Fractals
The subject of Fractals is fascinating! I've always thought it very cool that when I look at a small piece of the terrain, a rock, a tiny cove on a river that it is the same scene that I have seen magnified millions of times. A pebble turns into a mountain, a piece of ground beneath my feet turns into a vast dessert. A tiny sandy eddy turns into a huge beach. And the magnification and shrinking of any aspect of the world appears endless! It makes great sense that nature exists in patterns. After all we know that there is no disparate part. The intelligence of the world is just that. Sense all objects and all entities are related and come from the same source, why would they not share similar characteristics of design?
Ordered Chaos
This sounds like Autopoiesis and Entropy. It sounds like yin and yang. It sounds like a paradox. It sounds like life.
Consciousness and Chaos
When I think of chaos I think of movement and fluctuation to a staggering degree. I think of all the thoughts, actions, and movements of the entire world and the entire universe happening simultaneous again and again in every moment in the great flow of life. This is too overwhelming to actually know; that is to experience. But, with all of this there is still life, there is still order. Consciousness on one level is the totality of this life and on another level it is limited and individual.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
Oct 14
Not all vibes are good vibes
There are good vibes and there are bad vibes and many in between (OK vibes). These vibrations exist on many levels. Some are very physical, as in earthquakes, and some are very subtle, like those given off within a space, or by a person who is silent. Vibrations are everywhere because it is very plausible that vibrations create, surround, emanate from, and are all manifestations. Naturally it follows that there are vibrations that are 'good' and those that are 'bad.' There are those that support life and those that destroy life. What is good and bad depends on the person who receives these stimuli according to their own vibration and their own resonance with those vibrations in the external world.
Resonance
I usually use the word resonance in a positive sense. As in "that resonates with me," or, "that did not resonate with me." Yet closer to the reality is that resonance occurs for better and for worse. We need not look further then the physical reality of structures to know that during earthquakes resonance is not a good thing. On a more subtle level, I remember a man saying, "If you are in the habit of being annoyed, then the world is full of annoying things." This is another form of resonance, yet it is one that we greatly influence by our minds inner reality. So it seems that there are many forms of resonance based on the many layers or aspects of our Self/self. Perhaps there are those that happen organically and naturally from the basis of our greater or higher Self and those that happen based on a more limited experience as in the case of our current state of mind or current physical state. Whatever the case, it seems that to resonate is to be strongly moved by something in a conscious way; after all we are always under the influence of something. What particular aspect of us is resonating, why it is resonating, and whether it is a beneficial is a whole other thing?
Energy and Qi
Hmmmm. I wonder what is the translation of the word energy into Chinese and when did this word come about? I would guess that there was a time when the word energy was not in the mandarin language. In other words, there was not one word for energy and another for qi. If so, then energy and qi are simply two words that are attempting to describe a subjective experience in the body and an observation in the world. If so, I only know what it feels like for me to be and to move. That is, I know my own physical sensations and as I live I also get to observe life (movement, qi, energy) in others. Whichever language one speaks one still feels it. In that case, 100 words from 100 languages may not capture it, yet in the same breath those who have studied it most, and know how to use it, probably have a word that better describes it.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Oct 7
(A)Symmetry
When I look through books about sacred geometry there are always pictures of natural objects like shells and leaves. The objects themselves are never completely symmetrical, from a geometric viewpoint, like the human tracings that surround them. They seem to take these images and impose a degree of perfection to the objects. Symmetry has another meaning and that is balance. Nature is balanced and thus is symmetrical. Symmetry is also equated with beauty and nature is indeed beautiful. There is form and there is energy as well. Forms in nature, whether they be human or otherwise, don't seem to be perfectly symmetrical - as in geometry. Energy on the other hand may be. But energy fluctuates and when there's fluctuation and movement it would be difficult to pinpoint symmetry. If you look at the sun it appears symmetrical, but when you see it up close then you quickly see that it is not. There are flares and explosions that emanate from its roundness that are alive - not symmetric. But what if you looked closer, what would see? Or even closer. What ever one finds, nature seems to care much more about balance then it does about perfection. It is balanced to the degree that is necessary and no more. Nature is no perfectionist.
CP Violation
People like to make laws, and then scold people for violating them. A law is only good as long as it is useful. It is not good to think of it an absolute sense. It may be that a certain substances acts the same way 100,000 times. What's the use of then saying that it can never act differently, and if it does, why get bent out of shape about it? I think it's cool that the universe still surprises people, and especially those who think they can someday master it. People are of nature. Not the other way around.
Sacred Geometry and Physics
Physics and sacred geometry are intimately connected. Physics is the study of matter and energy and sacred geometry is the study of . . . uhh, matter and energy. There's just a different focus. A physicist is more broad. Anything is ripe to study and how that study relates to human society and human experience is less defined. Sacred geometry on the other hand is at least in theory more concerned with the connection between nature and human society and human experience. It seems that in sacred geometry there is the idea that sacredness is inherent in the world, or nature, and that humans can learn from nature to copy, recreate, or create sacredness. A physicist may not feel it to be in his or her bounds to use the term sacred because of notions of objectivity. Every art is a science and every science is an art. There's always some form of human imposition or assumptions being made. Physics and sacred geometry are just two studies of the same world.
