“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.” ~ Frank Lloyd Wright
“humans spend their life to achieve perfection by building symmetric things, while a vast majority of nature’s designs have no symmetry & yet they last forever” ~ TheVIP
for those who look for anomalies in stock markets, my question is, “would you look for an anomaly in nature’s design .. or look at everything just the way it is ..?”
for example, when you look at the picture like the one your right, taken on a snow walk [Steamboat springs, CO in Nov 2019] or when you are out in nature, do you think, why nature has no symmetry ..? OR simply, let’s enjoy the scenery ..!
some, including me, say that nature has healing as well as rejuvenating powers .. & all that without any symmetry, so why do man so desperately look for one … think about it ..!
nature vs human designs …
let me first distinguish between nature versus human designs because each follows totally different thought processes.
humans have created a set of numbers, decimal system using 0-9 & their combinations with or without decimal points; i.e. fractions to define and build his design, based on a concept known as the number line; for humans to understand a number, it must exists on number line; e.g. 3 is on the right of 2; hence 3 is bigger than 2 .. & we use numbers to model our world and build [human domain] like houses, bridges and also, to understand nature’s design … like how earth rotates around its own axis and around the Sun ?
but there are a unique set of number which are found in Nature’s design, and its impossible to know their exact value … e.g. to study waves in electricity and magnetism, we use numbers which are not even real; so, we call them imaginary numbers (interesting choice of name!), as they don’t exist on number line (human design) … why? because you need an iota (square root of -1, sounds like tota!) to define an imaginary number, when mathematicians know that you can’t define sq root of -1; & without iota, you can’t understand electricity and magnetism .. think about it ..!
another examples e (Euler’s identity) & π .. neither of them can be derived to exact value … humans can’t determine an exact value of e, only to an approx. despite having unlimited computing horse power; both are frequently found in nature’s design, as all beings grow continuously at a function based on e; & financial analysts use e to calculate interest rates on continuous basis, rather than daily basis.
lets talk about geometry …
tell me the formula for the circumference of a circle …
& most of you would come up quickly with an answer as 2πr … easy .. right ..!
Okay! now tell me the formula for the circumference of an ellipse …
many of you came up with something quickly, like πab etc. or something else, but that doesn’t seem right .. or doesn’t sound familiar … how so ..?
you start scratching your head .. but, please don’t, as you may lose a hair or two … how about if i let you google it .. no one is looking anyway .. right ..?
you search google, & the mighty google says. “there is no exact formula for the circumference of an ellipse.” … rather, there is an approx. formula, derived by a Indian genius mathematician named Ramanujan.
you say, “how’s that possible. I don’t remember my math teacher telling me this …”
well, not only your math teacher didn’t give you any formula, but also, they probably never mentioned it .. why? because, it’s not easy for mathematicians to accept & teach that humans are unable to derive a formula for such a simple shape in geometry, when you can determine for all sorts of complex shapes; so they totally skip it and don’t even talk about it.
now think about nature, that there are no circular orbits in nature … in order to find a good balance between two heavenly bodies that lasts billions of years, as the earth rotating around the Sun, or in case of other planets, all orbits are elliptical .. & its shame that all men-power, coupled with google-power (i.e. computing horse-power in this universe) can’t find an exact formula for the circumference of an ellipse.
bottom-line, humans are not allowed to enter in nature’s design ..!
physicists have settled that light has dual nature – particle as well as wave.
here is my question ? … did they settle at duality, simply because they could prove its behavior “scientifically” both ways at the same time or they settled with it because it makes everyone (the scientists) happy – ? a typical human compromise ..!
