The Cosmic Code is the very expression of wisdom itself, its process and its pinnacle experience, as well as the temporal systemic result of its continued application. This trinity-unity of abstraction, dynamism and conscious experience/temporal condition is an integration of the elemental aspects of space, time and self (and reflectively any sufficiently integrated systemic state) known as the/a state of Grace. It is the expression of two within three that is simultaneously one, and is universally applicable in all spheres making it a legitimate TOE (Theory of Everything).

The Cosmic Code is so elegantly simple that intellectual vanity is often repelled by it, and simultaneously so inclusive and integrative of the incredible diversity of the universe that it tends to be rejected by the spiritually orthodox. The Cosmic Code is a formula whose application is intended to lead on to the non-formulaic aspects, whether individually or systemically, of what is referred to as the flow state. It also includes the integration of opposites and an ethic of inclusiveness itself which is intended to foster the essence of individual tolerance and open mindedness toward data which is the signature of good science if not scientific breakthrough. It gives objective and conscious expression to what is too often unconscious and considered “merely” subjective instead of what it actually is….always and essentially existent….and hence unscientific not to consider.

Because of its balanced integration of opposites and balancing inclusion of ethics it puts the lie to the historically unbalanced thinking of both unbridled scientism and religious fanaticism.

Jan S:  Bravo! I fully agree.

The problem is that the society has forgotten how to access the gift.

Good intuition requires a high degree of integration of brain function, enabling the simultaneous non-analytic (holistic) consideration of many different data. It is associated with a high level of broadband EEG coherence and the experience of, and access to, an all-unifying, Transcendent field of consciousness.

Transcendental Meditation, that I practice, has a well documented ability to develop this by enabling, transcendence, a regular experience of this field.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who revived this ancient Vedic technique actually regretted that he called it meditation, because it differs fundamentally from commonly practiced eastern and western meditations. I wanted to mention this, because there is a widespread misconception that all meditations are varieties of essentially the same thing.

From being vague, hazy hunches popping up uncontrollably, my intuitions have evolved to being distinct, though abstract, sources of information that help me to see the underlying connection between a multitude of apparently unrelated data. It has helped me a lot in diagnostics as well as in my scientific research.

It seems to me that Steve has achieved a well developed intuition, enabling profound and valuable insights in the field of economics.

J

Me:  Thank you Jan. Yes integration is the very process of Wisdom, ancient Wisdom itself. The world suffers from a lack thereof. This is why I’ve decided to concentrate on my book The Cosmic Code which is a mental action expression of the Wisdom process which if practiced personally and applied systemically leads to/enables one to tap into the pinnacle of Wisdom which is a personal sense/systemic condition of graciousness/graceful flow. Hopefully it can add to and integrate with other disciplines like Transcendental Meditation to help us create an Ethic of Wisdom and graciousness within ourselves and applied to our systems that will help us survive our “interesting times”.

JR:  Steve, I believe the first part of your quote is correct and the second part totally wrong.

In Economics, the totally baseless inspired lies put out by orthodoxy are accepted and there is no rational criticism of them. Intuition (inspired or not) on its own leads to uncontrolled fantasy.  Rationalism on its own produces pedestrian lack of new ideas and gets nowhere.

This is where Science has it right.  Intuition, following study of a problem, suggests answers.  Critical destructive appraisal, i.e. trying to prove each one wrong by testing against known facts, sorts out the best answer(s).  But, hoiwever well supoported they appear, they remain open to modification in the light of new discoveries.  It is the lack of the second process of critical evaluation process, including deliberate suppression of it, that is causing chaos in our economies.

Appealing to intuition alone is usually a result of being afraid to subject shaky ideas to true evaluation.  This applies to both sides of present monetary controversy.

Me:  I’m assuming you mean the original quote attributed to Einstein.

You’re correct that neither rationalism nor intuition ALONE is likely to have all of the answers, but I don’t think either Jan or myself advocate that. What I advocate is the integration of science and spirituality-intuition with certain pre-suppositions that I call the laws of integration. These are my oft posted insistence that an actual integration consists of only truth(s), only workabilities and only applicabilities AND SO the process of the weeding out of untruth(s), unworkabilities and inapplicabilities.

