Connections I can make between Energy and Qi

Well, I know that I sometimes use those words interchangeably, depending on what I'm trying to express and to whom. As we are learning in TCM, everything has qi and as we know from science, everything has energy (or potential). In the body, energy outputs can be stronger at the points used for acupuncture and acupressure. Qi and blood flow together, when we are deficient in blood our energy is low. Energy moves, has currents, and a flow. Qi is movement, has channels, and flow. In my mind I guess that I don't have much of a distinction between energy and qi, so trying to point out connections feels redundant. Any statement I make about qi, I could use the word energy and the content of my statement would remain the same, and vice versa. I know that there are people who could and would argue with that, and, well, what can I say? People like to argue.

Resonance in my world

I started playing the violin when I was six. My father has always played music, he plays the banjo, the mandolin, the dobro, and even a little stand up base. I know that the music he played resonated in me from first conception. I love that whole body feeling when some vibration, some pitch and tone hits you just right and your body takes it in and . . . . I don't know, treasures it. The hair on your arms stands up. And that feeling when something totally does NOT resonate. That square peg in a round hole feeling that makes you cringe (I taught violin for years and trust me, if that isn't a whole body reaction to NOT resonating) Sometimes when I'm sitting at home, or just walking or whatever, I get this ring in my head, this clear sound. No one else can hear it, but I can. I'm sure that it's just some random wave, some vibration floating through the air that just resonates in my head. And I know that it's real, not just my crazy head, because sometimes out of nowhere, a tone on one of my instruments just sounds out, without being played. I know that some vibration just swept through and resonated with that g string.

Are all vibrations "good"?

I tend to think of good and bad as products of intent. Einstein was probably a "good" man who did not intend for his research to turn into "WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION". So, I'm sure that when intense vibrations result in destruction, I'm sure they didn't intend to. They just wanted to vibrate on their merry way and do some traveling, as vibrations tend to do. If buildings fell and bridges collapsed, I'm sure the vibrations didn't mean anything by it. Accidents happen and who told those folks to put that bridge where the vibrations were going to travel through anyway.

Are there connections between Sacred Geometry and Physics?

The Sacred Geometry that was discussed is very fascinating, and it really rings that connectivity bell for me. These mandalas and I-Ching, the kabala, these people didn't know each other. They didn't know that they had come to the same mathematical and corresponding systems that the others did. It was a reflection of their world, and showed an innate understanding that I feel. That basic animal understanding that comes from letting this knowledge wash over you and permeate you, that understanding that I lose when it comes to "explaining and defining" When I look at fractals and mandalas, I can feel the "rightness" of it. I know that there are physicists who have taken those things and said, hey, wait a minute. That thing we just came up with was right here all the time. All these things, string theory, human DNA, golden ratio, fractals, are really things that we've seen and had in front of us for so long. The kabala, the I-Ching, spirals on cave walls and the organic shapes and natural processes. It reaffirms that part of me, that intuition. When I read things like this and see that people have knowledge inside of them, I feel peaceful.

Just what does this CP parity really mean?

As far as I understand it, and I'm sure that's not far in comparison to many, CP parity means that not everything does what we expect when we expect it. So, those folks who build the BaBar machine and who like to look at these tiny little particles (or waves masquerading as particles . . . or whatever) have found this tiny kaon that doesn't fit in with their CPT (charge, parity, time" theorem. It's a symmetry theorem that says that all processes involving particles remain invariant if :
the particles are changed in antiparticles. So, the parts should act the same as the whole, I guess.
the system is reflected in a mirror
time is run backward
The funny thing is, those little kaons don't fit into that. They don't do the same thing if time is run forward as backward (since time currently doesn't go backward, I don't really get what they mean.) And not all the time, just some of the time. So I guess those folks at Stanford just spend their time looking at these kaons waiting for them to randomly do this thing that defies their theorem. Hmmmm . . .

