' The Navigator ' Review - Sketch 5 & 6: Choice, Subjectivity and Media Activity

 

So in the context of constructing our reality.......

how many choices do we all have....?

are they infinite?

Surely only a certain amount of choice fits into the boundaries of social acceptance (acceptance as a channel of love) i.e. norms ??

Foucalt - bio power: self governing systems, the panoptisk.....?

People power - as we wake up we are wanting more quality..............making more choice......(Awareness Expansion)

of course the social System needs demand.......bottom up.........
But there must also be provision......top down....

Perception......?

 

SKETCH 6 - 

 

Media - generates curiosity.......

and if allowed directs collective attention......(energy)...demand...

Responsibility of the media of course is a big part of this......?

People - Digesting positive news? Why can't we do it right now?

 

' The Navigator ' Review: Sketch 3 & 4 - Identity Construction & Reality Construction

So a flow of random thought streams beginning within the frame of peace and conflict studies and one person ruling over many began this sketch...all of it is included...

(The motive for all of this of course is to merely ' MAP IT ALL OUT SO THAT OTHERS CAN THEN CHANGE IT...........') 

Sketch 3 - Identity construction:

One persons method, subscribed to by millions = national identity.

Cultural conditioning......countries influencing each others interface specifications......e.g. westernisation....

Critical realism - constructed reality (the pieces, national ontologies....) Evolving toward a unified reality........harmonious

Persuasion, influence, favourability...... Cultural patterns.......

E.g. National Persuasion..... USA.....selling 'freedom'(cultural universal valued by all...) It encourages creativity.......innovation........exchange....evolution.......movement.......flowing evolution...... that is in theory........

China....? Extortion (excessive, distorted western mind set...........gross national output.....) HUMAN RIGHTS ?

BUT....

What are peoples needs: ..?

safety/security.....??

The constant crisis culture (climate of fear_)......(peter.magnussen)

we place trust in others externalising them to do the right thing in a crisis, relinquishing responsibility, power and control over the situation/our lives.

This explains how people can lack the responsibility to take action for themselves 'the grey face/zombie' living pattern. It is the "someone should do something" vs. "I should do something" dilemma......

Paralysis: Giving away the power/control and responsibility has lead to a hunger for external drama (News/TV) through a spiritual paralysis.........

EXTERNAL DEPENDANCE

Why do we give away that responsibility and power/control......??

Desperation(cocktail?) / Fear / Laziness....?

People need to be loved....to be accepted (up phase)......forgiven (down phase)....so they may grow freely.......learn, develop, evolve......move........through..... --->

ENERGIC ECONOMICS

(studying production, buying, and selling, and their relations with law,custom, and government, as well as with the distribution of....... energy..)

Natural Flowing Evolutionary cycles (golden ratio): (see F.L.O.W. concept notes) (physics/energy) these cycles must be engaged with......(natural law of life)....natural patterns of motion (there frequency/vibration will catalyse degrees of harmony).....should be the result of balanced interaction and exchange...... (political economics - trade patterns)

.... interactional economics??

shortcuts = distortions --> HEURISTICS (via discourse) employed to speed up processes (impatient, lazy, destructive)

But.....

(Social Psychology)

Society is currently operating on externalised and conditional heuristically driven terms not upon reciprocal (feudalistic roots?)free flowing trust founded exchanges.......these conditional terms are rigid in structure and patterns because of varying degrees of fear which emerge from the application of good bad judgements via thought based evaluation and analysis.............

