Leap of Faith

The reslience of safety

Oh gentle Sakura

As you stand and let petal fly

As if testing the wind

You open your seeds so they may fall

And find new ground to root in

But gentle Sakura

You have so many petals

If you slowly go through them all

and test the wind and their fall

And wait too long to drop your seeds

The ground will get too moist and be full of weeds

Take the leap, the unknown dive

the embodiment of the falling petals

if you do this you'll thrive

Instead of waiting for perfection's grace

You look for promise, and turn to face

Let it drift, and find its way, into that deep unknown dive

As we hold tight in our security, we are confronted by opportunity knocking. But if opportunity is knocking, it's applied there's a door and attention to be gained; if noone answers, opportunity goes away. We hold fast to our safe ways, our laws which have governed us faithfully through the times, and to the belief that our system is in some way right and would be defaced if changed. But it is not so fragile as one would think, and it is not so marred by alteration. Our ideals which unite us under a communion are the same ideals which forge government, as ideals change to encompass new people, and as new people enter into the selection, government should be like the membrane of a cell, protecting its interior from interaction except by certain required nutrition. Reshaping and reforming to encompass the absolute extent of the variety of opinions and ideals, not just the majority or average. If laws are written to guarantee everyone's right to pursue life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, the population is much happier and more productive, as well as in control of their own system and are governmentally free.

We people are like the seeds of the tree of society, dropping around the world and forging independent identities, and giving off more seeds to populate elsewhere. It is in clinging to existing systems which have become stagnant that we begin to malfunction and deteriorate from stress. Work systems should be designed to encompass the absolute comfort, relaxation, and health of the workers; because a happy, well-educated, comfortable, healthy worker is a lot more productive. They should be inspired to seek their own direction so long as it does not impair the operation of the whole, or the operation of individuals.

We as a world society need to take a leap of faith into that great unknown, it's in our very nature, from everything we are and have ever been. That leap into the unknown is what pushes us to evolution physically, mentally, socially, and technologically. It would seem just in time that the Universe has provided a suitable chasm to cross just in our time of need. I believe an ideal leap of faith for today's world would be to sit down and work together, and put resources towards space travel. We might not know if anyone is out there, but have we ever? When Leif first hit what is now Canada or when Columbus hit what is now America? They had no idea what they were going to see or if any life or resources would exist when they arrived. They hoped for them, because such things would be interesting and deserving of more investigation, but they never knew if they would be there.

By devoting ourselves technologically and psychologically towards the ideal of spreading to the stars, the technology which would be derived as it is invented for space travel could solve much of the world's current problems such as hunger, resources, energy, and transportation. Likewise devoting ourselves psychologically to the ideal means acting in life not for survival(once guaranteed by technology or society) but for exploration, interest, intrigue, and entertainment. Some will go off to other places looking for resources, some will go off looking to live on a new exciting frontier, some will stay home and work on the challenges which face us here.

We should open the door to the new frontier and accept it willingly and whole-heartedly, as it may indeed fix many of the issues we have today.

Harmony oh profound

In life we have a lot of individual hardships. Self-esteem, labor, health, just to name a few. However, we have a tool against these. We have society. By working together to solve mutual, and then individual problems, we cover more ground faster. If more people are hungry, then improving food technology would be of most benefit. If more people are poor, then improving living technologies such that those poor people do not suffer the fate of their luck would be of most benefit. If more people are unhappy, then improving recreational and entertainment technologies such that those people can feel joy would be of most benefit. The value of communion is not in what the community can do for the individual, but what the individual can do for the community on the whole. Many forms of life exhibit this act of communion, and it would in fact seem to be mostly those creatures which are successful. By banding together we gain mutual strength and the ability to prosper.

As my other posts, I begin with a poem.

This wall will not fall today

Oh how many ways my life can end wailed the weary man,

Why not count them, said the wise,

To which the weary man woefully replied,

It could be plague or infected vermin,

Poison plants or sins infernal,

Fiery death, in heat consumed,

Or drowning beneath the tide, with thine limbs restrained.

Oh, so many, I cannot possibly count them, said the weary.

To which the wise started to wonder,

Is there truly so many ways for life to go asunder?

From war and plague to goof and blunder,

Why do we attempt to consider such an unknowable thing?

