Maybe we're all just Shadow-Boxing

Someone recently said this. It, at the time, seemed so true to me, in far more ways than the poster intended. In our political system, as we are in a system of two large-scale powers, Democrat and Republican, simple process dictates that eventually One of the following final resolutions will occur.  

One will destroy the other and absorb its remnants. 

Both will grind against each other until they eventually join together. 

Both will grind against each other until they both are eventually destroyed and new large-scale powers take over. 

Both will willingly join together as a single act of unison. 

Well, we know that the eventual results are going to be roughly the same regardless of how the situation develops. So, we have knowledge of the closed circle, so to speak. With this knowledge, we can, instead of toiling and struggling and arriving at the eventual goal, simply change. We as intelligent people the world over, can simply change, if we all agree to the reason for it. The problem is, we're busy in a shadow-boxing match. While we do in fact have an opponent, we are still shadow-boxing. The reason is because our opponent does nothing but react to the actions of the other. One takes an initial action, and then everything is a reaction from there. The initiating action in this case, was nothing more than the first contact. We are literally fighting our shadows, the reaction to our action. We will, as these large scale powers, continue to grind against each other until either the square peg fits in the round hole, the round peg fits in the square hole, both pegs and holes are destroyed, or the pegs and holes figure out how to understand each other. This doesn't just describe Democrats and Republicans, but also Russia, UK, USA, China, et al. Christianity, Catholicism, Islam, Atheism, et al.  

What I say is, if we understand how the shadow changes to us, then we can halt the reaction. We can stop the reactions, the revenge, the repeating hostilities, and many other re- words. But we can do more than stop it, we can reverse it. Once we understand the system, we understand how to manipulate it. Once we can manipulate it, we can turn events in our own favor. If, with understanding of the system at hand, we literally decide to work for the greater good of everyone, without sides, we can join together. The only thing it would take, is entire, unfiltered, unresistable agreement. Agreement not on a concept, but on a reason. A simple reason. The reason of survival and happiness. The one reason which can appeal to any aspect of any person of any country. If we as a whole can decide on this, we will step forth from our times of trials and labors to learn our lessons good and bad. We will coexist, and flourish, as we learn the lessons without feeling the pain, for we understand them. 

It may sound fanciful, it may sound drastic, it may sound like one random person's fevered dreams, but I urge you to think about it, and ask one question not of me, not of another, not of a god, but of yourself. Is it possible? Find your own answer, mine is my own, and I have already found it.

Life, the Universe, and Everything

In the past posts I have conveyed a concept under the guise of a relatively easy to understand viewpoint. Familiar things used to describe unfamiliar things. All of these previous concepts come to a point of unification in this post. This post is different, as it will not be about being good to your fellow man. It will not be about understanding your impact on the world around you. It will not be about learning your own being. It will be about the Universe as a whole. 

Before I begin, I use the term Universe rather than Multiverse, because I am describing the greater collection of ALL things, on every level. All things which are capable of interacting with all other things in any sense of the word. So when I say Universe, I am not referring to the "One Universe" viewpoint, but instead the "All acting as one" viewpoint.

In my view, the Universe operates in simple ways. Far simpler than all science has attempted making it. In this view, the Universe operates by several very simple rules based on Newtonian philosophy.

The primary thread is that the Universe is composed of opposing forces seeking to balance with each other.

Therefore:

All objects will react according to the forces acting upon it.

All objects affect all other objects.

All objects are made of differing constituent elements.

All objects made of differing constituent elements will spin.

All objects will be most drawn to other objects of the most similar nature, but are also able to join with other substances to create more effectively stable bonds or alignments.

Following these simple rules, the dynamics are the same at all levels. Quantum physics works the same as Astrophysics, the difference is scale. I believe the reason that most science believes quantum physics to operate differently is because at a certain difference in scalar views, objects appear to operate in exotic ways. But this I feel is an illusion. Through viewing "across" scales, we have a distorted viewpoint. The path of an electron through empty space is determined precisely by its spin, its velocity, and the cumulative effect of all other particles in the universe.

A comparison I feel accurately describes this is the path of a given object through the galaxy. We shall, for purpose of example, assume that the object never "stops". That is, there is no fully countering force to completely counter its momentum. All interactions with other objects, in this situation, are deflections with contact or redirections without contact. The path of this object would be exotic and apparently frantic if viewed at a vastly increased timescale.

These rules can also explain the behaviour of photons sharing properties of particles and wave motion energy. These reason for this, according to these rules, is an unbalanced spin. A wobble. Just as a planet in orbit develops a wobble relative to its composition and spin, so too must the smaller constituent particles which compose it. This wobble is what causes the wave action. A particle spinning on an axis not perfectly centered as it travels across a distance would move in a wave-like pattern as it rotates.

