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Source please?

Come. And talk of all the things we did today.

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When division is explained at the elementary arithmetic level, it is often considered as a description of dividing a set of objects into equal parts. As an example, consider having ten apples, and these apples are to be distributed equally to five people at a table. Each person would receive 10/5 = 2 apples. Similarly, if there are 10 apples, and only one person at the table, that person would receive 10/1 = 10 apples. So for dividing by zero – what is the number of apples that each person receives when 10 apples are fairly distributed amongst 0 people? Certain words can be pinpointed in the question to highlight the problem. The problem with this question is the "when". There is no way to distribute 10 apples amongst 0 people. In mathematical jargon, a set of 10 items cannot be partitioned into 0 subsets. So 10/0, at least in elementary arithmetic, is said to be meaningless, or undefined. Similar problems occur if we have 0 apples and 0 people, but this time the problem is in the phrase "the number". A partition is possible (of a set with 0 elements into 0 parts), but since the partition has 0 parts, vacuously every set in our partition has a given number of elements, be it 0, 2, 5, or 1000. If there are, say, 5 apples and 2 people, the problem is in the word "fairly". In any partition of a 5-set into 2 parts, one of the parts of the partition will have more elements than the other. In all of the above three cases, 10/0, 0/0, and 5/2, one is asked to consider an impossible situation before deciding what the answer will be, and that is why the operations are undefined in these cases. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_by_zero

The History of Zero Our name "zero" derives ultimately from the Arabic sifr which also gives us the word "cipher". ... the mathematical conception of zero ... was also present in the spiritual form from 17 000 years back in India.

You have a gig? Gee. I didn't even know you were musicians, :P

Hmmmm? "Special knowledge that no one else really understands." Now where is it I've heard that before?

Extract has a more intense flavor and doesn't adversely change the viscosity of the batter. edit oops. Just realized you said "with", not "in".

I asked for a reference, not a deduction.

Ok I know what your reference is for "God is love." What is your reference for "Love is zero."?

That is almost word-for-word from one of the older classes or Way Magazine articles. I can't remember which one at the moment.

I googled it. Good tune!

VPW = 0

I read quite a bit as a kid and then as a young adult. After I became involved with The Way, my reading became restricted to materials that supported Way Theology. After all, that practice was specifically encouraged in "The Class" and then again in Renewed Mind and Dealing With the Adversary. ("Put aside all your secular materials----") Now my reading has become become rather limited, though this is due to my eyes tiring easily, not because of TWI..

If you ever make it to Cleveland, be sure to make a stop HERE.

How does this relate to living life on a day-to-day basis? (BTW----Wierwille was not a "DR.")

Does anyone have a geneology chart for Taj (The Woman and the Wonder) by Sandra Wilson?

Exactly. In Ohio, you can be fired, at will, for any reason the employer thinks is appropriate, as long as the reason doesn't violate a law such as EEO. An employer can legally fire you because they simply don't like you. If, on the other hand, they say they simply don't like you "because" you are African American or Jewish or Armenian, that's a whole different scenario. Most people who find themselves in this type of situation are living paycheck to paycheck. They don't have the time or resources to really fight for much of anything, with the exception of unemployment because the burden is on the employer.

That depends on the circumstances. If the company failed to disclose the performance standards or raised them after you had already agreed to one particular level, there is a chance the state might rule in your favor. For example, a couple years ago, I accepted a job with a very large company. This particular company "batch" hires. (There were 30 in my particular batch.) After orientation and training that lasted about a month, they suddenly revealed that you must maintain "quotas" for 90 days or you will be terminated. The quotas are just out of reach for a normal human being. A carrot on a stick. What happens, then, is that they have a fresh group of recruits who work their butts off trying to hit the quotas. In my particular group, there were 3 of the original 30 left standing at the 90 day mark. We were shown the door shortly after that because we couldn't continue to maintain that level of performance. Meanwhile, the company had "batch" hired 2 more groups that were following in our footsteps. The hive is always buzzing with new worker bees, determined to make quota that wasn't revealed to them until they had been there a month. So, even though I was terminated for sub-standard performance, the state ruled in my favor and granted me benefits.

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Pretty much describes it for me, too. ('ceptin' that there part 'bout bein' a English major.)

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You could cite "needs and wants parallel" as a reason for dismissal. I needed a job but they didn't want me.

Well, I think my point in starting this thread is that this phrase, or some variation of it, is really something that originated in the early days of The Way and found its way into mainstream Way vocabulary like a catch phrase. I believe there were probably a lot of people who automatically parroted this phrase/idea as if it pertained to some specific, personal event or circumstance. It became a sort of a declaration of indebtedness to the organization.