tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.comments2024-02-08T10:33:22.915+13:00Available LightKelvin Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16682322819567886400noreply@blogger.comBlogger3048125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-73901057749512397082023-06-28T13:24:47.171+12:002023-06-28T13:24:47.171+12:00I'm happy to be able to read and share this wi...I'm happy to be able to read and share this with our mutual friend in Dunedin. I will take the time to read this several times, as with the first one, and I am thoroughly appreciating these pieces. I wish my imaginary friend had been as imaginative as Myrtle! Thanks for posting these!Christina Brennan Leehttps://prayersofthepeople.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-9692486236183262002023-06-19T19:54:17.614+12:002023-06-19T19:54:17.614+12:00Thanks Kelvin.
(Where "thanks" is minimu...Thanks Kelvin.<br />(Where "thanks" is minimum to be said and there is lots to think, feel and live about your post!)Peter Carrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09535218286799156659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-20703501848928378102023-03-17T14:04:15.885+13:002023-03-17T14:04:15.885+13:00I have just read this, Kelvin, and then read it al...I have just read this, Kelvin, and then read it aloud to my 80 year old husband who I knew would enjoy it as much as I did. Thank you.<br />As I write this you will be finishing your week at En Hakkore (and presumably won't get to back to the internet world until afterwards) which I hope has been restorative and energising for all. I couldn't make it at such short notice this year but will keep it in mind for next year - understanding that plans, unlike death, are always uncertain.<br />If your plans do still include a caravan North Island trip I assume that will include Hamilton. I did attend St Francis Hillcrest during your tenure there. I have shared the story you told at your induction there many times - about Angus/Jock/Mungo attending the Episcopalian church as a protest against the kirk acquiring an organ - the kirk being the House of the Lord. My mother grew up in the Wee Free, and I attended a service in one of the four variants of presbyterian church (the Gaelic one, chosen for the psalm singing) in a small village on the Isle of Harris. If you have any spare time in Hamilton I would greatly appreciate a conversation in person.Jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17459886689312412384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-75406177429522712472023-03-05T22:45:52.112+13:002023-03-05T22:45:52.112+13:00Hi Jeannie,
As it happens we are running a six da...Hi Jeannie,<br /><br />As it happens we are running a six day silent retreat at En Hakkore, beginning next Sunday, 12 March. We run one of these retreats every year at about this time. <br /><br />Kelvin Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682322819567886400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-24860925839528363092023-03-05T22:10:56.777+13:002023-03-05T22:10:56.777+13:00I am very familiar with En Hakkore and a meditatio...I am very familiar with En Hakkore and a meditation practitioner, and excited at the thought of combining these! Do you have plans for future retreats there - preferably silent? <br />Jeannette Shennan<br />Hamilton<br /><br />Jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17459886689312412384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-84730470895709174992022-10-12T13:51:22.073+13:002022-10-12T13:51:22.073+13:00Fascinating discussion & ideas. I’m currently ...Fascinating discussion & ideas. I’m currently writing an historical-novel in which the main protagonists are J Calvin (God’s wrath towards man’s depravity, God’s sovereignty/predestination) & his protégé turned critic Sebastian Castellio (God’s loving mercy & man’s free-will / moral choices). After Geneva’s burning of Michael Servetus for having an unorthodox concept of the Trinity, a literary battle broke out between Castellio & Calvin, which of course a Calvin won - not because of better arguments but he had so much more power & control (to the point that Castellio’s writings & name have essentially erased from church history). Castellio was one of the first (as far as we know) to write about the need for freedom of conscience & belief & the inadmissibility of force for those who claim to follow Jesus. Anyway- I’d love to hear your thoughts on the classic freewill v predestination paradox & argument. Blessings- Kristin Jack Kristin Jacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-13401257897837525612022-07-01T17:38:47.005+12:002022-07-01T17:38:47.005+12:00This is awesome!! I’ve always enjoyed reading your...<br />This is awesome!! I’ve always enjoyed reading your blog. <br /><br /><a href="https://www.justjeeps.com.au/" rel="nofollow">Genuine Jeep Parts Australia</a><br /><a href="https://www.justjeeps.com.au/" rel="nofollow">Jeep Parts Queensland</a><br />John Rochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09515915363220004171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-61371752181745105322022-07-01T16:47:15.534+12:002022-07-01T16:47:15.534+12:00The delayed choice, or “eraser” experiments are ce...The delayed choice, or “eraser” experiments are certainly fascinating, but I think Quantum Wave Theory explains the apparent paradox without supposing time anomalies. Even without QWT, superposition would give a plausible explanation for the experiments I know of - Wheeler in the late 1990s and another later one by some Chinese physicists .