When I look through books about sacred geometry there are always pictures of natural objects like shells and leaves. The objects themselves are never completely symmetrical, from a geometric viewpoint, like the human tracings that surround them. They seem to take these images and impose a degree of perfection to the objects. Symmetry has another meaning and that is balance. Nature is balanced and thus is symmetrical. Symmetry is also equated with beauty and nature is indeed beautiful. There is form and there is energy as well. Forms in nature, whether they be human or otherwise, don't seem to be perfectly symmetrical - as in geometry. Energy on the other hand may be. But energy fluctuates and when there's fluctuation and movement it would be difficult to pinpoint symmetry. If you look at the sun it appears symmetrical, but when you see it up close then you quickly see that it is not. There are flares and explosions that emanate from its roundness that are alive - not symmetric. But what if you looked closer, what would see? Or even closer. What ever one finds, nature seems to care much more about balance then it does about perfection. It is balanced to the degree that is necessary and no more. Nature is no perfectionist.
CP Violation
People like to make laws, and then scold people for violating them. A law is only good as long as it is useful. It is not good to think of it an absolute sense. It may be that a certain substances acts the same way 100,000 times. What's the use of then saying that it can never act differently, and if it does, why get bent out of shape about it? I think it's cool that the universe still surprises people, and especially those who think they can someday master it. People are of nature. Not the other way around.
Sacred Geometry and Physics
Physics and sacred geometry are intimately connected. Physics is the study of matter and energy and sacred geometry is the study of . . . uhh, matter and energy. There's just a different focus. A physicist is more broad. Anything is ripe to study and how that study relates to human society and human experience is less defined. Sacred geometry on the other hand is at least in theory more concerned with the connection between nature and human society and human experience. It seems that in sacred geometry there is the idea that sacredness is inherent in the world, or nature, and that humans can learn from nature to copy, recreate, or create sacredness. A physicist may not feel it to be in his or her bounds to use the term sacred because of notions of objectivity. Every art is a science and every science is an art. There's always some form of human imposition or assumptions being made. Physics and sacred geometry are just two studies of the same world.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
September 30
How has E=MC2 affected my life
Mass is a wonderful thing, but it has a downside. That is, that it can feel heavy, sluggish, lethargic, and in so many ways stuck. In other words, there are physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual consequences and qualities to our concrete reality. Some of these are positive, some are negative, and of course none can live without the other. In spite of any perceived or experiential downsides mass is fundamental to life. Mass allows us to experience life. People, and especially wise people, throughout time have understood that mass is not as heavy as it may seem to be. It may not be as stuck or as inert as it seems to be and even the most massive of obstacles can be transformed and converted into something more useful and conducive to life. Einstein understood this fact of life as E=Mc2. This knowledge has most likely given way to other "discoveries" and developments in the realm of science, but there is also the internal experience of the coin that is mass and energy. Who knows how far and to what degree someone can use or utilize this aspect of reality? For me, the knowledge of it has a liberating quality for those reasons mentioned above. Our mass can be daunting but understanding that life is all a movement of energy is less so.
How would you compare The 4 forces
It is possible that the four forces are one force that are differentiated by the mind in order for us to conceptualize them more clearly. In other words we categorize to understand. With this said, we also live in a multifaceted and, at least temporarily, differentiated world. So up, down, to the outside, and to the inside matter. This like the 4 forces cannot be ignored.
There are some things that seem to be intrinsic to life. Out of a sense of arbitrariness I will state 4. Transformation as in birth and death, cohesion, or that which keeps things together, attraction and repulsion, or movement, and interdependence. Perhaps these relate to the weak nuclear force, the strong nuclear force, electromagnetism, and gravity respectively, or maybe I've made a huge mistake in trying to synthesize or connect that which I don't fully understand. ???
What is the function of Gravity
Gravity keeps me grounded and connected to that which sustains me. Physically it allows me to act in the world with much more ease than if everything were floating about. It's very convenient. Mental gravity reminds me that I am not just a head, blabbing and lost in thought. Gravity ties me to a greater reality rather than a limited one of my own making. On any level gravity does its part.
Mass is a wonderful thing, but it has a downside. That is, that it can feel heavy, sluggish, lethargic, and in so many ways stuck. In other words, there are physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual consequences and qualities to our concrete reality. Some of these are positive, some are negative, and of course none can live without the other. In spite of any perceived or experiential downsides mass is fundamental to life. Mass allows us to experience life. People, and especially wise people, throughout time have understood that mass is not as heavy as it may seem to be. It may not be as stuck or as inert as it seems to be and even the most massive of obstacles can be transformed and converted into something more useful and conducive to life. Einstein understood this fact of life as E=Mc2. This knowledge has most likely given way to other "discoveries" and developments in the realm of science, but there is also the internal experience of the coin that is mass and energy. Who knows how far and to what degree someone can use or utilize this aspect of reality? For me, the knowledge of it has a liberating quality for those reasons mentioned above. Our mass can be daunting but understanding that life is all a movement of energy is less so.
How would you compare The 4 forces
It is possible that the four forces are one force that are differentiated by the mind in order for us to conceptualize them more clearly. In other words we categorize to understand. With this said, we also live in a multifaceted and, at least temporarily, differentiated world. So up, down, to the outside, and to the inside matter. This like the 4 forces cannot be ignored.
There are some things that seem to be intrinsic to life. Out of a sense of arbitrariness I will state 4. Transformation as in birth and death, cohesion, or that which keeps things together, attraction and repulsion, or movement, and interdependence. Perhaps these relate to the weak nuclear force, the strong nuclear force, electromagnetism, and gravity respectively, or maybe I've made a huge mistake in trying to synthesize or connect that which I don't fully understand. ???
What is the function of Gravity
Gravity keeps me grounded and connected to that which sustains me. Physically it allows me to act in the world with much more ease than if everything were floating about. It's very convenient. Mental gravity reminds me that I am not just a head, blabbing and lost in thought. Gravity ties me to a greater reality rather than a limited one of my own making. On any level gravity does its part.
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