[...] LINK. “If we are the ones who know the universe, then who knows us? This type of questioning leads to an inevitable procession all the way back to the “Ultimate Observer” or “Ultimate ‘I’”. While contemplating this infinite stretch, Dunne pondered whether a universe plagued by such a problem could be considered rational. In his own conclusion, Dunne offers that the universe is completely rational except for the Ultimate Observer, who is the one making the picture. For Dunne, one can never discover or explain this Ultimate Observer completely.” Quote from Adam Crabtree at ‘Survival of Bodily Death’, An Esalen Invitational Conference May 22 to 27, 2005. (Yes, that Esalen – the ones who release books with inspired titles like ‘Touch the Ocean: The Power of Our Collective Emotions’). Quote refers to J.W. Dunne’s conception of an Infinite Regress (?). Dunne’s ‘An Experiment with Time’ is about time actually being serial instead of linear; the past present and future all happening at once. Dunne claimed that our dreams regularly predict the future, but that the future is so banal we don’t don’t realise the significance of what we are seeing. Who else in the 1920’s had the nerve to declare the future would be banal? Dunne’s precognitive nihilism was about 80 years before it’s time. Posted by Cameron on January 21st, 2010. Filed in reading No Comments » [...]
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[...] LINK. “If we are the ones who know the universe, then who knows us? This type of questioning leads to an inevitable procession all the way back to the “Ultimate Observer” or “Ultimate ‘I’”. While contemplating this infinite stretch, Dunne pondered whether a universe plagued by such a problem could be considered rational. In his own conclusion, Dunne offers that the universe is completely rational except for the Ultimate Observer, who is the one making the picture. For Dunne, one can never discover or explain this Ultimate Observer completely.” Quote from Adam Crabtree at ‘Survival of Bodily Death’, An Esalen Invitational Conference May 22 to 27, 2005. (Yes, that Esalen – the ones who release books with inspired titles like ‘Touch the Ocean: The Power of Our Collective Emotions’). Quote refers to J.W. Dunne’s conception of an Infinite Regress (?). Dunne’s ‘An Experiment with Time’ is about time actually being serial instead of linear; the past present and future all happening at once. Dunne claimed that our dreams regularly predict the future, but that the future is so banal we don’t don’t realise the significance of what we are seeing. Who else in the 1920’s had the nerve to declare the future would be banal? Dunne’s precognitive nihilism was about 80 years before it’s time. Posted by Cameron on January 21st, 2010. Filed in reading No Comments » [...]