Josh Plovanic's Writings and Thoughts

  Indra's Net of Words: A Mystical and Philosophical Exploration of Meaning, Structure, and Interconnection Abstract This paper explores a synthesis between the ancient concept of Indra’s Net from Buddhist and Hindu philosophy, and two modern linguistic-philosophical theories: Words-as-Sets and Words-as-Fields . The result is a comprehensive framework that envisions language not merely as a tool of communication, but as an interconnected, infinite, and reflective web of meaning—mirroring the cosmic interdependency and reflective geometry of the universe itself. This exploration is metaphysical, mystical, and systematic, delving into the implications of a linguistic ontology where every word is a universe, and every universe is mirrored in every other. 1. Introduction: Language as a Mirror of the Cosmos Indra's Net, as described in the Avatamsaka Sutra and Hindu cosmology, is a vast net stretching infinitely in all directions. At every node of the net is a jewel, and eac...

  The Ring of Realms — A Journey Through the Infinite Fractal Cosmos Prologue: The Ring of God In a cosmos not bound by the illusions of scale, a simple golden ring—resting upon the finger of an eternal traveler—holds within it a secret: entire galaxies spiral along its inner curve, vast nebulae shimmer inside microscopic diamonds, and civilizations—trillions strong—live and die in a single molecular edge. This is not fantasy. This is scale infinity , a reality governed by fractal recursion, where space folds inward and outward eternally, and every dimension echoes the fullness of creation. This ring, no larger than a championship ornament of triumph, is a portal. Not in the conventional sense, but in an ontological one. For to perceive it truly, one must awaken to the Infinite Fractal Universe —a cosmos where the question of size vanishes, and only depth of structure remains. Chapter I: A Universe on the Head of a Pin Imagine: within the point of a pin lies an entire galax...