How Branching and Non-Branching Represent Two Mental Models of Control-in-World

Michael Hoffman – posting as an important stub starter page April 12, 2025

Contents:

• YI Trees with Branching & Non-Branching Features
  * “Creation of Plants” Branching Form Develops from III, IYI, YI, IY/YI
• Intro
• Motivation of this Page
• Titles of this Page
• How the {branching} & {non-branching} Motifs (in the Medieval Art Genre of {mushroom-trees}) Represent Two Different Mental Models of Control-in-World
• How Branching vs. Non-Branching Depicts Possibilism vs. Eternalism Models of Control-in-World
• “Reach Fate” Achievement Earned! 🏆
• REGAIN FREEWILL, ABOVE FATE
• “Transcend Fate” Achievement Earned! 🏆
• Raw Text Message Summarizing How Branching vs. Non-Branching Depicts Possibilism vs. Eternalism Models of Control-in-World
• Text Messages about Supposed “Rational Psychonaut” Approach
• “The Path for You Is Decided” – Iron Maiden Lyrics
• Heaven Can Wait (Iron Maiden, 1986)
• Egodeath Yahoo Group Posting Listing Key Lyrics about Psychedelic Eternalism (2011)
• Why Physics Without Philosophy Is Deeply Broken… | Jacob Barandes [Part 2]
• The Unreality of Time (McTaggart, 1908)
• Time and Physical Geometry (Putnam, 1967)
• See Also

YI Trees with Branching & Non-Branching Features

“Creation of Plants” Branching Form Develops from III, IYI, YI, IY/YI

realized, or recognized, the theme/ motif/ technique:
{visually cut branch by crossing behind another branch}

Intro

Motivation of this Page

This is a great crucial question, high priority to explain. My raw text message was a decent starting point, b/c was in an actual conversation with someone explaining Egodeath theory initial basics.

This post is not much ready, but I need it to be on my radar, not hidden in the Draft area. Rick L asked me how branching & non-branching represent two different mental models of control-in-world.

Titles of this Page

How Branching and Non-Branching Represent the Two Complementary Mental Models of Control

How the {branching} & {non-branching} Motifs (in the Medieval Art Genre of {mushroom-trees}) Represent Two Different Mental Models of Control-in-World

the medieval art genre of {mushroom-trees}
magmt

Found a cleaned-up copy of the raw post, in https://egodeaththeory.org/2025/03/13/idea-development-page-26/#txt-summ-how-branching-depicts-eternalism – copyied to here, added more cleanup – 4/12/2025.

March 29, 2025, sent to Rick L, cleaned up here – todo: where else do I recently summarize this topic – if anywhere? eg branching-message mushroom trees article draft?

How Branching vs. Non-Branching Depicts Possibilism vs. Eternalism Models of Control-in-World

In the advanced Psilocybin state, branching possibilities is revealed as illusion when the mind sees the inner workings of the egoic personal control system who exerts power of steering in a branching tree to create the future.

Non-branching means non-branching: snake shaped path of your future life; = enlightenment that one’s snake-shaped path in 4D spacetime.

Your worldline path is seen frozen in rock, imprisoned in fate rock,  slave, kidnapped, imprisoned in heimarmene.

Now you are a competed purified initiate enlightened.  honoring the gods.  

Upon reconciling with hidden source of control-thoughts frozen in the 4D spacetime block, the personal control system no longer has control-turmoil & {trespassing}, bringing {impurity} that {raises fury} stormy anger of the insulted, dishonored, DISRESPECTED gods.  

[“The path for you is decided” – see Iron Maiden lyric]

The path for you is decided from outside your control, done deal, future path non-branching possibilities, only the path forward is real, stone; {snake frozen in rock}.

“Reach Fate” Achievement Earned! 

NEXT, reincorporate the egoic personal control system, w adjustments cleansing child-thinking. 

Ken Wilber “embrace and include ” childish thinking of branching steering, and use the egoic personal control system which u now perceive & use all the time, corrected, purified, made mature 

Treat this Isaac, your child thinking, like u r riding a donkey – ur BELOVED only son.  dont get rid of ego; use it, dis-indentify w it, egoic thinking was only an immature-phase, temporary level of identifying, it it always will be used; reconciling and” ride” egoic thinking.

