Can you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sacredness versus reductionism<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n For the reductionist, the only ontologically real entities are particles in motion, to which any other complexity in the universe can be reduced and explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sacredness is the faith (deep belief) that this isn\u2019t everything \u2015 thus, that reductionism cannot be the measure of all things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I agree that the human heart cannot pragmatically be reduced to particles in motion. Therefore, the heart is sacred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What does the ‘sacred heart’ mean?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n No magic is involved, no wizard with an ego wand or \u2018love potion\u2019 to bend anyone\u2019s heart to a surface-level desired direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You feel me coming, but it\u2019s still from afar\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n The human heart is too complex for any calculating entity (computer, A.I.?) to fully grasp it, even if the whole known universe would be transformed into such calculating power. It\u2019s just not tractably feasible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One should be in awe of the human heart. One may also be in awe, for instance, of the universe, but I see the heart as special even in that contrast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In some religions, especially when going in-depth, it is called the soul \u2015 seen as part of the ultimate sacred, with good reason. At the same time, it is still the heart of this individual person \u2015 human and sacred at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the same time, human and divine<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Several religions have grappled with this unified concept for a long time. You might know one intimately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Given its profound complexity, one can see the heart as sacred irrespective of whether there is something more objective that is either the universe itself, its creator, or an immanent yet independent force in everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Does it even matter, eventually?<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is why sacredness is essential for all \u2015 one sacredness.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Eventually \u2013 and I mean, eventually \u2013 the form is important only when shaped by the heart, not the mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This being shaped by the heart is to be done personally by each individual. Also, it\u2019s not about people shaping the divine versus the divine shaping people. We just saw this is the same thing, didn’t we?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Therefore, “it doesn\u2019t matter, eventually.<\/strong>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n There is no reduction in this phrase. The \u2018not mattering\u2019 happens in the most sacred way \u2015 transcending anything that can be conceptualized to the core.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It doesn\u2019t matter because it is far beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n