Temat postu: On the Makaloa Mat LondonJack Publishedaamney
onship of ‘stimulus’ and ‘resonance’.
Thusa transformation in the seasons implies a corresponding
transformation in the relative strengths of the various bodily func-
tionswhich requires a corresponding transformation in diet in
order to maintain a homeostatic equilibrium. From this we can see
thataccording to the traditional Chinese worldviewthe universe
is not comprised of a number of discrete elements or ‘atoms’but
in broad termsof configurations of energy or force that transform
in ‘phases’like the seasonsin a set sequence or repetitive cycle.
Equally importantlythe principle of interconnectedness entails
that there are resonances or correspondences bet [link widoczny dla zalogowanych][link widoczny dla zalogowanych]n the phasing
of one dimension of reality and another. One way of explaining
this mutual resonance bet[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]n things is to imagine qi as a wave-
form or a string. Thus a stimulus in one area produces a corres-
ponding resonance in all other areasjust as someone plucking a
guitar string sets off harmonic vibrations through the wood and all
the other strings. Some commentators even draw parallels bet[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]n
78Daoism: A Beginner’s Guide
qi theory and the basic picture of the universe at a quantum level
that has emerged in contemporayilai:
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