I Think I Hear My Mother Calling...

...and, Boy! Does He Sound Mad!

A dog comes when he is called, but a cat takes a message and will get back to you later.--Mary Bly

{PS: Things could not have gone any worse for me up until 6 months ago, then they absolutely plummeted and now I have to put up with more angst inducing weirdness and take it on the chin?
--nuh-uh!
I hear these guys mumbling "beautiful" and "who is she" and some say "she's my mom" and some say "she's my wife". 

And sometimes to actually hear my name called!--one guy in particular seems to have lost his wife and is searching high and low for her--the bus, the train, any restaurant I happen to randomly pop into--so much stress to have to hear about it and hold down a meal or catch the next bus while all this is going on...
(I am not 'the wife' in the biblical sense, since I see him go home to his real wife, he just flies in for the day, does some work and goes back home to her; I am a 'working girl', the worst kind ever, the type that actually does not get paid for a job well done! ergo~GOD, and the need for One!)

Still my second rate life; where most girls get to age to perfection and 'beautiful' to them means 'timeless', for me that kind of remarkable beauty translates to 'dateless'--or am I mis.hearing 'beautiful' for 'pitiful'?
Besides, there's no shortage of beauty in the world, just a lack of clean public restrooms and frequent LA Metro buses that run on time.
What's more, as I read this entry to edit it, I am watching this really pretty young woman (a classic beauty, like Venus) outside a coffee shop shedding a stream of tears and it just reinforces what I have known all along, Beauty is not an Armor impervious to being pierced by Sorrow. 

And do You mean I don't get to kick back and play "Can You Tag (Finger) Malcolm"  (the adult version of "Where's Waldo") forever hereafter--I thought I was on some level of the death plane (heaven, hell, earth2,3, 4...); or tell jokes to myself once I get home (i.e., haunt the house; a step up for me-- that type of behavior was limited to the kitchen in real life)?

I know this is not any kind of love story, the last thing I would be looking for, assuming I do get to the threshold of heaven, would be a 'husband', so that begs the question, 'Have we caught the culprit(s), yet?' I  soo need a vacation! (and at this rate the interest alone you all owe me for backpay must be astronomical--so the sooner we settle this the better).

Great (10/18/2012/..so that's how it is Dad, 'hello' n 'good-bye' n 'you ditch, too?!' it's not like I can't hear You telling bro # 2 and bro #3 'it's your sister'!! If You all insist on this routine, then make it so I don't have to hear yous guys.}

On The Subject of Name Calling

Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), brain activation patterns were examined in response to hearing one’s own first name in contrast to hearing the names of others. There are several regions in the left hemisphere that show greater activation to one’s own name, including middle frontal cortex, middle and superior temporal cortex, and cuneus. 

These findings provide evidence that hearing one’s own name has unique brain functioning activation specific to one’s own name in relation to the names of others. 

(Hi, Norman--You wouldn't be Swedish, by any chance?)

On Hearing Your Name Called 
& Putting The Conspiracy Theories To Rest

There are several instances of reputable people (of the non-psychotic variety) hearing voices and responding to them prior to the historical development of electronic PsyOps type weapons (microwave, brain enhancement (ie. air freshener), etc.) development.

In recent history, there is such an instance described by Mother Teresa which led Her to what became Her life's mission in India.

She, being a faithful person, did not question the Voice as anything other than being patently genuine and the Voice of some Agency of God, (God, an Angel, my Mom in her kitchen?), and did not run around trying to locate the source like the rest of us would by first typing in some keywords into our favorite online search engine.

And prior to the advent of such emergent technology, there is evidence that this sort of thing has been going on for quite some time, and Say What!--no modern technology required?

A Smattering of Selected Case Studies In The Bible

Isaiah 43:1
And now, thus said Jehovah, Thy Creator, O Jacob, and thy Fashioner, O Israel, Be not afraid, for I have redeemed thee, I have called on thy name -- thou art Mine.


Isaiah 45:3
I will give you the treasures of darkness, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, Who summons you by name.

Yet, with the advent of technology (the Internet) and information from questionable sources (like bloggers and Fox News) for unverified reasons (disinformation and to hang on to their money) it becomes necessary to figure out what may or may not be a viable call from a legitimate caller (Holy God and Company).

How to Suss Out Whether It's A Higher Power 

or 
Steve at the US Army Signal Corps Doing the (Name) Calling...

1. God is Responsive to the caller and can help

Surah 2 The Calf

 وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِي عَنِّي فَإِنِّي قَرِيبٌ 

أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ 

فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُواْ لِي وَلْيُؤْمِنُواْ بِي

 لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُونَ  (2:186 

2:186 And if My Servants Ask You (the Prophet, pbuh) about Me (God), Truly, I Am Near; I Respond to the call of the caller, whenever they call. So, have them answer (respond) to Me and Follow Me, that they may be guided aright.

2. The Caller Calls you by your Name or Gives you a name of some significance (non-derogatory). 

(Figure on a planet of xxx billion people, what are the odds? What makes you so famous to attract Steve's attention?)

• Examples of those hearing the call are called by name and sometimes even Named by the Caller:

Surah 3 The Family Al.3'mran

فَنَادَتْهُ الْمَلآئِكَةُ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّي فِي الْمِحْرَابِ

 أَنَّ اللّهَ يُبَشِّرُكَ بِيَحْيَـى مُصَدِّقًا بِكَلِمَةٍ مِّنَ اللّهِ وَسَيِّدًا

 وَحَصُورًا وَنَبِيًّا مِّنَ الصَّالِحِينَ  (3:39  

3:39 So the Angel Called (Zachariah) while He was praying in the Sanctuary, "Indeed, God Blesses you with Yahya ("He Lives"==John, the first time the name John/Yahya had been proferred on anyone). He (John) will Affirm His (God's) Words Truthfully; And He (John) will be outstanding among men, and chaste, and a Prophet among the Righteous.

Surah 19 Maryam (Mary)

يَا زَكَرِيَّا

 إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَامٍ اسْمُهُ يَحْيَى

 لَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ مِن قَبْلُ سَمِيًّا (19:7    

19:7 (The Angel called,) "O, Zachariah! We, indeed, bring You tidings of a son (young soul, ghulm) whose Name is Yahya (John the Baptist); We have never given this name to anyone before Him."

Surah 20 Ta.Ha

فَلَمَّا أَتَاهَا نُودِي يَا مُوسَى (20:11 

20:11 Once He (Moses) neared it (the fire in the desert), He was Called, "O, Moses!"

Surah 37 Those Ranged (by Rank, Echelons, Arrayed)

وَنَادَيْنَاهُ أَنْ يَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ  (37:104 

37:104 And We Called Him, "That You Are Ibrahim!"

