Mandalas of Absolute Space

At this critical juncture in world history, let me remind readers of some history with the help of AI tool Perplexity. The following prose (non-italicised) is entirely credited to Perplexity:

Western powers committed several major historical injustices against China during the “Century of Humiliation” (1839–1949). Key events include:

• Opium Wars (1839–1842, 1856–1860): Britain forced China to import opium, leading to widespread addiction and societal harm. After military defeats, China ceded Hong Kong and signed unequal treaties granting foreign powers extraterritorial privileges.

• Unequal Treaties: These treaties opened Chinese ports to foreign trade, ceded territories (e.g., Hong Kong, Taiwan), and imposed heavy indemnities. They undermined China’s sovereignty.

• Sacking of the Old Summer Palace (1860): Anglo-French forces looted and burned this cultural treasure during the Second Opium War.

• Eight-Nation Alliance (1900): Western powers suppressed the Boxer Rebellion, imposing massive reparations through the Boxer Protocol. [Author’s note: The United States of America was one…

道深圆觉

回光返照

空相皆知

无心自醒

常醒道悟

独为基督

A rock is still a rock

Hard, cold, unfeeling

No water flows forth.

Why be fixed on a rock?

Rock-like upon rock

Only more suffering.

Arminian theology espouses the central role of humanity’s free will in cooperation with God’s grace for justification and salvation. Roman Catholics and some Protestants like the Methodists subscribe to this notion.

Arminianism is based on the assumption that human beings have “free will.” We only think and believe that we do, a probable result of neurological hijacking of the mind spewing forth a self-comforting delusion for evolutionary purposes. But this “free will” assumption lacks empirical evidence. Modern neuroscience debunks the myth of a central processing agent in our neurobiological machinery that makes free choices, controls, and executes all of our cognitive, sensory, affective, volitional, and behavioural activities.

In other words, there is no central controlling self or agent. Hence, no free will. Everything that comes out of this human organism is predetermined or at best habituated by past activities. Humans at the very most have conditioned will that is totally…