Hi! Welcome to The Transcendental Object! If you're wondering what "The Transcendental Object" is, think about something and try to generate an image of it in your mind. Though it is possible to utilize information that you consciously possess to create a sort of "interpretive dance" about something, you won't really be able to do what I just asked with any clarity or distinct result. Your "imagination" fails you. And yet, you know that such things, from your experience, happened at some point. We like to sense these things to be certain of what a thing is, and that it is, or was, somewhere. Regardless of the fact that replication is seemingly impossible, you will still be certain that you "know" whatever thing you think of. The fact that you know what a thing is, only by having sensed it, makes your knowledge of that thing "transcendental". You perceived (in the partiality of some sense), and now you simply know. You can call this "memory", but originally when you first experienced some-thing, you gained knowledge of that thing beyond what would be simply described as sensual. No one can conjure up a perfect image of a thing because your knowledge of it is partial, or incomplete. The transcendental quality of an object is in the reception of real knowledge through simple senses and logical ramifications. All sorts of characteristics of (and relationships with) a thing spring to mind through the instantaneous consideration of it, labeled by some word. You think a word, and you know a lot of things. Of course, I refer not to the usual sense of reflecting on a word for its factual information, but to the myriad of possible relationships that such a word might form, whenever you "think". The Transcendental Object, then, is that which is known in receiving a word. Reality is displaying itself to you, in a unique form, whenever you use the language that we have created to describe it. We know that in dreams, though they remain an "interpretive dance", our knowledge of things flowers into lush scenes that engross us with our imaginations. Although, at the level of waking consciousness, we don't not possess the capacity to really create such scenes (outside the spontaneous "day-dream"), it certainly exists in our minds as a potential. DMT (dimethyltryptamine, a naturally occurring neurochemical) unleashes that potential when you go to sleep, proving to us how vast our knowledge truly is. Imagine then, that the knowledge of God must have created this reality, much in the same way that "His" microcosm, the human being, creates dreams. Consciousness and the brain interact during such an event, but what if the source of consciousness, acting without restriction, makes "dreams" real? Does your knowledge of reality start at "0" when you are born, and immediately start forming itself? Or does knowledge itself pre-exist your birth? Are you simply becoming AWARE of what you already knew, in some brand-new way (the unique baby)? The Transcendental Object, then, is existential information that the brain becomes associated with at birth. You "tapped in" to what was already there... So, I say. Ideologies enforced by scientific societies conflict with this view. It's up to you to discern the truth. *the term "the transcendental object" comes from a philosophy described by Immanuel Kant. The ideas I am submitting here are original, and do not necessarily bear any connection to Kant's theory. |
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Recent Updates: (Note: You may need to refresh the page to get changes since you last visited. Display is corrected for 1440 x 900 resolution - If your screen isn't set to this, the site won't fit right.) *Coming Soon 4/3/21 - Added "The Easter Zombie" to Thought of the Day. 3/24/21 - Added "Rate Me" to Thought of the Day. 3/1/21 - Added "Here I am Now, Entertain Me." to Thought of the Day. 2/10/21 - Added "The Wild Buffoon" to Thought of the Day. 2/8/21 - New section, "American Mythology", coming soon. Review, and various revisions being made to the site's content. 1/28/21 - Added "The Transcendental Object, Part 3" to Thought of the Day. 1/21/21 - Added strategy for "Stone Rain" and "Spare Supplies" to "The List" and "Zendikar Rising (FOIL)", respectively, in School of Magic. 1/16/21 - Added "Democracy is Freedom" to Thought of the Day. 12/29/20 - Added strategy for "The Magic Mirror" and "Vantress Gargoyle" in School of Magic (Throne of Eldraine). 12/15/20 - Added strategy for "Sorcerous Spyglass" and "Stonecoil Serpent" in School of Magic (Throne of Eldraine). 12/9/20 - Added "Accessories" to School of Magic. 12/7/20 - Added new tokens and basic lands from various sets to School of Magic. 12/3/20 - Updated "Zendikar Rising" with new cards. Added cards from "The List" to School of Magic. 11/19/20 - Added tokens and basic lands to "Zenidkar Rising" and "Ikoria". Updated pricing in School of Magic. 11/9/20 - Added "Natural Control" to Decklists in School of Magic. 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Currently renovating site to eliminate glitches, such as broken/missing links. 5/31/20 - Added new episode of "Tell a Tale", including 11 pages of material. 