These are characteristics of both good science and good spirituality. Guys like Gautama Buddha, Lao Tse, Christ etc. were probably some of the most rigorously honest and mentally scientific individuals the planet has seen. Same for Copernicus, Maxwell etc.

Unfortunately nowadays there is a lot of rigid and closed minded science and spirituality which become paradigms (generally held beliefs) that stand in the way of actual integrations.

JS:  Steve, I completely agree.

The Vedic Science was built on the precise cognition of the Cosmic Code, which required the development of fully integrated and highly refined consciousness, the highest level of enlightenment, called Brahmi Chetana, totality consciousness.

Recent research has confirmed that Enlightenment is not some kind of subjective spiritual self suggestion as commonly believed by contemporary science.

Brain research has found that it is associated with a  high level coherence /integration of brain functioning, which is unperturbed by sensory impressions, while in the unenlightened, the low extent of coherence that may appear when eyes are closed, disappears more or less completely when eyes are opened. Also it has been found that the brain is idle, until some action or response is needed, while in the unenlightened, the brain is more or less excited all the time.

So in Enlightenment, the brain can be used as a scientific, precise instrument for exploring the cosmic code, the observations being culture-invariant, always the same, whenever and wherever made.

They are the Eternal, Universal Truth. The Cosmic Code. Compiled most completely in the Veda.

Me:  Jan,

Yes I have no doubt that Vedic science and the Cosmic code are basically in agreement about the nature of consciousness itself. In fact I contemplated the various aspects/qualities of several extraordinary experiences I have had and they align with buddhist and vedic descriptions of high states of knowingness. The one thing I hope the Cosmic Code can contribute to is helping to develop mental and temporal action WHILE also attaining/maintaining those high states. The East has the tradition of contemplation. The West’s tradition is action. Integrating them individually and systemically/temporally would be akin to the buddhist tradition of the Bodhisattva. Again, the Cosmic Code is a formula that if practiced tends to result in non-formulaic, non-reactionary and flowing experiences. The modern world is god awfully beset by reaction, obsessive contention without resolution and apparently ignorance of ways to get past such. I say let us have Wisdom and its pinnacle experience, namely the flowing state of Grace, by applying the integrative ethic of the Cosmic Code to ourselves and our systems.

Me:  The signature of good science is the dualistic objectivity of the scientific method integrated with an open mindedness toward new/additional data/factors.

The signature of scientific break through is the dualistic objectivity of the scientific method integrated with an aspect of consciousness. For example, the impetus for Einstein’s theory of space-time was his visualization-imagining (imagination being an aspect of consciousness) of a man jumping out of a window of a building and sliding down space-time.

These definitions fit seamlessly within the formula of the Cosmic Code.

Banks are chartered to create our money supply by issuing loans both for production and consumption.  These are the original source of our money supply and all money issued is repayable and cancelled upon repayment.  Any money that is saved is not available for consumption.  Company reserves only become incomes when issued for new production which creates a whole new and additional set of costs and prices.  Meanwhile they have not cancelled previous costs.  That is why Douglas said that all new production must be financed by new credits. The so-called “velocity of circulation” does not create new or additional purchasing power as has been alleged and taught.  A dollar is only a dollar and cannot perform the function of, e.g., ten or twenty dollars.  Money can re-circulate but in doing so it does not create new purchasing-power but simply adds to costs with each new circulation for production purposes.

The real economic problem is the dominant and non-integrated position of the business model of Finance, and the solution is an integration of its product credit in the form of loans only with direct Gifting to the individual as well as rationally balanced regulation of its vice ridden urge speculation. Beyond this is Finance’s false claim to sole ownership of their product which is actually a communal resource.