My (a)symmetrical world

Everywhere I look I can see symmetry. I see it when I look in the mirror, or at my pets. I can see it in buildings we build, and trees and flowers. In just about everything, I can pick out some aspect of symmetry. I see that most forms that are pleasing to look at are symmetrical. Sometimes art or structures will not have symmetry, and it really sticks out. Things that are asymmetrical catch the eye and give a sense of being off balance. It's even part of our (as a species) aesthetics that things be "balanced" And that doesn't necessarily mean even numbers or anything, threes and fives are also symmetrical in their way. I think that in symmetry we find harmony. But I also think that the asymmetrical does call to us. Like if you're thinking of the kaons and how they misbehave, and that act of misbehaving has lead to existence as we know it, I think that the element of the asymmetrical calls to us as a necessary function of our universe. If everything were completely symmetrical all the time, we wouldn't exist. So the Picassos Cindy Laupers and all of those people who feel like their expression isn't complete without some asymmetry are giving that sense of paying homage to that little something else that makes us what we are.

What is the function of gravity?

To keep us from flying away. To give belts a purpose. To give birth to such well loved phrases as "That's heavy, dude"

I guess that gravity keeps things drawn together. Things like planets and celestial bodies need to stay drawn together to keep us from having things crashing into each other or flying off in all sorts of directions. We could fly off away from our sun and freeze.

Another purpose of gravity is to give really smart brains a connection between all these crazy theories about relativity and particles, quantum mechanics, and whatever else.

How would you compare the four "forces"?

Well, the biggest thing that stands out for me about the four "forces" is that one isn't a force. If gravity is a curvature of spacetime, than it's not really a force, I guess. And the others . . . I don't really know the difference between them, except that their relative magnitude and behaviors are different. And honestly, I don't really know what that means either. I liked connectivity better.

How has e=mc2 affected you?

I have to say in complete honesty that it has never affected a day in my life. That's not true. I'm sure that if Einstein had never come up with his theory, many things would be different than they are today, I just don't know what they would be. Obviously, his theory didn't call into existence the unification of energy and matter. Energy and matter are what they are, and have their connection. Einstein didn't create it, he just pointed it out. So, how would that change things if he hadn't? I don't know . . . I have never studied the practical applications of physics, or the theories or anything. I guess I'm being affected right now by having this intense confusion building in the back of my brain . . .

Connectivity

It makes sense that particles that make up everything respond to each other, even if there's no "physical evidence" that they are connected or able to communicate. If everything is from the same place, and all these particles just keep getting recycled into new shapes and functions, I can see how they are still, at their root, connected. It reminds me of one of those expando balls, those plastic things that shrink down really small and then expand to a huge gigantic ball. Despite it's change in size and density, the parts remain the same, and their connections remain the same. I think that if we, as a people, were able to tap into our most basic particles, we could probably know everything. Know where our tiny particles started, every shape they've taken before the one that makes up each one of us, and even know all those other particles that are taking shapes as other people and things. We just don't know how. Ancestral memory or something like that, cellular memory. Knowing what our particles know, if they are able to know anything besides what is. Even knowing that would be a huge and profound thing.

Synchronicity

I have all the evidence for synchronicity I need. At different parts of my life I've called it different things. Coincidence was what I used to say before I felt comfortable attributing the strange things that can and do happen with a sense of purpose. Now, I say that it's the influence of the Universe or the Path that makes things happen when they are supposed to. The instances that synchronicity has popped up for me tend to be when I am lost or uncertain. Maybe I find meaning in things that don't have any, or maybe my desire for direction and meaning manifests situations into being. I don't know. What I do know is that when it happens I know it. I know when I'm being given a glimpse of something more profound than a coincidence. I take these nudges or clues seriously and allow myself to be affected by them. Every time I do my life's direction gets better and better, showing me that I'm on the right track and that the decisions I make based on these synchronistic events are the right ones.