Jed McKenna - Jed McKenna’s Theory of Everything: The Enlightened Perspective

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J ed M c K ennas

T heory of E verything

T he E nlightened P erspective

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Alsoby Jed McKenna

T he E nlightenment T rilogy
The trilogy is recommended, but not needed,to enjoy this book.

S piritual E nlightenment
The DamnedestThing

S piritually I ncorrect E nlightenment

S piritual W arfare

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Jed McKennas
Theory of Everything

The EnlightenedPerspective

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Sapere Aude
Dare to Know

Horace

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I do not expect any popular approval, or indeed any wideaudience. On the contrary I would not urge anyone to read this book exceptthose who are able and willing to meditate seriously with me, and to withdrawtheir minds from the senses and from all preconceived opinions. Such readers,as I well know, are few and far between. Those who do not bother to grasp theproper order of my arguments and the connection between them, but merely try tocarp at individual sentences, as is the fashion, will not get much benefit fromreading this book. They may well find an opportunity to quibble in many places,but it will not be easy for them to produce objections which are telling orworth replying to.
Ren Descartes

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That Which Cannot Be Simpler

Socrates:
I want to hear from him what is the nature of his art, and what it is which heprofesses and teaches; he may, as you suggest, defer the exhibition to someother time.
Callicles:
There is nothing like asking him, Socrates; and indeed to answer questions is apart of his exhibition, for he was saying only just now, that any one in myhouse might put any question to him, and that he would answer.
Socrates:
How fortunate! Will you ask him, Chaerephon?
Chaerephon:
What shall I ask him?
Socrates:
Ask him who he is.

THE FIRST AND LAST CHAPTERS of the trilogy were titled ThatWhich Cannot Be Simpler. In the books we saw how that applied to theawakening process. Now we can take a look and see if that doesn't apply todeciphering reality as well.

Youre saying it does, I suppose? says Karl.

Yes, thats what Im saying, and if Im right about howsimple it is, there should be no trouble at all in showing it to you, so thatin theory, you understand it as well as I do.

In theory?

Yes, what for me is a living reality, myparadigm-of-residence, can only be theory for anyone who hasnt made the actualjourney. Short of that, we can certainly look together and see if its not onlyvery simple, but that which cannot be simplified further.

How long do you think this will take?

Were unlocking all the mysteries of creation, you cantfind some room in your schedule?

But if youre saying its so simple...

Fine. Under five minutes if you play fair, seven if youobstruct.

Why should I obstruct?

Maya.

The dog?

The other one.

Okay, its two forty-seven right now. Loser buys the beer.Good beer.

Youre on. Do you believe that truth exists?

I wont make it that easy for you.

Good, lets try it the other way. Do you believe thattruth does not exist?

I sense a trap.

If we say that truth does not exist, then we are saying itis true that truth does not exist; a self-nullifying statement like sayingthere are no absolutes. Would you agree?

I suppose so.

This much is not belief or feeling, its simple logic. Doyou find fault with the logic?

No, I agree that the statement truth does not existis a logical contradiction.

Therefore?

Based on the fact that truth cannot not exist,because it would be absurd to say that no-truth is truth is true, Iagree that truth must exist. I dont know what truth is, only that somethingmust be true.

So you agree that something must be true. Regardless ofwhat it might be, truth must exist. Yes?

Yes, I agree with that.

I dont want to have to revisit this point because we lefttoo soon. Do you have any reservations about agreeing that regardless of allelse, something must be true?

I am convinced of it. No-truth cant be true, so somethingmust be true. Four minutes left.

Okay, now that we have determined that something must betrue, regardless of what it might be, lets see what else we can say. Forinstance, do you think it would be possible for truth to change? Could it beone thing now and another thing later?

If it changes it cant possibly be true. Truth must beunchanging. Even if time comes to an end, truth must still be true or it neverwas.

Okay then, even if truth is constant beyond time, could itbe one thing and not another?

Please provide an example.

Do you think truth could be something like light or loveor beauty?

It doesnt seem so. Those seem to be parts of somethinglarger and cannot really exist in their own right. They need their opposites.What is light without dark? What is good without evil or love without hate?Obviously, truth cannot be a thing apart.

So you would agree that, whatever truth is, it must beboth unchanging and whole?

Certainly it must be constant and unchanging, yes. And Iwould agree it must be a whole, not a part, because what would the other partbe? A different truth? Obviously not. Untruth? Obviously not.

Well then, do you think truth could be a matter ofperspective? Do you think my truth could be different from your truth? Cantruth be relative?

Certainly not. We have established that truth must beuniversally true or it is not true at all.

Would you suppose truth to be finite or infinite?

We have established that truth cannot be finite. If therewere something else besides truth, then that thing would also have to be true,in which case neither thing could be true and the actual truth would have to besome larger, all-encompassing thing. Three minutes left.

Patience, the one true theory of everything might take sixminutes.

Then I will receive illumination and beer. Am Iobstructing?

Youre being fair, but dont be too fair. Please dont letus pass any point on which you are still undecided. If I might summarize, wehave so far determined that truth exists, yes?

That much is certain.

And we have determined that truth cannot change; it cannotbe one thing now and another thing later. It has to be unchanging. Is thatright?

Yes, I agree that truth must be unchanging or else its nomore true than the chirp of a bird or the shape of a cloud.

And yet, is it not possible that whatever we discovertruth to be, it must prove to be found in all things? That nothing that existscan be exempt from truth, or exist outside of truth?

Very possible. In fact, I must insist on it. Truth must befound in the essential nature of all that exists, and nothing can existindependently of truth. Its absurd to suggest that something might exist inuntruth.

And we have determined that truth cannot be a part ofsomething larger, or half of a whole. Are we agreed on this?

I agree that truth cannot be limited or finite. I freelystipulate that it must be universal and unlimited, without boundaries.

So truth must be infinite?

It must be so.

Truth is absolute then, not part or subset or aspect?

Certainly. Truth must be absolute or it is not truth atall. Its two fifty. Two minutes left.

Just to be clear, can there be two truths?

Definitively not! If one thing is absolutely true, anotherthing cannot also be absolutely true. If the other thing is absolutely true,then the first thing could not have been. Its very simple.