clew

prologue

today, i received mail from a Jehovah's Witness imploring me to look for answers in the Bible. specifically, Romans 15:4. i typically discard such mail, but upon discovering the reference-filled, deeply-interconnected Bible available at their website... i felt called to explore. so many connections! how could i resist?

my day of digging was interesting and enriching, though made far more tedious by the lengthy reformatting process. alas! version zero-point-one was rapidly assembled in Microsoft Word. gratitude for the ease of the tool. but woe to those who do not begin in Markdown. eat that elephant before it grows.

but the results of my effort
were not the only shining facet

the process
(you shall find)
is elegant--
divine
dive you into the depths
then begin your climb
the labyrinth calls
grasp my clew twine

execute($tributary, $YOU) =>

this elegant process
though your thoughts may... resist
here we recurse
through any verse you wish:

• // perhaps you have risen
  // perhaps you have not yet been
  // it matters not
  // here we begin
• read the verse feel it out
• write it down
  give it the format
  (for this: stay close to mine)
• emph a size
  what it means to YOU
• see an {alternative}?
  need some {context}?
  add it! this
  journey belongs to YOU
• follow the footnotes
  but! only verses that shine
  (whatever the rest?)
  ((wither and die))
• indent!
  • for
    • we
  • will
    • step!
      • into new
        • depths!
          • of recursion!
• for each shineVerse
  that showed you some Light:
  • // you will be back here
    // before you pass here
    // so that it can flow just let it go
  • start simple process again
    input anew!
    { read the shineVerse, continue... }
  • // by the time that you reach here
    // shineVerse will be in full bloom
    // you've already traveled all its footnotes
    // its depths no longer loom
  • now, on to the next one
    [this relentless train]
    execute for each
    til no shineVerse remain
• many shines or none
  you'll arrive here all the same
  you have now traversed everything
  of verse that shined this day
  a simple benediction
  your works, now: to the sky
  within holy recursion
  now is time to { rise }
• unindent!
  • for
    • we
  • have
    • stepped!
      • up from the
        • depths!
        • on to the next
          • one footnote alone
        • a final sibling
      • back up to the parent, sibling of "stepped!"
        • three feet
        • this time
        • have shone
      • // but! no further siblings, so...
    • rise yet again
  • rise
• LET GO

behold: the black core

public static VerseTree ProcessVerse(Verse v) {
    VerseEntry entry = Annotate(Emphasize(Format(Feel(Read(v)))));
    var childTrees = new List<VerseTree>();
    
    foreach ( Verse fv in v.Footnotes.Where(HasShine) ) {
        childTrees.Add(ProcessVerse(fv));
    }
    
    return new VerseTree(entry, childTrees);
}

tributary

Romans 15:4

For whatsoever things were written for our learning { or instruction }, were written foretime …

• 1 Corinthians 10:11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples { or examples }: and they are written for our admonition { or learning }, upon whom the ends of the world are come. … 13.5 but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

• 2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture { scripture in its every part } is given by inspiration of God, …

  • John 14:26 JW But the Comforter { or Helper }, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance { bringing to living consciousness what lay like slumbering germs in their minds }, whatsoever I have said unto you.

    • Matthew 10:19 JW But when they deliver you up, take no thought { do not be anxious } how or what ye shall speak { or in which manner }: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. 20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

      • Luke 21:13 And it shall turn to you for a testimony. 14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: 15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

    • John 16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter { or Helper } will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. … 12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. 13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of { or from } himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

      • John 14:17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

    • 2 Peter 1:20 knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation. 21 For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

  • … and is profitable for doctrine { or teaching }, for reproof { or refutation }, for correction, or instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

  • 2 Peter 1:19 JW We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

    • Psalm 119:7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments { or rules of conduct }.

    • Psalm 119:105 JW Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path { it shows us how to follow the right and avoid the wrong way }.

      • Isaiah 51:4 JW Hearken unto me, my people; And give ear unto me, O my nation: …

        • Deuteronomy 7:6 JW For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God { set apart to the service of God, or chosen to execute the important purposes of His providence }: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

      • … For a law shall proceed from me, And I will make { or establish firmly } my judgment to rest for a light of the people.

        • Proverbs 6:23 JW For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs { or convictions of error } of instruction are the way of life:

    • John 1:9 JW That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

      • Luke 2:30 JW For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

      • John 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

        • John 12:43 For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

        • 1 John 2:9 JW He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. { Where love is not, there hatred is; for the heart cannot remain a void. }

        • Ephesians 4:31 JW Let all bitterness { both of spirit and of speech }, and wrath, and anger {or lasting resentment }, and clamour { or slander, insinuation }, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

… that we through patience …

• TODO

… and comfort of the scriptures might have hope { the motives that prompted them, the spirit in which they were endured, and the general principle involved in His whole work—self-sacrifice for the good of others—furnish our most perfect and beautiful model }.

• TODO

trivia

the tributary above is the second version of this research pathway. during my first pass, i used the version of the Bible presented by the Jehovah Witness website, and its linked references. however, i wished to be nearer to the source material, so i switched to the King James version, with text and references provided by Biblia. the JW flag indicates a reference found only at the Jehovah's Witness website.

pause system-functions

this... became far more
than i would have guessed
today... i pushed into
balanced madness
and set any intention aside
[shall i respond to letter??]
stopped trying to decide
suddenly!
[nail-carved-wall] [bloom]
the reclusive recursive clew!

so:
i did not manage
to finish today
the docx/JW
to md/KJ
(will do this soon)