Surah 79 Al.Nazi3at

إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ

 طُوًى (79:16 

79:16 When His Sustainer Called Him In the twice-hallowed Valley, Tuwa. 

(Alternatively, 'If  His Sustainer Calls him (his servant) in the holy wadi (a glen, a narrow dry river bed), "Tuwa!"~ 'Double!' or 'Fold' or 'Double Back!'; var. phonetically 'It's You!'?)

3. Those hearing the call are God's Servants (Moses, Elijah, Isma3yliya, the Faithful, Believers), and the Muslims are called first.

Surah 30 Romans

وَمَا أَنتَ بِهَادِي الْعُمْيِ عَن ضَلَالَتِهِمْ

 إِن تُسْمِعُ إِلَّا مَن يُؤْمِنُ بِآيَاتِنَا

 فَهُم مُّسْلِمُونَ (30:53

30:53 And You (the Prophet, pbuh) cannot guide the blind out of their darkness; 

only such as believe in  Our Signs can hear, for they are Muslims (Submit to God's Will).

4. The Mechanism to Call and/or hear the Caller is Primordial, it should require no man-made (synthesized) technology, since it is stipulated that God has already spoken to not only Adam and the Prophets, but some of Adam's offspring before the Last Day.

Surah 7 The Heights (Al.a3raf)

وَإِذْ أَخَذَ رَبُّكَ مِن بَنِي آدَمَ

 مِن ظُهُورِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ

وَأَشْهَدَهُمْ عَلَى أَنفُسِهِمْ أَلَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ

قَالُواْ بَلَى شَهِدْنَا

 أَن تَقُولُواْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّا كُنَّا عَنْ هَذَا غَافِلِينَ  (7:172  

7:172 And, indeed, God Takes from B'nai Adam (Adam's Offspring), 

and from the seed of their issue,  

and We Swore them (had them bear witness) by their own Souls, "Am I Your Sustainer?" 

They said, "It is True, we swear that indeed." 

So that on the Day of Judgment (Resurrection) you (Adam's issue) cannot claim  (say that) you were unaware (that being the case).

5. A Description That Such a Natural Mechanism Does Exist 
(that's why it's wrong to tamper with people and make them think otherwise)

• Yet, there is a barrier that cannot be breached, except for special circumstances (like Death/Wrongful Death/Premature Death/Martyrdom/etc.) or by special agencies (like Angels).  

• The concept limbo tries to explain such a mechanism; in the Arabic it is referred to as barzalch or the veil.
• barzalch, the Barrier that separates the worlds (the veil)--Angels are used to convey messages between the worlds (can breach the barrier). 
• some say that it is a spacetime where the Soul lingers between planes of existence (ie., as it travels from plane-to-plane/ level-to-level/ tier-to-tier between earth, heaven and hell) for some unspecified period of time (usually understood to mean after one's death; younger generations familiar with first person player games may be more comfortable with it having come across the concept of 'levelling up' like in World of Warcraft).  

• It would seem, and it must be taught, that Heaven and Earth coexist both spatially and temporally.
• And that they are co-mingled, but we are unaware of that being the case when we are born as infants and have a conventional life on Earth... (Don't panic! It's not the first time I played matchmaker!! Something I choose to do to fill this time with since You.Know.He.Who doesn't want me to 'run with the pack,' heh, heh--snark.)

Surah 35 Fatir (The Originator, Creates Something from Nothing)

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ 

اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ  

 هَلْ مِنْ خَالِقٍ غَيْرُ اللَّهِ 

يَرْزُقُكُم مِّنَ السَّمَاء وَالْأَرْضِ 

لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَأَنَّى تُؤْفَكُونَ (35:3  

(35:3) O, People (Nas, All of Creation)!

Remember God's Provisions (Bounty) He Graces you with.

Who is it that can Create it, other than God, Providing you from (both) Heaven and Earth. 

There is no God other than He. 

How is it you turn from this Truth?

• The understanding is that while God provides us with benefits from heaven as well as earth, the boon of God's Grace does not trickle down to those considered to be in hell (ie., a low moral level of existence).

Surah 7 Al.A3raf (The Heights)

وَنَادَى أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ

 أَنْ أَفِيضُواْ عَلَيْنَا مِنَ الْمَاء أَوْ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ اللّهُ 

قَالُواْ إِنَّ اللّهَ حَرَّمَهُمَا عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ (7:50  

 7:50 And the denizens of the fire (Hell) call to the denizens of the garden (Heaven, Eden), "Please pour over us of that water or whatever God Provides (Blesses) you with, but they say, "Indeed, God Forbids These to the Unfaithful (Nonbelievers, Deniers).

• Apparently sound works just fine between the tiers/planes of existence through the barrier, that's why the sobriquet Isma3el (He Can Hear God, or God Heard him/her), since there is an allusion that there are those already at the cusp?   who can be heard calling out (7:46).

 Surah 7 Al.A3raf (The Heights)

وَبَيْنَهُمَا حِجَابٌ

 وَعَلَى الأَعْرَافِ رِجَالٌ يَعْرِفُونَ كُلاًّ بِسِيمَاهُمْ

وَنَادَوْاْ أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ أَن سَلاَمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ

لَمْ يَدْخُلُوهَا وَهُمْ يَطْمَعُونَ   (7:46 

7:46 And Between (them) is a Veil (Barrier  حِجَابٌ),
and on the Heights (Al.A3raf) are Men who know everyone by their marks (their names  بِسِيمَاهُمْ) 
and they call the denizens of Heaven, "Truly, Peace Be Upon You!" 
They have not yet entered it, and they long to.

{Sign 7:46 is made all the more interesting in that the Men (rijln  رِجَالٌ) calling from this transitional state (limbo, barzalch, al.a3raf)  through the barrier (veil حِجَابٌ) are aware of they're being in such a state and there is text to support the fact that these men desire to transcend it to a better state (Heaven) and moreover that they have an assurance of it, but for whatever reason they have to be in this suspended intermediate state (arrested development?) for a term. (I can't think of any other reason for this other than to get to watch everyone else rediscover electricity!) 

The fact that the text expressly states that they are Men, explains why my presence here is unexpected, unwanted,  not welcome, and...Surprise!

The implication is that these are good men, based on the reputation of those known to have been inducted into such a service in the past--I give Yous Guys, Solomon, and no, He was not happy to see me hear/here, either!