Fear based heuristic thinking patterns follow the trend that something rigid is more reliable.........and reliability can foster a form of trust....trust then allows feelings of security and safety to develop.... (is this why we have constructed this current version of reality? because of fear?)

why construct anything? what about balance/harmony..........why force things?

because of conditioning via a misinterpretation of influential and persuasive constructors of ontological knowledge = Marxist / Hegelian and also Darwinistic conditioning -

There patterns of thought that are rooted in pursuit of perfectionism (Hegel), clashes of supposedly necessary opposing forces (marx) & darwinism - survival of the fittest interpretation of a theory about adapting to change as the only paths that will 'maintain' (?) progress. (dryzek, 2010 p.81) (does progress not occur naturally?)

so...... PSYCHOLOGICAL MATHS.............COCKTAIL

(Marx/Darwin - Dominance/competition) Necessity of Opposing forces (jung followed this idea also) pattern --> Unhealthy levels of competition

+

(Hegel) Perfection pattern --> Desperation for progress / improvement (more, more, more)

=

Desperate Competition --> Existence hinging upon constant external based evaluating in order to be able to measure (compete) rather than accept (love).....

External dependence emerges....

Unreasonable Expectations: this element of our current psychology may also have partly grown out of this ccktail, however expectations can help to encourage growth and stimulate developmental impulses if applied within reason.....

(Issue --> Define 'unreasonable') ???

POLITICAL SCIENCE: Feudalism societal structure --> initiated an imbalance of resources in the shape of a surplus which suggests the beginning of a destructive mixture of psychological elements........

The 'Am i good/doing enough' psychology....? --> anxiety, worry, doubt, uncertainty........

This underlying current of fear currently has us all scrabbling around for resources and subjecting ourselves to a form of torture.......because we lack the clarity and stillness (still clear water analogy) of mind to listen to our hearts and souls........

Our needs have changed through our mastery of our means to produce..... but sufficient acculturation has not occured.......

These modern living pressures encourage us to submit, give away our 'authentic power' (G.Zukav) and relinquish responsibility allowing heuristic processes to be catalysed.......(rely on others)............

also through this submission meaning in our life can become diluted..........sometimes leading to a feeling of dis-empowerment

but why do we make this choice.........

Climate of Fear - Fear based living (conditioned heuristic patterns?)

Why? Unbalanced Exchanges of matter? UNEQUITABLE TRADE (exploitation)........

ECONOMICS:                    Opportunism, asset specificity.......imperfect competition.....  

MALNOURISHMENT PSYCHOLOGICALLY?

Inequalities???

Ideally there should be a naturally occuring and mutually supporting fairness level within give and take exchanges (Equitable trade) of all kinds......a naturally occuring balance through free flowing exchange..........uninhibited by fear......... and without one sided dependance....

..but.........

Greed, desire, power, need for control, dominance, success through competition (western mind set) because of fear and insecurity.... unbalances things from naturally flowing......and encourages a certain degree of defensive rigidity and inertia. (poor circulation)....... In turn restricting movement.......and natural cycles of flowing growth.....naturally if something does not feel right you defend against it but people nowadays are having choice stripped away from them because they have to survive......they know instinctively within that things are not right but they have to move against these instincts toward exhaustion and slavery.......

How? Why?

PSYCHOLOGICAL HYGIENE: (internal/external balance)

Lack of Awareness: excess thinking, psychological trauma -->forgetfulness........

Those holding onto the power that has been relinquished through our choices appear to be only aware of material/tangible matter or forces, those that Marx said could move history (dryzek, 2010).

The intangible deeper and unobvious forces of a transaction are not usually perceived.....

E.g...?

This heuristic shallowness when perceiving allows a channel where a mode of perception can be constructed that uses uncertainty, doubt, worry, fear.......

This chosen mode of perception, employed by the individual subjectively through choice allows a perceived/constructed degree of unfairness.......to emerge from the inner depths (that have been ignored by a lack of solitude, self analysis, introversion) through the use of fear based perceptual content...........this allows the possibility of a perceptual distortion to emerge during the trade/exchange process...........

distortion =heuristically driven and superficially unbalanced thinking/feeling economy........when there are too many thought (water disruption, cant see through to truth) they begin constructing things.....coagulating.........clotting catalysing rigidity and inertia........unnatural existance.........

Distorted cognitions catalyse fear (? or is it the other way around ? fear catalysing distortion ?), insecurity, uncertainty..and allow notions of deceipt, betrayal.....to become feasible...which in turn develops patterns of unequitable trade.........

