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The Geometry of the Golden Rules
Essays, Posters and Videos on the Geometry of the Golden Rules
Resource Articles: Research on Empathy, Altruism, and Cooperation

Don't do to others what is hateful to you.
Love your neighbor as yourself.
As above, so below.
What goes around, comes around.

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ESSAYS:

The Golden Rules -- an introduction to the Golden Rules Geometry, ©2009 Stan Tenen
As published in the Meru Foundation eTORUS #48, 3 November 2009. Essay begins on page 2.

Excerpt from "Linguistic Cosmology", ©2008 Stan Tenen
Linguistic Cosmology is included in its entirety as a chapter in The Complementarity of Mind and Body: Realizing the Dream of Descartes, Einstein, and Eccles, edited by Richard Amoroso and Karl Pribram,  published by NOVA Scientific Publishing, available for pre-order in July 2010.

The Golden Rule, the Golden Mean, and the Golden Calf, ©2009 Stan Tenen
Insights into the breaking of the First Tablets at Sinai

Church and State: The Golden Solution, ©2006 Stan Tenen   (Best viewed on full size screen)
Teaching the Golden Rule to our children.(Originally published in eTORUS #32, February 2006)

Some Notes on the Logarithmic and Golden Mean Spirals ©1996 Stan Tenen

Michael Shermer on the Golden Rule
In 2004, science writer Michael Shermer participated in one of a series of PBS interview/round table discussions titled Nine Conversations, in a series called The Question of God. In one segment, Shermer argues that the Golden Rule does not rest on any underlying religious belief, but rather is simply the most logical and reasonable way for a human to behave.

A transcript of this conversation is available on the PBS website at  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/questionofgod/nineconv/morallaw.html

VIDEOS (view on YouTube):

Mechanics of As
                                                Above So BelowThe Mechanics of As Above So Below        Playing time: 0:09:42
A new way of understanding the Golden Rules. This excerpt expands on the poster below: The Golden Gate Triangle: The Dynamic Geometry of the Golden Rule.

Excerpted from a lecture given 19 July 2009 at the A.R.E. Center of New York.

 

Smoke Rings in
                                                GenesisSmoke Rings in Genesis         Playing time: 0:03:56
"Forming in formlessness, thrust in a ring..." -- The Zohar on Genesis 1:1 (Tr. Daniel Matt)

Excerpted from a lecture given 19 July 2009 at the A.R.E. Center of New York.

 

 

Transcending the
                                                Wheel of KarmaTranscending the Wheel of Karma              Playing time: 0:06:46
The introduction of novelty -- the ability for free choice -- breaks the wheel of karma.

Excerpted from a lecture given 19 July 2009 at the A.R.E. Center of New York.

 

 

Dynamics of a
                                                Circle and a LineThe Dynamics of a Circle and a Line              Playing time: 0:03:58
The construction of the Meru First Hand(tm) model, and its philosophical meaning.

Excerpted from a lecture given 19 July 2009 at the A.R.E. Center of New York.

 

 

RESOURCE ARTICLES: Research on Altruism, Empathy, and Cooperation

Many short summaries of recent research are available at www.sciencedaily.com -- search for "altruism". Below are two of note:
Human-like altruism shown in chimpanzees --  Science Daily, June 25, 2007
Monkeys enjoy giving to others  -- Science Daily, August 25, 2008

The following is from physorg.com:
How A Simple Mathematic Formula Is Starting To Explain The Bizarre Prevalence Of Altruism In Society --
July 2008

The following are from the New York Times, at www.nytimes.com:
Is 'Do Unto Others' written into our genes? -- September 18, 2007
Team rewards are more effective -- March 17, 2011

New Scientist magazine, at www.newscientist.com, offers selected articles (such as the below) for free. Subscribers can search on "altruism" or "cooperation" for many more.
We humans can mind-meld too -- July 26, 2010

Frans de Waal, Ph.D. is one of the best-known current researchers in the field of primate cognition. Dr. de Waal's website at Emory University offers many of his research papers. In 2009, Dr. de Waal wrote a general-audience essay for Discover magazine that's freely available:
Monkey see, monkey do, monkey connect: The Empathy Instinct -- October 19, 2009

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POSTERS:

The GOLDEN GATE Triangle: The Dynamic Geometry of  the Golden Rule

Mathematical Proof : the Golden Ratio and the 3,4,5 Pythagorean Triangle

The Delta Function as Singularity and its Fourier Transform as Wholeness

The Priestly Hands

The Candle

 

The GOLDEN GATE Triangle: The Dynamic Geometry of  the Golden Rule
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As Above/So Below
                                        Geometry



Mathematical Proof of the Relationship of the Golden Ratio and the 3,4,5 Pythagorean Triangle
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Mathematical Proof by
                                          Nathaniel Hellerstein

 


 

The Delta Function as Singularity and its Fourier Transform as Wholeness
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Delta
                                          Function-Singularity and
                                          Wholeness



The Priestly Hands
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Priestly
                                          Hands


The Candle
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The Candle and the Earth-Plane

 

Excerpt from "Linguistic Cosmology"
©2007, 2009 Stan Tenen
Linguistic Cosmology was published in 2010 by NOVA Scientific Publishing, as a chapter in The Complementarity of Mind and Body: Realizing the Dream of Descartes, Einstein, and Eccles, edited by Richard Amoroso and Karl Pribram


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