I would mirror Scott’s concerns. Blockchain IMO is at best another palliative and at worst an even more subtly concealed monopoly no matter how enthusiastic the Austrian-Libertarian types proclaim its value. They have a rigid (and false) belief in general equilibrium and their answer, deflation, is one sided and fragmented. No one seems to understand that an integration of Austrian and Keynesian thinking that is more direct in dealing with the financial monopoly and its false claim of ownership of credit, concerned more with the freedom of the individual and the free flowingness of the system than power or control and a more workable and applicable whole is the answer. Thus we have the false choices of a worn out liberal orthodoxy and a xenophobic, fascistic conservative economics with a few populist issues tossed in to make it look like change. Meanwhile the underlying monetary problem is completely ignored. Dualistic contention is shallow analysis that generates lots of heat but no light. Integrate into policy all of the relevant factors including the insights of thermo-dynamics and Grace-Human Consciousness and the ethical sensitivity it natively contains and you’ll have a trinity-unity, a Wisdomics/Gracenomics/Social Credit that has enough mental room in it to also include the legitimate insights and concerns of Georgism, capitalism, socialism etc. etc. But alas, that would require us to actually consider and attempt to enjoy solutions more than palliatives or obsessive contention. And in a world more dead assedly distracted by World of Warcraft and Pokemon Go you can’t even get youth, the normal audience for change, motivated enough to get a mass movement going. Without a vision, the people perish.

On a lighter note…self actualizing faith, hope, love and grace can awaken, outrage and elicit focused action. That beats apathy, a trillion deaths from modern warfare and then exhaustion still without a solution….don’t you think?

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Me:  I’m warming to the idea of Blockchain simply because of the economicness, i.e. frugality of its possibilities. Integration and cultivation of virtues and practicality after all is my motto. Although there are still ethical and security issues. There should be back up and redundancy safe guards implemented along with it in the same way that there should be these with voting machines. The Mr. Robot problem of hacking is also still a concern.

Finally, no matter how much one saves in financial costs the flow of other ADDITIONAL costs, as well as the flows of the diminutions of money from one financial cycle into another, waste and the erosion of aggregate effective demand because of the disruptive force of AI still militate the need for a relatively abundant dividend and an equally abundant percentage discount to retail prices. Even if you have an account with the central bank….but there’s nothing in it,  you can starve while you’re looking for a non-existent/non-forthcoming job that may or may not make you creditable enough….to be given the non-choice of borrowing in order to survive.

The Cosmic Code:  [ ( A x B) –>  G/C ]  where A and B are factors, G/C is Grace-Consciousness and (A x B) is an actual integration and [ (A x B) –> G/C ] is the integrative process. The Cosmic Code also is best understood if placed within a circle with an arrow denoting continual Process and Flow within the temporal-physical universe.

The Rules, Reasons and Effects of The Cosmic Code:

Integrate and Be Integrative. Hence One’s mind will always be truly open, tend to not unnecessarily fall prey to Orthodoxy and so tend toward Wisdom.

[(An Integration of opposing and/or multiple factors)–> An Ethic of Integration/Wisdom ]

Integrate Only Truth(s), Only what Works and Only what is Relevant. Hence one will Integrate Ethics, Practicality and Honesty which are aspects of Wisdom.

[ (Integration of Truth, Workability and Relevancy)–> Ground Rules of Wisdom ]

Understand that no matter whether one believes Consciousness is Natural or Transcendental…It exists and matters. Hence one will be Inclusive, Unbiased and Holistic which are further aspects of Wisdom.

[ (Natural x Transcendental) –> Existential and Relevant Nature of Consciousness ]

Understand that there is no necessary conflict between good Science and Spirituality, and likewise no necessary conflict between good Spirituality and Science. Hence one will not only be aware of and be insistent upon both good Science and good Spirituality, but also be consciously above one’s cultural horizon.

[ (Good Science x Good Spirituality)–> Cultural/Mindset of Wisdom

Understand that Love is supreme and that Love in action, that is loving action in the Temporal Universe, is Grace-graciousness and the pinnacle expression of Love because it expands and extends the universe of Love. Hence one will understand that Grace is both an object and an inherent process.  [ (Love X Acting with Love) –> Grace ]

Understand that Seriousness can be a trap. Hence one will understand the importance of Humor which facilitates and expresses Flow which is an integral aspect of Grace.