These rules also go on to explain the variance in energy levels between matter and energy. Matter is larger, denser energy. Matter is therefore not as impacted by the force of the rest of the universe. This is simple physics. Assuming the forces are the same, the mass of the object determines how quickly it moves. A photon moves faster than an electron because the forces acting upon it are the same, but the electron has a lower mass, so is therefore more affected by it. This also explains why smaller particles spin faster, same reasoning.

Additionally, if these rules hold true on all levels, then as we use electron microscopy to view things on smaller detail, so then can we use gamma microscopy(although I feel nanoscopy would be more accurate) to view the path of electrons without altering them(Uncertainty Principle). But gamma passes through all physical matter, so this is difficult to achieve. However, again, if these rules hold true, then as we bend light with matter, electrons with magnetic fields, we should be able to use sufficiently strong magnetic fields to focus gamma rays, or use electrons themselves to do so.

Using these rules, Gravity would then be the force of attraction between atomic particle charges. While an atom may balance its overall charge, the constituent particles maintain their charge. Magnetism is a similar attraction, but with aligned particles. Particles which operate in synchronous spins. 

So to describe this construction of matter, energy, and space. Matter is highly condensed particles of energy in an approximately balanced state. Energy the same constituent particles, but freed from this coherence, able to travel between larger particles. Space is space, the area between larger particles, filled with smaller and smaller particles. All these things operating in tandem, much like a system of ball bearings. Smaller particles reducing the friction of interactions between larger particles. Smaller particles created by the breaking apart of these larger particles.

These rules do not only apply to physics. These same rules can describe the dynamics of populations in an environment. Groups of people gathering in a given location, as they settle down and grow larger, become much like matter. While groups of people which do not settle down, continue on their own, much like free particles of energy. Or they could describe the behaviours of a consciousness. Operating much as condensed piece of knowledge and behaviours being interacted with smaller particles of more analytical or new information, yet to crystallize with the rest, and possibly breaking off sections of this condensed collection of the intelligence.

The reason that these rules apply to so many things is actually quite simple. All things being a part of the Universe, they must follow the same rules.

I know this is certainly going to be a lot for some, and difficult to digest for others, and downright blasphemy for others still. So I offer a summary. This summary will be an attempt at explaining this concept in poetic form. Wish me luck.

 'I wait, I watch, I sit and idle,

 waiting for my call to rank and file.

 I observe the ones already so-called,

 Some burning hot, others shivering cold.

 

 I sit and bide my eternal time,

 as my time comes to stand in line.

 I leap, I jump, from trigger-pulling companion,

 Speeding, fleeting, the cat to my anion.

 Looking forward, brightest day,

 it is now my time, to go and play.

 Run amongst the solemn trees,

 At a whim, become birds, become bees.

 I burn inside with boundless energy,

 As I look back, and whisper an elegy.

 For the one whose place I have received,

 the one whose face I could not perceive.

 Spinning, moving, riding the waves,

 as my new world continuously raves.

 Clashing, changing, finding a new line,

 walking the path that others divine.

 I continue onward, singing my own song,

 in a place without difference of right and wrong.

 The music of all things, gracing my ears,

 the thoughts of all things, calming my fears.

 But it comes my time to end,

 not by slash or deadly rend.

 But in trade of action and rest,

 I resume waiting, until another's behest.'

I hope all that read this read it with an open mind. A concept of such... complex simplicity is inherently difficult to describe. Should anyone reading want more examples, or perhaps more details, you need only ask. I hope everyone has a wonderful day.

The Value of the Shaman

In almost any civilization in history, regardless of governmental structure or technological level, exists the shaman. The shaman is an important part of any society, and is revered for his own specialty. While a scientist may specialize his knowledge in operations and mechanics. Else while a librarian may specialize her knowledge in books and written word. A shaman is something similar, one who specializes knowledge in the unforseen and unlikely. It is in this specialty of knowledge that the shaman holds his value.

As any civilization grows, it establishes a stable point. This stable point then improves in a more or less random fashion, probing and trying different things, gaining and losing from them in turn. The shaman represents the most extreme differentiation from the current situation. The seer of radically different changes. A shaman is in essence revered as a master of insanity. One who has tamed the chaos of an unrestricted and unleashed mind and seen exotic possibility.

'As I learn, round every turn,

 My lucid ideals confirming.

 A view conveyed and paid in trade,

 Through one keyhole sojourning.

 On the view in yonder reflection,

 I view one who takes different direction,

 Branching out to view the world,

 without desire of inflection.'