(Using fear -Manipulation/control - commonly each side of the trade may use fear to try and manipulate or control the trade so that it benefits them exclusively ........resulting in imbalance -----> and then inequalities.

WIN WIN is more difficult then WIN/LOSE --> thats heuristic patterns emerge.......

The western mind set geared toward dominance through value and judgement based competition could again be summoned on charges here......)

OLIVER E WILLIAMSON (1975, 1985)

Economics behaviour --> cites Opportunism (SELFISH ADVANTAGE OF CIRCUMSTANCE), (fostering trust?) asset specificity.......imperfect competition climate...........as the 2 important dimensions of business behaviour........

Issue --> define distortion? Unnatural perception? VS Natural Perception? What is natural? People have forgotten..........

Why is there this superficial approach to life?

(was Marx religious? spiritual?)

Contact with the intangible...... depths of life....(essence) is feared...............

We distract ourselves heuristically from gazing inwards, exploring, and gathering control over our feelings.............EXTERNALISATION (heuristic short cut) pattern

Why?

Role of Religion/History:

God/devil....voices in my head/coming from within?...'but god is not within you' he resides in heaven so it must be the devil..........

These ideas encouraged the naturally emitted voice encouraging loving patterns of the heart and soul to be rejected.........limiting access to the deeper parts of life and its equitable essence..........

Divine/pure cognition: Contakt with spirit/divine/universal........people are unsure/unclear what is happening when this type of experience occurs.......thought overrides feeling and the experience is commonly rejected.........as a result the depths of life and its natural methods of functioning remain unclear...........
People remain unsure of How life works, flows....and moves.........in its natural state........

Without this deeper connection.....parallel/alignment/inner voice.......fear can emerge as a tool when constructing our own realities and discolour parts of our chosen realityunnecessarily........... Leading to degrees of inequitable (unfair) imbalanced existence...........

Thought traditions - Configurations of the mind...........(PSYCHOLOGY)

Evolutionary psychology - Emergence of the ego configuration? - thought filled, no feeling (imbalanced)......no clarity or depth of contact with the source/soul.....?

When did external existence emerge as a pattern and gain dominance over the subtle equitable flow of nature? Did it emerge through a misinterpretation of darwinistic, hegelian and marxist ideas......?

Common thought tradition = threats are always external ----> superficial perception.........

The real threat comes from within.........if we are not able to manage the internal mechanisms that channel energy as it moves through our system.......then we are slaves to our........??..........'unconsious'.....?

BUBBLING UNDERCURRENTS........(psychology)

Bubbling fear (produced by external interactions)that is not dealt with......precipitates a condition of constant crisis which in turn initiates the externalisation of trust......and relinquishing of responsibility.......power, control and most importantly the extinguishing of inner faith.......faith in the self.......faith in the oneness of it all..........in the flow, balance, harmony and natural resolve of nature.........

This is currently resulting in the various degrees of fragmentation and division that is operating within our current collective reality.........

It is causing us through desperation, worry, uncertainty, anxiety and doubt to disrupt the natural forces in operation throughout the world...........

How should we deal with the bubbling fear?

Is externalising trust a bad thing?
Handing trust to another = BIG STEP

ROLE OF THE MEDIA?

Bad news sells........we are conditioned to frame by the media..........

Spiritual Paralysis: Need for stories - Desperate for drama.......but also transformation, change and resolve.......hopefully happily........

(archetypal entertainment themes)

How to repackage the positive....?

SKETCH 4: Identity Construction & Reality Construction......? Sketching..........

Bhaskar -----> mind based reality reaching (evolving) toward a universal reality.........?

does our inner configuration........externally project? the external construct (identity/persona) compensates the inner dynamic........maintaining an equilibrium..........

rough analogy ----> Inner world........(movie strip)........projecting out onto the screen (persona/identity? which is viewed by others(social audience/peers....influences peers constructions and in turn shifts the collective construction..........