38 Suad ص

(38:32 فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَحْبَبْتُ حُبَّ الْخَيْرِ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّي
 حَتَّى تَوَارَتْ بِالْحِجَابِ

(38:32) And (Solomon) He said, "Truly do I love the love of good, in remembrance of my Sustainer,"- even as (He was) hidden behind the veil...}

• The understanding is that this suspended state, like an arrested development, akin to a hibernation, falls upon certain individuals all of the sudden, without them having any indication when and if it happens to them or even if they are in it at all. Surah 36:9 gives a further description:

Surah 36 Ya.Seen 

وَجَعَلْنَا مِن بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ سَدًّا

 وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ سَدًّا

 فَأَغْشَيْنَاهُمْ فَهُمْ لاَ يُبْصِرُونَ (36:9   

36:9 And We Closed Off (Sddna) what is between their hands (their present, what they are currently doing) and of what is behind them (what they had done in the past) Closed Off (Sddna), And (in this manner) We Veiled them while they were Unaware.

(Surah 36:9 is metaphorically speaking of giving closure to something, or finality to whatever it was they were doing or had done in the past while they were taken into this Veiled existence, unawares. (One recent example is how I was not supposed to notice how my morning prayer was interrupted right after the first rack3a last Sunday Oct. 20, 2012 (but that's why I get confused about the date/time)). Read Sedna legends of the Native Americans, and the Recent sighting of Sedna in Orbit, and the Phoenix Lights Incidence of 1997, and note the word Sedna is a homophone for  the Arabic word meaning 'closure' or 'pay-back'.)

6. The qualities of those hearing the call and why they know themselves to be legitimate:

(Look, I am not posing as any of them, I am merely interpreting the text based on my understanding of it as of 2012 CE and the prism of my personal life experience).

• Only certain humans while alive can fathom it (truly understand it and clearly distinguish a call coming through the veiled existence (be it coming over/through the heavenly, earthly or hell levels). The two cases being Prophets and Enlightened Ones (like the Dalai Lama)...a marginal third case, the contemporary 'Men In Black'.

• Only the Living can hear 

Surah 35 Fatir (The Originator)

وَمَا يَسْتَوِي الْأَحْيَاء وَلَا الْأَمْوَاتُ 

إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُسْمِعُ مَن يَشَاء 

وَمَا أَنتَ بِمُسْمِعٍ مَّن فِي الْقُبُورِ (35:22       

(35:22) They are not equal (the same), the Dead and the Living. 

Indeed, God Makes to Hear (Listen) whomever He Wills; 

and You (the Prophet, the Messenger) cannot make to hear those who are in their graves.

• And those who can hear, must be open or receptive to the Message:

Surah 27 Naml (Ants)

إِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِعُ الْمَوْتَى وَلَا تُسْمِعُ الصُّمَّ الدُّعَاء إِذَا وَلَّوْا مُدْبِرِينَ (27:80  

27:80 Truly, You (the Prophet, the Caller) cannot make the dead hear nor make the deaf to listen 

(the deaf being those refusing to hear the message, not merely unable to hear with their ears) 

to the call while they are fleeing from You. 

(lit, have their backs turned to you, oppose you, 

var. while they are 'being played'~orchestrated/contrived)

• Only those with the faculty of discernment are valid callers:

 Surah 7 Al.A3raf (The Heights)

وَنَادَى أَصْحَابُ الأَعْرَافِ

 رِجَالاً يَعْرِفُونَهُمْ بِسِيمَاهُمْ 

قَالُواْ 

مَا أَغْنَى عَنكُمْ جَمْعُكُمْ وَمَا كُنتُمْ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ   ( 7:48

7:48 And the inhabitants of al.a3raf call ( الأَعْرَافِ , rt   عْ رَ فِ    literally, 'knowing'--those possessed with the faculty of discernment/understanding/knowing).

Men who know them (those being called) by their names (marks).

Saying, 

"Of what benefit to you is all you have amassed, or your arrogance?"

• And, again, there is no mistaking Who is Calling and Via what Agents (Agency).

 Surah 14 Ibrahim (Abraham)

قَالَتْ رُسُلُهُمْ أَفِي اللّهِ شَكٌّ فَاطِرِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ

 يَدْعُوكُمْ لِيَغْفِرَ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُؤَخِّرَكُمْ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مُّسَـمًّى

 قَالُواْ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلاَّ بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا

 تُرِيدُونَ أَن تَصُدُّونَا عَمَّا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ آبَآؤُنَا

 فَأْتُونَا بِسُلْطَانٍ مُّبِينٍ   (14:10  

(14:10) Their Messenger said to them (his people), 

"Do you doubt that God, the Originator of Heaven and Earth, Is Calling you to forgive you (shield you) from your sins (wrongs) and to grant you a reprieve (delay/defer) for a named (determined) term (period of time). 

They say, "Indeed, you are merely a man like us who wants us to repulse that which our forefathers worshipped (held dear), so show us a Clear Authority (your valid authorization to do so)."

{And I been hearing it and I beg to differ, I never made any representation of my being God, since a middle aged old lady with asthma and shin splints and a spotty period, is none such...interpretive dance (barzalch) as provided.}

7. To Determine the Validity of the Caller (Who Is Calling) and why the Call:

• Historically the Valid callers give information, in real time to the called, and the information is relevant; they identify themselves and those they call, and the reason for being summoned (3:39)

• Maryam (pbuh) is led to water in the desert:

Surah 19 Maryam (Mary)

فَنَادَاهَا مِن تَحْتِهَا

 أَلَّا تَحْزَنِي

 قَدْ جَعَلَ رَبُّكِ تَحْتَكِ سَرِيًّا (19:24   

(19:24) Then He (The Angel) called Her (Maryam, Jesus's Mother) from beneath (the palm tree), 

"Do not grieve (dispair), 

Your Sustainer Has Made a Rivulet run beneath you (under your feet)."

• Those compelled to call on God are given relief (He both Calls and Hears His Servant's Calls):

Surah 27 Naml (Ants)

أَمَّن يُجِيبُ الْمُضْطَرَّ إِذَا دَعَاهُ 
وَيَكْشِفُ السُّوءَ 
وَيَجْعَلُكُمْ خُلَفَاء الْأَرْضِ 
أَإِلَهٌ مَّعَ اللَّهِ 
قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ (27:62  

(27:62)  Or (Who Is It) Answers (Responds) to the Call of the one compelled (coerced, forced) to call on Him;
And Uncovers (Reveals) Misdeeds (var. Rids them of evil, ills, maladies that beset them);
And Made you viceroys upon the Earth?
Is there a god other than The One True God (Allah)?
How little you consider (remember)!"

• The Caller (In this case, God) Clearly Identifies Himself to Moses, whom He calls by name:

Surah 28 Qasas (Stories)

فَلَمَّا أَتَاهَا

 نُودِي مِن شَاطِئِ الْوَادِي الْأَيْمَنِ

 فِي الْبُقْعَةِ الْمُبَارَكَةِ مِنَ الشَّجَرَةِ

 أَن يَا مُوسَى

 إِنِّي أَنَا اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ (28:30 

(28:30)  As He (Moses) neared it (the fire in the desert),
He Was Called, from the Right Bank of the Wadi (dry river bed)
In the Hallowed Valley from the Tree,
"Truly,  Moses,  I Am God--The Sustainer (Lord) of the Worlds."