[ (Seriousness x Humor)–> Mental and Emotional Flow-Grace ]

Understand that Time can be consciously experienced as both a moment and a flow of moments. Hence Time is the flow of conscious moments.

[(The moment x The Flow of moments)–> Time, a graceful flow of conscious moments

Understand that Consciousness is a priori to action. Hence The Cosmic Code’s expression can also be expressed as:

[ G/C–> (A x B) ]

Understand that the state of Grace is a Trinity-Unity, i.e. a third integrated and more unified state of Wholeness, that Consciousness itself is unitary and that the state of Grace and Consciousness are essentially synonymous.

[ C/G–> (A x B) ]

Understand that in the temporal universe thirdness-oneness is both a mental and physical reality that generally escapes perception because in the next moment it becomes….another thirdness-oneness. This is not to deny Duality, but merely to beseech the individual to integrate/be integrative at which time thirdness-oneness becomes a more actualized reality to one. The mental (or physical) state of Grace is always such a Trinity/Multiplicity/Unity. Examples:

[ (+ charge x – charge)–> Integrated manifestation of electricity/electro-magnetism ]

[ (Space x Time)–> Grace/Consciousness ]

[ (A x B) Integrated expression) –> Integrating/Integrative underlying nature of Grace-Trinity/Multiplicity/Unity of the Cosmos ]

Understand that Integrated-Integrative/Integrating is both the expressed and the essential/underlying state of the Cosmos, and that Grace/Consciousness is itself an integrated-Integrating/Integrative state. Hence The Cosmic Code describes both the final Integrative temporal universe expression of things and conscious human experience….both of which are real.

[ C/G–>(A x B) ] = The Cosmic Code

Understand that the objective of Life is to understand, acknowledge and experience Duality while not getting so caught up in it that one misses the deeper, more unified reality of trinity-unity that encompasses and contains Duality.

People who think that cynicism as a lifestyle is wisdom and that graciousness is folly are both pitiful and stupid. Grace is an amalgam of love, effectiveness and power while cynicism is an ineffective tick above self pity.      Steve Hummel 09/15/2016

The problem is purpose not just employment, especially as AI and innovation increase productivity and decrease the need for human input. A relatively abundant gift of money in addition to whatever employment is available in the private sector AND the option of a job guarantee is the answer to an inherently austere system. When you understand that you stop unconsciously helping man to be made for systems instead of making them FOR Man. The purpose (and trick) in Life is the cultivation of graciousness which is a two way gift, and whatever other constructive purposes one self determinedly desires to keep their attention focused on the present moment. Economic theories should mirror this philosophy with their policies.

BJ:  Basic Income is a consumption scheme originating in free market fundamentalism; the notion that freedom (the only freedom deserved by the poor, anyway) consists of choosing between Colgate and Crest. The scheme will primarily increase corporate profits, encourage additional environmental degradation, and further cement growing domestic income inequality while doing nothing to improve social well-being.

I’d suggest these failures are why BIG proponents like it but the hyper-individualist left is so incoherent in their thinking I doubt they could come up with such a plan.

Me:  @BJ

I’m sorry, but IMO that is a very biased point of view. The real problem is economists and intellectuals in general need to “wake up and die right” ….by living in present time where the transformative realities spoken and written about by history’s sages are real….and all of the fragmented, orthodoxy ridden idiocies of both religion and science are exposed as just that….idiocies.

Systems do not have a mind or consciousness. They require policies that reflect the deep and transformative aspects that mind/consciousness have, to guide them instead of being based on mere profit, power and control …or mere reactionary or unconscious acceptance of orthodoxy about them.

Let us bring consciousness to economics and all of our systems. So that we can come into a new unit of time and stop being reactionaries on the left and the right.

Neither party realizes that the monetary paradigm is the real issue and the only way our myriad cultural problems will ever get resolved. That’s why my Project Wisdom and Monetary Grace is so important for freedom and the survival of profit making systems.