One Plus One Equals Four

"The Earth is but one country, and mankind it's citizens." --Baha'u'llah

In my last post I indicated that one of the requirements for building a sustainable community is that we must change the way in which we view the world. If the way in which we perceive reality is distorted, then we will have a very difficult time in making our communities sustainable.

One plus one equals four, defines the basic structures of both the physical and metaphysical universe.

One triangle plus one triangle will come together to form a tetrahedron, which has four triangular faces. When you define the triangles as open ended, helixes - one being left oriented and one being right oriented - then you will have no trouble in visualizing this. Another way of demonstrating this is by: drawing one triangle - then draw another triangle inside the first triangle by connecting the mid points of the edges of the first triangle. You have drawn only two triangles, but you now have four. You can also cut out the large triangle and fold the outer three to the apex and you will have a tetrahedron.

The tetrahedron is the basic structural system of everything that exists in the physical and metaphysical universe. The tetrahedron defines a system by separating everything outside the system form everything inside the system. The tetrahedron is at the heart of everything that exists. If you know and understand the properties of the tetrahedron, then you will have no problems in understanding how all things in the universe are structured. More details on this theme will follow in future postings to this blog.

Please have a look at my SCIENCE IN SOCIETY GUIDE. Thank you for your time and have a wonderful day! --Larry