Bureaucrat; Part Thirty-seven,
Chapter One: Gatekeeper
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Pt. 37,
Ch. 01
He was an image of hope to the people, an example of a life rewarded
after incredible suffering; symbol of re-birth.
#Emergence
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Bureaucrat; Part Thirty-seven,
Chapter Two: Desk Jockey
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Pt. 37, Ch. 02
He was celebrated by both the Empire, and Continuum; as
he moved from the lowest order into a position of authority.
#Emergence
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Bureaucrat; Part Thirty-seven,
Chapter Three: Pencil Pusher
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Pt. 37, Ch. 03
From doorman to receptionist, to stenographer; his celebrity made him
in demand. He rose up the hierarchy mindfully.
#Emergence
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Bureaucrat; Part Thirty-seven,
Chapter Four: File Clerk
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Pt. 37, Ch. 04
At his yearly reviews he was raised up, given more freedom. He
relished it. He continued to look beyond his station.
#Emergence
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Bureaucrat; Part Thirty-seven,
Chapter Five: Monitor
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Pt. 37, Ch. 05
The Empire required controls at every level. In time he rose to a
position of reporting on a wide range of activity.
#Emergence
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Bureaucrat; Part Thirty-seven,
Chapter Six: Quality Assurance
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Pt.37, Pt.06
Observe, report, ensure that the work of government is carried out
efficiently; he never once dropped his diligence.
#Emergence
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Bureaucrat; Part Thirty-seven,
Chapter Seven: Supervisor
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Pt.37,
Ch.07
He became
a chief administrator. There was no place left for him to rise, so they
drafted him into military service.
#Emergence
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Bureaucrat; Part Thirty-seven
Collected Chapters
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Part 37, Bureaucrat
Chapters
01 Gatekeeper
02 Desk
Jockey
03 Pencil
Pusher
04 File
Clerk
05 Monitor
06 Quality
Assurance
07 Supervisor
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Sunday, September 25, 2016
A Homily – The Gospel of Luke 16:19 - 31 ©
A Homily – The Gospel of Luke 16:19 - 31 ©
The Gospel of the Day – 2016.09.25
The Vision of Abraham and Lazarus, A Lack
of Charity
Jesus
said to the Pharisees, ‘There was a rich man who used to dress in purple and
fine linen and feast magnificently every day. And at his gate there lay a poor
man called Lazarus, covered with sores, who longed to fill himself with the
scraps that fell from the rich man’s table. Dogs even came and licked his
sores. Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to the bosom of
Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried.
‘In his torment in Hades he looked up and saw
Abraham a long way off with Lazarus in his bosom. So he cried out, “Father
Abraham, pity me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and
cool my tongue, for I am in agony in these flames.” “My son,” Abraham replied
“remember that during your life good things came your way, just as bad things
came the way of Lazarus. Now he is being comforted here while you are in agony.
But that is not all: between us and you a great gulf has been fixed, to stop
anyone, if he wanted to, crossing from our side to yours, and to stop any
crossing from your side to ours.”
‘The rich man replied, “Father, I beg you
then to send Lazarus to my father’s house, since I have five brothers, to give
them warning so that they do not come to this place of torment too.” “They have
Moses and the prophets,” said Abraham “let them listen to them..” “Ah no,
father Abraham,” said the rich man “but if someone comes to them from the dead,
they will repent.” Then Abraham said to him, “If they will not listen either to
Moses or to the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone should
rise from the dead.”’
False
Narratives in the Gospel
There
are readings in the Gospel that contradict everything Jesus himself taught.
This
is one of those readings.
This
is not a parable, it is not meant to teach anything but fear. It is given as a
means of justifying the first Christians, especially in those communities
outside of Palestine, in their desire to see some others excluded from their
charity.
There
are clues given; by which we can see that this is a false interpretation of Jesus’
teaching.
The
first clue is the heavily mythologized imagery, imagery of the afterlife the
presence of Lazarus in the Bosom of Abraham (imagined here as an analogy of Elysium),
the abode of the blessed dead.
Another
clue is in the reference to Hades, the description of the gulf between it and
the blessed realm. Jesus did not speak in concrete terms regarding the
afterlife.
Another
clue is in the way that the author riffs on the name of Lazarus, which is the
name of a man who we know Jesus loved. The author builds up the narrative in a
way that draws a clear connection between Lazarus and the tales of the Syro-Phoenician
woman, who also, like a dog, asks for scraps at the table of Christ.
