Notes from Outside the Box

By Charles A. Cottom

Human contention and strife in the World today are the result of “birth pangs” of a new paradigm. The Creative Process that was started with the initial ignition of our physical universe is a continuous series of events marked by paradigm moments; stars, life, and now us. These events unfold over millions of years. Our history dates back a mere ten thousand years. We are experiencing the birth of a new paradigm. For the first time living matter (us) can create that which did not exist before. This book views the nature of the human condition from outside the box of our physical universe. The purpose is to provide the reader with a strong sense of the way to look at the human condition. We are One People. We have more in common than is popularly communicated. This book answers the questions of why and how we have reached the current pinnacle of accomplishment. It is important to read the book one “rung” at a time. It provides a “ladder” to viewing Humanity from Outside the Box. Each rung can be read independently and will present concepts that will ultimately provide the answers to the why and how, but they must be digested one bite at a time.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: May 13, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669824770

Charles A. Cottom

Charles Cottom is a Seeker. He has devoted his life to understanding the nature of knowledge. He is also the father of eight adult children and ten grandchildren. Charles resides in San Diego to assist his aging parents. He lives a life of quiet meditation. He has written many essays regarding the results of his search.

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Notes From

Outside The Box

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Charles A. Cottom

Copyright © 2022 by Charles A. Cottom. 842943

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CONTENTS

(THE RUNGS)

CHAPTER           TOPIC

01      The Big Box (Introduction)

02      Mind

03      Curiosity

04      Imagination

05      Ingenuity

06      Tangibility

07      Life

08      Consciousness

09      Spirit

10      Divine

11      Belief

12      Faith

13      Religious Scripture

14      Choice

15      Creative Process

16      Cells

17      Brain

18      Sense

19      Knowledge

20      Us And Them

21      Accountability

22      Only One

23      Elegant Simplicity

24      Boxes

25      The Biggest Box (Conclusion)

26      Afterword

Appendix 1: Ignition Points

Appendix 2: The Boxes

Appendix 3: Synopsis List

FOREWORD

I am a seeker of the source of knowledge. What is the nature of Belief? What is the nature of the Divine? The operative word is Nature. The word Nature applies to the physical universe. Stellar furnaces are Natural. Birth is Natural. Nature concerns the Creative Process that creates all that is and can be.

Many years ago, one of my first epiphanies was this:

What ever IS, is PERFECT.

There are NO mistakes.

GOD makes no mistakes.

Everything we experience is the PERFECT consequence

Of the choices we make -

Choices made individually and collectively.

The Creative Process is Magnificent Perfection manifest.

With this in mind, I have written many essays regarding this magnificence. This book provides a concise explanation for the nature of this Creative Process. It is intended to be digested in small bites.

CHAPTER 01

THE BIG BOX (INTRODUCTION)

In the Beginning there was—NOTHING.

In Genesis 1:2 we read, And darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters. This could be the Dark Matter and Dark Energy we know today.

Look up at the night sky. It is Dark—with a scattering of pinpoints of light. This is the light of a billion galaxies with billions of stars. This is all the matter and energy that was created when the initial ignition started the Creative Process of everything. And it is puny indeed compared to the darkness, the void.

We don’t even know what Dark Matter and Dark Energy are. All we know is that they make up nearly all the Mass and Energy of the Universe. Something ignited within this darkness. In a moment, Dark Matter was compressed into fundamental particles of physical matter and nuclear energy. All physical matter has gravity. The simplest and most elementary form of matter is hydrogen.

Hydrogen was created soon after the Dark Matter and Dark Energy ignited. Even with its miniscule gravity, atoms of hydrogen were drawn together. The next phase of Creation was started when the clouds of hydrogen condensed to the point when they ignited into nuclear fury and stars were born.

Stars are fusion furnaces. The extreme heat and density fused hydrogen atoms together to form larger particles of physical matter. Eventually the star would burn out by exhausting all its nuclear fuel. These heavier particles remained in the ashy remnants. What started as Dark Matter and Dark Energy became elementary physical matter that then produced heavier and denser particles through a Process of nuclear fusion at the core of stars.

So stars have life cycles. They are born, burn with nuclear fury, and then die. A first-generation star fuses hydrogen into heavier particles. A second-generation star fuses hydrogen and the new heavier particles into newer, even heavier and denser particles. In this scenario it would take the ashy remnants of a fourth-generation star to create the heavy particles found in our Solar System.

This description is being greatly simplified in order to demonstrate the nature of the Creative Process. The physical elements that make up our Solar System are the rational result of an ongoing cyclic process. The process is rational