Maybe it’s a nature’s design to keep man on his toes & maintain separation between man versus nature’s design .. & if so, “we should accept the nature / reality just the way it is & stop using the intellect to dissect” ~ Sadhguru
let me share my take: first, i do not agree with the phrase that “light has dual nature” as it feels like light, a nature’s creation, has no clue what the hell is going on .. in a similar context, Einstein had hard time believing that God will role a dice – a statement he made in context of quantum physics .. rather i will say that nature follows one of the two behaviors (mass vs energy) based on a context and we don’t have enough knowledge of the context, yet!; OR there is a third way to describe this behavior which doesn’t exist in human design/context/mindset; therefore, can’t be manifested in human mind .. of course, neither of these answers would let me pass my physics exam ..!
nothing but the truth …
why do you think you love & enjoy Nature [assuming you do] ..?
there are many reasons, why people love nature, but for me, it’s because nature creates “natural” beauty with “natural” balance even though most of the things in nature lack any symmetries & yet, so beautiful & serene – look at the shape of a mountain or a waterfall, or the path of a river – absolutely no symmetry but energizing ..?
& humans borrow nature’s design & then try making improvements in it, incrementally and iteratively, to achieve perfection, but keep messing it up with imperfections .. really ..?
many of the human creations are based on circular shape – balance, continuity & a uniform force around the periphery; equal quadrants, equal distance from center known as radius .. based on this design, humans have been trying to develop equality as a concept, but do you think we can ever develop equality among people? (btw, i am not talking about equality as defined by constitution that “all men are created equal”, rather from design & functional aspects, as per Nature’s design … the constitution is not a product of nature, rather something created by humans) … so, each person may look similar to others based on social evolution & DNA transmission, but different than others, based on his biases which are an outcome of his life experience – i call it a local truth.
on the contrary, nature never created two things as same, so there is no concept of equals or balance of power in a relationship .. no two faces are same, no two fingerprints are same ,and of course, no two humans are same; & in a relationship, each party plays its unique role, & the relationship is built upon complimentary nature [of those roles] .. the day and nights are not equal except on equinox & that only happens because of transition; the path taken by planets around Sun is elliptical and not circular, which balances the gravitational force between two unequal bodies .. since no two heavenly bodies are same, there are no circular orbits in the universe.
not only humans want to achieve perfection, but they start their own creations & making bigger mess .. in my humble opinion, cancer is an outcome of humans messing up with the food DNA (among other things) and the solution is simple, technically known as organic food – or simply natural food or food made by nature.
bottom-line, if you are looking for a real solutions to problems, spend some time in nature, & you will find them “naturally” … but the key is that none of those solutions will be symmetric in nature.
Mysteries of the Universe
if you didn’t study physics & mathematics in high school, i assume you had a good time in your school days, then the following will feel like a bunch of funny looking characters … smart people call them equations of mathematics & physics, but these are (or were) 18 mysteries of the universe (what a number ..!) at one point, which were demystified by a handful of really smart & unique humans in last 2,500 years.
simply put, the following phenomenon / equations describe nature’s behavior .. i.e. how things function in the universe … & humans are one of the creations of Nature.
Everything is connected in this world
by far the most informative video on Internet ..!
Power of ten – up & down
watch the clip on your left (the original video made in 1977), which shows life as it exists in the universe using a scale of 10 meters; starting from 10^0 and moving both sides; i.e. to 10^24 meters & then to 10^(-16)
look what’s happening at a level down when its seems calm at any level.
the above clip shows following interesting aspects of life in the universe:
1) the universe is not a random phenomenon – there are clear & predefined patterns at both microcosm as well as macrocosm levels, which are untouched by humans and are seen as is
2) it is quite simple at both ends – all black, and only colored in the middle … moreover, it is simple at the ends, where it can be easily defined and understood, but messy in the middle – very similar to my second principle (see Markets/Markets Behavior Page) that the markets can be explained for really short and really large intervals and it’s really un-project-able in between ..!
3) at microcosm level, it is explained using chemistry and then moves to biology, and then to physics & finally to astronomy at macrocosm level … so you know why it is important to learn everything else to be good at trading/investing …
the key here is how these branches of science are interconnected & support each other to help us explain the behavior of objects (physical objects & humans or Prakurti & Jiva as defined in Bhagvad.geeta) at various levels.