• The Speaker/Caller (Gabriel) gives Muhammed (pbuh) information He could not have known specific details about Moses' encounter with God (28:42-28:48) and let's Him know exactly why He is being called:

Surah 28 Qasas (Stories)

وَمَا كُنتَ بِجَانِبِ الطُّورِ 

إِذْ نَادَيْنَا

 وَلَكِن رَّحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ 

لِتُنذِرَ قَوْمًا مَّا أَتَاهُم مِّن نَّذِيرٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ 

لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ (28:46  

(28:46)  And You (Muhammed pbuh) were not present on the side of The Tur (Mount Sinai)
When We Called (Moses)
Yet it is a Mercy from Your Sustainer
That You Warn A Community (People) Not Given a Warner Before,
So That They May Bethink Themselves (Use Their Reason).

• One reason for the renewed call is for clarity/illucidation, to benefit the living (like technological advancement) and to allow it to be broadcast among those who never heard it before, again, meant to be of some benefit to them. 
• It is never the case that it is a New Message, it can be text as Torah, Testament (Injeel) or Quran or some other Holy Scripture, the Message Originates from One Source, so no surprise here.

Surah 36 Ya.Seen

وَمَا عَلَّمْنَاهُ الشِّعْرَ

 وَمَا يَنبَغِي لَهُ 

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ

 وَقُرْآنٌ مُّبِينٌ (36:69   

(36:69) And We Do Not Teach Him (the Messenger) Poetry, 

nor does He (the Messenger) excel in it (it is not proper/meet for Him) .... 

Truly, it serves as a Reminder, 
and An Evidentiary Recitation 
(meant to Clarify various things, in Science, Law, Civility, Medicine, etc.)

لِيُنذِرَ مَن كَانَ حَيًّا

 وَيَحِقَّ الْقَوْلُ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ (36:70  

36:70 To Warn those who are Living 
and to Renew (Verify) the Message (the Call) to the Unfaithful 
(Non Believers--those not having heard the Message before).

• To inform the one being called of God's Forgiveness (or Displeasure, serve to check someone's behavior):

Surah 2 Al.Baqara (COW, Calf, Heifer)

فَتَلَقَّى آدَمُ مِن رَّبِّهِ كَلِمَاتٍ 

فَتَابَ عَلَيْهِ 

إِنَّهُ هُوَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ (2:37 

(2:37) And Adam Received Words from His Sustainer (Lord)

That He Forgave Him (God Relented toward Adam);

For, indeed, He Teaches/Accepts Repentence (At.Tawab) , He Is The Merciful (Al. Rahheem).

• If the reason for the Call is not immediately obvious, it only means that it may have come a little too early (or in one isolated case, I think the information got destroyed in transit).

Surah 10 Yunus (Jonah)

وَيَقُولُونَ لَوْلاَ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ آيَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِ 

فَقُلْ إِنَّمَا الْغَيْبُ لِلّهِ 

فَانْتَظِرُواْ إِنِّي مَعَكُم مِّنَ الْمُنتَظِرِينَ (10:20

(10:20) And they say, "Why has there not been sent a (grand/spectacular) Omen from His Lord?" 

Say, "Only God Knows the Unseen (Or, basically, 'Here it is, you all just don't get it!); so, be patient (wait for it), I, too, anticipate it (I'll wait right along with you)."

8. There are Proper Times to Hear/Respond to the Valid Call and/or Caller.

• Valid Callers know the Propriety/Protocol when calling; they Do Not call if someone is in their 'private' apartments 49:4. 

Surah 49 Hujurat

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُنَادُونَكَ مِن وَرَاء الْحُجُرَاتِ 
أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ (49:4    

49:4 Indeed, those calling You from behind the Hujurat (Your private apartments),
most of them are childish (ill-behaved, not sensible, unreasonable).

9. The Consequences of Making a Pretense of either Being a Legitimate Caller (either God or a Prophet) or posing as having heard a valid call, or falsifying the validity to a Sanctified Message, just may be worse than death.

Surah 11 Hud

وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرَى عَلَى اللّهِ كَذِبًا 

أُوْلَـئِكَ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَى رَبِّهِمْ وَيَقُولُ الأَشْهَادُ هَـؤُلاء

الَّذِينَ كَذَبُواْ عَلَى رَبِّهِمْ

أَلاَ لَعْنَةُ اللّهِ عَلَى الظَّالِمِينَ (11:18   

(11:18) And who can be more in the dark/oppressive (lost) than those who invent a lie about God; and when they are brought before their Lord and the Witnesses say, "These are they who lied about God, and such oppressors incur God's Condemnation."

Surah 6 Cattle (Al.An3am)

وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرَى عَلَى اللّهِ كَذِبًا

 أَوْ قَالَ أُوْحِيَ إِلَيَّ 

وَلَمْ يُوحَ إِلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ 

وَمَن قَالَ سَأُنزِلُ مِثْلَ مَا أَنَزلَ اللّهُ 

وَلَوْ تَرَى إِذِ الظَّالِمُونَ فِي غَمَرَاتِ الْمَوْتِ 

وَالْمَلآئِكَةُ بَاسِطُواْ أَيْدِيهِمْ 

أَخْرِجُواْ أَنفُسَكُمُ الْيَوْمَ تُجْزَوْنَ عَذَابَ الْهُونِ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَقُولُونَ عَلَى اللّهِ غَيْرَ الْحَقِّ 

وَكُنتُمْ عَنْ آيَاتِهِ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ (6:93

(6:93) Who can be more lost/in the dark/oppressive than someone who ascribes to God a lie,

 or claims, "This has been Revealed to me (from on High)," 

and nothing has been revealed to them.

To whomever says this, Say, "Perpetuate (Reveal) anything the like of what God Reveals!"

And if You can only see these lost (souls) during the throws of death,

when the Angels shackle their hands/restrain them by their hands, 

(Saying), "Out with your souls (this may be an idiom for 'they will make them confess)! Today you will earn (what you merit), severe punishment (chastisement) for that which you were ascribing to God without sanction,

and were derisive of His Signs (Messages)!"

Surah 40 Ghaffir

الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِالْكِتَابِ 

وَبِمَا أَرْسَلْنَا بِهِ رُسُلَنَا 

فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ (40:70

(40:70) Those who belie Our Book (falsify the Quran, or disbelieve Sacred Scripture) and that which We Send with Our Messenger...they shall soon Know It (to be the Evident Truth and despair for not having learned during life, read in context 40:68-40:72).

