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.