RUNNING WITH THE WIND OR RUNNING TO CREATE IT
1.1 A kite will stay aloft because of the string we use to pull it back against the wind. The wind pulls the kite one way while we pull it the other way. As the wind blows harder we let out the string as the wind dies down we pull it back in so the kite is always balanced between opposing forces.
1.2 If we don’t let out the string, what could happen? Lots of force on the string and extra work holding the string and if the string isn’t strong enough it could break.
1.3 If we don’t pull in the sting when the wind dies down what happens? The kite falls out of the sky.
1.4 Initially it’s trial and error, how much string to let out or pull back in, but as we gain more experience, we know how to keep just the right amount of tension on the string.
1.5 Flying a kite we learn that we can create the illusion of wind, by running and pulling the kite as we go. And that is sometimes what we have to do to get the kite up in the air, create wind.
1.6 We can also run with the wind to reduce some of its power.
1.7 Balance, if the forces aren’t present to keep the relationship stable, then we can create them. If the forces are too great then we can run with them to reduce their affect.
1.8 And we are not always flying a kite. We take a break and do something else, so that the idea of flying can rest. And sometimes the idea of us needs to rest to. And that is part of balance too, resting and knowing when to rest.
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Friday, June 20, 2008
Working with the Forces that are Acting On Us
BALANCING THE RELATIONSHIPS IN OUR LIVES
1.1 Riding a bike or skating, balance is easy when we are conscious of the forces acting on us because we can use those forces to our advantage, we find the easy way to stay aligned. We can do the same when balancing aspects of our lives through time. Feel the forces acting on us and use our moods, what we feel like doing to help us get things done. In the mood for studying, then study, in the mood for exercise, then its time to go to the gym. At the same time we stay aware of our relationship with each of these ideas. And so that we know what those ideas are we can ask ourselves “Why am I doing this?” Knowing the ideas in our life and why we are doing them, we can maintain a balanced relationship with each of them.
1.2 While I was at university I loved to exercise. At the same time I had to find time to study. Sometimes when I was studying I found that I was getting tired or unable to concentrate. So I used that as an excuse to go rollerblading or running. Generally, after I had exercised I was in a better mood to study. Meanwhile I couldn’t exercise so long that I didn’t have time to study, so the two kept each other in balance. Sometimes, going out for a run or a skate, I was able to figure out problems that I couldn’t figure out while staring at a book. And when I wasn’t in the mood for either I’d chat with my roommates or play video games or go out for a beer.
1.3 When I studied, I studied and I did it for long enough that I got into a groove and did something useful, learned something. Likewise, exercising, I gave myself enough time to warm up, exercise and cool down. When I wasn’t doing one thing I was doing another and I was enjoying myself.
1.4 That was the one term I did well enough to make it to the dean’s honors list.
1.5 Feeling the forces that act on us, the moods that take us, we can work on balance across time, taking turns one at a time with each of the ideas in our lives, feeling our relationship with each one and maintaining it and then moving on to the next one, cycling through them all continuously but paying attention to each one as we are with them.
1.6 Balance is maintaining a relationship with all of the ideas in our lives while working with the forces that act on us.
1.1 Riding a bike or skating, balance is easy when we are conscious of the forces acting on us because we can use those forces to our advantage, we find the easy way to stay aligned. We can do the same when balancing aspects of our lives through time. Feel the forces acting on us and use our moods, what we feel like doing to help us get things done. In the mood for studying, then study, in the mood for exercise, then its time to go to the gym. At the same time we stay aware of our relationship with each of these ideas. And so that we know what those ideas are we can ask ourselves “Why am I doing this?” Knowing the ideas in our life and why we are doing them, we can maintain a balanced relationship with each of them.
1.2 While I was at university I loved to exercise. At the same time I had to find time to study. Sometimes when I was studying I found that I was getting tired or unable to concentrate. So I used that as an excuse to go rollerblading or running. Generally, after I had exercised I was in a better mood to study. Meanwhile I couldn’t exercise so long that I didn’t have time to study, so the two kept each other in balance. Sometimes, going out for a run or a skate, I was able to figure out problems that I couldn’t figure out while staring at a book. And when I wasn’t in the mood for either I’d chat with my roommates or play video games or go out for a beer.