5/20/20 - Resumed work on Tell a Tale. The section's link will now direct you to the 2020 episodes. 5/11/20 - Added "War is Not a Triumph" to Thought of the Day. 5/9/20 - Finished renovating Visual Art. Click the first image to browse through the gallery and enjoy a greatly improved presentation. 5/8/20 - Renovating the individual pages in Visual Art. Check out the first portion now for a more visually appealing experience. 4/29/20 - Added strategy for "Midnight Clock" in "Throne of Eldraine". 4/27/20 - Added strategy for "Command Tower", "Fabled Passage" and "Mystic Sanctuary" in "Throne of Eldraine". 4/23/20 - Added strategy for "Castle Locthwain" and "Castle Vantress" in "Throne of Eldraine". 4/21/20 - Added strategy for "Castle Embereth" and "Castle Garenbrig" in "Throne of Eldraine". 4/19/20 - Renovated "Dragons of Tarkir". 4/18/20 - Added strategy for "Stormfist Crusader" in "Throne of Eldraine". 4/16/20 - Renovated "Born of the Gods". 4/14/20 - Renovated "M13 Core Set". 4/12/20 - Updated "Dragon's Maze" with new prices. 4/9/20 - Added "Tenth Edition" basic lands to "Token and Basic Land" section. 4/8/20 - Finished update to "Theros Beyond Death". New FOILs, tokens and lands available. 4/6/20 - "Theros Beyond Death" updated with new cards, FOIL and Token/Land section updates forthcoming. New Thought of the Day likely to come later today. 4/2/20 - Finished Premium and Token/Land sections for "Ravnica Allegiance". Renovated "Return to Ravnica" with new prices. Adding new cards to "Theros Beyond Death", update should be complete in a couple of days. 3/30/20 - Continuing work done on "Tenth Edition" and "Ravnica Allegiance". New cards were added to "Ravnica Allegiance" - tokens, basic lands and premium cards not yet updated. 3/22/20 - Renovated stock and added basic lands to "Lorwyn". I'm postponing strategy guide additions to work on further renovations, as well as continuing work on the musical project, "Don't Mind Me". Check music section for previews. 3/18/20 - Renovated stock and added basic lands in "Kamigawa Block" and "Ninth Edition". 3/2/20 - 3 new cards added to "Throne of Eldraine" strategy portion. 2/29/20 - Happy Leap Day. Added "Soldiers, and Cops and Quacks, Oh My! Part 2" to Thought of the Day. 2/27/20 - 3 cards added to "Throne of Eldraine" strategy portion. 2/25/20 - Began work on the "Throne of Eldraine" strategy portion. First 3 cards have been given thoughts and analysis. New cards will be added on a regular (if not daily) basis. 2/23/20 - Added "Throne of Eldraine" to School of Magic. Continuing work on the strategy guide. New information will be noted here. 2/9/20 - Added "Theros Beyond Death" to School of Magic. "Throne of Eldraine" section under construction. 1/22/20 - Added "Basic Land" and "Shadows Over Innistrad Block" to School of Magic. Added cards to Ixalan Block. 12/25/19 - Finished School of Magic gallery renovation, images were enhanced and object alignments corrected. 12/21/19 - Added "A Brief Introduction to Zoology" to Thought of the Day. 12/8/19 - Began renovating card gallery images for sharper clarity, in chronological order. 11/27/19 - Opened "School of Magic", a new section of The Transcendental Object, devoted to the strategy card game, Magic: The Gathering. This includes an on-going strategy guide, and a card store. 10/22/19 - Added "Infinity's Disguise #10, 'Hi! My name is Fate.' " to Visual Art. 6/28/19 - Added "Soldiers, and Cops, and Quacks, Oh My!" (Part 1) to Thought of the Day. |
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| Why do you need to "believe" in things? Aren't you sure? Of course I am! Why else would I say so!?! Well, the term "belief" implies that you can't prove your convictions, but rather insist that the truth is a mere matter of "opinion". We all have a "right" to our individual "beliefs". Nevermind the fact that those beliefs are usually based on an in-group's consensus, and are rarely ever considered honestly by an individual member. Loyalty seems to be more important to you than such an evaluation... Point being, your priorities aren't straight. Wouldn't you consider it crucial to represent yourself with REAL knowledge, rather than relying on empty rhetoric from cultural mascots, who can't prove anything that they supposedly KNOW??? Obey Your Mind. You already know the truth, but have refused to accept it your whole life. What do YOU know?!? You're just some crazy junkie! So, I've been told by an endless line of faithful zombies. It seems obvious to me, that if EVERYONE agrees that 2+2=5, there might be some ulterior motive to your "belief system". As in, you might not really even CARE about whether or not it was true, as long as it DID what you wanted it to do. I do care about what my beliefs "do", sir. If I didn't, what a hopeless mess we'd be in! Just think, no one would fight in the army, no one would enforce the law... Heck, no one would even salute their flag! Ignorance is Strength. Right, right. No one would ever question the authority of their predecessors, and we'd all be perfectly safe within the microcosmic bubble of the dominant society. Nevermind the ramifications of our lifestyle upon the rest of the world, because they're not