03-17-2005, 03:32 PM
Have you ever noticed how many people believe that their consciousness is theirs alone – that they are separate and cut off from others’ consciousness?
This is called, "ignorance." One thing that becomes completely obvious by ascending (going within) is that my consciousness is affected by your consciousness and vice-versa. For example, when you’re in a roomful of people, your consciousness is affected by everyone’s… through feedback. For the most part, it happens at a subtle level that most people don’t choose to be aware of. It’s possible to become aware of this, but it requires new choices.
Have you ever experienced "feedback?" Understanding feedback can help to get a good handle on consciousness. The most obvious example of feedback is a microphone placed next to its own speaker. The speaker amplifies whatever little noise is picked up by the microphone, which the microphone then "hears" and puts out on the speaker again. This cycle can create an enormous screech from the smallest input.
Our weather is another example of a feedback system. Elements of the weather do not exist independently of one another, no matter how it appears that a local breeze off of a stream in Zambia could not possibly affect a traveler in Missouri. Not only is it possible, but that’s actually what happens every day. Just like the weather, everything we do affects everyone else and vice-versa. Wouldn’t it be nice to actually see and experience this happening? Actually you can and it’s easy. But first, let’s look at the weather…
Back in the 70’s, a weather researcher was attempting to make a forecast (using the newly developed computer systems.) The idea was that he could plug hundreds more factors into his model than ever before. Thus, they ought to get a superb long-range forecast. What he found was something quite amazing, something scientists had never suspected…
First, he took a factor that was computed to be 11.98 and made the forecast. Then he rounded the factor off to be 12.00 and ran the forecast again. A little bit shouldn’t make much difference, right? Well, what he found was that the two forecasts were nowhere near similar. In fact, they were wildly divergent. Why?
It turns out that our weather is an incredibly sensitive feedback system. All the little parts are capable of having a dramatic affect on the whole system. If you don’t include every single bit of data which affects the weather, you cannot get an accurate prediction. The only way possible to get accurate long-range forecasts is to begin with every single piece of data which affects the forecast.
But what they found is (incredibly) that even the flapping of a butterfly’s wings in Africa has the potential to affect the warm air mass heading west that can turn into a hurricane over Florida. (It’s not that every flapping of any butterfly’s wings do this – but it CAN have that affect.) This means that it will always be impossible to make a truly accurate long-range forecast because there is simply too much data that affects the system.
It's seems impossible for me to ignore you, eh?
Love, K-Man
This is called, "ignorance." One thing that becomes completely obvious by ascending (going within) is that my consciousness is affected by your consciousness and vice-versa. For example, when you’re in a roomful of people, your consciousness is affected by everyone’s… through feedback. For the most part, it happens at a subtle level that most people don’t choose to be aware of. It’s possible to become aware of this, but it requires new choices.
Have you ever experienced "feedback?" Understanding feedback can help to get a good handle on consciousness. The most obvious example of feedback is a microphone placed next to its own speaker. The speaker amplifies whatever little noise is picked up by the microphone, which the microphone then "hears" and puts out on the speaker again. This cycle can create an enormous screech from the smallest input.
Our weather is another example of a feedback system. Elements of the weather do not exist independently of one another, no matter how it appears that a local breeze off of a stream in Zambia could not possibly affect a traveler in Missouri. Not only is it possible, but that’s actually what happens every day. Just like the weather, everything we do affects everyone else and vice-versa. Wouldn’t it be nice to actually see and experience this happening? Actually you can and it’s easy. But first, let’s look at the weather…
Back in the 70’s, a weather researcher was attempting to make a forecast (using the newly developed computer systems.) The idea was that he could plug hundreds more factors into his model than ever before. Thus, they ought to get a superb long-range forecast. What he found was something quite amazing, something scientists had never suspected…
First, he took a factor that was computed to be 11.98 and made the forecast. Then he rounded the factor off to be 12.00 and ran the forecast again. A little bit shouldn’t make much difference, right? Well, what he found was that the two forecasts were nowhere near similar. In fact, they were wildly divergent. Why?
It turns out that our weather is an incredibly sensitive feedback system. All the little parts are capable of having a dramatic affect on the whole system. If you don’t include every single bit of data which affects the weather, you cannot get an accurate prediction. The only way possible to get accurate long-range forecasts is to begin with every single piece of data which affects the forecast.
But what they found is (incredibly) that even the flapping of a butterfly’s wings in Africa has the potential to affect the warm air mass heading west that can turn into a hurricane over Florida. (It’s not that every flapping of any butterfly’s wings do this – but it CAN have that affect.) This means that it will always be impossible to make a truly accurate long-range forecast because there is simply too much data that affects the system.
It's seems impossible for me to ignore you, eh?
Love, K-Man
(The little *hands*...)
