This two-part ruling is simply one man’s determination of the issue and is not binding on others — unless they wish it to be, of course.
1) Foods made with genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) are not kosher.
2) Natural hybrids are generally fine, provided that both gametes were kosher.
In the example of the atom, one must stop knowing that one is stationed on the outside, looking in, and start imagining that one is on the inside, looking out.
In the example of the universe, flip that.
Generally speaking, when viewing a half-moon from north of the equator, if the left side is lit, then the illuminated portion of the moon will be getting thinner (waning), but if the right side is lit, then the moon is getting fuller (waxing).
South of the equator, the opposite would be true.
I am in a box labeled “Atoms of Peaceful Progress” –
the lid is askew, offering a dim, limited, inside view.
Though the material of the box seems quite opaque,
the owner insists that it’s absolutely transparent.
There’s no consensus on the box’s degree of opacity,
let alone the precise nature of its mysterious contents.
I am just one thing, amongst many things in the box,
but I am that which most crucially needs knowing.
My exposure would negate or confirm all suspicion,
yet I defy identification – even by skillful illumination.
What am i?
A single atom can exist for many billions of years; theoretically, for as long as the universe will. Such is the perfectly profound state of its integral unity. And yet, simple man, whose life is briefer than a moment in comparison, conflicted and contrasted as he is, can muster the understanding necessary to shatter such harmony in an instant even shorter than the universe’s experience of him.
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