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Freeing Crystallized Poetic Thoughts

Thursday, 28 June 2007

Joseph A. Bailey, II, M.D.

In the Western world a "word" is like a "seed" which typically contains at least one crystallized, imprisoned, and Substance-less (no God spirit) thought. The word "Love" itself is an example whereby Europeans make it relative and of the material world (e.g. agape, Eros). By contrast, African Tradition deals with crystallized thoughts that are free to expand indefinitely (e.g. by God's spirit and love inside the word "Love"). But what is a "Crystal"? Originally, the ancient Greeks thought "crystal" meant "clear ice" that, when frozen long enough, would turn to quartz, a transparent mineral. Although untrue, both ice and quartz are crystalline. Both, as with all crystals, are made of particles of matter put together in a solid and special way. In fact, most things in the cosmos (e.g. snowflakes, sand grains) are made of crystals-each designed by various different chemical elements. Remarkably, each possesses a beautifully regular geometrical shape (like boxes, pyramids, or their combination)-and each has flat-curved sides. All matter is made of atoms (which have recently been subdivided into positrons, etc-(Tyson, Origins p43)). Hence, atoms are the building blocks of which crystals are made. Sucrose (table sugar) is composed of atoms of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen-combined to form molecules. Sucrose molecules are all alike but differ from diamond crystals.

Thoughts are like constructed crystals. Certain recurring basic elements are fit in a way that generates a particular meaning-a meaning that changes if a nitrogen atom is substituted for just one carbon atom. If one does not go to the trouble of finding and fitting together what it takes to make a pure "molecule" thought but instead settles for "almost" good enough, then the entire thinking structure will take an abnormal route. Put another way, if you are off 0.00001% of one degree in going from here to the Moon you will wind up on Mars. Failing to select just the right word in poetry or convey its most pertinent meaning will set off a path of thinking (in oneself and/or others) in the wrong direction. When that thought (the embryo) is ready to be sent forth to lodge in the mind of another person, it is converted into a seed-like structure, complete with its stored nutrition (the intent) and wrapped up by a coat (definition, meaning). A flaw in the word will also interfere with the force of the "send off" push and thereby generate in the mind of the receiver a bad effect.

Just as changing clear ice into a liquid requires warming it up, once inside the mind of another the word's "seed-cover" dissolves. Then the released thought manifests either in a "hitting the bull's eye" way (i.e. being received as it was intended); or in a somewhat "off target" manner (so that one does not completely understand but gets the general idea of what was sent); or completely misses the target (and becomes misinterpreted and misunderstood)-primarily because the crystallized thought or words were not sufficiently live, active, and intense in emotions/feelings. Obviously, there are varying combinations-e.g. a clear and correct message sent which is heard incorrectly; a polluted message sent and heard correctly; etc. Much of the problem pertaining to whether the thought will be free or remain imprisoned is the Intention (the specific inclination springing from what was aimed for) nourishing the embryo thought. A clear message with an insincere flattery intent may be too freely interpreted; a good thought with love intent usually hits the bull's eye. The point: pay attention to details since that's where the power is!

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Joseph A. Bailey, II, M.D.