In
this way the author connects everyone who is viewed as an outsider in the
believing community, on the basis of nationalism, and ethnicity, to Lazarus,
who was beloved by Jesus; the man for whom Jesus wept.
The
final clue we are given so that we can see this reading as false, is the central
message of the reading itself. The message that is given is that Jesus is
content to let people die in their sins, suffer in eternity, and never have
recourse to salvation. This message is in stark contrast to his teaching on
love, forgiveness, and mercy.
We
should always be mindful of the way the prejudices of human beings, in the era
when the gospels were first being written, creep into the narrative to rob us
of the truth.
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Saturday, September 24, 2016
May You Live in Interesting Times ~ Ancient Curse (Part Six)
Editorial,
The Week in Review – Analysis, Commentary, Opinion
09.24.2016
May You Live in
Interesting Times ~ Ancient Curse
Part Six
Donald Trump is running for President of the United States.
He has no experience in government. He is a television personality.
He has a history of failed business ventures going back decades; multiple
bankruptcies, and thousands of lawsuits filed against him.
He is currently the subject of a class action lawsuit alleging that he
committed fraud on thousands of people across the country; Trump University.
It is likely that he bribed the attorney general of Florida so that she
would not have her office participate in that suit. He paid her off with a
campaign contribution, the check was written to her by his charitable
foundation. That was illegal, his foundation is not allowed to make political contributions.
He paid a small fine when he was caught.
He has not given to his own foundation for nearly a decade. He deposits
other people’s money in its coffers. On several occasions he has used those monies
for his own enrichment and benefit; paying out legal settlements, buying
football memorabilia, etc…
He is currently named as a defendant in a civil suit in California,
alleging that he sexually assaulted a twelve-year-old girl.
More than one of his campaign advisers has ties to the Russia, and the
Kremlin.
He owes various Russian oligarchs hundreds of millions of dollars.
He will not release his tax returns.
He claims to be a billionaire, but his debts may exceed his assets.
He is nominee of the Republican Party for President.
He is a liar, a fraud, and cheat.
Friday, September 23, 2016
Emergence: Section Six, The Empire; Part Thirty-six, Servant, Collected Chapters
Servant; Part Thirty-six,
Chapter One: The Oppressed
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Pt. 36,
Ch. 01
The Empire ruled every civilization founded by the children of the
Ancients; ruling with power, crushing the people.
#Emergence
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Servant; Part Thirty-six,
Chapter Two: The Suppressed
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Pt. 36, Ch. 02
Dissent was punished with brutish joy. Imperial police
delighted in torture; feeding the appetites of the Continuum.
#Emergence
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Servant; Part Thirty-six,
Chapter Three: The Repressed
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Pt. 36, Ch. 03
Under the heel of the Imperial police; life was a struggle. Go
unnoticed, blend in; these were the keys to survival.
#Emergence
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Servant; Part Thirty-six,
Chapter Four: The Depressed
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Pt. 36, Ch. 04
Apart from the nobility, the lives of the people were sorrowful. Most
were angry, without hope, desperate and alone.
#Emergence
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Servant; Part Thirty-six,
Chapter Five: Hostage
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Pt. 36, Ch. 05
He was a media darling before he developed a conscience. Then he
turned his attention to the plight of the people.
#Emergence
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Servant; Part Thirty-six,
Chapter Six: Victim
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Pt. 36, Pt. 06
The Imperial power built him up, reveled in his celebrity; then took
him down. He became a sacrifice for the Empire.
#Emergence
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Servant; Part Thirty-six,
Chapter Seven: Convert
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Pt. 36,
Ch. 07
In the moment he lost everything; he gave in. Continuum restored him
to life; an idol, newly created as a superstar.
#Emergence
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Servant; Part Thirty-six
Collected Chapters
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Section 06, The Empire
Part 36, Servant
Chapters
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Oppressed
02 The
Suppressed
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Repressed
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Depressed
05 Hostage
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Sunday, September 18, 2016
A Homily – The Gospel of Luke 16:1 - 13 ©
The Gospel of the Day – 2016.09.18
Stewardship
Jesus said to his
disciples, ‘There was a rich man and he had a steward denounced to him for
being wasteful with his property. He called for the man and said, “What is this
I hear about you? Draw me up an account of your stewardship because you are not
to be my steward any longer.” Then the steward said to himself, “Now that my
master is taking the stewardship from me, what am I to do? Dig? I am not strong
enough. Go begging? I should be too ashamed. Ah, I know what I will do to make
sure that when I am dismissed from office there will be some to welcome me into
their homes.”
