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The Circle Of Life
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Because (1) I've just spent all day with essays, (2) I feel like my life consists of,
life = (lab-blink-)n

where, blink = non-lab things, e.g. sleep
and, n = days
and, (3) I think this will amuse you, I present to you,

'The Circle of Life'

Here, I have a circle. This is your domain, your 'microworld' or window through which you perceive. It encloses everything ('others') of which you are consciously- and subconsciously-aware. Beyond the circle are things you have not perceived/encountered. Others are objects, concepts, places, people, anything. They are fluid. They are not locked to a grid. This grid is space-time, 'time' in diagram. They swim in the abstract.

The perimeter is the interface between what you have absorbed and what you have yet to know of. This perimeter is but an arbitrary demarcation along a continuum, where distance from the centre, 'X', indicates your openness and understanding.

Some of you may know that if you follow a point around the perimeter of a circle and trace its vertical displacement over time, then you will get a sinusoidal waveform, as shown.

This vertical displacement marks your circumstance or 'state of being' and this fluctuates through time above and below an 'offset'. Above is a positive (e.g. happy) state of being, while below is a negative (e.g. sad) state of being.

Relative and absolute position of the centre are important for your state of being. If the centre shifts in relation to your circle, then you have eccentric rotation (vs. concentric). In these cases, your state of being can have a complex waveform, that can be reconstructed or understood using the simple waveform shown above. The rate of movement of the centre can indicate 'stability' of your state of being function and by stability, I mean, having all values close to the mean value. Vertical displacement of the centre determines your offset and I think this this is largely determined by your personality, though admittedly your personality, though largely stable and characteristic, can be affected by extrinsic factors. Horizontal displacement will shift your exposure to various 'others', or if you like, move you around in the mileu of perceivable things so that you can experience different things. Movement of the centre can be directed (e.g. you can force yourself to have a new experience) or a random walk. This will now be further elaborated, as the ability for X to affect the breadth of your perception is via the radius, r.

The radius (r) affects the magnitude of the fluctuations in your state of being, and the rate at which r changes is your 'state of becoming'. Of course, as r increases, your microworld enlarges and in principle you are able to understand/empathise with increasing 'others'. There are various 'forces' that can contribute to the expansion or dimunition of your circle as indicated by the E and I arrows. Briefly, the E arrow encapsulates qualities (innate and/or learned) such as curiosity, willpower to explore and keep an open mind/heart and willingness to have an education/understand the world. The I arrow includes qualities such as stubbornness and closed-mindedness, inability to see different aspects of the same thing and conditions such as lack of opportunity or resources. But of course, increasing r decreases stability. Discussed further later.

The periodicity of your waveform may never be defined depending on the nature of it. However, space-time is perceived by you. How you perceive it is largely dependent on your offset. Periodicity depends on your perception and can be considered something that is an 'other', for you to understand and try to enclose, but cannot entirely unless you are as large as the universe itself.

OK, so that's the real basics of this funny little story. Here go the more 'advanced' parts:

By circles, you know I really mean spheres, or maybe structures with more dimensions. Each of these structures are beings or existences. Even objects have them, but they are unable to shape them as conscious beings are. Indeed, we are sentient, we are self-conscious.

'Spheres' or 'bubbles' or 'microworlds' of different beings can overlap and that's what our interactions are. Our interfaces intertwine, interfere, interact - the waves mingling and trying to comprehend. It's energy.

Sometimes these bubbles meet, touch and never separate until they cease to exist as the entities they were in the instant before they met. Categorisation is arbitrary.

Sometimes you can see bubbles from far away and they radiate rainbow colours of interference patterns - an indication of what's within the bubble - of which is too 'far' (not actually distance as such) to discern.

If you reduce your 'radius' to its limit, you will become nothing. Would you know? Would your trace flat-line until you vanish? Are you stable?

If you expand your radius to infinity, you will stretch your resources. Would you have the capacity to maintain your integrity? Would you risk falling apart to see how far you can stretch?

The dynamics of a changing r (its rate and absolute value) can change the circularity of your microworld and therefore, your state of being. Perhaps the goal is to shape and roam your microworld such that it can faithfully present to your perception, the reality, i.e. improve the accuracy and precision of your lens. [prev. post about Life As A Lens]

Is control over the rates of change the key? Or maybe it's simpler than that. Just that we change, we move. Life doesn't exist at equilibrium even though we always try to get back to it. It's like we're always trying to go home. Where's home?

END


Anyway, in my news, still not sleeping, but mood slightly better - must be getting used to not sleeping as much. Still sort of melancholic. Also, my voice sounds different.


June 25, 2008 | 4:06 AM Comments  0 comments

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