There are two laws outside of the realm of what we studied that have an
impound effect on my thought system and belief system.
The first thought is Newton's 3rd law which states "for every action,
there is an equal and opposite reaction". The second thought is from
Edward Norton Lorenz's butterfly effect in the chaos theory. No, not the
movie and not the theory as it related to the original concept. The world
to me is connected by webstrings. You have a profound impact upon the
world. The natural world has a profound impact on you. You exist with
people, nature, elements, etc.
Looking at the first thought, ideas are put out there in the world. They
are aired out in other words. What you put out comes back to you tenfold.
You put out good ideas, positive thoughts and vibes then you are usually
met with that in return. If you put out negative thoughts and ideas like we
saw with Nietzsche who was misread by Hitler and Marx who inspired
Stalin then you get negative reactions. In other words you reap what you
sow. You make the world as you see it. God guides you to the good side
through choices and bad thoughts lead you astray. It is up to you to
continue the path to help make it stronger and each day a little brighter
for self and others. Sproul's (2000) titleThe Consequences of Ideassums
this up perfectly for me. There are issues with every thought at times.
Some times they are positive and sometimes negative.
I see the world as a completely interconnected web. I have some Native
American bloodlines and my family has often practiced Native Spirituality
in addition to Christianity. You respect all life - no matter how small. What
you do to the world comes back to you. Do not disturb the world in which
you live because you live there, too. I see the world as connected with tiny
fibers. That is what the butterfly effect addresses, too. It is connected
together and a small change in the pull of those tiny fibers can have a
major impact. As Lorenz stated, "the spread of a butterfly's wings can
cause a tsunami halfway around the world". If you pull too many of the
strings, cause too much of an impact that is negative, then the
consequences can be dire. I try to live a positive existence. I do not
disrupt too much in life.
Aristotle offered us guidance towards man and nature, ultimate
endings, and the greatest line of happiness in life. Aquinas gave us the
idea of what God is. Descartes thought of God so therefore God exists.
Kierkegaard offered us the idea "that life is not a problem to be solved,
but a reality to be experienced" (Goodreads). If we look at this idea in
regards to Transformational Psychology, we can see that the guide here is
not trying to solve problems. They are merely helping to see the
experience and feel the love.
Parmenides offered us the quote "whatever is, is" (Sproul, 2000). My
brother and I developed this even further when we were young Nature
which is linked to God (go out and hug a tree) is a divine space. It offers a
chance to heal, feel, see, and explore while developing playfulness and
inner love and evolution. For me whatever is, will be and whatever was, is.
It is not linear. Everything is connected and spiraled out before us. We
depend on the world in which we live. Insects, people, environment, ideas,
thoughts, etc are all wrapped together.The Giver(Lowry, 1993) offered us
this chance to view the world in which only a selected person has
memories, ideas, and connections to the world in which they live. A world
without ideas, thoughts, and memories is gray. There is no true life. You
are only being pulled through. You must think for yourself. Even if Marx
and Nietzsche pushed the extents of thoughts in the negative world due
to reading and interpretation, they still existed for a purpose. Now years
later, we can focus back on the what was so it does not become again.
John Locke gave us natural order and laws of things in question. We have
laws to protect what is rightfully given to us. But does it make us a sinner
like the song lyrics state?"What gives you the right to put up a fence to
keep me out or to keep Mother Nature in? If God was here right now, He'd
tell you to your face man you are some kind of sinner."(Tesla, Five Man
Electric Band). The question here is people should be free to travel
around. The world should have been free. Borders should be nonexistent
then. No wars. No chaos. We shouldn't have to pay hundreds of dollars per
month for water that should have been free. It was provided. In regards to
Industrial and Organizational Psychology, there are outcomes from
charging this. Companies, industries, schools, and other organizations
make tons of money off the ordinary person. But if God's world was to be
free and Nature should be in charge then they are collecting money on
something that does not belong to them. As the days progress, I see more
businesses challenging the way we approach Nature and divinity. We see
more natural ads, more down to earth ads with sustainability and
spirituality evolving. It is coming back. The pandemic left us with a void.
We missed the natural world, the world of culture, the world of people.
The isolation was there. I bet that in the next ten years this country will
take a different approach to ethics, culture, diversity and sustainability.
We will see a brighter tomorrow that some of these leaders in thought
sought to develop and expose.
Aristotle developed much of our love of Nature and Natural ideas.
Nature to him was a separation between what the world was with man
and what was offered and could be. Here we can see the void being filled
with respect. He admired the world in which he lived and learned. He had
his movers (Sproul, 2000). He spoke of genesis as in a term of what is
coming to be. I believe that the world is coming to be more in touch with
the natural order of life and that the world will be viewing a more
peaceful, sustainable, ethical, and diverse culture over the next 10 years.
I want to entitle this theory the Renaissance II. It is on the brink and there
are events that seem to be moving us in that positive direction.
Author's Note: In the 20th century and 21st century, why is it that we only
see men as great thinkers? And why are we still using old ideas to
compare to a new time and dawning of a new era? Is it merely enough to
take what we already know from others and keep applying it to new
situations? Should we evolve as nature evolves and revolves? Should we
develop new ideas? And, I am really confused why Sproul did not include
Calvin and Hobbes in his collection but he included Darwin and Freud.
When I was young my grandpap would tell me leave any class that started
saying that we came from monkeys, Melanie. We do not believe it or
agree with it. I listened though. I stayed and developed my own thoughts
towards this. Evolution may be real but extinction is even more realistic. If
we focus on the thoughts that got us here then we may eventually face
extinction if not in body at least in mind. We need to evolve to sustain the
world - physically, mentally, spiritually - in the present and future. We
need to develop better thoughts and ideas to continue presenting the
positive. Thanks for reading.
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