Replying to LO27720 --
>Holism is the product of its parts; holism is maximised if its parts are
>balanced.
>
>This idea was formulated in my mind last weekend, during a long walk with
>dog Terra in storm winds and heavy rains. I have enjoyed the storms
>outside and inside my head.
Dear Leo,
thank you for your brain-storming, the storm inside and outside and the
rain and sweat in between.
Comparing the different effect of multiplication and addition as you did
reminds me of a figure in the plane, let's say a rectangle. While the
circumference keeps the same (addition of the sides) for instance by a
piece of thread, the face increases from 0 (the thread taken half) to a
maximum when the rectangle becomes a square (multiplication of two sides).
The face can still be increased with this thread and reaches its absolute
maximum at a circle. You may say infinite infinitesimal parts are
balanced. Well, the circle is a powerful symbol for wholeness is it not?
Now I try to think deeper into it. What does "balanced" mean? It is not
just a matter of the parts. The parts need a special configuration in
space, so that this space forms a context for the parts AND VICE VERSA:
the space does become only context for the parts if the parts are present.
And together they form a structure, more complex than just a plane without
the circle. This is only words, so take a minute to create what I have
written in your imagination: Look at a wall or your desk (if it is
sufficiently tidy :-) and realize the plane there is. Then focus on just
one point, stretch it to a line, open this line to a rectangle until it
becomes a square, finally allow this square to form a circle.
If you are a good observer of yourself and if you manage to do it slowly
enough, you may feel the free-energy jumps at certain points of the
process.
>From this experience, the formula for wholeness is:
(inside the circle + circle + outside the circle)
> (inside the square + square + outside the square)
> (inside the rectangle + rectangle + outside the rectangle)
> (plane + line)
> (plane + point)
> plane
Although this is a sum again, it is certainly a product of your
imagination, which would not be possible without your creativity. And,
starting from the plane, it is a continuous one-to-many-mapping.
Liebe Grüße,
Winfried
--"Dressler, Winfried" <Winfried.Dressler@Voith.com>
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