Then he called his master’s debtors one by
one. To the first he said, “How much do you owe my master?” “One hundred
measures of oil” was the reply. The steward said, “Here, take your bond; sit
down straight away and write fifty.” To another he said, “And you, sir, how
much do you owe?” “One hundred measures of wheat” was the reply. The steward
said, “Here, take your bond and write eighty.”
‘The master praised the dishonest steward for
his astuteness. For the children of this world are more astute in dealing with
their own kind than are the children of light.
‘And so I tell you this: use money, tainted
as it is, to win you friends, and thus make sure that when it fails you, they
will welcome you into the tents of eternity. The man who can be trusted in
little things can be trusted in great; the man who is dishonest in little
things will be dishonest in great. If then you cannot be trusted with money,
that tainted thing, who will trust you with genuine riches? And if you cannot be
trusted with what is not yours, who will give you what is your very own?
‘No servant can be the slave of two masters:
he will either hate the first and love the second, or treat the first with
respect and the second with scorn. You cannot be the slave both of God and of
money.’
(NJB)
Where
is your Heart
Find
your way in the world.
The
world is a capricious place.
Find
your way.
Take
the good with bad, you have no other choice.
Take
the bad with good.
You
may steer your own vessel, but you do not control the storm, the wind, the
rain, the waves, or the current. You have little say in the choices that other people
make.
Be
loving, merciful, and just; strive to possess these qualities; regardless of
how you fail, because you will fail time and time again, regardless of your
failings, love what is good and avoid what is evil.
Be
kind to people, and develop friendships, we cannot go through life without
them. We need each other, we are communal beings. When age and sickness come
upon us, we will die without loving friends and family.
The
world is full of caprice, we cannot save up enough money, stores of food to
survive an ordinary calamity, and the world is full of calamities. We cannot
survive them without our friends.
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May You Live in Interesting Times ~ Ancient Curse (Part Five)
Editorial,
The Week in Review – Analysis, Commentary, Opinion
09.17.2016
May You Live in
Interesting Times ~ Ancient Curse
Part Five
The campaign for the presidency stayed interesting this week, and
dismaying.
Former 1st lady, former Senator, former Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton returned to the campaign trail after taking a few days of rest to
recuperate from a bout of bacterial pneumonia. She had to take some time off to
rest and recover, even in the midst of republican conspiracies that have been
circulating about her health, her physical strength, the limits of her
endurance, and her stamina.
Hillary Clinton did not want to show weakness; this is both
understandable, and forgivable. However, her flagging health fed directly into
the rumors her opponents had been circulating against her.
She responded by taking her rest, releasing an update to her health
records, and the coming back to the campaign in force. Meanwhile her opponent,
Donald Trump, T-Rump, issued a new health summary that lied about his height,
his weight, and in his typical macho-man fashion, his testosterone level.
Because he lies so much, the entire report may well be false.
It is the middle of September, and there is only slightly more than one
and a half months to go until election day, and at this late point in the
campaign the media is finally figuring out that they have a responsibility to
call T-Rump on his lies, or at least some of them. They did not call him out on
the obvious lies written in his health summary.
Many journalists have however called T-Rump out for lying about Hillary Clinton,
lying about the role her 2008 presidential campaign played in promoting the
conspiracy theory that our President; Barrack Obama, is not a citizen, and therefore
not eligible to be President of the United States.
T-Rump was himself the chief promoter of that conspiracy. He promoted it
arduously, for many years, while at the same time promoting the idea, that he
is secretly a Muslim, secretly in league with the terrorists who threaten our
citizens, and our interests around the world, secretly not a graduate of
Harvard University, and so forth, and so on.
This week, with one sentence, T-Rump tried to escape responsibility for
that, and blame Hillary instead. It was sad, it was pathetic, it was obvious,
and utterly false.
The man is a shameless liar.
The media seemed to catching on this week. The began to call T-Rump out
for these obvious lies, and they have begun to talk openly about his habit of
lying. The question remains, can they keep it up? Will they be able to
challenge him and his people whenever they lie? Can they investigate his
pattern of fabrications? Will they be able to hold him accountable?
T-Rump ended his week by suggesting that Hillary’s Secret Service detail
be disarmed, musing about what would likely happen to her if they were not
armed, feeding into a pattern of his, wherein he suggests possible avenues of
violence that could be directed toward her, and seeming to delight in it.