A shaman is in essence exactly like a scientist. One who explores the world surrounding him or her and attempts to explain it. Where a scientist looks through a constrained view at a particular phenomena, the shaman seeks unrestrained view at unseen phenomena. Some might say "shaman are tribal" or some such. But there are shamans even in today's modern society. The hippies and trippies, dynamic and powerful minds seeking out a greatly expanded view of perceptions.

It is in knowledge of the unlikely that these new-age shaman are valuable. Just in the sense which we exemplify unlikely and extraordinarily good or bad situations, a shaman is the wiser to seek for knowledge of that situation. It is through understanding of the other side, understanding of chaos, which a shaman gains knowledge of the scope of the order. In essence knowing the expanses of all knowledge through understanding of the extent of disorder and experience.

We Should Plant More Seeds

As a many plants grow, they create a seed or other carrier of young to spread elsewhere. These seeds become plants, and the process repeats itself. The old plants eventually die, and become food for the new plants. This is just a circle of nature. The natural process. Species come to prominence by climbing over the dead of other species. Civilizations come forth on the ruins of other civilizations. As any thing lives, it alters the entire environment around it, propogating ever outwards to new frontiers. I feel we as humankind should be planting more seeds. Not  in the form of reproduction, but in the form of deeds.

   'Once was given to me an apple red.

   As it fell down onto my head.

   I started walking on my way.

   Thinking about this apple every day.

   Decided what to do or not.

   Too distracted to notice the flesh rot.

   So I cast it out, thinking never again to see.

   But a few years later, I noticed the tree.'

   

Deeds I feel are powerful, they can, in a given instance, entirely reverse someone's perspective. A good deed can light a person's face or day, even in the presence of misery. A bad deed can possibly cause someone undue harm, and bring sadness into a happy world. But if you only think of the person immediately affected by a situation, you should spread your view. Deeds spread and propogate, echoing and rippling across all in contact with it. Just as a tree grows and drops new seeds, so too do actions replicate themselves.

Take for example, one bad deed. One bad deed can ruin a day for someone. But if you're not having a good day, you might be more likely to do something bad to someone else. This chain goes on, especially if the first wronged person wrongs more than one other. In this way, actions propogate, spreading to others and making those others more likely to do similar deeds. In a limited pool of people who can transfer this action, this means eventually, any bad deed done can, and usually will, return to you.

So I feel we should be planting more seeds, doing little good deeds throughout the day. For every deed you do, you make the recipient more likely to perform an act of kindness, or console a stranger, or actually be interested in another person's rambling... just to be nice. Not only does this make you feel good, but that good deed will echo through the hearts and minds of all those in proximity of it.

I'm not saying opening a door for someone is going to prevent them from going postal at work. However, if you consider this as a repetitively echoing process, eventually, even the tiniest good act can spread out and return to the same person many times, and many times of a small influence can indeed have quite an impact.

I would prefer to fail

People usually fear failure. But why? Why fear something so useful? Failure is not a bad thing. However, fear usually is. Fear holds us back from many things which could harm us. But harm is not always bad. Harm can stimulate change in us. Change, especially when not enough is present, is very important. As most of us desperately cling to a preferred situation or standpoint, we resist the changes which would allow us to have a more comfortable life. So, from a standpoint of change, I would prefer failure to success.

"Lost deep in the woods one day,

  many paths presented before my eyes,

  I chose but one to find my destination.

  

  Time after time, I did not find my way,

  deeper into the woods I walked with every stride,

  Choosing another to search for my target location.

  At long last, after the sun had begun to stray,

  I found the final path, to my home coincide,

  and left with the knowledge, of each other navigation."

What is success, and what is failure? Why do they hold a value? Success is a reinforcement, it gives you the desire to succeed again in another endeavor, regardless of that endeavor's failures. Failure, however, holds a much greater value. Failure causes us to change ourselves in order to succeed. This is a simple rule of nature. In nature, species are born and go extinct, but what decides which ones are prominent? You could say it's the one that succeeds. But by the mechanic of extinction, it is not a group's success that determines its survival, but the failure of the other competing groups. Our lives operate by the same principle, just without such dire costs. Through our failures, we grow, we learn, we gain knowledge. It is in these comments I hope to give new perspective on an old saying; "If I knew then what I knew now". What this saying goes to say is that if one knew what one knew now, one would not have made the mistakes previously made. But you see, it was those very mistakes which brought you the knowledge.

It is by this that failure is inherently far more valuable than success from a standpoint of change. Failure forces us to adapt, while success makes us stay the same. In school, they teach you the lessons, then give you the test. But this is not a preparation for life, it is backwards. In life, you recieve the test, then learn the lessons from your failure required for you to succeed. So I urge everyone, especially those who have had a powerful failure recently, to sit back and re-evaluate. Look at your situation which you deem bad, and search for something to learn from it.

Happy New Years, may all of the following days be full of experiences and lessons, such that you might grow from them.