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"I’ve worked very hard on my audiences to make sure that they understand that it’s only the human mind that is able to discover those eternal principles that are operative, governing the eternal regeneration of the Universe. Humans are here for functioning in a special capability of reference to the eternal laws. When you have something as complex in design as the Boeing 747 you have to have all those instruments up forward and every once in a while the instruments tell the pilot that they’re non functioning-- or they’re not saying anything. It tells the pilot he’s got to take over now himself, not to rely any more on automatic and only by direct access to the principles of the Universe can he possibly save his ship.
"The Universe must be a problem of design of eternal regeneration, a design that makes the Boeing 747 look like a toothpick in simplicity compared to the complexity of eternally regenerative Universe. There must be some local things that go on as there would be in the Boeing 747, where you find out where the stresses are, or where the heat is: something you’ve got to attend to. You need a local monitor on some part of the Universe… and that’s what we’re here for.
¶ Citations
- tape transcript RBF to W. Wolf, Gloucester, Mass., p.13, 2 Jun’74
