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Indra's net:
Systemic reflections on interbeing

Reflections on health, healing and balance in our systemic connectedness to ourselves, others, society, environment and beyond....

Indra's net - is a beautiful ancient Buddhist metaphor used to illustrate the concepts of emptiness, dependent origination, and interpenetration (557-640 B.C.E.)

"The Net of Indra is a profound and subtle metaphor for the structure of reality. Imagine a vast net; at each crossing point there is a jewel; each jewel is perfectly clear and reflects all the other jewels in the net, the way two mirrors placed opposite each other will reflect an image ad infinitum. The jewel in this metaphor stands for an individual being, or an individual consciousness, or a cell or an atom. Every jewel is intimately connected with all other jewels in the universe, and a change in one jewel means a change, however slight, in every other jewel."
From The Enlightened Mind, by Stephen Mitchell

 AS ABOVE SO BELOW....AND BETWEEN                                   the patterns that we are and belong to

12/1/2016

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It seems, a universal aspect of nature is the organising tendancy toward patterns, namely geometric and fractal patterns. A fractal is a natural phenomenon that presents as a detailed pattern that repeats itself at multiple levels of observation. Fractal patterns are evident at the broadest level, in the clusters and super clusters of stars and galaxies, and at the microscopic level of bacteria...and beyond.

Other fractal patterns have been identified in the systemic organisation processes in the minds and bodies of living organisms. Self organising systems like ecosystems, the human body and communities of beings rely on the healthy coordination, interaction and working together of its different parts to maintain survival, and all demonstrate a fractal pattern.
Research has shown that fractal images have a soothing effect on the nervous system, our brain structure, self concept, speech patterns, personality structure, intentional behavior and social relationships all have a fractal organisation.

With out of balance systems, disease develops in the body, the mind, emotions and spirit become disorganised, relationships with partners, children and families develop toxic patterns and break down, and social and environmental degredation abounds.

The key ingedients of healthy organisms, relationships and communities are the qualities of strong connections and clear communication that promote an in sync interactional coherance, and flexability, adaptability and the spirit of all working together for the greater good.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-chaotic-life/200909/fractal-brains-fractal-thoughts
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