Concerned About The Butterfly Effect

Question: By living, you will hurt things unnecessarily. How can I live happily knowing that?

Answer: You are completely right. Since we live in a fully integrated and fully interdependent living system, where the so called “butterfly effect” works in full force, we inevitably cause damage by every move or even thought, since we have no idea how the system works, how the intricate interconnections, cause and effect processes operate.

Of course we cannot live happily with this knowledge that we are causing damage somewhere in the system with anything we do. On the other hand if we already sense this destructive property in us, at least we have a strong incentive to start learning the system through the right, purposeful, practical method.

Then we can map, and unveil the overall plan of development, we can understand all the cause and effect processes including our own unique “cogwheel role” within the system. And then we will be able to consciously adapt into the system so from the blind bull that keeps breaking everything in the china shop we become careful, benevolent partner and guardian of the whole system.


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