of change in the quantity has a miniscule change in the the quality, though insignificant at first would soon become qualitatively significant when the nodal point is reached where a major quality identification would 'come-into-being'. If you pluck a hair from the head (a mere quantitative change with insignificant qualitative change), the head is still unbald (as a quality of the unbald), and still unbald if you pluck a thousand hair (because the qualitative changes are still insignificant). However, there is always a last hair (nodal point of significant qualitative transformation) that once this last hair is plucked from the unbald head, you cannot call the head unbald any more and has to call it bald because it truly is now qualitatively bald. If you can re-implant the hairs back onto the head, the vice versa process will happen. So is the transformation of Capitalism to Socialism that have to be studied and applied through this law of transition of quantitative changes to qualitative changes and vice versa. This vice versa is important if you observe this reverse process in the USSR into the Russian Federation. Note that there might be a thousand or quantitative changes to be changed on specific measures to change Capitalism into Socialism. Some major ones are: 1. The '21 sociocosmic fundamental and lateral stopinders that can hold ownership' of the major means of production, distribution, consumption and exchange. There is an Ownership Attraction Law that states that each sociocosmic stopinders from the fundamental and lateral octaves attracts ownership of PDCE properties through alienation of labor from humans and other PDCE organic and synthetic (padrigine) beings. Instead of the simpleton's private and public ownership zero-sum dualistic partialities. 2. The GINI Coefficient findings that is clean from deliberate distortionary partialities or wiseacring 3. The Inflation of Prices without quotation marks clean from intentions or wiseacring 4. The Gross Domestic Products (GDP) measures without partialities or wiaeacring 5. Perhaps up to a thousand more (if you care to observe) for quantitative measuring and changing from the FA-Historical Sociocosmic Species of Capitalism into the SO-Historical Sociocosmic Species of Socialism in accordance to this transition of quantitative changes into qualitative changes and vice versa regarding these two historical sociocosmic species is very complicated.
4. The Law of Negation of Negation The Law of Negation of Negation is a concept in dialectical materialism that describes the process of development and change through contradictions and their resolution. It was articulated by Hegel and later adapted by Marx and Engels in their philosophy. Here are the key points: Negation: This term refers to the process by which a certain condition or state is overcome or superseded by a new one. It involves the rejection or transformation of an existing state. First Negation: An initial state or condition (thesis) undergoes a negation (antithesis), resulting in a change or transformation. This is the first step in the dialectical process. Second Negation (Negation of the Negation): The process continues as the new state (which resulted from the first negation) is itself negated, leading to a higher level of development (synthesis). This second negation does not simply restore the original state but incorporates elements of both the initial state and the changes that occurred. Development as a Spiral: The law suggests that development is not a simple linear progression but occurs in a spiral fashion. Each new stage incorporates and transcends previous stages, leading to more complex and advanced forms. Examples in Nature and Society: One common example is the life cycle of a plant. A seed (thesis) grows into a plant (antithesis) and eventually produces new seeds (synthesis), which in turn begin the cycle anew. In social terms, feudalism (thesis) was negated by capitalism (antithesis), which Marxists believe will eventually be negated by socialism (synthesis). Application: This law is used to analyze and understand processes of historical, social, and natural development. It emphasizes that progress and change involve overcoming and incorporating contradictions, leading to higher levels of complexity and integration. In summary, the Law of Negation of Negation explains how development occurs through a process of overcoming contradictions, leading to new and higher forms of existence.
5. The Law of Triad The law of triad is also called the law of three. A triadic process can be a process between antagonistic opposite forces on the same level to produce the synthesized third or a triadic process between a higher level (of an octave note or otherwise) on or over a lower level (of an octave note or otherwise) to synthesize the middle third. The middle third so formed is a middle level between the higher and the lower levels whereby it will appear lower to the higher level and higher to the lower level. The former triadic process is horizontal motion of forces and the latter is vertical. Note that both can be antagonistic and non-antagonistic in essence. Gurdjieff would called this vertical and horizontal triadic process of the lower level versus the higher level or vice versa resulting in a ‘Harnelmaitznel’ middle position. However, the horizontal triadic process of the same levels would be a horizontal ‘Thucydides Trap’.
1. Heaven (Tian): Represents the celestial and divine forces that govern the natural world and influence human affairs. 2. Earth (Di): Represents the physical world, including the land, mountains, rivers, and all living beings. 3. Sovereign (Jun): Represents the ruler or emperor, who is seen as the intermediary between Heaven and Earth, responsible for maintaining order and justice. 4. People (Min): Represents the population, whose well-being and behavior are crucial for the stability and prosperity of the state. The Law of the Four-Bodied Mandate emphasizes the interdependence of these four aspects, suggesting that harmony in the universe depends on the proper alignment and balance between Heaven, Earth, the sovereign, and the people. When these elements are in harmony, it leads to peace and prosperity; when they are out of balance, it can result in chaos and disaster.
B. THE TECHNICAL SYSTEM OF
THOUGHT
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To my disappointment, the science which I
study is too technical and dry in taste because the faculties of the
mind use in creating the technical writing is mechanistic and uses a
limited set of rules to produce them. By technical is meant
also rich in well-defined terminology of our time, which is exact
and professional but still not touching reality. Therefore
much memorization is required for pouring them out like parrots for
satisfying the passing of an exam. Last year and early this
year, I have pictures, imagine, reflect and meditate almost most of
the sentences I have read. I still see this as a very good way
to grow innerly, and to venture beyond this technical boundary so as
to home this technical system of thoughts in my inner world
properly.
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The non-technical system of thoughts is
even worse but only that it triggers other centers in our body
making them active. These writings are not originated entirely
on thoughts.
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