Monthly Archive for September, 2010
I never ever use the word exquisite, but this morning while standing on my head I thought, “How exquisite this moment of perfect balance feels”.
I went on considering other facets of life: work, eating, speaking, shopping, etc. In all cases balance is possible, but is often only partial and so, seldom exquisite. Why? It is such a wonderful sensation!
One clue is impartiality, another aspect of balance, and as we know… Continue reading ‘Exquisite Balance’
A recent article in Science News, Nature’s recourse, delves into how plants and animals fight back when mutual arrangement go sour. Here’s a short excerpt…
Nature has a shifty side. Bees cheat flowers. Flowers cheat bees. Fish cheat other fish, and so on. The more biologists look, the more skullduggery turns up. Continue reading ‘Skullduggery is rampant in nature’
The Tower of Babel by Pieter Brueghel the Elder (1563)
Keith posted a link to this article, “Does Your Language Shape How You Think?” in reply to my post Thinking Clouds Consciousness. Surely this is a no-brainer kind of question. Put simply, language and thinking are inextricably linked; it takes one to do the other. If you can, flip off the language switch in your mind. Well? When I do that, I’m unable to think.
Emergent Termite Cathedral
Biology (among other disciplines) makes use of the emergent property concept wherein simple structures, processes and order form a foundation upon which more complex properties (structures, processes, order) can emerge. Frankly, I notice this principle behind everything. I see each layer of existence as an emergent property modeled on something more primal. That’s not surprising really, for I’m always on the lookout for mysterious sameness. Continue reading ‘Tao As Emergent Property’
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