Finamoroa and the Power of Zero
My mate, SooZen, once said that I was too abstract....that when I talk of some things she has no choice but to tune out - "I don't know what you're talking about." I smiled and answered: "finamoroa..." I had no immediate idea of what that meant. It took a while to sink in. Suddenly it occurred to me that the spontaneity of it was a means to describe the impact of the comment - an abstract word that had no definable meaning...but has a sound... a unique sound. Later my definition came into being - finamaroa - (noun) [fee-nah-moh-row-ah]: abstraction. ignorant of the present. no connection with the present logic.
Sounds are wonderful things. I've concocted many of my own words that are names of my images, i.e, 'probassio,' 'quadrascape,' 'tresometry,' 'yahoma,' and one of my particular favorites, 'ontaunibus' are some examples I've coined to use as "image names." But obviously there are thousands of good sounds amongst us... pet names we call our loved ones, familial names that have certain importance to our lives, names of movies or books that are strong enough to burn into our memory for all time, for good or bad. The names of foods that cause our taste buds to salivate, the names of religions or philosophies that have defined cultures and times... the list is as long as our imagination is inspired.
Sounds as seemingly simple as 'zero' : a good sound, strong, to the point, definitive. This one four-letter word has an enormous impact upon our humanity... arguably one of the strongest ten words there is. Zero is necessary for power. The more zeroes following a 1 thru 9, the more power there is, although the symbol of zero is 'naught'... without any substance. Yet that same zero multiplied is significant for measuring power.
one hundred - (2)zeroes
one thousand - (3 zeroes)
one million - (6 zeroes)
one billion - (9 zeroes)
one trillion - (12 zeroes)
The power of the Zero. Not only a sound but at once a no thing while at the same time - every thing. Zero necessitates one of nine numbers: 1 thru 9. Without any one or more of these numbers preceding it, zero lies fallow in tomorrow’s imagination awaiting the call to come forward and make powerful all other numbers.one thousand - (3 zeroes)
one million - (6 zeroes)
one billion - (9 zeroes)
one trillion - (12 zeroes)
It's the number system that foils our very humanity. We are not totally based upon any number system. Sure. we use numbers for our bills, our earnings to pay those bills, to measure our social worth (even our personal worth for some), but we also are in tune to our emotions, and our emotions are beyond the logic of numbers. We purchase necessities for our loved ones, our children...we don't concentrate on the numbers to attain those goals, we just simply see the necessity of reaching those goals for they will benefit those we nourish on all levels.
We do not think directly in numbers when we are composing, say, a musical piece or do anything but paint when we are creating pictures. We do not think in numbers when we are writing our poems, our stories, our inner feelings. Numbers take a back seat. We are the number and the zero, and together we add our worth, our value, our years and our experiences. We calculate and we mediate...our minds at work to benefit our being amongst the society of life.
Know that this is only half of you. The mental half...the mind at it's best and within it's joy our lives become happy...our bliss becomes realized...we are no longer within the mind, slipped away. We become the zero. We stand alone and at one with everything...for no thing is possible without our zero. The one that achieves zero holds all possibility within their hands.
_________ 0 _________
zero
alpha and omega
the beginning and the end
rounding out our existence
thru our own calculations
how foolish
to think that we are
only the sum
of our past
disregarding
the potentiality
of our future
and the wonder
of our now.
as our zeroes multiply
with each succeeding life
our emptiness increases
to swallow the infinite
no thing
(zero)
_________ 0 _________
zero
alpha and omega
the beginning and the end
rounding out our existence
thru our own calculations
how foolish
to think that we are
only the sum
of our past
disregarding
the potentiality
of our future
and the wonder
of our now.
as our zeroes multiply
with each succeeding life
our emptiness increases
to swallow the infinite
no thing
(zero)
_________ 0 _________
Cecil
29 June 2008
St Fiacra
One Cool Dude!
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[the only known saint that has no church named after him]
The Patron Saint of Gardens and Gardeners One Cool Dude!
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~[the only known saint that has no church named after him]
standing tall in the garden of SooZen & Cecil for many moons.
