In the last post I explained the basic concept of living in appointed times. I mentioned that there are two primary modes of existence in which human beings need to function in order to obtain the highest level of consciousness, health, and truth, all of which relate directly to my other paradigm of living for total health and consciousness forever. I explained that while I seek to make the scientific part of my existence as purposeful, focused, and disciplined as possible, I seek to do just the opposite with the philosophical part of my existence. One neat effect I have noticed since adopting this paradigm is that it nearly eliminates the feeling of sorrow at having to leave a pleasurable mode of existence for one that is less so. Near the end of my scientific existence I am eager to dive into the philosophical, and by the end of my philosophical existence, I am eager to get back into the ordered routine of the scientific. Very seldom am I ever enjoying an evening wishing it could just go on forever, but knowing that was impossible. I am always excited about the next appointed time. This paradigm feeds excitement and growth all the time.

When I talk about having a paradigm for everything in the scientific appointed times, I mean just that. Ideally, I would like every action, word, thought, desire, attitude, and decision to be the direct outworking of a preplanned paradigm. Now, is this likely to happen? Probably never 100%, but I want to get as close to that as possible. Some might immediately react and say that that would be incredibly burdensome, binding, slavish, or otherwise robotic. From personal experience, I don’t find it burdensome, binding, or slavish at all; in fact, I find it incredibly liberating and empowering. However, I will agree it is somewhat robotic during the scientific appointed times. I don’t find this in the least objectionable. One of my main reasons for adopting this paradigm is to reap the rewards of functioning in two worlds of existence: the scientific and the philosophical. Actually, these are one in the same. Unfortunately, until I know all truth, living in both simultaneously is not really an option. So the best I can do is to split them into completely different segments of time. However, these different segments feed each-other and allow for never-ending growth. Thus, I would like to make the scientific as predetermined as possible. This is, in a way, robotic. But, who is controlling the robot? My own consciousness. During the next philosophical appointed time, I can tweak the robot’s actions and responses, or completely reprogram him. I am in complete control of this whole process. This is why I say it is extremely liberating and empowering. It is similar to the process of controlling your avatar in a video game. I am trying to get to that point in the scientific appointed times, where I am more or less outside of my body just telling it when to act, how to respond, what to think, and who to engage. This could be viewed as a third-person experience. When I reach the philosophical appointed time, I transition to first person.

I must slightly quantify the philosophical existence. This is not a period of absolutely no restraints. That to me would be a bit dangerous. While I want to stay within the outer limits of my parallel paradigm of living for total health and consciousness forever, I don’t force myself to pursue this actively, and also allow myself to question this paradigm, and change or discard it if I rationally decide that is best. However, I am fairly confident that I will not be overturning my paradigm of living for health and consciousness anytime soon. After all, who in their right mind isn’t living for total health and consciousness forever? Also, during this existence, there sometimes is some scheduled actions. These are kept as few as possible, with as much preparation done before entering the philosophical realm. Let me say that I am not limiting myself from doing anything I desire to do during the philosophical appointed times (except for not negating my parallel purpose statement mentioned above). However, there should be no sense of urgency, accomplishment, or schedule. It should be as spontaneous as possible and inspired only by my true inner self and the eternal yearnings of my soul.