Be inclusive: SUPPORT and love your egoic, childish, branching-possibilities, freewill thinking.

todo: image: Entry Jeru

todo: image: Isaac – Jesus head :: donkey head = Abr head :: Isaac head.

REGAIN FREEWILL, ABOVE FATE

no-free-will & 4D spacetime eternalism/ heimarmene is the case (else control instability during Psilocybin) – but also,

finally, above the heimarmene fixed stars per Mithraism & Late Antiquity, you kinda get freewill, monolithic, autonomous control again — but, merely VIRTUAL,

qualified possibilism-thinking , “set free from Fate heimarmene cosmic prison ransomed rescued lifted up – rise above fate(!)” 

“Transcend Fate” Achievement Earned! 

With ALL of the elect, above the fate-soaked sphere of the fixed stars, be lifted up to poke head (spirit) in sphere 9 Mithraism : precession of equinox above the reach of the prison warden ARCHONS (petty governors).

as {adult}, {immortal}, Psilocybin transformation motif, in mushroom imagery in Christian art.

— Michael

/ end of text message summarizing branching motif, cleaned up version from idea development page 26

Raw Text Message Summarizing How Branching vs. Non-Branching Depicts Possibilism vs. Eternalism Models of Control-in-World

posts, or cleaned up copy of posts probably from an idea development page 25-27, from Saturday two weeks ago, 3/29/2025:

branching possibilities is illusion when see inner workings of the egoic personal control system who exerts power of steering in a branching tree to create the future

non-branching means non branching: snake shaped pathvof ur future life ; = enlightenment that one’s snake-shaped path in 4D spacetime, tgat path is seen frozen in rock, imprisoned in fate rock,  slave , 

now ur enlightened.  

the path for you is decided from outside your control, done deal, future path non-branching possibilities, only the path forward is real, stone-

NEXT, reincorporate the egoic personal control system, w adjustments cleansing child-thinking. 

 Ken Wilber “embrace and include ” childinsh thinking of branching steering, and use the egoic personal control system which u now perceive & use all the time, corrected, purified, made mature 

achivement 🏆

 treat this Isaac, ur child thinking, like u r riding a donkey – ur BELOVED only son.  dont get rid of ego; use it, disindentify w it, egoic thinking was temp level of identifying , it it always will be used; reconciling and” ride” egoic thinking

bob sermon: be inclusive supoorting ur egoic child branching thinkkng

finally, kinda get freewill monolithic, autonomous control again but qualified/ redee egodeath set free from Fate heimarmene cosmic prison ransomed rescued lifted up – rise above fate(!) 🏆 

w ALL of the elect, above fait-soaked sphere of the fixed stars , be lifted up to poke head (spirit) in sphere 9 Mithraism : precession of equinox above the reach of the prison warden ARCHONS (petty governors)

  as adult psil motif, in mushroom imagery in Christian art

/ end of raw msg

Text Messages about Supposed “Rational Psychonaut” Approach

These pics are in this page b/c this page was in Draft and was convenient place to upload images on Mobile.

todo: clean up the pics to make them flow.

“The Path for You Is Decided” – Iron Maiden Lyrics

I went to the Somewhere in Time concert tour during the lead-up to the Jan. 1988 breakthrough due to combiningin:

• Block-universe eternalism per Minkowski 4D spacetime block universe, from a university course in Modern Physics.
• The Way of Zen by Alan Watts, given to me by my father.
• Studying loose cognition, helped by the college band musicians’ network and the Dead community.
• Re-conceptualizing the personal control system, to expect non-dysfunctional cross-time control.
• Switching between two mental models.

4D spacetime block universe
fsbu

non-dysfunctional cross-time control
ndctc

Iron Maiden lyrics from Somewhere in Time album: “the path for you is decided” https://www.google.com/search?q=iron+maiden+lyrics+%22heaven+can+wait%22

Heaven Can Wait (Iron Maiden, 1986)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKiwU6l6cUY —

Lyrics – Improved Transcription by Michael Hoffman April 12, 2025, for scholarly study.

Can’t understand what is happening to me
This isn’t real, this is only a dream
But I never have felt, no, I never have felt this way before

I’m looking down on my body below
I lie asleep in the midst of a dream
Is it now, could it be, the – Angel of Death has come for me?

