Slavery May Have Defined America More Than I Had Realized Before.

 While I won't blame innocent generations of white people for the misdeeds of their ancestors, slavery did have a significant impact leading to where the generations of whites/blacks are now. Slavery ended in 1865 meaning it's only been 156 YEARS SINCE SLAVERY ENDED.

That's pretty recent and while its true that things have gotten better, niether did it suddenly get better as soon as slavery was abolished. Slavery began in 1619 and lasted 246 years meaning that historically, THEY HAVE BEEN SLAVES IN AMERICA LONGER THAT THEY HAVE BEEN FREE.

Unfortunately, it seems highly likely that previous generations of American slavery are one of the major reasons behind the prosperity divide between Black/White Americans and why the Black people ended up developing more and more ghettos whereas white people prospered reinvesting their fortunes already amassed through slavery and up until recently I hadn't really put it into perspective.

White Americans had a 246 year headstart during which Black Americans were slaves and provided free labor (excluding cost of living) Then after a 246 year & very profitable years Black Americans finally began building themselves up, yet the following 156 years Blacks/Whites had to further their communities, for Black Americans a lot of those years were hampered due to racial inequality issues (MLK's "I have a dream" was in 1963).

Compared to the gimped 156 years Black Americans had, White Americans have had a total of 401 years to build their communities during which time they had full civil liberties and opportunities and 246 of those were the slave years.

This was a huge economical advantage that White Americans had over Blacks and both races are where they are today because of slavery.

There is a thought that bothers me now. This has not necessarily changed. Things like immigration while not as terrible as slaves, borders and current views on immigrant still creates a system where there are a group of people who we can take advantage of, a minority group which exists due for another social injustice (immigration laws) that in the future our generation will seem ignorant for.

Creating Order From Chaos

In the midst of thinking about how chaos comes from order I attempted to create a number sequence that would appear random but have inherent order. It is interesting that numbers by themselves are just numbers, however in this case the pattern is establish through my paternity because I created order. Which leads me to the question, If there is order in the universe, does not the universe need awareness/consciousness to observe order so that order can be is maintained?

Anyway here is the magical number I have formed.

080008160115242004322111404000

Chaotic, but in this case it may appear less so because it's isolated and we know there's something about it

(08)0008(16)0115(24)2004(32)2111(40)4000

Paired into double digits, there is a multiple of a 8 with 4 digit numbers in between.

(0+8)0008(1+6)0115(2+4)2004(3+2)2111(4+0)4000

Adding each digit of the 2 digit multiples of 8 pairings reveals a pattern 8,7,6,5,4

(08) 0+0+0+8 (16) 0+1+1+5 (24) 2+0+0+4 (32) 2+1+1+1 (40) 4+0+0+0

Adding each individual digit in the 4 digit pairing reveals the same pattern of  8,7,6,5,4

(08) 00+08 (16) 01+15 (24) 20+04 (32) 21+11 (40) 40+00

Splitting the four digit number in between the multiples of 8 into two double digits and œ adding them up equals the multiple of 8 before it.

(08) 1A[00] 1B[08] (16) 2A[01] 2B[15] (24) 3A[20] 3B[04] (32) 4A[21] 4B[11] (40) 5A[40] 5B[00]

Taking the 4 digit number, and splitting them up into double digit number groups #A & #B , and then adding the digits up in groups A and B reveals patterns. #A (0,1,2,3,4) #B (8,6,4,2,0)

Minor pattern: 2 digit & 4 digit pairings 2×4 = 8 

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UPDATE 4/20/21: I've noticed it can actually be made to loop in an interesting fashion

You can form a seamless loop from it that actually flows with the pattern and the expected mathematical direction by removing the placeholder 0 in the beginning and using the next multiple of 8 (48) to connect the end back to the beginning

(8)0008160115242004322111404000(4) 

80008160115242004322111404000(48)0008160115242004322111404000(48)0008160115242004322111404000(48)00081601152420043221114040004

48 being the 6th and next expected multiple of 8 in the stand alone number has both digits split between the beginning and the end so while it would not be an instance of a pattern continuing forever, it is a pattern much like a circle where the end is also where its begins. I find the particular way it connects to be pretty interesting beyond the standard of what normally constitutes a loop or a pattern and the inherent properties they're expected to have. However I'm not sure of the best way to communicate it so that will be on hold for now.

The Beginning Of Everything / The Reason For Everything

Something I contemplate maybe more than I should is the ultimate question of why and how everything came to be. There are some theories and details I wont include now as I don't want this to be overly long or complicated. Perhaps another time but until then, I present you with the following.

The farthest down I've gotten to was conscious, information and energy (though I suspect energy and information are one in the same).  The way I see it, without conscious awareness nothing could exists since what neither interacts nor is observed is the very definition of nothing. (I count any interaction as awareness even 2 particles colliding as existence itself is aware of their mass and enforces it to the rules of physics)

At the same time consciousness without information present to be conscious of cannot be conscious (of anything). Though information I believe is represented in what is not a new theory, as waves represent double polarity which allows for contrast which is necessary to be able to be conscious of anything  (to tells black from white). I imagine wave polarity got farther and farther apart forming newer larger waves defining new information that formed energies color.

As for how it all began believe it always was because nothing can never be. Nothing would occupy 0 seconds thus the rest of time must be occupied with something. Actually there would be no time as there would be no manner of observing it as something is required for time to have a measure.

Heaven Is Not A Fantasy Land

*no this is not an April Fool's Joke

Heaven is not an alternate dimension or plane of existence, Heaven is simply the sky/clouds and it is referenced throughout the bible poetically and artistically. Understand the sky was a wonder back then as their knowledge of outer space was limited and all the knew was the world (earth). At the time the sky was something that they knew was there yet they could not grasp it (can't grab chunks of blue from the sky and air had no color) In a way like ones soul/consciousness which was present yet could not be grasped and was neither the body as loosing ones arm would not result in someone having less soul.

Heaven is defined in Genesis 1:1-20, I'll bold text the lines relevant to Heaven.

1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.

14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth

18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

It is clear that earth begins as some water world. The firmament basically designates the sky. The waters of earth were separated from waters amidst the firmament. They clearly had an understanding of clouds and that they are composed of water. Thus water would have a spiritual significance and lines such as  the son of man coming in the clouds begins to have more meaning.

Water is also necessary for crops to grow for life to drink, and because the process of evaporation would have been a mystery, the source of this life giving water would appear in the sky out of nowhere further giving credibility to its holiness and shines some light onto why you're submerged in water during a baptism and holy water.

Lastly the lights placed in the firmament of heaven clearly indicative of the stars in the sky.

Knowing that heaven is the sky, passages take on a different meaning, so what does Jesus mean by "heaven". Jesus often had indirect methods of explaining complex or deep topics such as when he compares faith to a mustard seed. His use of Heaven is likely no different, and interestingly enough I believe the meaning has been right under our noses.

Jesus came to earth and invested a lot into it, clearly he sought to bring about change and establish something here on earth. We also know that God's Kingdom is to come as in  Revelations 21 "from heaven" down to EARTH. Yet there is no kingdom up in the clouds and the Tower of Babel did not reach God's Kingdom however the languages of man were a cause for confusion.  Heaven is not the sky, another plane of existence or distant kingdom  Heaven is what all the work has or will have been for, heaven is God's Plan, the goal of bringing great change on earth. Ironically I think the meaning is found in a common saying, as one who aspires to bring heaven is truly "reaching for the sky".

Matthew 6:10 says "Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven."