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Now, as we know, my key concept is Quest for Potential∞ [to the infinite power]. But the work also posits that polarities and inverses drive the cosmic order.

Furthermore, Quest for Potential∞ alone may be “curiouser” than it appears at first look. Indeed, I would conjecture that, going-forward, beyond the scope of this two-volume series, and beyond the ‘tenure’ of this author, it will prove ever richer-and-richer.

In dealing with Quest for Potential∞, we are dealing
with a dynamic of transcendent and approaching-Infinite power.

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Now, there are powerful complementary sub-dynamics which ensemble constitute Quest for Potential∞

As articulated clearly in this Book #2, I posit that REALITY parallels METAPHYSICAL REALMS. I propose that one can extrapolate missing components in metaphysics from dynamics in reality – and vice versa. This powerful concept may ultimately morph the field of metaphysics into a highly stylized and more formal field.

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In any event, at the risk of ‘shocking the innocent’, (and with precedent in both Kabbalah and Eastern religions) I do believe that very direct 1:1 parallels exist between ‘intimacy’ and the primal drives of the cosmos.

In Principia Metaphysica espoused here,
I articulate how TWO complementary sub-dynamics
(of Quest for Potential∞):

Quest-for-ADVANCEMENT/fulfillment – with a strong neo-masculine AGGRESSIVE component,

– and

Quest-for-FULFILLMENT/advancement – with a strong neo-female EMOTIONAL component,

– are interlocked in an intricate double-helix cosmic dance.....and generate “creation of the cosmos” ...and continue their nuanced double-helix cosmic Tango propelling the dynamic cosmos onward and upwards

– and propelled forward and outwards

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SUMMA METAPHYSICA

– via the inter-related

Unified Formulation (presented in Book # 1)

and

Principia Metaphysica (to be presented at this point)

‘covers the key bases’

– and offers an integrated and overarching unified metaphysics.

We now present Principia Metaphysica –

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Principia Metaphysica Outline:

1100 Series

Possibility.

(by definition)

Then,

Embryonic Quest for a POTENTIAL

1200 Series

1225

“Quest for Quest for INFINITE DIVINE EXTRAORDINARIATION”

emerges as the primary engine of the cosmos

1250

The principles of the hard and soft sciences
sought their full potentials of ACTUALIZATION,
FULL EXPRESSION, LIFE, LOVE, CONSCIOUSNESS
and ultimately, of INFINITY

1300 Series

“Quest for INFINITE DIVINE EXTRAORDINARIATION”

emerges as the evolved overarching drive
of the cosmos

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1400 Series

1405

The Infinite Divine Extraordinariation…

at the end-of-the-rainbow – as first, IGNITION,

and then, as GOAL

1410

Quest for Potential∞ pervades the cosmos

The cosmos IS integrated into Quest for Potential∞;

1414

This core cosmic dynamic is ETERNAL, ENDURING and TRANSCENDING

1416

Q4P∞ feeds upon Itself

1417

It unites – and, indeed, is comprised of – all life:
past, present and future

1418

At the vanguard, possibly, is a Godhead

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1419

Our individual, extraordinary core Potential
flows within this Eternal and Infinite stream

1420

The Infinite Divine Extraordinariation…

at the end-of-the-rainbow – as first, IGNITION, and then,

as GOAL – exerted PULL, while full-spectrum

Quest for Potential∞ exerts DRIVE – and PUSH

(note parallel to CHILDBIRTH)

1500 Series

1505

Quest for Potential∞ is, in turn,

composed of two Supra–Dynamics:

Quest-for-ADVANCEMENT/fulfillment and

Quest-for-FULFILLMENT/advancement

1507

These Supra-Dynamics are intertwined with each other

in an Eternal cosmic (double-helix) dance,

and in-tandem cascadingly advance,

playing-out their potential Infinitude

1510

The complementary Supra–Dynamics –

are juxtaposed against each other

in a dynamic and eternal hi-tension

cosmic “tango”

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1515

Juxtaposed centrifugal¹ – centripetal² forces

perpetually replenishing and stimulating each other… producing, in turn,

Quest for Additional Possibilities

1520

The panoply of ACTION & ADVANCE

is complemented by the complementary spectrum of

EMOTION & FULFILLMENT & CONSCIOUSNESS

1530

Quest for ADVANCEMENT probes outward

Quest for FULFILLMENT vortexes inward

NOTES by KHALIL

¹ Centrifugal: The personal quest for potential∞ is centrifugal in that it releases energy outwardly. Energy is projected into the cosmic collective and all existence is energized and thus propelled forward.

