Tag: resistance

  • Path of Least Resistance

    Path of Least Resistance

    I will accept that life is shaped by the physical forces, which I suggest are also life force, and yet living things don’t completely conform behaviorally to the physical forces. They don’t develop strictly along the path of least resistance. Why is that? Will, intention, act of creation? Life is the opposite of entropy. Objects follow…

  • Footprint of Resistance

    Footprint of Resistance

    The reason for biodiversity is simple, and the concept of entropy is proving more and more to be a falsehood. Everything that is possible must be expressed, and everything that is expressed must be expressed in the context of every other possible thing. If you remove or block any single thing (if that were even…

  • Nature of Resistance

    Nature of Resistance

    I find that just as in physics, resistance plays a big part in spirituality as well. What we resist isn’t removed by our resistance, and much of orthodox religious teaching seems to extol resistance, denial, asceticism. I suppose they can create a supportive context for spiritual growth, but these days in most cultures there really…

  • Resistance: Essence and Form

    Resistance: Essence and Form

    About changing essential nature… I can turn water into vapour. It’s in waters nature to become vapour. You interact with it, but you don’t change its nature. The sun makes it vapour also. It is a part of what we consider “unseen” but it is very much the essence. It’s spirit. The sun also turns…

  • Resistance and Principles

    Resistance and Principles

    What is the difference between resistance and principles? Principles manifest as essences, and they don’t block you. They empower you. To say I believe that love is the highest ideal. What does love as the highest ideal prevent you from? Really nothing. It engages you more in life. It’s like saying food is good for…