Tuesday, August 22
tennis and butterflies
there are 6 words that we constantly look back at
they are:
being; essence; meaning; purpose; intent; awareness
these are the 6 sides of the dice
and there are the two points to view, two lenses through which we see the world
self and else
when we learn, or when we attempt to reverse engineer something
we first look at the form it takes, before we see the purpose behind the form
when we create,
we first focus on our purpose,
before we give form and finally breathe life into it.
being is the physical form we take in the world
for whatever form we take, there is a meaning to it,
a function to how each part is constructed
essence is something else altogether
essence is what's there, but often unseen
it's the voice of the heart
it's what makes me me.
perhaps i create my own meaning
my essence is my purpose.......
the wings of the butterfly stirs up the cauldron of intent and awareness.
the butterfly effect is a theory of chaos
the flapping of the wings of a single butterfly in tokyo
could cause a hurricane to occur halfway across the world in new york.
the effect is great
but it is neither the butterfly's intention,
neither is it aware of the havoc it has wrecked
it's merely a little butterfly in a huge world
struggling to flap its wings against the currents of the wind.
we sometimes have the intention to do great things
but we lack awareness about the effects of what we do
why we succeed
why we fail
purpose is created when we couple intention with awareness
otherwise we merely meander through life without direction
and in doing so we don't really live at all......
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