<br /><br />Iain McGilchrist’s view of time is a bit complex to try and expand here, but he does suggest that the present (which for him is not a spatially analogous “thing” or a point similar to a spatial point such as you might have on some infinite line) can be influenced by the future, and can in turn influence the past.Kelvin Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682322819567886400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-78285509698515547622022-07-01T14:43:14.636+12:002022-07-01T14:43:14.636+12:00I do not think the multi-verse theory is credible ...I do not think the multi-verse theory is credible either. I am sorry you thought I was suggesting it. In the Delayed Choice Experiment information travels back in time in this one universe. That at the Classical Level time only travels forward but at the quantum level time can or does travel backwards. The key point here is that observation in the Delayed Choice experiment has an effect in the future and the past. This being an experimental fact, then decisions in the present time effect not only the future but also the past as well. <br /><br />Is there any evidence that we can change the past by actions in the present? (Sounds absurd I know.) The only evidence I can think of for the present changing the past is anecdotal based on the way that history is constantly morphing. From a Christian viewpoint there is Jesus saying he is the Alpha and Omega. To “wipe all the tears” from our eyes Jesus would need to start at the end of time a work back to the beginning to undo all the world’s wrongs. In any case, what we do in the here and now is more important than most think. <br /><br />(26)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-20785347764924334872022-07-01T10:16:17.643+12:002022-07-01T10:16:17.643+12:00I know that it is mathematically possible that the...I know that it is mathematically possible that the arrow of time could move either way, but not within the same (theoretical) universe. What you are proposing is a version of the Many Worlds hypothesis (albeit with only 2 worlds) and the solution runs into the 2 great problems of the MWH: 1. Occam's Razor - proposing the existence of entire universes to avoid perceived problems in our calculations is a very uneconomical solution; and, 2. So what? If other universes exist they can't interact with our own one, otherwise they would just be part of the one universe and the problems they purport to solve lie unaddressed. So a universe where time flows backwards? Possible I suppose, but who would ever know? and the Benjamin Button character in that universe who is a sort of reverse image of me isn't me. And to propose a flow of time running both ways within this universe, even at a quantum level would cause more problems than it would solve. <br /><br />As far as the counter intuitive aspects of double slit experiments go, a far simpler solution, and to me a more plausible one is Quantum Wave Theory. And I would agree with Iain McGilchrist that time in the only universe we know is foundational; it isn't a thing but a (for want of a better term)dimension of the movement out of which the universe arises; it only moves one way.Kelvin Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682322819567886400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-1329853149653910892022-07-01T09:21:25.493+12:002022-07-01T09:21:25.493+12:00I haven’t read the book, but the idea of reverse t...I haven’t read the book, but the idea of reverse time flow (future to past) seems to avoid the disordered time sequence problem of the Delayed Choice Double Slit Experiment. If time does flow from future to past at the quantum level then everyone has two life paths! For example, your quantum biography could be a retired bishop/photographer becomes a bishop. Then later the bishop becomes a priest who attends St John’s searching for meaning. Finally this now young man finds himself in a church in Wellington and has an encounter with God. <br />On the quantum level you had lived an exciting and inspirational life. On the Classical level a bit more predictable.. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-31142626189820115192022-06-14T02:34:06.584+12:002022-06-14T02:34:06.584+12:00This blog is somewhere I return when I miss Lynda ...This blog is somewhere I return when I miss Lynda Thank you for these wordsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01628365473120161248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-69641470053038116302022-04-19T10:54:46.638+12:002022-04-19T10:54:46.638+12:00I am so glad to read this wonderful blog. You are ...I am so glad to read this wonderful blog. You are and always will be a huge part of my, read our, lives. You are a huge gift to all who know you. I have 4 years on you. I too find life wonderful and fascinating in these golden years. I too have no fear of death. I too plan to live out this God given experience with awe and gratefulness. On Easter Sunday I sat on a crowded church in Wanaka with a predominately very elderly congregation and my first thoughts were of impending doom for The Church. Then I thought again. I was reminded that these people all had stories to share, they all have contributed and no doubt all still do. Sir Tim Wallace sat up front in his wheelchair, what better example is there. We are counting on having you around for a long time yet Kelvin. Whatever the shape of that turns out to be I know it will be bloody interesting! Much love and respect to you.Craig McLanachan.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06818578870885323516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-85401096830208479852022-04-15T17:34:23.639+12:002022-04-15T17:34:23.639+12:00This is beautiful Kelvin, both in content and in t...This is beautiful Kelvin, both in content and in the writing itself. I hear your call to live and be age appropriate, to get real and and to defy our culture's gold standard of youthfulness.<br />Thank you for your wisdom<br />John FJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129075878334080795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-46034136264546389542022-04-15T08:42:15.136+12:002022-04-15T08:42:15.136+12:00Happy birthday Kelvin. As a fellow
