The tax forms are still patiently awaiting my attention contrary my good intentions of yesterday. I had a very lazy day yesterday, but did go out for a walk and paper, read some more in ‘Brand Luther’ and prepared my dinner. In the evening I got a call from Ron, whom I’d sent a link to BBC story on a new ESA mapping satellite.

Ron and I maintain a celestial connect in that we are both interested in Space and Astronomy.

We had quite chat and Ron sounded all settled in at Courtenay BC, where he and Nancy enjoy the mild winter weather. I must admit that this attracts me too, but I’m too settled here now. In 1999 I had plans to move to Vancouver or the coast. Ron and I maintain a celestial connect in that we are both interested in Space and Astronomy. Good call, so to speak:-)! Thanks, Ron.

I put ‘knowable mystery’ in the title for two reasons. First, in earlier writings here and other places - the essays and my talks - I have expressed that we live in the mystery of ‘Existence Divine‘, but that this mystery is knowable. This I base on the fact that all thinkers, prophets and scientists, among others, report insights, discoveries and revelations, past and present as evidence of this ‘knowability‘.

Secondly the knowable shows in humanity’s record as we steadily progress in the understanding of our existence. The record also shows that the mystery is still with us, albeit changed in appearance, as is the want of mystery. This record started with the early ‘mythologies’ as we call them today and continues on today with our scientific endeavours.

Summarizing, we live in this mystery, which has shown to be knowable over time.

Summarizing, we live in this mystery, which has shown to be knowable over time. This is evident from our discoveries, insights and revelations, through which we are adding and modifying the way we understand our existence in the human realm.

The time over which these discoveries have been made stretches back from the present to the times of the invention of language, paintings and other forms of human culture and technology. This is why I close my writings of the 25th this instance, with noting that ‘human traditions teach us’. Teaching us the aspects of a power that lies beyond our grasp, yet is experienced as knowable.

Studying our own journey across time is a pre-condition for a comprehensive understanding of our human endeavour in general. Then, more specificly enabling us to focus on the functionality of our human behaviour from those early times on. Potentially this may assist us in addressing the modern difficulties and conflicts confronting us, which are crying out for solutions.

Our human journey was one of discovery back then and is at present. Today we need to understand the why and wherefores of the discoveries that humans made and which have now become our heritage.

Modern sciences such as Archaeology, Anthropology and History reveal to us the record of discoveries made by humans over time. The way our society functions today relates to that long human record and informs our own discoveries as to how to ‘move forward’, as today’s phraseology has it.

We must not look at our modern world in isolation, but relate it to our human past, realising that we are functioning at the forefront of development - of discoveries - stretching back into the distant past. Today we add to this chain by the discoveries we make, increasing to our human understanding of the mystery of our existence, which I have called at times “Existence Divine”.

In conclusion I want to make clear that we as humanity in the mystery of existence are ordering our experience framing in it through a process of discoveries enhancing our understanding of all that exists.
<9:38am and 10:37am with coffee and edit~