Re: The Meaning of Holism LO1832

Jim Michmerhuizen (jamzen@world.std.com)
Wed, 28 Jun 1995 10:11:17 +0059 (EDT)

Replying to LO1790 --

Once again, something Barry wrote strikes a spark:

> It is my belief that we humans have three centers: emotional, spiritual
> and physical. At best, our biological life is a chance to maintain
> harmony and balance between the centers. In balance, these centers
> produce a kind of "vibration"--not in the traditional, physical
> sense--which, like ripples from a pebble thrown into a still body of
> water, move outward from the center, echo off other objects, and flow
> back.

I've sometimes had similar images come to mind when I'm trying to
understand human interaction. But "vibration" carries such a burden of
occult wisdom and such twaddle that I work like the devil himself to be
absolutely clear what I'm thinking about. Are we talking here about how
the currents of rumor and opinion, for example, can oscillate around a
mean in response to some disturbing event? Or singly, about how a
disturbance in my relation with a fellow employee -- sharp words, or
perhaps only sharp thoughts communicated in a gesture or a tone of voice
-- can propagate "outward" in our subsequent relations with other people,
over a period of hours or days? And how these can then generate their own
"backwash" waves, visiting me in areas and at times that seem completely
unrelated to their origin?

Is this the sort of thing you're referring to?

P.S. I don't think you are wacky.

--
Regards
     Jim Michmerhuizen
     jamzen@world.std.com
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