Kenne and Joy
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
— Soren Kierkegaard
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Does It Matter That There Is No Matter? May 10, 2008 — Revisited Leave a comment
Does It Matter That There Is No Matter?
The short answer is, no. What matters is “…the matrix of all matter.” The dictionary definition of a matrix is “…that which gives origin or form to a thing, or which serves to enclose it; the rectangular arrangement into rows and columns of the elements of a set.” A matrix is formed when parallel existences are crossed to create new relationships that allow for a convivial environment. For Max Planck, who most credit the modern use of “matrix”, it was the field of resulting from linking the conscious and intelligent mind. The process of doing this, in which we can exist as one in the universe, is matrixing. That is to say that we continually attempt to alter our surroundings to benefit all existence more and more. This is what matrixing is all about: constantly developing an environment by building upon a past development without having to recreate the original development from scratch.
From an existential view, it is the act of placing one’s self back into the world, becoming unified with all things. To do otherwise is to ignore enough reality, in which that not ignored is distorted in ignorance. Traditional science tends to view humans as separate from the whole and in doing so can result in the repression of a single phenomenon. The act of this behavior is judging. Thou shalt not judge! Placing desires for one thing above existence in the fullness of all it is. By setting up preferences that exclude any of life, we have condemned ourselves to ignorance. If matrixing is the process of living as one in the universe, then the goal of understanding existence is becoming identical with the process. One is closest to understanding existence when most puzzled as to the true nature of the universe.
Yesterday, I received an email from a friend in Brazil in response to one of my blog entries, which I would like to share:
“Although I may agree with you in several aspects, I´m not that optimistic and idealistic. Many consequences (especially those relating to climatic aspects and geo-political chaotic scenarios) won´t be able to be avoided, which will cause an increase in pain and suffering in the world. Tomorrow´s dawn will be a dark one, no matter what we do now. We can only prepare ourselves and make sure the day after tomorrow won´t be even darker —
‘Can you picture what will be
so limiteless and free
desperately in need… of some…stranger´s hand
in a desperate land.'”
Such a feeling is not uncommon in today’s world, which has also been noted by one of today’s most noted writers, Gregg Braden, on the marriage of science and spirituality being the answer to solving problems such as those expressed by my Brazilian friend. Last evening, Joy and I had an opportunity to attend Gregg’s presentation at Unity Houston titled “The Science of Miracles: If You Know the Code, You Choose the Limits!” Can we solve today’s major global problems, which have existed in the past but are now converging into a “perfect storm” scenario for the first time? For Gregg Braden, the answer is Yes!
However, it is in our hands.
— kenne
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The Woodlands Waterway Leave a comment
Joy, Katelyn, and Dave, July 4, 2004
Do not live half a life
and do not die a half death
If you choose silence, then be silent
When you speak, do so until you are finished
If you accept, then express it bluntly
Do not mask it
If you refuse then be clear about it
for an ambiguous refusal is but a weak acceptance
Do not accept half a solution
Do not believe half truths
Do not dream half a dream
Do not fantasize about half hopes
Half the way will get you no where
You are a whole that exists to live a life
not half a life.
— Khalil Gibran
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This Is Us Not Losing Sight 3 comments
This Is Us Not Losing Sight — Photo-artistry by kenne
Life is short, and it is sinful to waste one’s time. They say I’m active. But being active is still wasting one’s time,
if in doing one loses oneself. Today is a resting time, and my heart goes off in search of itself. If an anguish still clutches me,
it’s when I feel this impalpable moment slip through my fingers like quicksilver… At the moment, my whole kingdom is of this world.
This sun and these shadows, this warmth and this cold rising from the depths of the air: why wonder if something is dying
or if men suffer, since everything is written on this window where the sun sheds its plenty as a greeting to my pity?
— Albert Camus
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Painted Lady Butterfly Leave a comment
Painted Lady Butterfly — Image by kenne
All things flourish, and each returns to its source.