I can’t believe that really my time has come
I don’t feel ready, there’s so much left undone
And it’s my soul, and I’m not gonna let it get away [loose cognitive experience of soul (egoic control agency) vanishing]

Heaven can wait
Heaven can wait
Heaven can wait
Heaven can wait ’til another day

I have a lust for the Earth below
And Hell itself is my only foe
‘Cause I’ve no fear of dying; I’ll –
Go when I’m good and ready

I snatch a glimpse of the lights eternal rays
I see a tunnel, I stand amazed
At all of the people standing there in front of me

Into the paths of rightness I’ll be led
Is this the place where the living join the dead?
I wish I knew this was only just a nightmare [not just a temporary Mystery Religion terror trip initiation awe; produces mental model maturation: permanent modification of conscious foundation of source of control thoughts]

Take my hand, I’ll lead you to the promised land
Take my hand, I’ll give you immortality
Eternal youth, I’ll take you to the other side
To see the truth, the path for you is decided [non-branching worldline in block universe 4D spacetime per eternalism and Minkowski; {snake frozen in rock}]

My body tingles, I feel so strange [acid effect]
I feel so tired, I feel so drained
And I’m wondering if I’ll ever be the same again [yes and no, after the foundation of control-thought source is re-conceived]

Is this in limbo or Heaven or Hell?
Maybe I’m going down there as well
I can’t accept my soul will drift forever

I feel myself floating back down to Earth
So could this be the hour of my rebirth
Or have I died or will I wake from dreaming?

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Stephen/ Percy/ Harris

Heaven Can Wait lyrics © BMG Rights Management

Egodeath Yahoo Group Posting Listing Key Lyrics about Psychedelic Eternalism (2011)

Max Freakout Archive

https://egodeathyahoogroup.wordpress.com/2021/01/09/egodeath-yahoo-group-digest-105/#message5359 — lists several songs:

Destiny planned out
Speculation of the wise
— Blizzard of Ozz, “Believer”

To see the truth:
The path for you is decided
— Iron Maiden, “Heaven Can Wait”

All preordained, a prisoner in chains
A victim of venomous fate
— Rush, “Freewill”

I’ve been stricken by fate
Wrapped up tight, cannot move, can’t break free
Hand of doom has a tight grip on me
— Metallica, “Trapped Under Ice”

/ end of lyric

Why Physics Without Philosophy Is Deeply Broken… | Jacob Barandes [Part 2]

Video title: Why Physics Without Philosophy Is Deeply Broken… | Jacob Barandes [Part 2]
Jan. 30, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaS1usLeXQM
YouTube channel: Curt Jaimungal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaS1usLeXQM&list=PLZ7ikzmc6zlN6E8KrxcYCWQIHg2tfkqvR&index=17 – link within playlist TOE.

Desc:

“In this captivating [episode] of Theories of Everything, Jacob Barandes and I delve into the intricate world of Indivisible Stochastic Processes and their profound impact on quantum mechanics.

“We explore how these non-Markovian systems introduce quantum phenomena like superposition and interference without the traditional wave function collapse.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaS1usLeXQM@t=300s = 5:00 – “Putnam paper on eternalism , four-dimensionalism, eternalism – everything in spacetime is there already, flow of time is psychological, we live in block-universe eternalism.”

Such a topic is called “Physical Philosophy”.

Fails to say “Minkowski”. Could Find within the transcript, to confirm that.

Einstein was thoroughly steeped in Phil; Philosophical Physics.

The Unreality of Time (McTaggart, 1908)

The Unreality of Time
1908, Ellis McTaggart, in Mind (Oxford)
https://philpapers.org/archive/MCTTUO.pdf

Time and Physical Geometry (Putnam, 1967)

Time and Physical Geometry
Hilary Putnam, 1967, The Journal of Philosophy [, Psychology, and Scientific Methods]
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2024493?origin=JSTOR-pdf

Search “Time and Physical Geometry” Putnam
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Time+and+Physical+Geometry%22+Putnam

https://www.informationphilosopher.com/solutions/philosophers/putnam/ –

Bob Doyle wrote:

“In 1967 Hilary Putnam claimed to prove that the universe is deterministic (indeed pre-determined) using an argument from special relativity.

“A similar argument had been published a year earlier by C. W. Rietdijk.

“And many years later, in his 1989 book The Emperor’s New Mind, Roger Penrose developed this idea as what is called the “Andromeda Paradox.”

“Even more recently, Michael Lockwood and Michael Levin have defended similar views.

