Friday, February 13, 2009
COMPLEXITY FIELDS
Wherever you are, you are on a journey of possible actions. Whatever is near at hand is the field of action you are likely in, have just left, or about to enter. Whatever is far can be rehearsed and visualized, but is not tangible. Close is more physical. Far is more metaphysical.
So, being in the now, zen-like means staying with what is close and putting what is far in its place. You can't work on what is not here.
If you identify what it is you are doing right now and define it as a plane of action, you will see that you are in a complexity field. And, you will not be in it for long. You will move on. From one field to another.
You have the ability to choose what field you are acting in. And, to render it more or less pure, perfect, and distinct in its definition.
You can actually control the present.
It's the past and the future that are the problem.
How might The MasterList fit into the management of the past and future, so you can focus on the Now?
It is true that "naturals" can exist without a system. I am not a natural. The MasterList is a system for handling what is not now. Is that contra the spirit of the Now? If I live perfectly in the Now, doesn't what's next present itself purely like manna from the heavens? Or, can I honestly be in the now and "provision" the future, even for paths I have not yet decided upon?
This is the philosophical stuff that underlies the tool The MasterList. But, it's practical too.
There's a certain circularity involved also. Like chicken and egg. If I strive for perfect existence in the now, What Me Worry? Why a MasterList? But, if I am not yet actualized in the now, maybe I have plenty to be concerned about. Ideas, plans, dreams, links, and other incoming flying objects do, after all, constantly assail us in the now, like Hamlet having to take arms against a sea of troubles. Can I belay them and tie them down somewhere other than now, and put them to good use, as needed, when needed? And, avoid having to deal with them altogether, Now? The MasterList does that. It cleans up the Now. Worthy tool or not?
I invented it. Very useful for the unactualized me. But, it takes a "higher" kick to get purely into the now than a tool that just pushes concerns out of the now, down the road for future consideration. It's a balancing act.
This tool helps me keep my balance in the now. Very useful for that. The MasterList, a prosthetic mind-tool for storing what I don't need or want to think about now.
More later.
Wherever you are, you are on a journey of possible actions. Whatever is near at hand is the field of action you are likely in, have just left, or about to enter. Whatever is far can be rehearsed and visualized, but is not tangible. Close is more physical. Far is more metaphysical.
So, being in the now, zen-like means staying with what is close and putting what is far in its place. You can't work on what is not here.
If you identify what it is you are doing right now and define it as a plane of action, you will see that you are in a complexity field. And, you will not be in it for long. You will move on. From one field to another.
You have the ability to choose what field you are acting in. And, to render it more or less pure, perfect, and distinct in its definition.
You can actually control the present.
It's the past and the future that are the problem.
How might The MasterList fit into the management of the past and future, so you can focus on the Now?
It is true that "naturals" can exist without a system. I am not a natural. The MasterList is a system for handling what is not now. Is that contra the spirit of the Now? If I live perfectly in the Now, doesn't what's next present itself purely like manna from the heavens? Or, can I honestly be in the now and "provision" the future, even for paths I have not yet decided upon?
This is the philosophical stuff that underlies the tool The MasterList. But, it's practical too.
There's a certain circularity involved also. Like chicken and egg. If I strive for perfect existence in the now, What Me Worry? Why a MasterList? But, if I am not yet actualized in the now, maybe I have plenty to be concerned about. Ideas, plans, dreams, links, and other incoming flying objects do, after all, constantly assail us in the now, like Hamlet having to take arms against a sea of troubles. Can I belay them and tie them down somewhere other than now, and put them to good use, as needed, when needed? And, avoid having to deal with them altogether, Now? The MasterList does that. It cleans up the Now. Worthy tool or not?
I invented it. Very useful for the unactualized me. But, it takes a "higher" kick to get purely into the now than a tool that just pushes concerns out of the now, down the road for future consideration. It's a balancing act.
This tool helps me keep my balance in the now. Very useful for that. The MasterList, a prosthetic mind-tool for storing what I don't need or want to think about now.
More later.