• Just so there is no misunderstanding as to what it is we consider The God around here & clearly it is not some guy or gal in a coma!

Surah 14 Ibrahim (Abraham)

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللّهَ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ بِالْحقِّ 

إِن يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ وَيَأْتِ بِخَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ (14:19)

14:19 Can you not see that God Created the Heavens and the Earth in Truth (with an Inner Truth); indeed, If He Wills He Can Replace you (Trades you in) to Bring About A New Creation.

وَمَا ذَلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ بِعَزِيزٍ (14:20  

(14:20) And this is not any difficulty for God.

• Satan calls, too--can't help anyone and cannot harm the faithful (those who believe the Truth), and in general, doesn't have any real information to share (like the code to my Swiss bank account or the address to my new house next door to Yours (Nice is nice).

Surah 114 An,Nas (People, Communities, Creation)

مِن شَرِّ الْوَسْوَاسِ الْخَنَّاسِ (114:4  

(114:4) (I seek refuge in God) From the Evil of the Whisperer who subdues 

(with what he is heard to whisper~a psychotronic weapon of a sort? 

don't know my name? 

thinks I'm pretty?

sneaks up on me in the restroom to demonstrate the cloaking device I gave him;

my kids knew better and stopped doing that the minute they could bus themselves.
--Okay, to be fair, it was the kitchen and He did thank me for the cloak.)

Surah 14 Ibrahim (Abraham)

وَقَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ لَمَّا قُضِيَ الأَمْرُ 

إِنَّ اللّهَ وَعَدَكُمْ وَعْدَ الْحَقِّ 

وَوَعَدتُّكُمْ فَأَخْلَفْتُكُمْ 

وَمَا كَانَ لِيَ عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَانٍ 

إِلاَّ أَن دَعَوْتُكُمْ فَاسْتَجَبْتُمْ لِي 

فَلاَ تَلُومُونِي وَلُومُواْ أَنفُسَكُم 

مَّا أَنَاْ بِمُصْرِخِكُمْ وَمَا أَنتُمْ بِمُصْرِخِيَّ 

إِنِّي كَفَرْتُ بِمَآ أَشْرَكْتُمُونِ مِن قَبْلُ 

إِنَّ الظَّالِمِينَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ (14:22

(14:22) And Satan says, once the order is carried out (God Decides-- the matter is decided/order is executed), "Truly, God Promised you a Truthful promise, and I promised you and deceived you (var. to oppose you, supplant you, fell back on my promise to you);  and I had no power over you except that I called you and you answered/responded to me. So, do not blame me, but blame yourselves (your own selves/souls). I didn't cry out to you and it's not for you to cry out to me. 
I do not believe in (reject) whatever you associate with me from before (that you espouse to me previously that I have any share in God's Dominion).
Indeed, the (real) oppressors have earned a severe punishment (to be tortured)."
(On a personal note, I do not condone torture).

Surah 11 Hud

فَإِن لَّمْ يَسْتَجِيبُواْ لَكُمْ 

فَاعْلَمُواْ أَنَّمَا أُنزِلِ بِعِلْمِ اللّهِ 

وَأَن لاَّ إِلَـهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ 

فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ (11:14

(11:14) And when (your false gods) fail to respond to you (cannot answer you), then know that this (Quran) is Revealed to you with God's Sanction (Knowledge); and that, Truly,  there is no other deity except for Him. 
So, when will you submit (to Him)?

• Why my confusion about this sad state of affairs...41:44 why in the Arabic language--(See Not Much of a Poker Face):
• While I can no longer feign being clueless, the fact remains that I really don't understand how an unfortunate 'industrial accident' evolved into this much clarity, but initially, the writing did help take my mind off the monstrous headache. 
• But, I now think the grievous suffering that caused was the coercive force that made this come about, and that's why I still think it was never intended for me to publish this--but I never got to say good-bye to my kids and was hoping somehow Word would get back to them.
• All that and Arabic is not my primary spoken language.
• And, I am not a Man--Hu-man, Wom(b)-man, but not a guy.

Surah 41 Fussilat

وَلَوْ جَعَلْنَاهُ قُرْآنًا أَعْجَمِيًّا 

لَّقَالُوا لَوْلَا فُصِّلَتْ آيَاتُهُ أَأَعْجَمِيٌّ وَعَرَبِيٌّ 

قُلْ هُوَ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا هُدًى وَشِفَاء 

وَالَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ فِي آذَانِهِمْ وَقْرٌ 

وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَمًى 

أُوْلَئِكَ يُنَادَوْنَ مِن مَّكَانٍ بَعِيدٍ (41:44  

(41:44) Had We Made (Brought) the Quran in a foreign language (Farsi, African, alien language); 
they would say, "Why have the Signs been imparted in a foreign (alien) language, and He (the Prophet) is an Arab?
Say, "It (the Quran/Recitation) is for the Believers (serves) as a Guidance and a Source of Health (Well-being).
As for those who do not believe, there is a deafness in their ears;
and to them it's obscure (they are blind to it)."
It's like calling them from a far away place (remote place--like the Planet Seddna!).

Winding Down? Knotting Doing!

Guys! Guys! 
You have to stop with the 'beautiful wife' routine. 
You do realize that had the front men not all offed themselves or been  killed, you would all be married to them, right?--I'm just the interpreter, not  the Messenger. 
And, Michael, must You always act like You have all the time in the world(s)? 
{And to my morning companion, here today 10.29.2012--no, Dear, I do not know who you are, but I do see you and I can hear you just fine; at this point You tell me what I can do for You and what exactly is going on around here...as for what I want, I think I made myself very clear.}

California Red Tail Hawk
One Helpful Community
Among Many

Surah 3 Al'3mran (The Family 'Imran--Zacharia, Mary, John, Jesus...)
ضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الذِّلَّةُ أَيْنَ مَا ثُقِفُواْ إِلاَّ بِحَبْلٍ مِّنْ اللّهِ وَحَبْلٍ مِّنَ النَّاسِ وَبَآؤُوا بِغَضَبٍ مِّنَ اللّهِ وَضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَسْكَنَةُ ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُواْ يَكْفُرُونَ بِآيَاتِ اللّهِ وَيَقْتُلُونَ الأَنبِيَاء بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ ذَلِكَ بِمَا عَصَوا وَّكَانُواْ يَعْتَدُونَ (3:112  
3:112 They were pummeled/repeatedly struck with humiliation (abased/humiliated time and again) for what they did, but for those who found (were edified) by a rope (lifeline/help) from God and a rope (lifeline/assistance) from people (Nas==Communities); and had earned Gods' Condemnation and their dwellings were repeatedly battered (var. literally, they were repeatedly sedated/subdued); in this manner (they were requited) because they belied God's Messages (Signs) and killed the Prophets (Messengers) without justice (just cause). And because they disobeyed and were defiant (obverse).