² Centripetal: The personal quest for fulfillment is centripetal in that it releases energy inwardly. Quest for fulfillment relates to constant personal needs and desires. It thus provides an ongoing reflective motivation that is readily translated into the grander quest for potential∞.

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1540

Quest for Potential∞

finds its ultimate CATALYST – and MOTIVATOR…

in its contending sub-strands

Quest-for-ADVANCEMENT and

Quest-for-FULFILLMENT

1550

Quest-for-ADVANCEMENT
and Quest-for-FULFILLMENT

are drawn inexorably towards each other,

…“as the moth to the flame”

– while they simultaneously seek to play-out their autonomous potential

1560

Through an Asian prism,

Quest-for-ADVANCEMENT is Yang

Quest-for-FULFILLMENT is Ying

balancing out the cosmos

complementary

opposite

countervailing

~opposing, but mutually enriching

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Through a Jewish prism,

“ezer
k’negdo”

(Genesis / Bereshith 2:18)

~complementary, juxtaposed

and counterbalanced sexes

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1570

Through a KABBALISTIC prism,

Quest-for-ADVANCEMENT/fulfillment

is majority MASCULINE energy,
minority FEMININE energy

Quest-for-FULFILLMENT/advancement

is majority FEMININE energy,
minority MASCULINE energy

Both are inextricably intertwined,

inextricably interchanging

Cosmic lovers

in an eternal dynamic tension

1580

The dynamic tension between

Quest-for-ADVANCEMENT and Quest-for-FULFILLMENT

can be presumed to have escalated

for infinite eons pre–reality

to that famous explosive point
which actualized the COSMOS

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1750

ONLY infinite and unbounded POTENTIAL

as a goal, as a theoretical ‘end–point,’

could and would have the power to ignite a Cosmos

1800 Series

1825

and what actualizes the putative Divine?

The DIVINE is–in–the–process of infinite
SELF–EVOLVEMENT

ongoing for billions of eons

...traversing from metaphysical realms

to ever–fuller and richer

PHYSICAL ACTUALIZATION

...as it courses towards

the “very–end–of–the–rainbow”

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almost ‘by definition’ POTENTIAL always existed

*

It is merely potential, possibility

initially

*

By definition, It (potential possibility) is the ONLY dynamic which can possibly be eternal.

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We are all part of the Embryonic Divine

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1835

Thus, if Possibility/Potential is infinite,

and Possibility/Potential is the core of the Divine,

the Divine is Infinite +

1850

Potential/Possibility may have more facets and dimensions to it

– Divine or otherwise – than we were alerted to in contemporary culture,

but by definition only potential/possibility is eternal.

1900 Series

The DIVINE – as opposed to the Embryonic Divine –
is simultaneously EVERYTHING  +  A GOAL

to be approached in ever–greater–and–greater

fullness and richness and consciousness

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end of Principia Metaphysica

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[Don’t get hyper over the male-female orientations. As in down-to-earth reality, both ‘components’ certainly have all the elements of potential, including Quest for Advancement and Quest for Fulfillment. It is a question of the slightest degree of tilt in internal general orientation and priorities.]

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Now, sof kol sof, (after all-is-said-and-done) as KOHELETH (l’havdil*) might have said, once the core dynamic – Quest for Potential∞ – is discerned/

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conceptualized – as it has been over the span of
Book #1 – Book #2 – as

# being a Singularity

# being Infinite

# Questing after Its Own Potential

# being ‘at the core of the Divine’

# being infinitely ITERATIVE & RECURSIVE

# being eternal – initially at least in metaphysical realms

# being ‘REFLEXIVE,’ and ‘RETROACTIVE,’

i.e. infinite potentiality ‘ down-the-road’ ignites Creation retroactively**

# being simultaneously ‘the embryonic Divine’ –
while simultaneously being ‘infinite’

# encompassing the eternal cumulative consciousness and LifeForce, as well

then,

all the other propositions inevitably flow from this one AXIOM.

