Practice in At's Emergent Learning (1) LO17734

d.l.dwiggins@computer.org
Sun, 12 Apr 1998 19:59:52 -0700

Replying to LO17546 --

Mnr AM de Lange writes:
> The seven essentialities allow me to home in on constructions and to
> avoid destructions. They help me to manage creative bifurcations much
> better. Although they work for me, they will not necessarily work for
> all of you. Why? I must be very frank with you. Firstly, God lit the
> flame of unconditional love in me long ago. It is because of that
> flame that these essentialities work for me - without that flame they
> lose their power. Secondly, the concept "entropy production" had been
> part of my life the last thirty years. It helped me to discover the
> essentialities and become knowledgeable in them. You have to work
> from a different context - your own context. You cannot rely on my
> learning - you have to make use of your own "creative learning".

> The seven essentialities also make me very afraid. Knowledge of them
> also gives me the power to destroy on a scale as never has been known
> before. It is like the knowledge of nuclear power - we can use it to
> make a nuclear generator of electricty for constructive purposes, but
> we can also use it to make a nuclear bomb for destructive purposes.
> Were it not for the flame of uncondional love within me, I would
> certainly have misused my knowledge of them - I have certainly been
> tempted to do so.

Could unconditional love be another essentiality? Or is it in a different
dimension? It sounds as though it's important, if not essential, for a
successful emergence.

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