Neville sees a man eternally emptying coal

He describes seeing, on another level of his being, a man emptying coal who had always been doing so — an eternal act glimpsed in vision.
Date (happened)
before 1961
unresolved
  1. before 1961 bound · possible
    Source The Shaping of the Unbegotten ¶19qualifying source passages 550854; telling lecture nids 1984
    Reasoning Qualifying passage ids [550854] belong to telling lecture nids [1984]. Each listed lecture contributes the selected safe envelope year 1961 (MAX of its non-refuted delivery years); 1961 is the MIN across telling lectures.
  2. before 1963 bound · possible
    Source The Shaping of the Unbegotten ¶19corrected envelope; qualifying source passage 550854; telling lecture nids 1984
    Why Corrects the phase4 L6a envelope on this event from before 1961 to before 1963.
    Reasoning Envelope recompute, arithmetic only. The phase4 L6a row on this event states its own rule: each telling lecture contributes MAX of its non-refuted delivery years, and the envelope is the MIN across telling lectures. Recomputed live over lecture nid(s) 1984 that row cites, MAX(non-refuted field_delivery_year) gives 1963, not the 1961 the row carries — the bound was below its own stated rule and therefore UNSAFE: it asserted the event did not happen in 2 year(s) where it may sit. Same premise, same evidence, no re-reading and no re-judgement; only the maximum was taken correctly. The L6a row stands beside this one (append-only). Ruling: #2235 delta 1, architect 378.
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1 tellings, oldest first. A date in brackets shows how it is known; "circa", "after" and "possible" dates are rough.
Date Lecture or book Telling Passage
1963-05-03 [exact/certain/final] The Shaping of the Unbegotten So Creation is an act of mercy. This is—you can’t claim [...] of a creator—it was always part of the eternal structure of the universe. As those who have taken certain drugs have seen a certain act and recorded it to those who would record what they were seeing, I am seeing a man emptying coal; and strangely enough on this level of my being he was always emptying coal. There was never a time in eternity he was not doing what he’s doing, though at the moment it seemed to be he’s doing what he’s doing because someone ordered coal only at that moment in time. And yet, he was always doing what he… 550854