Every place is a point of departure. In a multidimensional world, you can theoretically leave any place in any direction, but the place you leave determines the possible vector of the first step. As Chaos theorists know, initial conditions determine what happens next.
You’re probably thinking of taking a step away from some place at this moment, and you believe that step can be in any direction. You’re probably also thinking that it isn’t place that determines the direction of your life because you are so much more than a physical presence. You believe you can go in any direction you choose mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.
No “next step,” regardless of its nature, occurs without reference to “this place,” the point of departure for your “next step.” Looking forward with a desire to change a life does entail a look around and also a look back. So, let’s say you want to make a life change of some kind, like moving to a different place. Or, let’s say you want to kick an addiction or change a job.
Do you believe that you make decisions on the bases of “mental, emotional, and spiritual” considerations? Do you think place plays any role in your decision-making? Is it possible that you are largely reliant on everything that place has imparted to you, including sensations? Research now connects the limbic system to prediction. Somehow a group of neurons can suggest what to expect when you take that next step away from your current location. Reason alone, though it appears to be a powerful tool for survival, might not play the role you think it does when you take that step. The limbic system of your brain, relying on all those sensations you garnered from place, influences your expectations from conditions it already recorded along the path of your life. Place and prediction: Points of departure for your continued journey.
You’re probably thinking of taking a step away from some place at this moment, and you believe that step can be in any direction. You’re probably also thinking that it isn’t place that determines the direction of your life because you are so much more than a physical presence. You believe you can go in any direction you choose mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.
No “next step,” regardless of its nature, occurs without reference to “this place,” the point of departure for your “next step.” Looking forward with a desire to change a life does entail a look around and also a look back. So, let’s say you want to make a life change of some kind, like moving to a different place. Or, let’s say you want to kick an addiction or change a job.
Do you believe that you make decisions on the bases of “mental, emotional, and spiritual” considerations? Do you think place plays any role in your decision-making? Is it possible that you are largely reliant on everything that place has imparted to you, including sensations? Research now connects the limbic system to prediction. Somehow a group of neurons can suggest what to expect when you take that next step away from your current location. Reason alone, though it appears to be a powerful tool for survival, might not play the role you think it does when you take that step. The limbic system of your brain, relying on all those sensations you garnered from place, influences your expectations from conditions it already recorded along the path of your life. Place and prediction: Points of departure for your continued journey.
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