Multidimensional

Math­e­mat­ics is mul­ti­di­men­sion­al. Not in a matrix real­i­ty sort of way or mere­ly a one-dimen­sion mea­sure­ment ver­sus two-dimen­sion, but rather in a philo­soph­i­cal way. Math­e­mat­ics is the study of the infi­nite using the finite. It is the obser­va­tion of the infi­nite through pat­terns, and the pre­dictabil­i­ty of the future through equa­tions. We aren’t so con­cerned with the val­ue of x as we are with the human mind’s abil­i­ty to dis­cern the pos­si­ble val­ues of x. We learn about God, our­selves, and cre­ation through the strug­gle of learn­ing math­e­mat­ics. That is what I mean by multidimensional. 

It isn’t easy. But it’s worth it. 

These are things that I repeat to myself as I strug­gle to under­stand the peo­ple around me, the prob­lems in our lives, the rela­tion­ships we cre­ate, and the home­work we assign. They are all con­nect­ed. The ancient math­e­mati­cians and philoso­phers knew this. When they spoke of the law of causal­i­ty, peo­ple nod­ded their heads. How could there be a pat­tern with­out a pat­tern mak­er? How could things move with­out a mover? Is there such a thing as a mover who did­n’t have some­thing else caus­ing him to move, i.e the unmoved mover? Is the val­ue of a vari­able out­side of the vari­able or part of its being? What if x could be any num­ber? Is it more pow­er­ful if it has the abil­i­ty to be any val­ue or is it more pow­er­ful if it forces oth­er val­ues to change? 

Math­e­mat­ics cre­ates a safe place for us to explore these deep thoughts of men. Where else can you be wrong and not get hurt?