One consciousness consists of an aware person (because no, consciousness sits not in your head, your head sits at the center of the bubble you are aware of), which contains the information that determines the qualities of the mind, and a cloud of signals that interact with the neighboring minds.įor a closer look at this, read our riveting article on the Household Set. Consciousnesses The human world consists of hobby clubs, scientific disciplines, religions, you name it, which ultimately consist of single human minds.A (eukaryotic) cell consists of a nucleus which contains the information that determines the qualities of the cell, and a corresponding cellular body that interacts with neighboring cells. Cells The biosphere consists of colonies, which consists of cells.An atom consists of a nucleus which contains the information that determines the qualities of the atom, and a corresponding cloud of electrons that interacts with neighboring atoms. Atoms The material realm consists of objects, which consist of molecules, which consist of atoms.Its basic shape occurs on every level of complexity: The "house" is also not a typically human invention but rather the fundamental building block of nature. The ab governs the house, and the house trades and interacts with other houses, but once energy or substance enters the house, it's allocated and not traded (albeit per the instructions of the ab).
But the defining characteristic that distinguishes a "house" from a hobby club is that the members of house share all resources. When the house develops, the ab can be expected to settle in a comfortable central lodging perhaps a tent first, but soon a brick building, and finally a palace ( Matthew 11:8) or temple in which the identity of the house is manifested and which in practice becomes synonymous with the house - which explains why in the classics our word also became used to denote a cave in which someone lived, or a cage for birds, or the perch of objects on display. The core of any such centralized economic system called οικος ( oikos) is the "housefather" - that is πατηρ ( pater) in Greek and אב ( ab) in Hebrew - and the members of it are called "sons" - in Greek υιος ( huios) and in Hebrew בן ( ben) - or collectively the "mother" - in Greek μητηρ ( meter) and in Hebrew אם ( 'em). It needs to be emphasized that in the latter senses the word "house" is not used figuratively but that the word οικος ( oikos) really means all those things, and one's domestic abode is a mere manifestation of a much broader concept. Instead of merely some building, our word οικος ( oikos) rather describes a centralized realm of economic activity, and can cover a mere family ( Mark 7:30, John 7:53) or enterprise ( Mark 5:38, Luke 11:17, Acts 10:2) or church ( Romans 16:5, Colossians 4:15) but also a village ( Mark 2:1), a whole tribe ( Hebrews 8:8) or lineage ( Luke 2:4) or even a whole people ( Matthew 10:6, Acts 2:36) or country ( Acts 7:10). One important and revealing derivation of our word is the noun οικονομος ( oikonomos), from whence comes our word "economy" (see below). Where our English word "house" inevitably brings to mind a domestic building (see οικια, oikia below), the ancient concept of the oikos - or בית ( bayit) in Hebrew - existed long before people lived in buildings (Genesis 7:1, Hebrews 11:7, Genesis 14:14). The noun οικος ( oikos) is usually translated with "house" but although there is no suitable alternative, it's really quite incorrect.
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