And the wise went on his way.

Oh how many ways my country crumbles, wailed the weary politician,

Why not patch the walls, said the wise,

To which the weary politician replied,

It's too late, it's all gone wrong,

I wouldn't even have time to sing a song,

The boat is sinking, no time to bail,

Things are so hopeless there's a HOLE in the pail!

We didn't see it coming, it rushed in so fast,

Our golden dreams have been left in the past!

To which the wise started to wonder,

Is it really so frail? So piecemeal and tattered?

Falling so fast that it cannot be lifted?

That our only hope is to give up and be sifted?

And the wise went on his way.

He stopped in a clearing, with nature abound,

He had a sensation, a realization profound,

He started speaking, with not a soul around...

When we are ill and we suffer, we require another,

In kindness they help, and with nary a word,

As they know in time of need, the favor will be returned,

But what of when we are without another?

Stricken down by something or other.

When we are down, and left all alone,

with noone to turn to, a situation most dire,

We tend to release ourselves to the consumption by fire.

So is it not best, to be kind with no goal?

Guarantee in effect, the presence of another?

And what of death and its unpreferrable sort?

When things look hopeless should we just press abort?

When we commune and share our hearts and our minds,

we always seem to make excellent finds.

A backup of sorts, for when hope is lacking,

to draw upon to not give up and go home packing.

Do we not protect ourselves by grouping?

Much like the atoms that are taking up space.

Are they concerned with their self preservation,

as they make such a direct and fine structural presentation?

Are they thinking like many I've seen?

Concerned with the beginning and the end, and nothing in between?

Whether or not they do, an idea can be gleaned,

by peering at their chosen path, on scales unforseen,

where each atom is, and where it's ever been.

We see that they align in the most suitable way,

building up a wall of "this wall does not fall today".

When we look at our environment, our world, or our universe, we can find one singular common thread. A seemingly unconscious natural desire to survive is ingrained in our very existence. This unconscious desire for survival can be arranged into a simple choice; left or right. Door number one, or Door number two. The reason it can be arranged into a simple choice is because when you pay attention, the rules are very simple. When it comes to survival, you will always be faced with a single common component of decision making; whether or not this action benefits you. In this simple left right process, when followed in certain patterns, we get everything we can observe. Elements are composed of two dominating categories that encompass the whole; are they essentially spinning left, or are they essentially spinning right? That is to say, is it matter, or anti-matter. From there further division results in the diversity which encompasses the entire periodic table. Life choices are broken down into beneficial or non beneficial. From there further division results in the diversity which encompasses the entire experience, including pain, happiness, and neutrality. One might argue there's a point in between, however, neutrality has a unique trait which makes it truly neutral. Given everything in existence exists, it must not be completely neutral, but rather in the slowly decaying process of neutralization. So, given this, in an infinite sample of time, any matter which exists eventually becomes neutral, likewise given this, it means that nothing which exists can be perfectly neutral in every way, there must always be a remaining imbalance, though that imbalance itself may be neutralized.

Given this simple breakdown, we can apply this to many other concepts; politics, agriculture, healthcare, business, technology, and it still applies. What this concept also describes is how to alter any system which it can be applied to for efficiency and effect. Reducing waste and imbalance by using technology which operates with reactions of a smaller particle. Less energy is needed to move a smaller particle, and so it is more efficient. If we also focus our intention on solving the most basic of problems such as food, shelter, clothing, cleanliness, available work, once those bases are covered individuals are freed to be individuals, to seek happiness instead of survival. This change would reduce crime, if not eliminate it. The legal code becomes much simplified as well, guaranteeing all individuals the right to seek life, liberty, and happiness of their own accord, so long as that seeking does not interfere with the life, liberty, and happiness of other individuals.

Remember, a given system is entirely reliant on all of its unique individual parts, once a piece is removed or alienated in any way, the system has dysfunction. All people are considered equal, likewise the contributions made by all people are considered equal. There are only two immigration requirements in this system. You work in the name of the country you live in, and will respect the rights of all others in return for being granted the aforementioned rights.

And now, the super-tiny sound-bite version, aka, the fortune cookie:

One cannot drop a pebble into a pond without making ripples, unless one could drop ripples into a pond to cancel out those of the pebble.