{"id":270,"date":"2010-04-20T02:00:14","date_gmt":"2010-04-20T10:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bellrock2012.com\/2012blog\/?p=270"},"modified":"2010-04-20T03:26:06","modified_gmt":"2010-04-20T11:26:06","slug":"20-april-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bellrock2012.com\/2012blog\/20-april-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"20 April 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><i>A good<\/i> <i>simulation<\/i><i>, be it a religious myth or scientific theory, gives us a sense of mastery over experience. To represent something symbolically, as we do when we speak or write, is somehow to capture it, thus making it one&#8217;s own. But with this appropriation comes the realization that we have denied the immediacy of reality and that in creating a substitute we have but spun another thread in the web of our grand illusion. &ndash;Heinz Pagels<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><b><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">PAG e-NEWS: 20 April 2010<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><i><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&#8212; questioning dogma, ideology, authority, reality, and whatever is left<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div><i><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8212; peeking behind the curtain<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div><i><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8212; thinking outside the program<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div><i><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8212; looking below the surface&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div><i><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8212; lifting the veil<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><i><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Published by Peter A. Gersten, Esq. (ufolawyer@msn.com)<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div><i><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div><i><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Website:<\/span><\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pagenews.info\/\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">http:\/\/www.pagenews.info<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/i><\/div>\n<div><i><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div><i><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">2012:&nbsp;<\/span><\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.2012leapoffaith.net\/\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">http:\/\/www.2012leapoffaith.net<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/i><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><b><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">COSMIC COMPUTING<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">I believe that our reality is an intelligently designed holographic simulation: <i>a cosmic computer program (CCP)<\/i>. I also believe that <em>CCPs<\/em> are enclosed (no entry or exist in physical form ) within solar systems and and totally controlled by <i>cosmic programmers<\/i>. Within a controlled program <em>free will<\/em> is as much an <em>illusion<\/em> as reality itself. Not only are the choices <em>pre-programmed<\/em> &ndash; but so is the selection process. Unfortunately our <em>CCP<\/em> has been hacked by a <em>cosmic intruder<\/em> bent on destroying carbon-based life forms.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><b><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Design? Yes. Evolution? Yes. Contradiction? No. Then why the Controversy?<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><i><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Design is a necessary assumption, because chance doesn&rsquo;t explain the facts. But evolution is likewise a necessary assumption, for given the way this universe works, the evolution of complexity is a logical and by now well-documented consequence. Therefore the rational conclusion is not design or evolution. It&rsquo;s design for evolution.<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/ervinlaszlo.com\/?p=383\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">http:\/\/ervinlaszlo.com\/?p=383<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div><b><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Proof That We&rsquo;re Living a Life of Illusion<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><i><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">When I first saw The Matrix back in 1999, I instantly became fascinated with its &ldquo;virtual reality world&rdquo; concept. At the time, and for many years afterwards, I saw the theme as a metaphor for the illusionary material world we live in&mdash;a world of time, space, and the assumption that we are all separate individuals.<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div><b><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><i><a href=\"http:\/\/thelaymansanswerstoeverything.com\/2009\/06\/12\/diary-of-a-layman-14-spring-proof-that-we're-living-a-life-of-illusion\/\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">http:\/\/thelaymansanswerstoeverything.com\/2009\/06\/12\/diary-of-a-layman-14-spring-proof-that-we&rsquo;re-living-a-life-of-illusion\/<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/i><\/div>\n<div><b><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Scientists say free will probably doesn&#8217;t exist, but urge: &#8220;Don&#8217;t stop believing!&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><i><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">One of the most striking findings to emerge recently in the science of free will is that when people believe&mdash;or are led to believe&mdash;that free will is just an illusion, they tend to become more antisocial.<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/blog\/post.cfm?id=scientists-say-free-will-probably-d-2010-04-06\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/blog\/post.cfm?id=scientists-say-free-will-probably-d-2010-04-06<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ymlp192.com\/forward.php?id=xUTCT&amp;e=pagenews@bellrock2012.com\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\">Forward this email to a friend<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><!--YMLPUF--><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;font-family:Verdana;font-size:8pt;color:#000000\">\n<hr noshade width=\"50%\" size=\"1\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ymlp192.com\/u.php?YMLPID=gussyyugsgubuug\">Change email address \/ Leave mailing list<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\nPowered by <a href=\"http:\/\/ymlp192.com\/m\/\">YourMailingListProvider<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--YMLPUFE--><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fbellrock2012.com%2F2012blog%2F20-april-2010%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A good simulation, be it a religious myth or scientific theory, gives us a sense of mastery over experience. 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