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<\/a><\/p>\nIt might be useful to appreciate the provenance of this drawing. It is a two-dimensional projection of a five-dimensional object that expresses the promise of the \u201cstar\u201d over the tree. The tree is an arrow tip pointing at the star. The star in turn is a shadow or projection of the deeper cosmic \u201cstar\u201d force, which is an unfolding expression of the semi-divine unfolding. It\u2019s a pulse of the One Mind into our three-dimensional world.<\/p>\n
Notice that this diagram seems complex: These are resonances, echoes, the way a note vibrates many times. The theme has nine nodes, which represent a principle beyond mere balance: It is a dynamic unfolding that takes many forms, interacts in multiple ways\u2014every other node, or every fourth node, or every fifth node.<\/p>\n
That might be interpret-able by we humans as a deep freedom to design our lives within the matrix of the whole, the holy, the positive on-going-ness of the cosmos.<\/p>\n
While Christmas celebrates the birth of the prophet who galvanized Christianity\u2014i.e., Yeshua ben Yusuf\u2014so too the winter solstice is a good symbol for the great turning of humanity away from selfishness and towards a recognition of our one-ness. There are resonances of Hanukkah as a celebration of new light, of Thanksgiving as, well, the place of giving thanks for all this Grace.<\/p>\n
So that\u2019s my Holiday dissertation. Don\u2019t take it too seriously. It\u2019s just a literary resonance to the picture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dear Christmas Pal, I\u2019m sending you a trans-dimension C\u2019mas tree ornament, which you may choose to color with sparkle pens. It might be useful to appreciate the provenance of this drawing. It is a two-dimensional projection of a five-dimensional object that expresses the promise of the \u201cstar\u201d over the tree. The tree is an arrow […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,14,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-mandalas-doodles-scripts","category-foolin","category-world-of-almost-real"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1597"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1598,"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1597\/revisions\/1598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}