prostate cance...Happy birthday Kelvin. As a fellow <br />prostate cancer survivor,I've followed your journey closely since 2008. With deep gratitude for your willingness to share your story and your hopes and faith too.<br />Your story is one of great hope amidst the gloom of <br />tragedy and horror in our world on this Friday as we wait for the resurrection life in all its fullness!<br />Ma Rongo!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />David Colesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-25591410222108666122021-06-27T06:10:55.765+12:002021-06-27T06:10:55.765+12:00There are a few inaccuracies in your bog about the...There are a few inaccuracies in your bog about the 'Dunedin Crozier'. First is that Jenner never went around England trying to raise money for things like the crozier. It was bought by the Ecclesiological Society of which Jenner had been secretary. It is based on a very much earlier crozier held in the Hunter Museum in Limerick, and the meaning of St. George etc. held by Burges is fully described in - LIFE IN COSTUME: THE ARCHITECTURAL FICTIONS AND ANACHRONISMS OF WILLIAM BURGES By Nicholas Roquet School of Architecture McGill University, Montreal <br />If you want to know more about Jenner, let me know!<br /><br />Bob SimmondsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10659475823152540668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-19031937879961531752021-01-05T10:02:33.740+13:002021-01-05T10:02:33.740+13:00Judy R-S
Thanks Kelvin.
And something for you whic...Judy R-S<br />Thanks Kelvin.<br />And something for you which I think is terrific<br />Https://www.journeywithjesus.net/essays/2856-Mary-s-song<br />XJudy R-Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00952929691572623732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-62200642238392327372021-01-03T23:52:04.582+13:002021-01-03T23:52:04.582+13:00A thought provoking post! In my world there is an ...A thought provoking post! In my world there is an actuality and how I view it is reality. My reality is seen through my ideas of how I think life is.. My illusions or lies as you say,these could also be called ego. For each of us life's task is to see through our own lies so we individually can return home or to that place of infinite choice and wisdom.<br />Jackie DonnAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17009451599104110513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-48214783163099345552021-01-02T08:04:34.953+13:002021-01-02T08:04:34.953+13:00So well said as always Kelvin. Did not make any re...So well said as always Kelvin. Did not make any resolutions this year. Decidrd life is for getting out there and living not worrying.Barbara withingtonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-84888712914985305942020-12-11T11:15:48.672+13:002020-12-11T11:15:48.672+13:00YES!, Kelvin. "Mysterium Tremendens". En...YES!, Kelvin. "Mysterium Tremendens". Enjoy Advent and Christmas in your Deep SouthFather Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17062632692873621258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-89051035337000799052020-09-26T16:12:40.743+12:002020-09-26T16:12:40.743+12:00Lovely photos Kelvin. Keep them coming ! Lovely photos Kelvin. Keep them coming ! Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04415373229137139530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-34813033418196627752020-09-26T09:02:04.883+12:002020-09-26T09:02:04.883+12:00"Return...edit...post." And we who were..."Return...edit...post." And we who weren't there are glad you did. In spite of the hazards of social media to our souls, your photos of swans are redemptive.Elaine Denthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05277699063620071309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-13465322527814583002020-09-11T21:18:48.647+12:002020-09-11T21:18:48.647+12:00The problem with 'Evangelical' translation...The problem with 'Evangelical' translations is ...........(understandable!)Father Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17062632692873621258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-34755016959044849742020-09-10T21:42:18.856+12:002020-09-10T21:42:18.856+12:00I love this. You make us think about what idiocy ...I love this. You make us think about what idiocy is and, when it is much easier to point fingers, how it might be still harboring in us. (Surely not I, Lord!) Then, assuming the harboring to be a true reality within us, your post invites us to consider what learnings and practices might be setting us free from the idiocy that clings to us. <br />Elaine Denthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05277699063620071309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-32377699269537894862020-03-13T15:45:08.984+13:002020-03-13T15:45:08.984+13:00That's just wonderful news Kelvin. Thanks be t...That's just wonderful news Kelvin. Thanks be to God and the resources being made available to bring you to this place of optimism and joy.Sue Pickeringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03905288047146921927noreply@blogger.com