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Chapter 12: The discontinuity principle.While Dante never speaks about the non-linearity in nature, and the discontinuous jumps in directed unfoldment that separate species, he does concern himself with the resulting phenomenon. The discontinuity principle is also recognized in the 'mechanics' of the atomic structure, where the orbiting, so-called particles, have been discovered to disappear from their orbit, and reappear in different orbits without having a recognizable state of existence in between. The discontinuity principle was also demonstrated to an astonishing extend by Christ Jesus, who was able to heal the most debilitating diseases, such as leprosy, blindness, deafness, lameness, etc., instantly. In a sense, he put the discontinuity principle on the map, by his majestic healing work which occurred outside, and in opposition to, all established religious structures. This quantum jump in man's capability that Christ Jesus had demonstrated, was itself the end-product of one of the great historic periods of renaissance that unfolded during the Greek Classical period. But it was not the end-product of a linear development. The entire period of renaissance was a chain of discontinuous quantum jumps in perception. Every element of this renaissance represented a discontinuous jump forward rather than a gradual mutation of knowledge. Homer, Solon, Socrates, Plato, Erasthosenes, Christ Jesus, were not the cream of a pack, but were in a class of their own, defined by momentous discoveries of fundamental principles. Mary Baker Eddy always worked from the standpoint that scientific Christian healing must produce discontinuous, instant changes. She never advocated that long recovery periods would be required. Her healing work was sure, swift, profound, just like that of Christ Jesus. It is interesting to note that after centuries of celebrating Christmas, the historic link is never mentioned or recognized, that connects the man's great accomplishments with the unfolding renaissance by which the 'ground' for the advent of Jesus was prepared. This link has remained largely undiscovered for 20 centuries. And so it has to be. A discovery is itself an event of a discontinuous jump in perception. A discovery is never a gradual, linear, increase in recognition of a truth. It is the result of an idea coming light that had never been recognized before. Mary Baker Eddy's scientific development structure was, according to all evidence, purposely designed to come to light by means of a discovery. The structure itself is designed to encourage discoveries that enable transitional jumps in perception according to outlined domains that are, by their various natures, infinitely separated from each other. There is nothing linear about the development that is promoted by this development structure. One also finds the discontinuity principle reflected in economics. For instance, when the discoveries of principles that were founded on the Renaissance were applied to economic policy in the early years of the U.S.A., after the nation had been bankrupted under British free-trade, a quantum jump in prosperity was realized. This represents not a gradual, linear, incremental change from being a hopeless debtor, to something better. It represented a quantum jump in perception that put the entire economic arena into a totally different sphere than that which had caused the nation to become bankrupted. The same principle also applies in reverse. It is a fallacy to belief that a financial and economic system can regress from bad to worse in an endless linear regression. The regression will invariably reach a point of discontinuity when the whole thing disintegrates as it has become globally dysfunctional. The discontinuity principle is also evident in politics. The educational mobilization by the Schiller institute that helped end the war in Yugoslavia had a long history, but once it became more generally recognized why by whom the war had been instigated, the results unfolded literally over night, and the war was brought to a speedy conclusion. || - page index - || - chapter index - || - Exit - ||
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