“Putnam, famous for his various theories about “realism,” claims that future events are already “real.”

This is a “tenseless” view of the future, like that of J. J. C. Smart’s block universe of special relativity.

“Putnam discusses the related problems of the truth of “future contingents”…”

The Block Universe of Special Relativity
https://www.informationphilosopher.com/freedom/special_relativity.html –
Bob Doyle wrote:

“Several philosophers have argued that determinism, indeed pre-determinism, can be proved to be true by the special theory of relativity.”

“The first philosopher to consider whether special relativity could prove determinism was J. J. C. Smart.

“Smart was a determinist.

“In 1961, his article in Mind developed the logical standard argument against free will.

“In 1964, he discussed Hermann Minkowski’s 1908 argument for a special-relativistic block universe.

“Minkowski’s work could be interpreted as a “tenseless” view of space-time that says “the future is already out there.”

“Everything that is going to happen has already happened, an idea called actualism.

Minkowski’s Block Universe

Bob Doyle wrote:

“Minkowski says his argument is entirely mathematical, though based on experimental physics,

Minkowski wrote:

“The views of space and time which I wish to lay before you have sprung from the soil of experimental physics, and therein lies their strength.

“They are radical. Henceforth space by itself, and time by itself, are doomed to fade away into mere shadows, and only a kind of union of the two will preserve an independent reality.

“First of all I should like to show how it might be possible, setting out from the accepted mechanics of the present day, along a purely mathematical line of thought, to arrive at changed ideas of space and time…

“Three-dimensional geometry becomes a chapter in four-dimensional physics.
(“Space and Time,” in Problems of Space and Time, ed. J.J.C.Smart, p.297)

J. J. C. Smart

Bob Doyle wrote:

“In the introduction to his 1964 book, Smart was not yet committed to the tenseless view of space-time he holds today.

“In 1964 he was agnostic as to whether “some sort of fatalism must be true” and the future must already exist.

“He emphasizes the mathematical nature of the work, that space-time is not an ordinary space, and that the four-dimensional picture does not imply determinism.

Smart wrote:

“We must not forget that space-time is a space in the mathematical sense of the word.

Quite clearly it cannot be space in the sense of something which endures through time.

This is sometimes half-forgotten in popular expositions of relativity.

It is sometimes said, for example, that a light signal is propagated from one part of space-time to another.

What should be said is that the light signal lies (tenselessly) along a line between these two regions of space-time.

Moritz Schlick has expressed this point well when he says: “One may not, for example, say that a point traverses its world-line; or that the three-dimensional section which represents the momentary state of the actual present, wanders along the time-axis through the four-dimensional world.

For a wandering of this kind would have to take place in time; and time is already represented within the model and cannot be introduced again from outside.”

And if there can be no change in space-time [no meta-change – Michael Hoffman], neither can there be any staying the same.

As Schlick points out, it is an error to claim that the Minkowski world is static [my term: the universe is meta-static dynamic – Michael Hoffman]: it neither changes nor stays the same.

“Changes and stayings the same can both of course be represented within the world picture, for example a changing velocity by a curved line and a constant velocity by a straight line.

“The tenseless way of talking which is appropriate to the four-dimensional space-time world seems to suggest to some people that some sort of fatalism must be true, and that the future is already somehow “laid up.”

“This, however, is a confusion [says the source of confusion], for the “is” in “is already laid up” is a tensed one and suggests that the future exists now, which is absurd.”

[not necessarily; depends again on meaning-networks of words -Michael Hoffman]

“The event of the future, like those of the past, certainly exist, in the sense in which this verb is used tenselessly, but of course they do not exist now.

“Nor does the four-dimensional picture imply determinism.”

[define ‘determinism’ -Michael Hoffman]

“It is quite neutral between determinism and indeterminism.

“The issue between determinism and indeterminism can be put quite easily in the language of space-time.

“lt is as follows:

“From a complete knowledge of a certain three-dimensional (spacelike) slice of space-time together with a knowledge of the laws of nature, could the properties of later (and indeed earlier) slices of space-time be deduced?”

[that’s just domino-chain determinism, which should not be assumed as a position of interest -Michael Hoffman]

“For present purposes let us be agnostic as to the answer to this question.”
(Problems of Space and Time, pp.12-13)”

/ end of Smart

See Also

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