T-Rump will not be satisfied if he does not win. He would rather see his
opponent killed than lose, and if he does win, he threatens to lock her up, to
silence any possible avenues of dissent coming from her, her camp, or her
supporters.
They are interesting, sad, and doleful times.
Friday, September 16, 2016
Emergence: Section Five, 92835670100561474; Collected Parts
Emergence:
Section Five, 92835670100561474
Part Twenty-nine, Identity
Collected Chapters
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Section 05, 92835670100561474
Part 29, Identity
Chapters
01 Sleep
02
Awakening
03 The
Collective
04 Remembering
05
Primordial-Self
06 Id
07 Ego
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Identity; Part Twenty-nine,
Chapter One: Sleep
|
Pt. 29,
Ch. 01
There was darkness; a placid ocean under the black shroud. Silent, yet
shifting; it pulsed like the forgotten heart.
#Emergence
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Identity; Part Twenty-nine,
Chapter Two: Awakening
|
Pt. 29, Ch. 02
He awoke in the dark place where his consciousness was
sequestered; awoke in the current of all the others with him.
#Emergence
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Identity; Part Twenty-nine,
Chapter Three: The Collective
|
Pt. 29, Ch. 03
He could feel the collective pressing in on him; sensing his own
distinctiveness in a way that no one else ever had.
#Emergence
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Identity; Part Twenty-nine,
Chapter Four: Remembering
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Pt. 29, Ch. 04
As he awoke Jim remembered; life before the great sleep. Before the
Continuum; he remembered everything. He planned.
#Emergence
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Identity; Part Twenty-nine,
Chapter Five: Primordial-Self
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Pt. 29, Ch. 05
Differentiation begins with the desire to continue; as an individual,
not merely a member of the collective. I am I.
#Emergence
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Identity; Part Twenty-nine,
Chapter Six: Id
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Pt. 29, Pt. 06
A drive was building in the depths of his self; to taste, and to see,
to feel the touch of flesh, of wind, and heat.
#Emergence
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Identity; Part Twenty-nine,
Chapter Seven: Ego
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Pt. 29,
Ch. 07
From sleep in the deep-dark, undulating ocean of pre-consciousness he
awoke, was recognized; a lost brother, reborn.
#Emergence
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Emergence:
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Translation; Part Thirty
Collected Chapters
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Section 05, 92835670100561474
Part 30, Translation
Chapters
01 Loss
02
Absolution
03
Convergence
04 Adrift
05
Permeation
06
Collective
07 Remnant
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Translation; Part Thirty,
Chapter One: Loss
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Pt. 30,
Ch. 01
Loss overwhelmed him. As he regained his senses, he was inundated by
the knowledge of what he lost in the big sleep.
#Emergence
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Translation; Part Thirty,
Chapter Two: Absolution
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Pt. 30, Ch. 02
Emerging from the well of consciousness, he was reborn.
The dread, and malaise he took with him to sleep, were gone.
#Emergence
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Translation; Part Thirty,
Chapter Three: Convergence
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Pt. 30, Ch. 03
His return was met with shock; surprise, if such a feeling could be
ascribed to the Continuum. It was unprecedented.
#Emergence
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Translation; Part Thirty,
Chapter Four: Adrift
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Pt. 30, Ch. 04
After returning he was isolated. First there was curiosity, then
nothing. He could not share the collective concern.
#Emergence
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Translation; Part Thirty,
Chapter Five: Permeation
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Pt. 30, Ch. 05
The desire of the Continuum filled him; fascination with trivia,
frivolity, and the deep emotions they delighted in.
#Emergence
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Translation; Part Thirty,
Chapter Six: Collective
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Pt. 30, Pt. 06
Democracy; the group mind had a gravity that pulled individual members
into it, capturing them in a form of bondage.
#Emergence
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Translation; Part Thirty,
Chapter Seven: Remnant
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Pt. 30,
Ch. 07
Jim was a curiosity; out of synch with the Collective. He was a
fragment of history from an epoch without relevance.
#Emergence
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Emergence:
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Silence; Part Thirty-one
Collected Chapters
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Section 05, 92835670100561474
Part 31, Silence
Chapters
01
Paralysis
02 Erosion
03
Crucible
04 Hearing
05 Seeing
06 Feeling
07 Being
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Silence; Part Thirty-one,
Chapter One: Paralysis
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Pt. 31,
Ch. 01
He was forgotten, drifting unseen by the collective; removed from
their consumptive orgies of vicarious experiences.
