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                                         11-6-92

Dear Mr. Knapp

   Sorry for the delay in my response.
   
   I respectfully submit that I have and had no intention whatsoever to
insult you, or to question your integrity. I apologize if I was not
tactful in my previous correspondence - perhaps it was a reaction to
your (provocation?) statement that "I was giving you a snow job with 
my (A1)." I also wish that you have not used that language.  But it 
is O.K.
  
  My (A1), i.e., 

(A1)   THE TENDENCY OF MAINTAINING THE STATUS QUO, REACTION TO PROVO-
       CATION AND THE TENDENCY OF MAINTAINING AGAIN A STATUS QUO


should be read very carefully and especially emphasis should
be made on  "A"  in the last sentence of  (A1).

 Let me first say, how I would explain  your conversion from Catholi-
cism to Buddhism.  You were raised Catholic that was your original
status.  Then you were exposed to different ideas. You were provoked 
but in the meantime you had an internal struggle and tendency of 
maintaining your original status quo. However, the provocation was 
strong enough and you succeeded in transition to Buddhism and now, 
you have the tendency of maintaing "A" new status quo, namely Buddhism.  
Who knows maybe in the future you will be again provoked strongly 
enough to transit again to  "A" status quo which could be Agnosticism 
or again Catholicism, or... and if at this moment, you say "Oh, no " this 
will again show (according to (A1) that you have the tendency of maintain-
ing your present status quo.

  By the wat there is nothing wrong to transit from one status quo to
another - any progress is such a transition!

   I do not like making any personal remarks, but you asked me to explain 
your transition from Catholicism to Buddhism base on my (A1).

   Now, concerning observations in Physics in support of (A1).  I 
refer you to many articles in sci.physics in connection with
"lost mass", "lost energy"  that puzzle physicists and make them
wonder where mass or energy is irretrievably dissipating.  I claim 
that "some energy is irretrievably dissipating for moving TIME
forward for overcoming the inertia of TIME in its tendency of
maintaining its status quo.

   With best wishes and regards,
                                          Alexander ABIAN                  
-- 
   The tendency of maintaining the status-quo, Reaction to provocation and
                The tendency of maintaining again a status-quo.  
    TIME HAS INERTIA  and some energy is lost to move Time forward  
  E = mcc  (Einstein)    must be replaced by    E = m(0) exp(-At) (Abian)