Raven
genus: Corvus

{I do wish to thank both God and the communities that reached out to help me...this one (shown above right) actually knows where to find me even when I'm on the bus...

And this one here (shown left) can't stop talking about it.

Surah 25 Al.Furqan (The Criteria, The Discriminant)
أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى رَبِّكَ كَيْفَ مَدَّ الظِّلَّ
 وَلَوْ شَاء لَجَعَلَهُ سَاكِنًا
 ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا الشَّمْسَ عَلَيْهِ دَلِيلًا (25:45
25:45 Can you see how your Sustainer extends the shadow/shade and if He Wills, He Can Make it stand still (stationary, like in a housing, literally==living/abiding/dwelling, tented, featureless, constant/tranquil~subdued), but We Made the Sun its Guide (leads it, betokens it, informs or indicates it, makes it known/publicizes it).
}
  ...I heard, it means Everybody gets to go Home--everybody but Me (I saw this coming), because apparently I don't want to remember who I R--they made it unbearable for me to even hear my name called  (they made my past home unlivable, no chance of any reconciliation no matter how much I love my children--that, and the fact that He now 'espousing' my cause is some mocked up version of Shallow Hal and keeps asking 'how does she look?' Is that why I am still spinning my wheels here?)


BTW I never represented myself as being anything other than Who I Am--My Father's Daughter, and He is still of the opinion that This is no way to treat a Friend! (How are my kids doing?--I only get to see the dark aftermath).

Excerpt From: Mathematical Approaches To Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, by Jill P. Mesirov, Klaus Schulten, DeWitt L. Sumners

The complexity of a knot is measured in a natural way by the lattice invariants. In an intuitive manner, M(K), A(K), N(K) as well as m(k), n(K) and r(k), measure the relative lengths, or areas necessary to realize a given knot. 

These measures are all of a sub-additive nature, and the authors conjecture that the last three are all additive. 

Table I (excerpt below) indicates the relative complexities of knots, as measured by M(K). It is instructive to compare this table with rankings obtained by other measures, such as the Mobius energies of knots (reference). That spectrum generally reflects the ranking in Table I, but since energies are real numbers (Re), the ranking contains no ties.

{In knot theory, the crossing number is the minimal number of crossings of any diagram of the knot. It is a knot invariant.

By way of example, the unknot has crossing number 0, the trefoil knot 3 and the figure-eight knot 4.

There are no other knots with a crossing number this low, and just two knots have crossing number 5, but the number of knots with a particular crossing number increases rapidly as the crossing number increases.

Tables of prime knots are traditionally indexed by crossing number, with a subscript to indicate which particular knot out of those with this many crossings is meant (this sub-ordering is not based on anything in particular, except that torus knots are listed first). The listing goes 3₁ (the trefoil knot), 4₁ (the figure-eight knot), 5₁, 5₂, 6₁, etc. This order has not changed significantly since P. G. Tait published a tabulation of knots in 1877.}

Excerpt from Table I: In order of increasing energies, the knot crossing numbers are: 

0₁, 3₁, 4₁, 5₁, 5₂, 6₁, 6₂, 6₃, 7₁, 7₂, 7₃, 8₁₉, 7₄… 

The knot 8₁₉ , which one would reasonably expect to have a higher energy than any knot with crossing number 7, appears nevertheless before some knots with crossing number 7. The ranking by M(K) compares well with this progression, except the 8₁₉ appears even earlier in the sequence. [Refer to fractional linear groups LF(4,2)] 

An indication that something 'shady' is going on...

Alif: If you're Jinn, how come she can see you?

Vicram: Easy, I just turn sideways!

--[paraphrasing from the book Alif--The Unseen, by Willow Wilson]

Surah 21 Al.Anbiya (The Prophets, Messengers, Warners, Waker-Uppers)
وَذَا النُّونِ إِذ ذَّهَبَ مُغَاضِبًا فَظَنَّ أَن لَّن نَّقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ
 فَنَادَى فِي الظُّلُمَاتِ أَن لَّا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنتَ سُبْحَانَكَ
 إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ (21:87

21:87 And He of the Great Fish (Jonah) when He went off in a wrath thinking We Had no power over Him. And He called out when He was in Darkness/Shadow (probably abysmally depressed like me), "There Is No God other  than You! I Extol You! Truly, I have been among the Shadow People (Jinn)."
 (primarily taken to mean Oppressors, but I learned otherwise, first hand, since I didn't oppress anybody and they try to make me believe this is a great Witness Protection Program).
'shadows' ('tthil.m' ظِلٍّ , ظِلٍّم  )  shadow, dusk, outline, dark, ghost, silhouette, gloominess, constant companion==to follow someone closely to learn from them or stalk/spy on them, (Jungian, the primitive self), (phys. Darkened shape of a surface that falls behind somebody or something blocking the light), a lesser remnant of the original /inferior copy (shadow of oneself)

v. ظِلٍّم  shadow, n. injustice, oppression, abuse, inequity,  wrong

Surah 2 The Cow (Al.Baqara)

هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلاَّ أَن يَأْتِيَهُمُ اللّهُ فِي ظُلَلٍ مِّنَ الْغَمَامِ وَالْمَلآئِكَةُ وَقُضِيَ الأَمْرُ وَإِلَى اللّهِ تُرْجَعُ الأمُورُ (2:210
2:210 Will they not see until God Appears to them in a Shadow of Clouds (overcast clouds) with the Angels and the matter is decided (the Order is Executed); indeed, all things revert/return/go back to God (for Judgment).

Surah 13 Thunder (Ar.r'3d)
وَلِلّهِ يَسْجُدُ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ طَوْعًا وَكَرْهًا وَظِلالُهُم بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالآصَالِ (13:15
13:15 And before God bows down all that is in the Heavens and the Earth, willingly or begrudgingly, sooner or later (lit. on the morrow(ظِلالُهُم, or var. their shadows)  or in the original  (الآصَالِ var. original creation/form)).

Surah 26 Shu'3ara (Poets)
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ الظُّلَّةِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ (26:189
26:189 So they belied him and they were beset with a Day of Shadows (Darkness/Gloom); indeed, it was a Day of Supreme Punishment (torment).

