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  November 11, 2023      This discussion began with my sharing an article Why is the universe so complex and beautiful? By Adam Becker ( https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/11/16/1083141/why-is-the-universe-so-complex-and-beautiful/ ).  This author describes the theory how at the very beginning after the big bang matter and antimatter came suddenly into existence and collided with its opposite counterpart (i.e. electron and positron colliding). These collisions resulted in energy with the annihilation of matter. However, not yet understood there was a slight imbalance leaving over matter without its opposite twin so something remained. The article goes onto describe how the remaining matter such as protons and neutrinos may undergo double beta decay (dissolving into energy) and how researchers are attempting to verify these theories. If these theories pan out our universe’s future may disappear very slowly into space and boring sameness of nothing. K and Leonard then had this dia
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 October 2, 2023      It's time that I express myself here and now about time, here in Kailua, Hawaii at 1:07 AM  on the second floor of my home typing on this keyboard and looking to see the words while correcting typing errors , grammar, and spelling. My computer is smarter these days so errors are easily seen and corrected. As I reread these few sentences time has entered the vocabulary and is my subject of this post. Time is now but now an instant is experienced vicariously since I'm a living organism. My vicarious experiences are captured in my mind through reflection and attention to the now. If I am totally absorbed in this experience I cannot type but remain inner focused on the flow. Meditation may be a tool to explore what I'm after here. In meditation you let go of the evaluating, judging, analyzing functions of mind and become aware of now without filters. Is this possible actually? The meditation practice has been studied in the laboratory with the blessing of