The Third Hundred

THE THIRD HUNDRED of The Book of Wesley is largely an elaboration of Wesley’s Theory of Relativity as introduced in the First Hundred (17). In it, he becomes increasingly preoccupied with mathematical formulae. (“Mathematics is the first great division of philosophy.” 279) Sometimes, however, it is difficult to tell if Wesley is referring to mathematics or to some other societal phenomenon. (“Potential is the product of initiative divided by opposition.” 213)

In this volume, Wesley begins his exploration of alternative systems. It contains immediately confessed errors and contradictions. However, the thought process can still be traced. It has been my effort once again to leave in the progression, even when stray thoughts seem abhorrently in error. We can only wait to see if Wesley returns to them to redeem them.

After all, it seems he has a long way to go before he reaches his conclusion.

Nathan Everett, editor

August 4, 1982

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201. Consider this about motion (19, 199)—If you shoot an arrow at a moving airplane propeller, what are the chances that the arrow could get past it? Very slim. Why? Because the speed (motion) of the propeller exceeds the relative motion of the arrow.

202. Thus, as far as arrows are concerned, the entire path of the propeller blade is a solid, not just the blades themselves. In fact, the solid area—being a circle—is over three times the area of the blades themselves—being a star—only because of motion.

203. The mass being moved may be reduced infinitely as long as the motion is relatively increased. In other words, it would be possible for a thread to create an equally solid circle if one could propel it fast enough.

204. This is the principle of what is known to us as atomics. We discover upon examining the atom that there is far more empty space than there is solid particle; and even the solidity that is there is doubtful. As a walking being made of atoms, I am more empty space than solid mass.

205. The atom is therefore described in terms of relationships and balance, positives and negatives, and motion. It is nothing more than the pattern—the brainwave, if you will—of the universal conscious.

206. Returning to the arrow, as you shorten it and/or increase its own motion relative to the moving propeller, you increase the chance that the arrow may pass the field of the moving propeller. So, a bullet fired from a high-powered rifle may stand a better chance of passing than the original arrow. To the bullet, the circular field is less solid than it is to the arrow.

207. Thus, a person, being a highly concentrated motion, finds the universe by contrast to have great holes in it that one might pass leisurely through, but finds a table impenetrable because of its even greater concentration of motion.

208. The solidity of an object, be it space, water, wood, or flesh, is therefore only relative to the motion of other objects it encounters (17).

209. All laws are inherently oppressive. (114)

210. The lack of law is a law in and of itself.

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211. Each day, each hour, each minute we decide how much oppression we will tolerate before we rebel—that is, become civilly disobedient.

212. Pendular Theorem (198). The universe is kept in constant tension (balance) by the forces of “potential,” “motive force,” and “pendular force.” Potential is how high a pendulum might rise. Motive force is the initiative that drives the upward movement. Pendular force is the opposition to the initiative drawing the pendulum back down.

213. Potential is the product of initiative divided by opposition.

214. Consider the swing of a pendulum. At rest, there is 0 initiative and 0 opposition, thus there is infinite potential. (0/0) The introduction of any initiative has infinite potential.

215. As soon as the pendulum is set in motion, initiative begins to decrease and opposition increases.

216. Eventually initiative reaches 0 at which time potential is at 0 regardless of opposition. (0 / x = 0)

217. Then the cycle reverses and motive force (initiative) increases as opposition decreases until the pendular axis (convergency) is reached, at which time potential is again infinite no matter what the motive force has built to. (x / 0 = ∞)

218. Atomic structure is an effect of the Pendular Theorem mandating a balance between positive and negative charges in an orbital pattern (tension).

219. Pendular geometry may be one answer to the working and tapping of networks for energy.

220. First, pendular plane geometry is tri-axial, assuming that a “point” is defined by three coordinates instead of two as in Euclidean plane geometry. Every point is held in tension by its initiative, its opposition, and its potential.

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221. Truth is not a constant.

222. Second, in pendular geometry, the axes bend at the point of convergence. Therefore, the “plane” in pendular geometry is wavy, resembling a phonograph record left in the sun.

223. Erratum: There are no negative rays emanating from the origin. So, instead of six “spokes” in a plane, there are only three positive rays—x, y, and z—defining a plane. The plane may be conical or pyramid shaped instead of wavy.

224. Truth and honesty should not be confused with each other.

225. Creativity blocks seem to come in two varieties. First is the absence of any idea or concept. This type of creativity block is more commonly experienced by the conditioned non-creative person; in other words, the person who is taught not to think. The second type—more common to people who have rebelled against conforming education and/or who have engaged themselves in the arts—is a jamming of too many ideas in the creative path to let any through.

226. A remedy for the first type of block is basically to de-educate the person. More on education later.

227. One remedy for the second is to learn to focus on a limited number of the creative ideas recognizing that they will not all come to fruition. A person may need to focus on only one idea in order to clear the jam. His method may likely involve meditation. More on meditation later.

228. The fastest way to burn out your engine is to spin your wheels.

229. Education is the process of reducing individual thought processes to societal norms.

230. Meditation is the process of releasing individual thought processes from societal norms.

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231. Both education and meditation are necessary for the balance of a person. Education creates the structure for interrelation with other people. Meditation removes the barriers to intrarelation with oneself.

232. In Western (i.e. Industrial) civilization, people seem to have increasingly little contact with themselves. They/we seem not to know them/ourselves very well. When removed from the structure of society, they/we seem lost, with nothing to fall back on—no real knowledge of them/ourselves.

233. Pre-industrial civilization is marked by less education than industrial civilization. Its citizens have less ability to interact with a broad spectrum of society, but generally far more peace with oneself.

234. Peace is ever-elusive on a worldwide scale. It is rare enough on a national level. And, the larger the body, the more difficult achieving and maintaining peace becomes.

235. A first step toward peace should be a moratorium on the transport of military equipment and hardware across national boundaries. Wherever those boundaries are in dispute, a neutral zone should be created that includes both suggested boundaries and no military hardware or personnel should be allowed in that zone.

236. After military hardware has been frozen to its location and a reasonable time for training and adjustment is made, all military personnel should be withdrawn to their country of citizenship. This leaves the defense of all national borders to indigenous persons.

237. As adequate stockpiles of armaments are accrued in each nation, the manufacture of military hardware would be phased out, beginning with all offensive weapons and proceeding to even defensive weaponry. That does not mean that research, tooling and testing could not proceed, but that manufacture would cease.

238. Military hardware may be defined as anything for which the principal purpose could only be mass action against opposing forces.

239. The diversion of energy from military purposes to domestic purposes should lead to an adequate discovery in the field of energy that the future could see a uniform dismantling of all nuclear facilities, both military and domestic.

240. It would be hoped that the future would see a ban on the possession of any weapon which in use does not jeopardize the life of the assailant in equivalent measure to the victim.

Editor’s Note: Wesley shows his naïveté in dealing with peace from a strictly theoretic standpoint, probably from his years of isolation. However, his conclusion in 241 (to come) is compelling.

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241. Voluntary participation in such a worldwide plan may be the only way to avoid forced participation in a world tyranny imposed by one or more superpowers.