Nov 11

I know I am a living system because my heart beats for others besides itself, my lungs breath for others besides itself, my eyes see, my ears hear, and my tongue tastes all for others besides themselves. My actions, and my functions never exist in isolation and each cell and tissue of my body, no matter how conscious, cannot go on living, interacting, and functioning without so many other cells and tissues that support them. I am living because I say that I am and you say that I am and because they say that I am. I don't know if there is any way for me to prove otherwise. I feel, I interact, I grow, and I decay. I do all these things because of so many others and from this I say that I am a living system.


Biophysics and Oriental Medicine

I read wikipedia's definition and scope of biophysics. While I was reading it this voice in my head was saying "why?", "why?" This is of course a very simple response and by no means do I want to pull the plug on all modern scientific exploration/adventure, but as I was reading it all made the world something very complex. Waking, exercising, eating, interacting with others, eating again, working, and then sleeping seems complex enough, not to mention, relationships, family, aging and all else. So why with all of our knowledge do we still not understand the balance of life? We excessively explore outside of ourselves and we create a complexity of life that, while bringing tremendous knowledge, also contributes to disease and disorder. It seems the more complex life becomes the more extreme the measures are needed to protect it. A better balance should be struck, and if not, then there will be too much searching for life and not enough living of life.