#Emergence
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Silence; Part Thirty-one,
Chapter Two: Erosion
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Pt. 31, Ch. 02
His bond to the Collective faded; to their values, and
fears. It was a new life; awake to himself, but dead to them.
#Emergence
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Silence; Part Thirty-one,
Chapter Three: Crucible
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Pt. 31, Ch. 03
Coming from the great sleep was like passing through the eye of a
needle. His essence changed. He became a catalyst.
#Emergence
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Silence; Part Thirty-one,
Chapter Four: Hearing
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Pt. 31, Ch. 04
He sensed the current of thought pulsing through the collective and
the deeper current of the sleepers. It woke him.
#Emergence
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Silence; Part Thirty-one,
Chapter Five: Seeing
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Pt. 31, Ch. 05
He learned to do the impossible; to penetrate the experiences field of
the others in the Collective. He was shocked.
#Emergence
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Silence; Part Thirty-one,
Chapter Six: Feeling
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Pt. 31, Pt. 06
No one was to return from the sleep. Upon waking; he was more than
one. He was entangled in every part of the whole.
#Emergence
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Silence; Part Thirty-one,
Chapter Seven: Being
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Pt. 31,
Ch. 07
He knew that he was not the person he was when went into the great
sleep. The essence of the Collective was now his.
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Abnegation; Part Thirty-two
Collected Chapters
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Section 05, 92835670100561474
Part 32, Abnegation
Chapters
01 Penalty
02 Release
03 Nothing
04 Peace
05 Freedom
06 Purpose
07
Destruction
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Abnegation; Part Thirty-two,
Chapter One: Penalty
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Pt. 32,
Ch. 01
In time he was discovered; entering the experiences of others, a taboo
none thought could be crossed. He was jailed.
#Emergence
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Abnegation; Part Thirty-two,
Chapter Two: Release
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Pt. 32, Ch. 02
The Collective recognized his uniqueness; took
responsibility for abandoning him after he had awoken, and freed him.
#Emergence
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Abnegation; Part Thirty-two,
Chapter Three: Nothing
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Pt. 32, Ch. 03
Before The Collective gave judgement, he was isolated; sequestered,
cut off. There was silence, darkness, emptiness.
#Emergence
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Abnegation; Part Thirty-two,
Chapter Four: Peace
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Pt. 32, Ch. 04
In isolation he had time to contemplate; to examine his conscience, to
come to terms with himself, and find purpose.
#Emergence
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Abnegation; Part Thirty-two,
Chapter Five: Freedom
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Pt. 32, Ch. 05
Untethered from the collective, from the pressure of its passions, and
fears slumbering within it; he found himself.
#Emergence
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Abnegation; Part Thirty-two,
Chapter Six: Purpose
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Pt. 32, Pt. 06
In isolation he found purpose; a desire to remember, understand,
experience real-life, and to destroy the Continuum.
#Emergence
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Abnegation; Part Thirty-two,
Chapter Seven: Destruction
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Pt. 32,
Ch. 07
Jim came to himself, by abandoning the Collective; in the same way as
he had learned to come out of the great sleep.
#Emergence
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Remembrance; Part Thirty-three
Collected Chapters
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Section 05, 92835670100561474
Part 33, Remembrance
Chapters
01 The Ancient
Life
02 The
Promise of Continuum
03 The Lie
04
Suffering
05 Will
06 Desire
07 Justice
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Remembrance; Part Thirty-three,
Chapter One: The Ancient
Life
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Pt. 33,
Ch. 01
The ancient life was not easy. There was conflict, and war. There was
death; a promise to end the concern of living.
#Emergence
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Remembrance; Part Thirty-three,
Chapter Two: The Promise of Continuum
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Pt. 33, Ch. 02
The Continuum was promoted as a means of freeing people
from the vicissitudes of life, and the drudgeries of living.
#Emergence
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Remembrance; Part Thirty-three,
Chapter Three: The Lie
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Pt. 33, Ch. 03
Continuum freed no-one. It perpetuated the banal, and magnified the
mundane, carrying the Collective into depravity.
#Emergence
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Remembrance; Part Thirty-three,
Chapter Four: Suffering
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Pt. 33, Ch. 04
Continuum shared of the collective experience of each individual. The
most intense experiences were the most shared.
