Pathway Experiences

To me the idea that multiplication and exponents are actually shorthand for serialized addition, etc.  This week's instructor mentioned something I never realized before.  The fundamental reason for the order of operations starting with exponents and ending with addition and subtraction is that it is exponents and multiplication/division are levels of shorthand ! Exponents are shorthand for multiplication/division and multiplication/division is shorthand for addition/subtraction.  This along with the carry over operations of each digit in an arithmetic operation may be the key to my success in creating my own infinite, multi-base calculator for use in my shell that I am creating.  If I create a calculator that can operate to virtually any number of digits, both high and low via a simple shell option and a digits precision variable, then I may produce better results script calculations and operations.  Eventually, if I can compile these shell script operations ...

While many governments and well-meaning individuals have redefined marriage, the Lord has not. In the very beginning, God initiated marriage between a man and a woman—Adam and Eve. He designated the purposes of marriage to go far beyond the personal satisfaction and fulfillment of adults to, more importantly, advancing the ideal setting for children to be born, reared, and nurtured. Families are the treasure of heaven. Elder Neil L. Anderson, Spiritual Whirlwinds The quote and meaning is direct and is my own message as surely as can be said, but I think in different terms and have a different chaos that swells in me.  My mind was extremely focused and performing well, when I was a missionary and immediately after.  This is true, but it is also true that my mind was on a path that terminates eventually.  I was in a gradual decent toward doing what my mortal body could not, and thus failing, in terms of what I saw and what I was determined to do.  My perception wa...

President Boyd K. Packer's "I Will Remember Your Sins No More," Ensign, May 2006 referenced the following: Reproving betimes with sharpness, when moved upon by the Holy Ghost; and then showing forth afterwards an increase of love toward him whom thou hast reproved, lest he esteem thee to be his enemy Doctrine and Covenants 121:43 Alma taught his sons, but he especially reproved and instructed Corianton, who was responsible for a most grievous sin. In order to call others to repentance, we must be an example of righteousness, therefore Alma called Corianton to repentance so that his example could lead others to repent. Following his reproof, Alma expressed love to Corianton, answered his questions, and proceeded to teach the people to repent. We, being carnal in the nature of the body, require a kind of spiritual interface in order to see the truth when it is made plain before us. This includes all spiritual things, such as the spiritual gifts of unders...