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<channel><generator>iloblog 1.0</generator><title>Beyond MooreLife Feed</title><link>http://beyond.moorelife.nl/</link><description>Writing to me is a passion, and it results in books and stories people might want to read. If they have questions and remarks about what&#039;s on moorelife.nl, these can be tackled here....&lt;br/&gt;</description><item><title>Observation is Relaxation Now...</title><link>http://iloapp.moorelife.nl/blog/beyond?Home&amp;post=10</link><description><![CDATA[ Sorry to keep you all dangling so long, but Life seems to have taken a turn for the moore delightful.... Instead of having to do things, I simply do what feels great, and skip that which I experience as a drudgery until it no longer feels that way. Still though, because there weren't to many nasty things in my life anyway, I haven't stopped helping out where help is needed, or even just wanted. Meanwhile, the syncs fly around my ears (like we say in Holland), and deliver scrumptious hints for what should end up in book five soon. That may be a bit delayed though, because a presumption I voiced earlier about there being just twenty repeating patterns in the field of integer divisions has proven incorrect. Thus I should actually write a program to prove the proper outcome, but that is on my "I'd rather not"-list. Still looking for an easy way out there.... But since two o'clock heralds the end of the work week, with a doctor's appointment separating it from a FOUR day weekend, I guess I should at least get quite a few pages of the book done. Certainly if you consider that this morning while waiting for the test runs of a Stress test, I jotted down a few deep concepts of what these pages are going to be all about. What remains missing for now, apart from a delightful little chatterbox with dark hair, is an image for the cover of book five that actually FEELS right. On the other hand though, I no longer have any feeling that that won't be resolved by the Incredible Machine very soon..... 
 ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:43:59 +0200</pubDate><category>All is Well</category></item><item><title>Bipolar? no way!!!!!</title><link>http://iloapp.moorelife.nl/blog/beyond?Home&amp;post=9</link><description><![CDATA[ On the eve of another hospital visit for an non-severe matter, I decided to finish my viewing of the X-Men Quadrilogy with X-Men First Class. As I was thinking about my most deeply rooted passion (which is figuring out the Cosmos) I suddenly noticed a very peculiar fact, which had escaped me until now: I'm a Spielberg fan, and as such I'm gathering his complete works on Bluray.   But with the famous fence bending scene in a german kamp playing while I fiinished my other work, I suddenly came to the following:  We have the four laws of creation, and the reasons for them:  1. You have always existed, and you always will, in some form or another.  (since time is an arbitrary choice of man)  2. One is All and All is One, since length and thus space are arbitrary choices of man.  3. The above two mean that balance is the logical consequence of them.  (because no space and time means no concept of balance or not)  4. finally, change is the only Cosmological constant, except for the above three.  Working under the assumption that the X-Men Quadrilogy was Spielberg's work (wrong, I know now) I saw suddenly the connection between Einstein and Spielberg that made me laugh out loud:  Einstein = "One Stone and more work to do", just like he left it for us.  Spielberg = "Lots of stones, simply stacked to play on".  Then later on in the movie, one of the actors referred to Darwin as being a nickname that was already chosen, which made me laugh again: Dar in Dutch is a worker bee, and since within the bee population they are the strongest (or best adapters), it can indeed be considered a funny nickname.  I know, your head still has the idea that those names could not have been given in the predictive manner which this article suggests. Too much of our experiences have been pushing us into the notion that changes over time are one-way, and that going back cannot be done. On the other hand, if time is arbitrary, then so are timestamps. And if something was changed, there are plenty of possible changes that can revert it.  And the fun part of it is that once you are convinced of how it works, you come back to the scene from X-Men First Class, where his mother tells the young Erik Lehnsherr that "All is Well" even though she is about to be shot if he doesn't move the coin. And yes, mama knows: All is well, for her son will live.  In a much deeper way, All is Well too: the moment you realise the potential of the Cosmos to provide for all we need, want or wish for, it becomes easy to stay on the point between "rage and rest", as Xavier so eloquently put it. In fact we need nothing higher than rest, because perfect balance is IT.....    
 ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:11:43 +0200</pubDate><category>All is Well</category></item><item><title>To Make Sense or not...</title><link>http://iloapp.moorelife.nl/blog/beyond?Home&amp;post=8</link><description><![CDATA[ The slow and totally uncontrolled pace at which my life now tiptoes through Reality makes me wonder whether there is sense at all in my environment. Sure, there is the 'normal' sense the people around me come up with, but at times even they seem to make no sense at all.....   Like my buddy Leo on the train this morning: just before he was to get out, he asked me what I thought about money. I'm absolutely sure I heard him ask the EXACT same question two weeks ago, so I told him. He fervently denied having asked it before, and pushed me for a quick answer since his station was almost reached. "Not really important", I said, "but a bit more wouldn't hurt"...  What I neglected to tell him in the hurry, was that I'd rather see money disappear, not because I hate money persé, but rather because it would no longer be needed. But given the fact we're not yet living in a no-business culture like in Star Trek, I guess that is a wish I won't live to see (in the 'realistic' sense of the word).   Still, how do I handle money? Well, there is a fair amount of it coming in at the end of every month, but an evening session wipes out most of it, leaving me a modest budget to buy food and clothing. Most other stuff is support for the important people in my life, which can hardly be called self-interest because I hardly ever see them. I guess that's the workings of the third law of Creation in the more direct sense: I am a loner who doesn't need much, and as such only bother others if I have a need for them. Is it any wonder they also only call on me when they need to?   Back to Reality: the meter above isn't even that silly an analogy of it: as long as we cling to the lower levels, we make sense to most people around us, since we then remain within the Common Consensus Circle: that area where most people agree. But that is a mighty small sphere to breathe in, so most people in their brains, minds and hearts subscribe to far greater spheres, some of them having a signal level way up into the nonsensical. But is it really nonsense?   If I look out my window and suddenly see a truck with just the URL of a beauty parlor pass by, can I really resist punching in the letters to learn more about it, even though I never set foot in one? No, I can't. And what's more, I think any nonsensical expression of my environment is relevant information to me. But the signal level inside my being seems to have flipped: where the information went mostly inwards before, building knowledge as it came in and mixed with what was already there, these days a sort of equilibrium seems to have developed.  Bits of information coming in, but the odd exception makes it interesting: a package that wasn't delivered yesterday, from a source I do not recognize. I can't say I'm not interested in what it'll turn out to be, but we'll know in about 4.5 hours.   Still though, it feels like there are a few significant pieces missing in my view of Reality. What's my hangup with money? I know it always balances out, but why on Earth can't I ever have a comfortable surplus that'll allow me to do more, for others as well? Is it the Cosmos showing me I need not bother to get my dreams realized? Should I just lay back and watch them arrive? Fun thing is, I can easily do that with the one being whose train of free will I can not and will not influence.   BINGO! Slight glance out the window, just in time to see a truck dragging the slogan '  S  meets your requirements' out of my field of view. Yes, the beauty in question has a name starting with 'S', and I know she 'meets my requirements', totally even! But to most of you, the meter just punched the needle right in the corner, under total nonsense! And you are right, because from your point of view, it probably is nonsense. But that doesn't mean it really is......  5926535897932384626433832795 is also nonsense to most people, except for the fact it is a sequence of digits. But what if I pull in the context of it? 3.141 is a smaller bit of information, but when put in front of the larger string of digits, we all of a sudden recognize Pi.   Likewise, anything you encounter in your environment, is automatically held up against the context of your "State of Mind", the ideas you have about the world around you. And if you thought fingerprints were unique, try State of Mind on for size!   
 ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:01:51 +0100</pubDate><category>Outside the Covers</category></item><item><title>Me, me and just me.....</title><link>http://iloapp.moorelife.nl/blog/beyond?Home&amp;post=7</link><description><![CDATA[ My fifth book is on hold. Not so much because a writer's block is preventing me from writing, but more because an existential impasse is reserving me for me! I am still responsive to those requesting help, but other than that I love the solitude of single life, despite the fact that a nice lady in my life wouldn't be quite wrong anyway. It's just that of the set of things I know absolutely sure, this one is most certain:  The one I want most is the one I can't hunt down, go after, or even invite. But at the same time, single life is preferrable to life with anyone else. And if I do go hunting, anyone else is just what I'll get! So stay single, chill out, and enjoy myself by various non-dangerous forms of enjoyment, that won't conflict with anything anyway, if the cycle of fire-and-forget manifestation comes to full circle.      The numerical borderline mindset needed to write "Infinity plus One" and "Art of War once Moore" has subsided, leaving me with a 'normal' world in which few billboards and license plates still mean anything to me. The movie book feels like it's not relevant yet, partially because if I believe that I create all that is around me, like we all are said to do, then I also create my reading audience, who are numbered in the thousands according to my website stats, yet react sparsely. So with that frame of mind, why write if there is no eagerness to write just for the writing?   Thus, I help those who require it, and use all other time to enjoy just being, for my sake. What I'm doing is of no consequence, and thus shouldn't influence the world I created around me too much.....   Have fun, in the end that's all that counts!   André  
 ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:01:02 +0100</pubDate><category>Outside the Covers</category></item><item><title>Happy 2012!!!</title><link>http://iloapp.moorelife.nl/blog/beyond?Home&amp;post=6</link><description><![CDATA[ Not related to any of the books, but just to make sure you know I wish you nothing terrible for this year: my best wishes, and the free observation that Free Will is not just a hollow phrase in my humble opinion, but the function that the Blind Watch Maker (thank you Richard Dawson) put into this Incredible Machine with all of his (or her) skill and love for the craft.   Where Fate indicates a certain demand made upon us, and Destiny on the other hand promises us great things, It is my humble opinion that Free Will forms a trinity with both, just like all good things comes in threes. If you haven't watched it yet, maybe seeing the Adjustment Board will make it clearer. Just keep in mind though, that it is a simplified linear and 3D version of a mechanism way more elegant than what is shown in the movie: the Adjusters aren't all greyish tools with hats.   Yes, that term 'tool' was introduced in that movie, and perfectly fits the bill: anyone who delegates his or her Free Will to another, be it God or man, does exactly what a tool does: execute the will of the craftsman. And let's be honest: even while we're all tools at certain times, even of our own Free Will, one only supersedes the tool status by flexing ones Free Will every now and then.   I for one am filled to the brim not with good intentions, for good and bad are as everything else relative, but with ideas of what I'd love to to this year. And even though last year was anything but bad, I'll be doing better this year! Not because I want to be better, but because seeing the improvement is only worth anything if you also work to help achieve it.    I know there is no I in TEAM, but my team consist of Me, Myself and I, jokingly referred to as the Simpletons..... And if you hadn't noticed yet that the spheres above team up two by two with the center sphere and their opposite, then maybe we can expand this a bit more:     Have fun, guys and gals, that's the only way to Lighten Up the Dark!    
 ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:46:05 +0100</pubDate><category>Outside the Covers</category></item><item><title>11-11-11 Knock knock, who&#039;s there?</title><link>http://iloapp.moorelife.nl/blog/beyond?Home&amp;post=5</link><description><![CDATA[ Well, basically, NO ONE!!! The eleventh of November came and went, and my humble abode is still occupied by one, and occasionally a few others. But the one I'd implicitly invited there chose to be absent for the moment, as if to tease me with her free will....  And right she is: I wouldn't have arrived at the exactly foretold day either, if only to make it clear that I too have Free Will. And so of course did she. Oddly enough I'd expected at least a minor depression, bu none of those reared their ugly heads. Instead, the day went by largely in happy relaxation, because I had of course taken the day off just to be sure.   At least my domestic chores got done, although they are alas of limited duration: since my parents will arrive tomorrow, some additional cleaning will have to be done. But not the guest bedroom in the attic, that's fresh as a whistle. Because being the modest guy I think I am, I figure that'll be needed when she ever arrives......   
 ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:55:32 +0100</pubDate><category>Make IT Real!</category></item><item><title>Crossing the Readership Boundary</title><link>http://iloapp.moorelife.nl/blog/beyond?Home&amp;post=4</link><description><![CDATA[ It happens when you least expect it, and that of course is how it should be: you shouldn't be  anti cipating, but rather be participating in this wild fantasy called life. Still though, with my third book up for grabs, and somewhat assisted in its takeoff by mentioning it to various free E-book sites, I couldn't help but check my domain stats at least two to three times a day.    That is exciting for the first few days, but quite soon something else becomes more interesting, like thoughtfully re-screening the ancient but still relevant episodes of Space 1999. And then, on the last day of October, a hint of fame and fortune showed my last minute check of the stats right before going to bed: my PDF file for Infinity plus One had risen from the murky depths of those files the one.com stats won't report (only the first 30 are shown) right up to the fourth position! 364 hits and 1.22GB total traffic for that one single figment of my imagination, which is an acquired taste, as I must call it.    Now there are lies, damn lies, and then there are statistics:  the above numbers don't mean much, other than that at most 364 attempts were made to access the PDF file, and at most 192 complete copies could have been downloaded. Still a nice results, especially if you consider the results of today so far:  Right at the top of all files hit on moorelife.nl: with 998 hits and 2.23GB total traffic for that one file, which means almost a thousand hits maximum, and a maximum of 352 complete downloads. Realistic figures would typically be a mix of these, so maybe just 275 people actually got to the point they can actually read the book. But the month is still young, as is the day. Will the November 1st stats cross the imaginary boundary of 1000 or better yet 111111 copies before 11-11-11?   Fingers crossed....   Sander   
 ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:37:47 +0100</pubDate><category>Infinity plus One</category></item><item><title>Delusions of Grandeur?</title><link>http://iloapp.moorelife.nl/blog/beyond?Home&amp;post=3</link><description><![CDATA[ When I wrote 'Infinity plus One', I called it: "the book Einstein might have written if he'd had the time", knowing full well that might sound awfully pedantic. And yet, it feels right op the mark. Not because I'm such an awfully clever guy, but more because I tend to think about far more things than the average human. And that's not something I do better than most people, but rather something I love to do more than most people. Where normal people tend to think about everyday concepts, I always tend to see the Grand Design, the Any and All of it....  Yes, that may be called weird, but it is not any weirder than for 
instance being able to sing along with several thousand popular song 
from way back. Or knowing how to strip down and reassemble an AK47 with 
your eyes closed!   There is however a difference between Einstein and me: he tackled the ideas from the confines of scientific publishing, and thus got tied up by the complexity of the math. I, being a simple guy, approach the ideas from the angle of everyday thought and experience, where proof is no more than that which seems reasonable. After all, that is the view we common folk take when presented with science we can't quite follow: we read it, ponder it, and then either accept or reject it.  So yes, I think a lot. But it's not quite thinking either: where others make a distinction between thinking and feeling, I always felt a bit out of sorts, because for me thinking and feeling are one and the same. And writing, especially lately, has gone from thinking up a story right to 'Taking dictation from Source'. Oeh, there's another delusional statement: Source feeling I'm important enough to actually dictate me stuff? Yep, but "I'm not the only one": John Lennon also absolutely had a direct line there as Imagine clearly shows. In fact, we all have that same line, but some of us have number indicators on their phones, and pick up only those that are known sources. Not me, I always pick up the phone regardless, and then deal with the other parties voice to voice. Way more personal than acting like you're not at home.  Anyway, writing Infinity plus One was a blast: I would actually sit down not knowing what to write, but as soon as I did, some side info from either video or CD player would trigger an idea, that would then spin itself quickly into running text, which only needed to be reread once for possible blunders. Either that, or proofing another piece of the text would clearly indicate that some information was still missing. I would even sit down to fill an intended chapter, and then would get a totally different story to fill it, than my mind had intended before. But it always fit more perfectly than what I had in mind!  So yes, writing it has given me some Great Expectations, too wild to be revealed at this moment. After all, I wouldn't want to be called manic again, right? So I stick to what is harmless, all the while knowing that most of my wildest dreams have begun to coagulate into a cluster so perfectly interwoven that no one will ever be able to tear it apart. You have no idea how that feels, unless you've also been there.....  Wishing you All the Best of All,  André  
 ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:28:16 +0200</pubDate><category>Infinity plus One</category></item><item><title>Story on Hold...</title><link>http://iloapp.moorelife.nl/blog/beyond?Home&amp;post=2</link><description><![CDATA[ When I wrote it in English, I hadn't counted on my friends' aversion to English. None of them ordered the novel, and I didn't have the funds then to buy fifteen myself and thus force publication. As a result, the contract has now been frozen for three years, and the only way I could get it published anyway would be to find fifteen prospective customers, so the start condition of Free Musketeers is met anyway. Not sure if that will happen, unless my third book suddenly makes my writing a hot item.....  Basically, it is a story with three timelines, one in the far future, exerting influence in the current time, and a third timeless one in the novel that the main character is reading. Scifi and Romance, with a number of philosophical tidbits.   Wishing you the Best of All,  Sander  
 ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:58:00 +0200</pubDate><category>Make IT Real!</category></item><item><title>Book released quite some time ago</title><link>http://iloapp.moorelife.nl/blog/beyond?Home&amp;post=1</link><description><![CDATA[ Only in the original Dutch language for now, this novel of around 90 A5 pages was published by Free Musketeers in the past. It doesn't seem to attract too much attention, but then again it is only considered "light reading".  The story is about Dev, a software engineer who isn't quite happy with his daily tasks. When he wins a prize in one of those somewhat peculiar lotteries, he thinks his life won't change because it never did on account of such an event. Boy, is he in for a surprise!  With a yellow Hummer, and lovely dark-haired sidekick named Delta, he embarks on a journey many would love to see replace their day-to-day employment....  I enough people express a desire for it, I will translate it to English, so they can read it too. Since Dutch and English are however the only two languages I am 'native' enough to write in, translations to other languages will need to be done by others.  Wishing you the Best of All  André  
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