#Emergence
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Remembrance; Part Thirty-three,
Chapter Five: Will
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Pt. 33, Ch. 05
Many who joined the Continuum underwent a negation of self from which
they never recovered. Only the strong survive.
#Emergence
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Remembrance; Part Thirty-three,
Chapter Six: Desire
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Pt. 33, Pt. 06
Desire is the root of self, of joy, of suffering. Before fear there is
desire the greatest determiner of who we are.
#Emergence
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Remembrance; Part Thirty-three,
Chapter Seven: Justice
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Pt. 33,
Ch. 07
The Continuum fostered a visceral and deep depravity within itself.
Only a small minority who experienced it craved any justice as a result.
#Emergence
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Selected; Part Thirty-four
Collected Chapters
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Section 05, 92835670100561474
Part 34, Selected
Chapters
01 Return
02
Commission
03 Exile
04 Mission
05
Children of the Ancients
06 The
Lost
07 The
Changed
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Selected; Part Thirty-four,
Chapter One: Return
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Pt. 34,
Ch. 01
Jim drifted in obscurity; silent, and forgotten. When he asserted his
voice in the Continuum there was astonishment.
#Emergence
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Selected; Part Thirty-four,
Chapter Two: Commission
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Pt. 34, Ch. 02
Continuum did not want him; a relic lingering in its
subconscious; judging them. Jim was sent to the Observer Corps.
#Emergence
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Selected; Part Thirty-four,
Chapter Three: Exile
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Pt. 34, Ch. 03
Observers were malcontent; desiring neither the collective, nor the
great sleep. They were sent out into the galaxy.
#Emergence
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Selected; Part Thirty-four,
Chapter Four: Mission
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Pt. 34, Ch. 04
For thousands of lives he pursued the migration the ancients took
before Continuum; beyond the Empire, in the stars.
#Emergence
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Selected; Part Thirty-four,
Chapter Five: Children of the Ancients
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Pt. 34, Ch. 05
The ancient race founded thousands of communities among the stars. He
followed their legends and tracked their wake.
#Emergence
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Selected; Part Thirty-four,
Chapter Six: The Lost
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Pt. 34, Pt. 06
In his quest for the ancient spacefarers; he found many branches of
their progeny who vanished from their knowledge.
#Emergence
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Selected; Part Thirty-four,
Chapter Seven: The Changed
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Pt. 34,
Ch. 07
He found colonies that had lost the memory of where they came from.
Their trials and their sojourn had altered them.
#Emergence
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Emergence:
Section Five, 92835670100561474
Discovery; Part Thirty-five
Collected Chapters
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Section 05, 92835670100561474
Part 35, Discovery
Chapters
01
Mutations
02 Origins
03 History
04
Homecoming
05 The
Nous Sphere
06 Cynergy
07 The
Organic Collective
#Emergence
#SuperShortFiction
#365SciFi
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Discovery; Part Thirty-five,
Chapter One: Mutations
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Pt. 35,
Ch. 01
On the trek, over multiple lifetimes; he found subtle changes in
physicality among the peoples of different planets.
#Emergence
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Discovery; Part Thirty-five,
Chapter Two: Origins
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Pt. 35, Ch. 02
Mutation is a normal response to radiation, gravity;
differing from world to world. Earth produced something unique.
#Emergence
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Discovery; Part Thirty-five,
Chapter Three: History
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Pt. 35, Ch. 03
In the ganglia of mythology; he found the record of their journey
across the stars; retold through stories and song.
#Emergence
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Discovery; Part Thirty-five,
Chapter Four: Homecoming
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Pt. 35, Ch. 04
The end was Earth. The ancients who landed here had nowhere else to
go; neither did the Observer once he found them.
#Emergence
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Discovery; Part Thirty-five,
Chapter Five: The Nous Sphere
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Pt. 35, Ch. 05
Inhabiting a human body was unlike any experience the observer ever
had before, consciousness itself was different.
#Emergence
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Discovery; Part Thirty-five,
Chapter Six: Cynergy
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Pt. 35, Pt. 06
Jim began to modify his genetic profile; to enhance the genetic
sequence optimizing his conscious link to the field.
#Emergence
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Discovery; Part Thirty-five,
Chapter Seven: The Organic Collective
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Pt. 35,
Ch. 07
He discovered Earth’s cynergenic field, a natural form of Continuum,
the collective consciousness of the human race.
#Emergence
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