— Lao Tzu
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The Will To Live 2 comments
Internalizing Existence — Abstract by kenne
I seek to satisfy the Will
Through art and philosophy
To better cope with
The problems of Being
While seeking direction
For Becoming in the will to live.
This is a driving force to
Consume moments, things
Ideas, goals, and facts only to
Possess a state of being,
Where nothing remains but
Abandonment and boredom.
This is more apparent in the
The constant appearance of death
Taking place in the reality of
The world around us that is crazy,
sad, violent reality of existing
in a state where the mind and body
Are often in a conspiracy against.
We see the world around us
Through each experience
Creating personal filters
Used to interpret what is reality
Therefore, what is real is not real
Resulting in becoming a prisoner
Of our own making.
— kenne
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Golden Columbine On Mt. Lemmon 3 comments
Golden Columbine On Mt. Lemmon, July 2022 — Image by kenne
The only wisdom we can hope to acquire
Is the wisdom of humility: humility is endless.
— from Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot
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Red (Flame) Skimmer 2 comments
Red (Flame) skimmer (Libellula saturata) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock:
each little adjustment of the dials seems to achieve nothing,
only when everything is in place does the door open.
— Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Sonoran Abstract 2 comments
Sonoran Abstract — Photo-Artistry by kenne
All art contains elements taken
from what is perceived as real.
The more elements are distorted,
reflecting a common ground
of color and line, allowing
each to stand alone,
while searching for new ways
to express emotions beyond
the reach of words.
— kenne
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Cut Saguaro Ten Years Out 3 comments
I took this image in September 2011 while on my first Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists (SCVN) nature walk.
I was so appalled that someone cut off the top of this young (probably 35-40 years old) saguaro cactus.
Sadly, over the years, I have frequently seen this type of vandalism.
This Image, taken July 27, 2021, illustrates the resiliency of nature. — Image by kenne
Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns,
so that each small piece of her fabric reveals
the organization of the entire tapestry.
— Richard Feynman
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In Spite Of . . . 2 comments
In Spite of the Drought Nature Finds Ways To Survive — Image by kenne
Life is a journey
trying to learn
the unwritten
laws of living.
— kenne
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Pipevine Swallowtail Abstract Leave a comment
Pipevine Swallowtail Abstract — Photo-Artistry by kenne
“There are moments in our lives, there are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual.
Such are the moments of our greatest happiness. Such are the moments of our greatest wisdom.
If one could but recall his vision by some sort of sign. It was in this hope that the arts were invented.
Sign-posts on the way to what may be. Sign-posts toward greater knowledge.”
— Robert Henri
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Cooper’s Hawk After Sex Leave a comment
Cooper’s Hawk after Sex — Image by kenne
Sometimes to love someone, you’ve got to be a stranger.
— kenne
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The Desert Winds Are Blowing 2 comments
March 2021 Sunset Paintings — Photo-Artistry by kenne
The desert winds
are blowing
Dust in the air
A haze on the horizon
Is it today, tomorrow
Or the end of time?
I’m an old man taking
A look at my life
At seasons through eyes
Still chasing the rabbit
Still chasing the rabbit
So I will ask Alice
Where will I be tomorrow?
Tomorrow can be a long time
I don’t care anymore
Just responding
To life’s facades
Looking for an answer
Have I been deceived?
I don’t care anymore
Just responding
To life’s facades
Looking for an answer
Have I been deceived?
Not knowing for sure
Will not cease exploring
In time arriving at a place
Which was the beginning
Will there be knowledge of
The place for the first time?
Will not cease exploring
In time arriving at a place
Which was the beginning
Will there be knowledge of
The place for the first time?
— kenne
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Death On A Sabino Canyon Trail Leave a comment
Death On A Sabino Canyon Trail — Image by kenne
We name time when we say:
every thing has its time.
This means:
everything which actually is,
every being comes and goes at the right time
and remains for a time during the time allotted to it.
Every thing has its time.
— Martin Heidegger