(deep breath)

* the term l’havdil is a rabbinic expression generally meaning –

that the two (works) are not truly on the same spiritual level

** this is the core thread of the core idea]

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ETA: Some reflections...insights

Summa Metaphysica’s “String Theory”^{1, 2, 3}

The Infinite Divine Extraordinariation at the end-of-the-rainbow…

draws a string from the precursor milieu to Creation...through Creation (at the dawn of time)… through the eons…to Itself – showing the line of optimal Potential

* * *

SECULARISTS can call this proposed dynamic –

Infinite Consciousness and Givingness and Will
and LifeForce

(no intervention; no Godhead)

RELIGIOUS traditionalists can call Infinite Divine Extraordinariation, the God of Abraham

KABBALISTS can very readily embrace this proposal

HASIDIC purists can savor the Bal Shem Tov’s prescience

SPIRITUALISTS can ride somewhere in the middle

BUDDHISTS can call this Divine…

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Ultimate Perfection and Harmony

Physicists can put down their electron microscopes for a few minutes...and savor the non-quantifiable wonders of the cosmic order

– because, to “solve” the elusive missing pieces of physics, physicists must take the leap into metaphysics (meaning, this particular work, boys)

NOTES by KHALIL

¹ Summa Metaphysica’s “String Theory”: With this the author makes clear that cosmic evolution is not defined solely by a start–point and an end–point. There is something connecting these points, which is with us today – a “road” [string] connecting origin to destination.

² Summa Metaphysica’s “String Theory”– and the Torah: The Torah is the thread that directs humankind towards Divine Perfection, providing continual guidance. This effect is powerful enough to drive all of creation, yet subtle enough to only be detected by the most spiritually perceptive souls. As he approached his final hours, Jacob – whose life was particularly difficult and arduous, would bless Joseph in the name of God “who was my shepherd from my inception until this day” (Genesis 48:15).

³ Summa Metaphysica’s “String Theory”– and Biology: One of the presuppositions of Darwinism is that evolution cannot be teleological (i.e., evolution cannot plan for the future; it can only favor traits that support survival in the current environment). Thus a species can only acquire traits that suit its environment at the specific time. The author’s string theory model, in contradistinction to Darwin’s model, and in one of Birnbaum’s crucial pivots, asserts that evolution is, indeed, most definitely goal-directed, as well.

DARWINISTS can be reconciled that they were partially

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correct...as evolution is clearly a part of the process.

The “INTELLIGENT DESIGN” camp can readily adopt this (Summa Metaphysica) thesis as core doctrine.

It has the not inconsiderable advantage of being more precisely ‘on-the-money’ and fully compatible with the general thrust of their approach, although the avant garde ‘identity’ of the Intelligent Designer may take some time getting-used-to.

All roads, in any event, will inevitably, in any event, lead to this ineffable Infinitude.

“When all is said and done, what we each seek is to reach out of this finite world and connect with the Infinite. To become one with God.”

– Rabbi Noah Weinberg
“Five Levels”
AISH.com 10/6/06

The ramifications are abundant…We are all one⁴

We are all united

We are all very integral parts of this
cosmic symphonic projectory

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The one is inextricably part of the Whole

The Whole is ever-evolving embryonic Divine

* * *

Thus, there is a sort-of triple-paradox at-play:

On the one hand we are AUTONOMOUS –

and wish to be AUTONOMOUS.

cont’d

NOTES by KHALIL

⁴ “We are one”: Quest for Fulfillment is a force originating from the individual that is directed right back at the individual’s CORE – a force directed back towards its center (centripetal). quest for potential∞ as a quest also originating from the individual but pushing infinitely outwards, unleashing its energy into a cosmic collective that energizes time and space – making it more of an outward driving (or centrifugal) force.

Without Quest for Fulfillment constantly re–energizing the individual, quest for potential∞ might be unsustainable. And without Quest for Potential∞ there would be insufficient collective energy to ignite the cosmos and drive forward and onward, and thereby create the framework in which quest for fulfillment can thrive as well.

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It is not that EMOTION happens to be the byproduct of human interaction; Rather, part of the raison d’etre of humans’ ever-ascending complexity and sophistication, albeit continuing primitive brutality, is to develop and play out the panoply of EMOTION in ever-increasing range and nuance.

“Human aggressiveness” plays into both key themes:

The cosmos itself is hyper-aggressive; Only a hyper-aggressive dynamic could have burst forth into REALITY from the VOID. As hypothesized, human dynamics parallel cosmic dynamics; In addition, aggressiveness is a key to reaching various potentialities.

