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DM Pondering the metaphysical today, ... far beyond evidence, at vanishing points: Is there anything to be found, learned, or perhaps reasonably conjectured from ancient history or prehistory of human civilizations regarding the ever-persistent prevalence of constructs such angels, demons, spirits or apparitions? This is a rich question, and one worth doing properly rather than pattern-matching a quick answer. I'll dig into the archaeology, the cognitive science of religion,

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DM How might embracing the "3 Pillars" of all humans' actual reality: • all-encompassing, • kinetic and • vanishing points, (together known as Pantakinesis...) ...bring about significant advancements in human thought, response and vigilance within these three contextual examples: 1) Financial planning and investments? 2) Business modeling/strategies? 3) Career navigation? The core of what you're asking can't be researched — since the three pillars live within our shared corpu

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DM A good Sunday of "conclusion-generating" to you. ;>) Today l'm at a vanishing point of cognition (a modest threshold). I'm pondering our largely ultimate 2D thinking about 3D and "n"D objects, such as spirals and spheres (each being prosthetic holophren constructs), in which we tend to comprehend only the superficial "skins" of phenomena. We too often believe in "snapshots of fogs;" ...ignoring the other motions, dimensions and thereof. For example: a sphere, such as a ma