Society: Collective constructs of identity's all projecting together and then shifting together, like waves on the energy ocean........

creating a collective external 'reality'.......that compensates the collective inner dynamic of energy...........

for example.....right now the outer dynamic is a darkened one suggesting that there is an inner dynamic of brightness about to emerge........

...... :) <3

A theory that serves to embed hope, optimism, inspiration and motivation....... :D

A Naturally Balancing Existence........Relational Systems Theory - Sketching it out...

So building on the home exams...Think Nash's Equilibrium......he touched the source......with this idea.......the pure method.....

Considering Self and Others when moving (deciding/choosing) autonomously........

Awareness and understanding as a result of the Parallel/equilibrium Process: 

(SatyaAgraha = "insistence on truth" (satya 'truth'; agraha 'insistence') or "soul force")

Courage --> Trust --> Openness --> Understanding --> Balance

SYSTEMS THEORY:

As more people (energy) are involved in the process so the system itself and the amount of energy within it increases. Naturally then the rate of circulation must also increase (current/voltage?) in relative terms so as to maintain homeostatic balance.....? But is there enough openness in society as it is now to maintain a balanced circulation of relational energy flow?  

For example It is openness that allows energy to be exchanged relationally....... 

Think Systems Theory...........High Entropy.........

NASH EQUILIBRIUM: Real life example -- Nenna (my girlfriend) asking if she can switch the lights on --> fear based approach, giving away power, relinquishing responsibility, unbalancing the equation by handing over the gravity of the scenario to me.....? 

Equilibrium approach...'I need to switch the lights on, is that ok with you?' (self and others are considered and so there is balance)...equilibrium is maintained...within this relational equation...

More Sketching......Possible Thesis Abstract.....

Up until now i had thought that these ideas were only ever going to wander around inside my head but maybe i was wrong......maybe they could be of use to others......?

To be honest i was amazed that this abstract was understood, let alone accepted by one of my professors......exciting times......been dreaming about these ideas for way too long......maybe....just maybe.....they might happen........early days but very exciting........

 

Energic Relation Theory.........

Sociology Abstract:

Hypotheses: As well as the commonly mentioned Marxist sphere concerning the means of production within society it is proposed that there is also a more humanistic sphere constituting the means by which we relate to one another. It is suggested that energic transactions within this relational sphere (meta, micro (people interacting), mesa, macro (state interactions) levels) catalyse and effect its motion (frequency, vibrations) and collective output through a flow of exchanges involving energy that manifests into matter and reality as we know it.

This relational sphere is linked to 2 other transactionally interacting energic spheres which collectively constitute our ontology. These are thought to be energically related to one another by way of larger relational exchanges of energy.......(3 spheres = divine sphere, production sphere, relations sphere). This energically relational idea can be paralleled with that of planetary relationships in our solar system in terms of forces of gravity, mass, density, orbiting patterns etc.

The collective vibrations and frequencies of these three spheres are determined by there internal dynamics (e.g. like the 'Milieu Interior' (Claude Bernard, 1865) of the body, internal homeostasis - achieved through multiple dynamically balancing mechanisms) and also there energic relations to one another (external homeostasis). Therefore the motion of each individual sphere is collectively determined by the relational exchanges of energy occurring within that sphere (between people, groups, nations and continents) and also simultaneously the nature of its relations with the other two spheres (for example like Bordieu - habitus & field style relational exchanges but on an energic level). Naturally then if one sphere is suffering from an imbalance then the balance of the entire ontology would be compromised.

AIM: To develop methodological capabilities of energically measuring our current methods of interaction. Measuring micro level interactions and the exchanges of energy that occur during a social interaction at the interpersonal level is the anticipated starting point........... 

For e.g. exchange of frequency and vibrations within a social interaction via verbal communication.

The more measurements of energy e.g. speech, body temp, brain activity,  

It is hoped that developing this methodology will allow momentary energy signatures of individuals and there interactions to be recorded so that the nature of energy exchanged between individuals via our means of interaction can be better understood.