Surah 27 Naml (Ants)
قِيلَ لَهَا ادْخُلِي الصَّرْحَ فَلَمَّا رَأَتْهُ حَسِبَتْهُ لُجَّةً وَكَشَفَتْ عَن سَاقَيْهَا قَالَ إِنَّهُ صَرْحٌ مُّمَرَّدٌ مِّن قَوَارِيرَ قَالَتْ رَبِّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي وَأَسْلَمْتُ مَعَ سُلَيْمَانَ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ (27:44
 27:44) He (Solomon) said to Her (Queen of Sheba), "Enter the path (walkway into the palace), and when She saw it, She deemed it a vast expanse of water (var. an abyss), and She uncovered Her calves (lower legs/shins so as to wade into it). He said, "It is a path paved (tiled) with glass (quartz). She said, "O, my God. Truly, I have been oppressing (sinning/shadowing) myself, and I surrender (believe) as Solomon (does that)  God is the Sustainer of the Worlds."

Surah 35 Al.Fatir (The Originator, The Only One Who Creates from Nothing)
وَمَا يَسْتَوِي الْأَعْمَى وَالْبَصِيرُ (35:19
وَلَا الظُّلُمَاتُ وَلَا النُّورُ (35:20
وَلَا الظِّلُّ وَلَا الْحَرُورُ (35:21
35:19 And they are not the same, the blind (spiritually obtuse) and the seeing (enlightened)
35:20 and neither is the Shadow/Darkness and the Light
35:21 and neither the Shade/Coolness and the Heat/Turmoil

Surah 56 Al.Waqi'3a (The Event, The Inevitable)
وَأَصْحَابُ الشِّمَالِ مَا أَصْحَابُ الشِّمَالِ (56:41
فِي سَمُومٍ وَحَمِيمٍ (56:42
وَظِلٍّ مِّن يَحْمُومٍ (56:43
لَّا بَارِدٍ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ (56:44
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ مُتْرَفِينَ (56:45
وَكَانُوا يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى الْحِنثِ الْعَظِيمِ (56:46
56:41 And the denizens of the Left (North), what of the denizens of the Left (North)
56:42 In Poisons (Toxins) and Intense Heat (Bathed in a Severe Heat)
56:43 And a Shade of Severe Heat (Intense Heat, s.t. even the shade offers no comfort or coolness)
56:44 Neither cooling nor comforting (kind)
56:45 Prior to it they were opulently (wasteful) (طرف  homonym==marginally on the wrong side (erring))
56:46 And they were on their way to a terrible sin (supreme reneging, perjury)

Surah 77 Mursalat (Transmitters, The Winds, Carriers)
انطَلِقُوا إِلَى ظِلٍّ ذِي ثَلَاثِ شُعَبٍ (77:30
77:30  Experience (split, separate, disassociate) to a Shadow (of) 3-Branches (people, states, listeners, etc.)

Sign 77:30 is Nothing, if not Fascinating. 

Literally, and in context, it directs the reader to experience that very thing they are wont to deny; that being the Resurrection or the capacity for that Final Justice we hear so much about, but seems rarely ever experienced during our stay on Earth. 

And in order to be able to do so, the Person is made to 'split' or 'separate', 'shoot' (as in be discharged rapidly, like firing off a gun, and that's where some classically interpret it as the noun 'fire' or 'flame'), 'divorce'  (oneself of a situation, the antonym for which is 'marriage') in order to experience a  'shadow' or ظِلٍّ , tthil.n of a 3-fold nature, a triad, of sh3b شُعَبٍ.  

The primary meaning of شُعَبٍ  includes 'people,'  'state,' 'folk,' 'rank-and-file (soldiers, workers, columns), 'audience,' 'branch,' 'tree branch'; and the verb form implies 'to pay money,' 'to branch off,' or 'ramify'. 

To ramify means to divide into branches but with the unintended consequence of making a situation more complicated, and making the end result more difficult to achieve (becomes asymptotic).

While I know this isn't about me, I can't help but wonder why this unGodly, reprehensible thing happened to me anyway since I never contested the validity of the Resurrection, or God, or anything that would make me a likely candidate to Experience 77:30 first hand, but I suppose it always goes back to 'them' and so it must be for 'their' benefit. 

{I got my answer; 
Surah 8 Cattle (Chattle, Property)
  وَاتَّقُواْ فِتْنَةً لاَّ تُصِيبَنَّ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ مِنكُمْ خَآصَّةً
8:25 وَاعْلَمُواْ أَنَّ اللّهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ

8:25 And beware (have a care, fear that) a trial (var. temptation/test) does not only touch those (affect those)  who are lost (in the dark//shadows//oppressive) among you exclusively; and know that God Is Severe (Stringent) in Punishment. 

Mani:
Don't Ever Let Me
 Catch You Impersonating the Queen of England, Again!

Due to Signs 56:41-56:46, 
this is where I console myself since Raphael only goes out to other people; Thanks for looking in on Mani.

(I had no idea it was that close!
--&Tommy, quit sneaking up on your father...remember to put rotational matrix here)

(I take it I paid it so far forward that I can come back as Hitler, Pol Pot, Attila the Hun, and Christopher Columbus and Pizarro, and de Gamma and Alexander the Great and all the Caesars and some future Darth Vader or 2 and then some, oh, and Mom!)

}

Surah 16 Bees (An.nahl)
أَوَ لَمْ يَرَوْاْ إِلَى مَا خَلَقَ اللّهُ مِن شَيْءٍ يَتَفَيَّأُ ظِلاَلُهُ عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَالْشَّمَآئِلِ سُجَّدًا لِلّهِ وَهُمْ دَاخِرُونَ 16:48
16:48 Or can they not see (are they so unaware) that whatever God Creates of anything its shades (shadows) meet from the Right and the Left (var. the North), prostrating humbly to God (دَاخِرُونَ  var. while they are unassuming, or when they are separated, partitioned, set apart (the 3 states are not united, so that they are not fully aware? See Sign 77:30 above about partitioning shadows/columns).

My only consolation is that similar things have happened to better people. Some of whom may have slipped under the Radar. Like Enoch, for example, while in Genesis we get to learn the names of many progenitors, how long they lived, the children they had and that they 'died', Enoch didn't get to 'die' but got to take a walk with God and became 'Not'. (Like Mariam, Elijah, others throughout time who 'died' without a name, and perhaps even the Queen of Sheba).

Genesis 5:24
Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.


And while Enoch went for a 'walk', Elijah got taken for a 'ride.'

2 Kings 2:11

As they were going along and talking, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire and horses of fire which separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind to heaven.

And while in 'broad strokes' there is a reference that it was not much fun for Mother Mary, either, at least she had a head's up warning, which is more consideration than what I got, and She got a Fair Baby out of the Deal, and we all know not to even say word one about my baby, okay.

{Aside: That's why I tried my best to keep this from happening to any other unsuspecting mark, and since they didn't even take the trouble to make sure I was totally unconscious when they did this (and other unmentionable things to me), I must insist that You Do Not Resuscitate, (if they haven't got around to remanding the body to its family, which they should have done back in 2000).

