[Buddha-l] Energy and "The Word"

[Erik Hoogcarspel]

Kate Marshall schreef:
>>>>> ... In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
>>>>> Word was God.
>>>>> The same was in the beginning with God....<
>>>>>           
>
> According to Sacred Geometry, Logos also means ratio. The only ratio that is 
> simultaneously one and with one is the golden section, otherwise known as 
> phi. Phi is defined as a line segment divided into two unequal parts such 
> that the ratio of the shorter portion to the longer portion is the same as 
> the longer portion to the whole. Phi is seen in the proportions of 
> butterflies and fish, water, DNA, our number of teeth, architecture, 
> philosophy, science, mathematics, and of course sound (in the form of 
> music). In fact phi crops up just about everywhere throughout nature. It is 
> at the basis of the underlying patterns of wave forms mentioned in one of my 
> earlier posts on this subject.
>   
I don't know what sacred geometry is, but I do know that quite a lot of 
philosophers would protest, because the Roman word 'ratio' has the 
connotation of commercial calculation, while 'logos' refers to meaning 
and principle. A logos is not just a number (about 1.62). Of course 
dividing a line in such a way can also be called a principle. But in 
that case it's just one amongst many, like the seed principles (logoi 
spermaticoi) of the Stoics.
> Btw, Phi is also responsible for how we perceive the various things of 
> creation in that the nerves of our different sense organs respond to 
> different ranges of frequencies.  Our different perceptual faculties are a 
> result of various proportioned reductions of one vast spectrum of vibratory 
> frequencies. These proportional relationships are seen as a sort of geometry 
> of perception.
>
> As mentioned before, some early Hindus consider sound to be the first 
> element of creation, played as music (governed by phi) on Shiva's 
> double-ended drum.
>   
I wouldn't be surprised if the Indians learned about the golden ratio from the Yavana's. 


Erik

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