Reference: Postulate Mechanics
The Unknowable
Beyond knowable, there is Unknowable. There can only be a vague sense of the Unknowable. We become aware only when we sense something and are able to interpret it correctly.
To know the unknowable, one has to postulate what may be there. We know what impinges on our senses by symbolizing it and giving it meaning. Reality is established by the oneness (continuity, consistency and harmony) of all that we postulate. We cannot know more than the meanings we assign.
When we look at the dichotomy “Creator-creation,” we find both of these items in the category of knowable. Similarly, both items of the dichotomy, “Cause-effect,” are in the category of knowable. Again, both items of the dichotomy “Spiritual-physical” are knowable. Actually, the whole Universe is knowable. When it comes to Unknowable, we simply cannot talk about it.
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Notes
It is an error to think that there was nothingness or some identity in the beginning. There is a phenomenon we know nothing about. There is only some primitive awareness of sensation and postulate followed by perception. Out of that come identities. Identities are then aware of the harmonics of those sensations, postulates and perceptions.
All we can say that from Unknowable comes awareness, postulates, and the assimilation of those postulates into perception. This is the basic mechanism of this universe.
Fundamental awareness is made up of sensations. An identity is a composite of sensations. Where those sensations and identity come from, we do not know. When we are trying to understand ourselves, we are basically trying to understand the sensations that constitute us.
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Comments
Some people have trouble getting the idea of Unknowable because
UNKNOWABLE = UNAWARENESS
Such an experience exists in the womb, and everyone has been through that experience. It is not real to the person because his awareness was not there to keep an impression of it.
If there is no Unknowable then there would be no reason to postulate. But there are postulates.
thank you! Very interesting! I often wonder what makes human beings so different? At 82 i have seen kindness but also hatred by being jewish! What amazes me is that i personally do not hate anyone because their is no reason too! We all deserve to be loved but respectful of other human beings!
That is a deep question, and like any question it has an aspect that verges on unknowable. So different people make different postulates in order to make sense out of this question. In my opinion, a person is different from another because of his genetic memory, the current life experiences and the postulates he makes to understand the unknowable element in a situation.
I have been studying Judaism and it is my understanding that what lifted the Jews from obscurity to permanent religious greatness was their passion for meaning. It seems that Judaism is based on the postulate that humankind could not have created itself. From this it follows that humankind has issued from something other than itself. That Other underscores one’s limitations. To be meaningful, this Other cannot be prosaic, chaotic, amoral, or hostile.
Scientifically, I see reality that way. To be meaningful, reality must be ONE. To me, oneness means that reality should be continuous, consistent and harmonious.
https://vinaire.me/2025/01/29/the-reality/