For one thing, just saying, 'It's not happening to you', while I surfaced to see what they were doing, doesn't mean I could ever forget it or that by magic it didn't happen--so thanks for making me too dirty to ever hope for anything but kissing the dirt). That's Why, if it turns out that I am wrong, and there really is no God, they will all find themselves in a position where they Pray There Is One in earnest...Dad?What are You so proud of bringing her down? Was I ever such a high flyer?!!! Just take a look around.}

In  A Fourier Theory for Cast Shadows, (Ravi Ramamoorthi, Melissa Koudelka, and
Peter Belhumeur, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PATTERN ANALYSIS AND MACHINE INTELLIGENCE, VOL. 27, NO. 2, FEBRUARY 2005 Feb. 2005), the authors uncover the mathematical convolution structure of cast shadows and analyze them using mathematical convolutions and Fourier basis functions.

Abstract- [paraphrase] Cast shadows are important in computer vision applications, such as lighting-insensitive recognition and surface reconstruction.

Due to nonlocal interactions in non-convex regions, formal analysis is difficult.

Real instances that map closely to canonical configurations like a wall, a V-groove structure, or a pitted surface-- in particular, 3D textures whose surfaces include canonical configurations like V-grooves can serve as a basis to develop formal analysis of cast shadows. 

Theoretically, many configurations can be mathematically analyzed using convolutions and Fourier basis functions.

The authors’ analysis uncovers the mathematical convolution structure of cast shadows and shows strong connections to recent signal-processing frameworks for reflection and illumination.

Considering lighting variability over nearly flat textured surfaces such as a wall or moss, assuming a fixed Point Of View, the expectation is that variation in illumination (the same purpose the Sun serves as it courses the Sky throughout the day) should correspond to a simple Lambertian cosine-dependent relationship. Cast shadows play a major role, however, that leads to effects that are quantitatively described and mathematically explained here.

Surah 25 Al. Furqan (The Criterion, 'The Norm, Standard, Gauge/Gage, Principle, Measure...by which to decide/discern/judge/establish... wrong from right (True from False; Light from Shadow)')
أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى رَبِّكَ كَيْفَ مَدَّ الظِّلَّ 
وَلَوْ شَاء لَجَعَلَهُ سَاكِنًا
 ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا الشَّمْسَ عَلَيْهِ دَلِيلًا (25:45   
25:45 Do You See How Your God (Lord, Sustainer) Extends (Lengthens) the Shadow (Shade), and if He Wills He Can Make it Stand Still; and then We Made the Sun to Have Influence Over it (its guide, pilot, director).

Cast shadows have a simple convolution structure amenable to Fourier analysis, meaning a strong link between the mathematical properties of visibility and those of reflection and illumination (but ignoring cast shadows) for which Basri and Jacobs and Ramamoorthi and Hanrahan have recently derived signal-processing frameworks.  

The incident flux of radiant energy per unit area, or irradiance, is a convolution of the lighting and the clamped cosine Lambertian reflection function, an analogous result for cast shadows as convolution of the lighting with a Heaviside step function canalso be realized, which also generalize Soler and Sillion’s convolution results for shadows when source, blocker, and receiver are all in parallel planes—for instance, V-grooves that do not contain any parallel planes.  

The paper builds on a rich history of previous work on reflection models, and the properties of 3D textures. While the analytic formulae are derived considering the standard V-grooves used in many of these previous reflection models, it differs in considering cast shadows because of complex illumination, deriving a convolution framework, and analyzing the eigenstructure of visibility, aiming to derive a particular convolution formula for shadows directly, rather than considering a general integral involving the illumination, reflective properties of the surface, and visibility.  

To make the math simple, the authors begin in Flatland, a 2D slice through the viewpoint. A V-groove model, where the visibility is locally monotonically changing, serves as the model to develop the Convolution Formula for Shadows to find the irradiance E(x,β) as a function of groove angle β= [-β₁, +β₂] and the distance along the groove, x. 

Four Common Shadow Scenarios

Without loss of generality, only the right side of the groove is taken into consideration and the incident cosine term is neglected. {This cosine term may be folded into the illumination function if desired, as the surface normal over a particular face (side) of the V-groove is constant.} 

In a nutshell formalizing the idea of convolution for cast shadows suggests using the frequency space basis but that many more basis functions are required above the order 2 harmonics that are adequate for irradiance. And the results indicate a theoretical link between cast shadows and convolution formulae for their dual--irradiance, and more general non-Lambertian materials.

The authors derived the following orthonormal basis functions as being useful for analyzing cast shadows in 3D textures:

Orthonormal basis functions for 3D cast shadow analysis.
Boundary Conditions (Limits) for Odd Legendre Polynomials are automatically satisfied since they vanish at θ= π/2 or cos θ=0.
 Using only odd terms is similar in some ways to spherical harmonic constructions over the hemisphere.

Since the derived basis functions involve Legendre polynomials over q and Fourier basis functions over φ they are closely related to spherical harmonics but specialized to the hemisphere. Using only odd (sum  odd) Legendre Polynomials inhibits representing non-zero functions at  θ= π/2, but this may partially be corrected by adding a zero^th order basis term or a constant.

Their form is a simple product of 1D functions in q and φ and is simpler than for Zernike polynomials, spherical harmonics, or hemispherical harmonics. And for diffuse textures, due to visibility and shading effects, the intensity goes to 0 for lighting at grazing angles. Simply adding extra basis functions for the even Legendre Polynomials (that go to 0 at θ= π/2) precludes orthonormalization, and leads to slow convergence or inaccuracies, however, numerical methods such as Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization procedure are available to enable this practice.The hemispherical basis functions for cast shadows were constructed in three ways:

1. adapted from a domain of cylinder topology;
2. using Zernike polynomials that are adapted from the disk;
3. and hemispherical harmonics adapted directly from the sphere.

In developing a parametric for cast shadows, the main analytic results made it clear that the Net Visibility of Irradiance is a simple Convolution of the Incident Illumination with the Heaviside Step Function that accounts for cast Shadow effects.(Makes it easy to see Your Mom, which means You don't need to look too hard to find your Dad, since He is usually right behind her or just ahead of her, if He's not raiding her panty-drawer).

This naturally led to deriving a product formula in the Fourier or frequency domain:

Product Formula in Frequency Domain for Cast Shadows

Fig. 5 Analysis and Formula Derivation for Cast Shadows in the Frequency Domain
Note: The Non-zero eigenvalues slopes are between -1 and -2, for shadows vs. irradiance, respectively; 
compare to the 'information angle' given at 45 degrees to the axis