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==Note 24==

==Note 24==

| In the beginning was the three-pointed star,

| One smile of light across the empty face;

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| One bough of bone across the rooting air,

In the beginning was the three-pointed star,<br>

| The substance forked that marrowed the first sun;

One smile of light across the empty face;<br>

| And, burning ciphers on the round of space,

One bough of bone across the rooting air,<br>

| Heaven and hell mixed as they spun.

The substance forked that marrowed the first sun;<br>

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And, burning ciphers on the round of space,<br>

| Dylan Thomas, "In The Beginning", Verse 1

Heaven and hell mixed as they spun.

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| &mdash; Dylan Thomas, "In The Beginning", Verse 1

I'm afrayed that this thread is just bound to keep

I'm afrayed that this thread is just bound to keep encountering its manifold of tensuous distractions, but I'd like to try and return now to the topic of inquiry, espectrally viewed in differential aspect.

encountering its manifold of tensuous distractions,

but I'd like to try and return now to the topic of

inquiry, espectrally viewed in differential aspect.

Here's one picture of how it begins,

Here's one picture of how it begins, one angle on the point of departure:

one angle on the point of departure:

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From what we must assume was a state of "Unconscious Nirvana" (UN),

From what we must assume was a state of Unconscious Nirvana (UN), since we do not acutely become conscious until after we are exiled from that garden of our blissful innocence, where our Expectations, our Intentions, our Observations all subsist in a state of perfect harmony, one with every barely perceived other, something intrudes on that scene of paradise to knock us out of that blessed isle and to trouble our countenance forever after at the retrospect thereof.

since we do not acutely become conscious until after we are exiled

from that garden of our blissful innocence, where our Expectations,

our Intentions, our Observations all subsist in a state of perfect

harmony, one with every barely perceived other, something intrudes

on that scene of paradise to knock us out of that blessed isle and

to trouble our countenance forever after at the retrospect thereof.

The least disturbance, it being provident and prudent both to take

The least disturbance, it being provident and prudent both to take that first up, will arise in just one of three ways, in accord with the mode of discord that importunes on our equanimity, whether it is Expectation, Intention, Observation that incipiently incites the riot, departing as it will from congruence with the other two modes of being.

that first up, will arise in just one of three ways, in accord with

the mode of discord that importunes on our equanimity, whether it is

Expectation, Intention, Observation that incipiently incites the riot,

departing as it will from congruence with the other two modes of being.

In short, we cross just one of the three lines that border on the center,

In short, we cross just one of the three lines that border on the center, or perhaps it is better to say that the objective situation transits one of the chordal bounds of harmony, for the moment marked as <math>d_E, d_I, d_O\!</math> to note the fact one's Expectation, Intention, Observation, respectively, is the mode that we duly indite as the one that's sounding the sour note.

or perhaps it is better to say that the objective situation transits one

of the chordal bounds of harmony, for the moment marked as d_E, d_I, d_O

to note the fact one's Expectation, Intention, Observation, respectively,

is the mode that we duly indite as the one that's sounding the sour note.

A difference between Expectation and Observation is experienced

A difference between Expectation and Observation is experienced as a ''Surprise'', a phenomenon that cries out for an Explanation.

as a "Surprise", a phenomenon that cries out for an Explanation.

A discrepancy between Intention and Observation is experienced

A discrepancy between Intention and Observation is experienced as a ''Problem'', of the species that calls for a Plan of Action.

as a "Problem", of the species that calls for a Plan of Action.

I can remember that I once thought up what I thought up an apt

I can remember that I once thought up what I thought up an apt name for a gap between Expectation and Intention, but I cannot recall what it was, nor yet find the notes where I recorded it.

name for a gap between Expectation and Intention, but I cannot

recall what it was, nor yet find the notes where I recorded it.

At any rate, the modes of experiencing a surprising phenomenon

At any rate, the modes of experiencing a surprising phenomenon or a problematic situation, as described just now, are already complex modalities, and will need to be analyzed further if we want to relate them to the minimal changes <math>d_E, d_I, d_O.\!</math> Let me think about that for a little while and see what transpires.

or a problematic situation, as described just now, are already

complex modalities, and will need to be analyzed further if we

want to relate them to the minimal changes d_E, d_I, d_O.  Let

me think about that for a little while and see what transpires.

==Note 25==

==Note 25==