Achieving this would allow the possibility of energically measuring social exchanges in terms of peace and conflict to be analysed. The possibility of measuring likelihood of conflict development at different levels of interaction.....inter personal, inter state etc....... would also improve and also the door could be opened to the possibility of evaluating and analysing the ways in which we interact with one another on all levels. 

Through achieving this analysis and evaluation the option to reconfigure our mind based realities to move more harmoniously with the naturally created world would become more of a possibility and would allow us to move one step closer to constructing a more sustainable psychological climate in terms of peace on a global level....

Some new sketches...it's been too long...Sketch 10

So the course is progressing well........but so  many ideas arriving from the reading and lectures that are happening........will be posting the highlights of my sketching through this week.......

hope they are of some use....... :D

So here's one looking into our current psychological cocktail......(sketch 10 of 54)

HYPOTHESES:

Egocentric (self interest/desire fuelled), Materialistic, superficial, patterns of Humanitarian behaviour is a result of learned (conditioned/socialized) patterns of thinking.......it is not innate....

CO-existing, peaceful conditions can be created (Energically constructed) through careful choices and desireless decision making. (Self Control?)

The products (output) of our existence......war, terror, fear are the result of our perceptual methods of reception (input), our appraisal methods (Lazarus & Folkman, 1974).

Conditoned psychological cocktail patterns = hobbes, machiavelli, hegel, marx

Externalisation -

Relinquishing/giving away self control/self responsibility/power over self........product of democracy  which is a dysfunctional means of relation.....? 

Or does it encourage placing faith and trust in others.......? See Sketch 39

Thomas Hobbes - Leviathan ----> States that Human Aggression cannot be controlled individually.......... (no)
He also states that desire (wanting an outcome) motivates all human action.......(yes)

Argument: can we not learn to control our desires.....?

This also contradicts machiavelli's notion that we are in control of nature, our own progress and our future...........?

How responsible should we be with Self control?

(Also see - Seville Statement of Violence)

LINK TO SKETCH 23 social obs -- > People and Boxes..........and sketch 2 relaity construction & sketch 3 identity construction.........also link to social obs note 17.........

Also link sketch 38: survival instinct - evolution and self interest
 

Competition.......

when did it start.....?

Resources, food, survival......but why is it still happening?

Means of production have become very efficient now so that we need not compete......?

We are evolving past the notions of Machiavelli and the necessarily innovative and spirited style of conflict generating existence.
Our needs have changed, our methods and means psychologically have not......

A distinct lack in evolution psychologically......? Not enough ACCULTURATION

Because of psychological malnourishment caused by materialistic and superficial living patterns....

Perfection.....

Unbalanced rate of evolution has emerged from the pursuit of the myth that is perfection.....

Desire has been fuelled by Marxist & Hegelian ideals....causing an imbalance in societal interactions (inequitable exchange).....and is burning us to the ground........

Machiavelli also encouraged an innovative and energetic style of being..........citing war as anecessarycondition for progress
is there a lack of reflection on our methods of interaction, decision making and habitus formation ......?

at what rate should we be progressing? should it not be harmonious in method and sustainable in nature?

Motivations......

- Material profiteering......

Marxist ideals..... "Material objects moving history not ideas"......

- Clashing of opposing forces (Neccessary - Hegel).....according to hegel..... (making War necessary?)

could this have catalysed our disregard toward nature and our surroundings........?

The ideal of progress as the sole aim of politics and civilization (Machiavelli) rather than balance and harmony.

Resulting in EXTERNALISED EXISTANCE "MATERIALISTIC" n nature.... A COLLECTIVE DISTORTION.............fuelling a perceived necessity for unregulated dynamics of competition and opposition.........

Constant Outflow of energy........which is HEURISTICALLY tarnished because of the lack of inward attention (SELF RESPONSIBILITY/reflection).....

No inward flow.....

Energic Imbalance.........

Unatural state of being - we are in control of our own future, we control nature and our own progress........

This results in a poisonous cocktail being belched out of humanity collectively.........
and constructs a constant battle fought with an illusory materialistic enemy
(the projection of our unconscious selves)