citizens! And, of course, maintain such an order with a constant threat of ultra-violence... You know, nuclear bombs, or whatever. War is Peace. What do YOU know, ya goddamn hippie! You're blessed to be part of the Greatest Country in the World! You don't DESERVE the freedom and opportunity that we offer to our allies! Just think, all those perfect American boys that died or lost limbs and sanity to save your pathetic ass! And all you do is bitch about it! Where's your GRATITUDE??? Oh, I apologize. I didn't see the point in sacrificing myself to a "cause" that caused me nothing but severe unhappiness. I can't be sure what it is that everyone else is getting-off on, but I've basically concluded that it must be some form of pure evil. Reason denies me any such pleasure, as I can easily determine that the end result of allegiance to any sort of evil would be pain. And "freedom", for me, wouldn't include obedience to any lower source of information. Slavery is Freedom. Oh, well. Look at me! Hahaha... Trying, and trying, and trying... To talk to NO ONE. |
| Reality Is a Mirror. Do You See Yourself? Or, Maybe Someone Else? |
Quote of the Day: "There IS, contrary to popular belief, a commonly overlooked prerequisite to having 'human rights'... That is, that you need to first think and behave like a decent human being. Then, you might gain consideration beyond that which we give to an animal." ~Your Only Hope |
The thing about lies... Is that they're strategically ineffective. It's the oldest trick in the book, and everyone knows it already. You can lie incessantly, and one line of truth can completely reveal all your efforts as fraudulent. A person will put faith in lying, and expect everyone to believe everything that they say, because they think that they, their selves, would fall for it. They sound charming in their own imagination, and expect that no one will know that they are lying, simply because they are perfect and beautiful. But, you can tell when someone is doing that, because every creature in the world has a God-given access to the truth. To lie to another (Maliciously. In order to hurt, manipulate or steal from another) is to put an absolute sort of faith in yourself, and to doubt that God is more powerful than you. What you have to realize, is that the truth stands as true, waiting for anyone to discover it, as such. It is completely unreasonable to think that you can personally defy such a thing, forever casting it under the shadow of your grandeur. What will you ever DO about that, Evil? There's one thing, I know, that evil feels confident in depending upon, thinking that God is powerless to control it. It would be the mere fact that everyone else is doing the same thing (many lies being socially-contagious, and deeply ingrained in the psyche of the cultural super-ego), and that we should uphold one another's integrity, falsely (with more lies), as a matter of self-defense. But, if everyone is such a liar, who is there to convince? It would be God, Himself, unfortunately. All the fools in the world think that they can collaborate to trick God Himself, totally ignoring all intuitive understanding. It doesn't even make sense that you can, unless you fall further down the spiral of lies, and continue to try to convince yourself of your own, pathetic, pseudo-logic. After all, "You're God too!" (the other one), and you have the same power that He does, to "create" the truth. Well, no. God IS the truth, and didn't even need to perform an act for it to exist. But, when you lie about something, you make a concerted effort, creating a logical product of the imagination. God never needs to lie. However, the mind of a liar will receive an appropriate response from Him. (Whether you ask for it, or not) It might appear as one of their own tricks, one of their own lies, but in truth, it is only the content of the illusion that they live within. An illusion that not only portrays a version of the truth that can't be verified, but also tells them that they have control, they can't be stopped, and that they are the truth. In other words, it's likely that God will tell you that you are right, irresponsibly disregarding the fact that you are not. Really, it's because it doesn't even matter, and the only people that such a lie would hurt is the source of such. How can you discern the real truth from an illusion, then? That would be a simple matter of being honest with yourself. You actually already know the difference, and are expected to disregard that which you want to hear, and accept the real truth when it strikes you. For example, many people seem to believe that if something rhymes well (a catch phrase), it means that it is true. God might orchestrate such coincidences for other reasons than simply to point out some truth - It might be to point out a truth about yourselves, instead. Looking at it as though it should be straight-forward messaging, or information-giving, is simply immature. God doesn't want to spoil the dynamic, after all! You all need to come to the truth on your own terms. In short, stop complaining about yourselves! God's no liar! YOU clearly are! |
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