The by-products of aggressiveness… even the very severe ‘bad’ ones, e.g. victimization, murder, destruction, enslavement, torture, betrayal, humiliation… play out the dark-side gamut of emotion. This “dark side” gamut of emotion is presumably symmetric to the “light side” gamut (e.g. joy, happiness, exhilaration, love, etc.). It is conjectured here that one could not have the “light side” of the gamut, without its symmetric “dark side”.

A diabolical spin on the above would conjecture that

the cosmos indeed wanted to play-out both sides of

the emotional spectrum.

I would hope that such is not the case.

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THETA: The two key (spiraling) SUPRA-DYNAMICS

The two key sub-components of Quest for Potential∞:

Note that both

Quest-for-ADVANCEMENT/fulfillment

and

Quest-for-FULFILLMENT/advancement

are sui generis,

each thoroughly unique in its own way

Both are SUPRA-Dynamics

…in a plane – and class – by themselves

Interlinked in a cosmic double-helix;

rocketing-forward ensemble to Infinity

pulsating with infinite energy and dynamism and internal tension

independent and inter-dependent alternatingly

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feeding-off of each other’s Infinitude and
un-quenchable cosmic appetites

locked in eternal embrace and stylized pulsating dance

the ultimate Cosmic Tango (as noted prior)

– seeking consummate POTENTIAL

*

BOTH are infinitely recursive tracking forward to the end of time… and indeed, maybe looping around infinity right back through Creation… and then back upon itself

Quest-for-Advancement is infinitely OUTWARD-bound

Quest-for-Fulfillment, is infinitely CORE–bound

all–embracing…embracing all the dynamism and emotion of the cosmos and attempting deep, deep multi–leveled fulfillment.

On a human level, which we POSIT parallels the cosmic dynamic, Quest-for-Fulfillment simultaneously EMBRACES emotion / spirituality / creativity / relationships / sensuality / hopes & dreams / among other components, while buffering DRIVE and AGGRESSION.

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The implications of all-of-the-above are, of course, stunning.

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As but one example, albeit a powerful one – the wondrous and bountiful beauties and variety of the planet, and, indeed, of the cosmos, serve, as well, both as potential fulfillment for the senses and as potential objects, in one area or another, for advancement.

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Thus I started out the Treatise in Book #1 with ONE PRIMARY dynamic,

On closer examination, this one dynamic is comprised of first, two primary interwoven spiraling threads, (themselves each comprised of.....)

which, as a shorthand, for the various respective ‘packages’ of potentiality they embrace, we’re calling, respectively –

Quest-for-ADVANCEMENT

and

Quest-for-FULFILLMENT

co-equal, but with 2 different tilts

Independent, but co-dependent simultaneously.

Both equally extraordinary.

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Quest-for-ADVANCEMENT was originally “just” metaphysical proto-MALE

Quest-for-FULFILLMENT was originally “just” metaphysical proto-FEMALE

*

Over the eons, a trajectory from the metaphysical
realm morphs....

They ultimately have a physical embodiment in our cosmos as

MALE v. FEMALE

- as they seek a modality (autonomous but paired)

to reach for ULTIMATE REALIZATION of POTENTIAL (the “mother ship”)

and the realization of the extraordinary

(‘Extraordinariation’ – to be amplified upon below)

In our cosmos, in our dimension,

Quest-for-ADVANCEMENT/fulfillment morphs to
(and embodied by) Male

Quest-for-FULFILLMENT/advancement morphs to
(and embodied by) Female

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“Va-yomer Elokim: ‘Na-ase adam b’tzalmeinu, k’dmusaynu...

...Zachar u-Nekeyvah barah otam”

[Bereshith 1:26-28]

“And Elokim said: ‘Let us make Man in Our image,

as Our likeness’

...Male and Female, He created them”

[Genesis 1:26-28]

So, respectfully, while our proposal may be revolutionary,

it does happen to fit elegantly with the Biblical text -

and certainly perfectly with Rashi’s Commentary:

i.e., Rashi says to read the text as:

“God says to his ANGELS
(read: Metaphysical Potentials – author):

‘Let Us make Man in Our Image’”

*

So, indeed, one can make the case that Rashi’s Commentary actually IS our formulation.

(and it may be somewhat challenging to excommunicate Rashi)

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