The Seven Mysteries of Life

I used to have an illogical belief that old books were outdated information and that if I wanted the secrets of the universe I would have to peruse the new books because they contain the latest aggregate of wisdom on the planet. Turns out I was completely and utterly false. A guy figured out the whole universe back in 1978. Took him 15 years. I guess nobody paid attention.

This incredible work was passed on to my girlfriend from her uncle who died. He was a priest and it was in his collection, Father Joseph Daniel Blascovich is stamped on the inside cover. I can’t remember why she pulled it out one day, but something I said inspired her to get it and she got it out and started reading pages. She’d bookmark one page with a strip of sticky note, then another, then another. Nearly every page is astounding and filled with informational tidbits to chew on. Every page has its own title.

Whilst it does contain discussions about possibilities of God and occasionally makes a passing bible reference it is mostly a book about life and as far as I can make out, the author comes to the conclusion that whatever life and consciousness is, it seems to go all the way down the chain to the very, very small and considering the enormous size of the majority of things in the universe, probably all the way up the chain as well. It is doubtful that consciousness only evolved to our particular stature and stopped there. It is also doubtful that inanimate matter just randomly evolved aliveness and more likely that life just yearns to be and appears wherever it can, from volcanic trenches to beneath the ice caps of the south pole. He makes a great case that it is more likely then that there is no real division between an inanimate hunk of iron and a life sustaining component in our blood. We are all connected. As Sagan said, we are all star-stuff. Now to think of stars as possibly alive, ejecting the components of life, and then using heat energy to assembly them on planets, which may also be alive, is an incredible thought whether true or not; certainly worthy of pondering.

This book lets you do all that and more. Whether the science is outdated or not in 2010 is irrelevant, as the truly fascinating thing for me is the way this man makes connections between seemingly disparate things. I’ve already bought two copies from two different Barnes and Noble stores in Richmond. I intend to buy a few more to distribute to people I know with inquiring minds.

Guy Murchie was a polymath genius of the highest order. Unlike the fatal disease that befalls most intelligent people, subdividing matter into more and more complexity, Guy Murchie never failed to adjoin things in a relative simplicity as well. He certainly understood the complicated world of science as it stood at the time, but he is able to transcend that beautifully when he wants to get deep and interconnected. I feel like it does my mind good just being with him and the way he extrapolates information. Here’s hoping I can do the same in my own life.

Wikipedia: Guy Murchie
And no, I know nothing about the Bahá’í Faith and I don’t care to. No single, unfixed, religion, path, idea, or belief system will ever be a true solution in life because ALL SOLUTIONS ARE EMERGENT, ALL KNOWLEDGE IS TRANSIENT. (Means changing, not transsexual.)

Link to entire book posted online in google books.
Link to Amazon books, Seven Mysteries of Life $13.57.
Link to Barnes and Noble, Seven Mysteries of Life, $17.05.

used copies are all over the web for like, $1.
so much book and wisdom for such a low price!!!

Excerpts:

I hesitate giving you too many scans because if I give you a little you are more likely to read; when I give you too much you turn away so quickly. Hopefully these four pages will give you an adequate idea of what you are in store for if you invest in this book.

Introduction – p. 6 and 7

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The Polarity Principle – p. 484 – 487

I posted two pages, but the entire chapter on Polarity is here. About 4MB worth of scans in a zip file. Right-click and Save As to your computer.
Polarity is the essence of the material world and the source of our frustration, friction, and development.

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(Does efficiency then somewhere blend into charity? - Yes! Yes it does. A global efficiency.)

if you like it, please invest some time to get the book.
if you know someone else who might like it, pass this on.

if you are the publisher and don’t like me releasing these pages, please eat my shorts. i’m trying to help you sell some books here. besides, copyright laws and intellectual protocol are instruments by which we restrict our own evolution.

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