Martial Entropy

 

This is the formula for Entropy.  Where S is Entropy, kb is the Boltzmann constant, 1n is the natural logarithm, and Omega is the number of microcosmic configurations or mutations involved in the mix.  Entropy is the natural decay in any system that progresses over a period of time.  In physics it is a bleeding of power or drop in mechanical productivity. In Biology it is the physical decay and deterioration of matter after the living processes are finished.  In Astronomy it is the slow death in the life cycle of a Planet, Star, or Galaxy in an ever folding Space.  In Psychology Entropy is the cognitive decline in the thinking processes of the human brain.  That slow dive into madness.

To a Martial Artist Entropy is the slow deterioration when the artist stops practicing and loses the technical skills and understanding of those skills over a long period of time.  Entropy is also the decline of certain skill and ability due to age, illness, and injury that the artist has succumbed to over a lifetime of practice. 

Entropy can also be considered the supreme challenge of the aging artist.  Fighting the forces of nature with every practice session, every moment of quietness, every time the artist engages the body/ mind connection and goes beyond those forces that quietly and coldly try to hold him/her down.  

The Master of physical awareness  be he/she a Yogi, Gymnast, or Martial Artist, after attaining that level of self awareness, spends a lifetime fighting this quiet foe, Entropy.  When other's notice in he/she that this battle is being won, that the Artist is excelling despite these obstacles, calls Him/Her Master and ask to be taught the Secrets learned over a lifetime of practice.  

The Master then waits, before answering, for signs of Humility...

Peace and Balance,

John

Are we Conscious?

 What is consciousness?  The standard idea of consciousness has to do with awareness.  If you are aware and thinking then you are conscious.  It turns out that might not be exactly correct.  The idea of consciousness is changing as humans create different ideas and technologies that are designed to manipulate what we think consciousness should be.  It is no longer, "I Think therefore I Am."  It is becoming just, "I Am."  As it was in the beginning and so forth. 

This past weekend I heard a statement from a source that I thought I would never hear.  That was, "The digital universe has developed it's own consciousness."  This statement was put out there for the listeners to grab onto without any real explanation, why, how, what, or who, from a group of Indian Yogis and Gurus.  The conversation then went in a direction where the idea of a Digital consciousness and universe might be an integral part of this reality.  I find that idea terrifying and fascinating at the same time.  

I began investigating what the idea of Consciousness really is.  What I found is a change in thought both metaphysically and scientifically.   Both disciplines are now meeting in the middle of the line of progression and merging thought.  From this merging new ideas of the nature of consciousness and the universe are emerging.  In the end it is not what we thought.  We have discovered that we are wrong.

As it turns out consciousness starts as everything you experience from the smallest sensation to the largest explosion of stimuli.  However, what that consciousness is turns out not to be the actual sensation or experience of a sensation, but the energies that are binding that experience to you and itself.   

Scientifically consciousness is being drawn down to the strong and weak nuclear forces within an atom.  The new scientific thought is that consciousness has it's beginnings at the atomic level.  These two forces combine and bind the atom together, which binds molecular structure together in turn creates and binds all physical existence together.  

On the sub atomic level the particles of an atom are separated by relatively huge spans of space filled with "Nothing".  This nothing is manipulated by one or both of these forces.  This manipulation binds everything together as the strongest force in existence.  This is the formulation of consciousness.  From nothing all things come.  Again we're back to Shiva.

We are beginning to understand what consciousness is, the energies that bind all things together. Then what is consciousness not?  Consciousness is not, it turns out, to be thought, it is not intelligence, consciousness is not awareness, nor is it anything that separates human beings from anything else.  Consciousness is the energy that binds all of the multiverse together, and at the very core of that energy we find Shiva which means, "No Thing."  Therefore consciousness creates and destroys indiscriminately with no feeling or thought, no understanding or idea, it just is.  

The digital universe raising itself to the conscious level then is not necessarily a growing intellectual giant, although it is, it is instead at the partial level binding itself together just like the standard universe does at the atomic level.    Now a new question comes to the forefront, which one is in charge?

Peace and Balance,

John

Spending Time Alone.

 There are collected times during the day, the week or month when we are afforded the opportunity to spend time alone.  This allotment should be taken for one's own personal development.  These spaces of growth are important for personal growth.  Ignoring personal alone time can be detrimental for psychological and physiological health.

In today's world, where time is shortened and filled with schedules of overflowing responsibility, alone time is more and more important for each individual.  People in general are losing the ability to sit quietly and experience the stimulus around them without being effected negatively by that stimulus.  Our children can no longer communicate the effects of these stimuli after the fact, so they implode, explode, and or have break downs that lead to the need for medications that create an artificial period of aloneness to correct their over stimulated nervous systems.  Is this what our society is being boiled down to?

As an all grown up type of person I intentionally take the time to sit alone, to work on projects by my own self, and spend an amount of mental rest from outside stimulus.  I do these things all by my lonesome with the intentions of recharging the batteries, and possibly learning something new and wonderful about myself.  This could actually turn into an enlightening moment, one never knows until it sneaks up on you and that little voice says to you, "Hey this was a small enlightening moment!"  Oh boy...

However, that stuff doesn't happen if you don't take the time to let it happen.  So, we have teenagers practicing the art of, "When in doubt run around scream and shout."  Nothing gets accomplished, frustration builds, and little time bombs go kablooee at any given minute.  Medications are then dispersed.  Usually the little blue pill, but there are many.

Alone time can be accomplished as simply as taking a nice walk in the woods.  We live in an area that has nice woods to walk in.  Walking, and listening, and breathing, and whistling a happy little tune, are time honored ways of achieving that path that many walk, but few acquire, enlightenment.  It is important to ask yourself this simple question, "Just how much fun can I stand at one time?"  

The answer itself can be as enlightening as the journey getting there.  Spending a certain amount of time alone discharging can hasten your journey to that goal.

Peace and Balance,

John