Modes of ^Life
The modes of ^Life are a self-organizing symphony of ~operation~. Although incredibly ~simple~ they may ^Take our ^Whole ~life~ to ^Understand and ^Hold our ~interest~ in ~full~. Our brain is ~like~ a little ~computer~ with abundance of ~process~ and a little network of ~communication~. Our brain has ~relation~ to a ^Large degree of ~independence~ and a ^High degree of ~cooperation~. Somehow our ~organism~ has the ~power~ of ~agency~ and the ~power~ to ^Say ^No in our ~daily~ ~life~ too. The modes of ^Life include ^Complement, ^Connect, ^Encapsulate, ^Cooperate, ^Decide, ^Fortify and ^Live. To ^Develop a ~talent~ for each ~one~ is in some ~sense~ a lofty ~goal~ above. However, these modes are ~turtles~ for we may ^Consider they all exist beneath it all ~as~ ~foundation~, ~as~ intermediate ~parts~ and ~as~ ^Maximum ~expression~ and ~reward~.
Despite all my ~excitement~ over these modes that I am about to ^Share, ~as~ though I had ~found~ some ^Mysterious ~complexity~, I ^Really just ^Want us to ^Think of it ~as~ something far ^More ~simple~. ^When we ^Feel, ^Act, ^Think and ^Mind we ^Need ^Two ways (at least) within each ~domain~ so that we may ^Govern that ~domain~ in ~particular~. The ~fruit~ of that ~idea~, in ~summary~, is ^Eight ^Principal modes: ^Connect or ^Fortify, ^Decide or ^Cooperate, ^Diverge or ^Function, and ^Live or ^Restore, ^Respectively. ^Restore is both a ^Principal mode and a mode of ^Mind, and it is ~found~ in another chapter.
Here is the ^Simple ~idealization~ to which I ^Now ^Embrace and ^Hold from it. Each mindful thing (~mode~) may ^Participate in at least ^One dimension: ^Feel, ^Act, ^Think and ^Mind. Each ^Fat dimension has ^More than ^One ~direction~ (or ~way~) so that our ~mind~ may ^Govern it. Each mindful thing that is a ~part~ of the ~whole~ may ^Increase its ~gift~ to the ~whole~ ~as~ ~one~ of the ^Principal modes in proxy. And each ~whole~ may ^Belong to some yet ^Bigger ~context~, ^Likewise. So that we have ~sufficient~ to ^Navigate the modes of ^Life for optimal ~health~, we only ^Need to ^Understand that ~organization~ of ~turtles~, the ~map~ from our ~emotion~ to that ~structure~, and ^How to ^Try and ^Fail ^Properly.
^Now ^Let us ^Look at these modes of ^Life and ^Ask stupidly whether we are any ~different~ than ~turtles~ or computers. Compu-turtles? Compurtles. Oh, I only ^Tease. Although I ^Imagine robots ^Who ^Need to ^Heal in some ^Wonderful and bright future I would much rather ^Look at ^What is before us today for we are ~acceptable~ (and ~wonderful~) ~just-the-way-we-are~! ^Yes, and in that ~light~ I do ^Think our future will ^Become VERY much brighter ^Now. And for that I am forever ^Grateful.
Each of ^Eight ^Principal modes has a ^Vehicle chapter, a ^Lens chapter and a ^Principal chapter, ~as~ shown in the ^First ~table~. I ^Find that either ~table~ of ~organization~ of chapters has ~power~ to ^Magnify a remarkably parallel ~structure~ to ^Suggest the ^True ~depth~ of The Book of ^MESH.
^Operator ^Focus |
^Vehicle | ^Lens | ^Principal |
---|---|---|---|
^Stop and ^Think |
Heal | Refresh | Function |
Schedule | Mess | Diverge | |
^Choose within ^Limit |
Space | Balance | Agency |
Write | Change | Cooperate | |
^Deception or ^Knowledge or ^Unknown |
Symbol | Emotion | Boundary |
Watch | Progress | Empathy | |
Mind | ^Hollow in my ❤️ |
Life |
^As an ~alternative~ and my current ~favorite~, we may ^Organize the chapters for sake to ^Memorize them. I also ^Hope to ^Suggest a ~source~ in our ~organism~ for each:
- 🚶 ^Earth: ^What may ^Keep us in ~motion~ to ^Act.
- 🌊 ^Water: ^What may ^Sustain us in our ~journey~.
- 🧠 ^Fire: ^What may ^Hurt us or ^Refine us to ^See.
- 🌌 ^Sky: ^Beauty in a ~mind~ of ~wisdom~ or ~love~.