1.3 When I studied, I studied and I did it for long enough that I got into a groove and did something useful, learned something. Likewise, exercising, I gave myself enough time to warm up, exercise and cool down. When I wasn’t doing one thing I was doing another and I was enjoying myself.
1.4 That was the one term I did well enough to make it to the dean’s honors list.
1.5 Feeling the forces that act on us, the moods that take us, we can work on balance across time, taking turns one at a time with each of the ideas in our lives, feeling our relationship with each one and maintaining it and then moving on to the next one, cycling through them all continuously but paying attention to each one as we are with them.
1.6 Balance is maintaining a relationship with all of the ideas in our lives while working with the forces that act on us.
The Process of Maintaining A Relationship Despite The Forces Acting On It
MAINTAINING A RELATIONSHIP DESPITE THE FORCES ACTING ON IT
1.1 When I was in the army and living in England I used to go cycling with a friend after work. We’d often cycle one behind the other so that the person in back got to rest while the person in front did the work of blocking the wind. Because my friend was training to compete in triathlon’s I stayed in the back as often as possible, purely for his benefit.
1.2 Because I was in the back it was easy to speed up without any extra effort so I had to coast or if I did start to accelerate, then stick my head up into the wind to help me slow down so that I didn’t crash into my friend. Then, once I had matched speeds again I pulled my head back down into the draft.
1.3 When we were going straight and there was no wind then I’d position myself directly behind my partner for the best draught. If there was a wind blowing from the side then I would have to shift relative to my friend. We’d still be going straight ahead, but I’d be behind and slightly to the side, so that we were both pointing in the direction we were going but angled in line with the wind. We both had to lean to the side slightly to balance the push of the wind and keep on going straight.
1.4 Going around a bend something similar happened. We’d both lean inwards but to keep the draught the rider in the back, me again, would shift his line slightly outwards. If we were going around a bend to the left, I’d shift slightly to the right to stay in my friends slipstream.
1.5 Whether we were experiencing a side wind or going around a corner we maintained our relationship by lining up with the forces that acting on us. And if we slipped out of balance then the person behind would slow down or speed up until we were back in balance.
1.6 Balance, maintaining a relationship despite the forces that are acting on it. Balance, a process of maintaining the relationships we are in by monitoring the relationship and the forces acting on it and adjusting one or the other or both so that we continue to head in the direction we want to go.
1.7 It’s not that the relationship doesn’t change, it does, sometimes a little, sometimes a lot but the important thing is that the relationship is maintained. The idea is kept alive.
1.1 When I was in the army and living in England I used to go cycling with a friend after work. We’d often cycle one behind the other so that the person in back got to rest while the person in front did the work of blocking the wind. Because my friend was training to compete in triathlon’s I stayed in the back as often as possible, purely for his benefit.
1.2 Because I was in the back it was easy to speed up without any extra effort so I had to coast or if I did start to accelerate, then stick my head up into the wind to help me slow down so that I didn’t crash into my friend. Then, once I had matched speeds again I pulled my head back down into the draft.
1.3 When we were going straight and there was no wind then I’d position myself directly behind my partner for the best draught. If there was a wind blowing from the side then I would have to shift relative to my friend. We’d still be going straight ahead, but I’d be behind and slightly to the side, so that we were both pointing in the direction we were going but angled in line with the wind. We both had to lean to the side slightly to balance the push of the wind and keep on going straight.
1.4 Going around a bend something similar happened. We’d both lean inwards but to keep the draught the rider in the back, me again, would shift his line slightly outwards. If we were going around a bend to the left, I’d shift slightly to the right to stay in my friends slipstream.
1.5 Whether we were experiencing a side wind or going around a corner we maintained our relationship by lining up with the forces that acting on us. And if we slipped out of balance then the person behind would slow down or speed up until we were back in balance.
1.6 Balance, maintaining a relationship despite the forces that are acting on it. Balance, a process of maintaining the relationships we are in by monitoring the relationship and the forces acting on it and adjusting one or the other or both so that we continue to head in the direction we want to go.
1.7 It’s not that the relationship doesn’t change, it does, sometimes a little, sometimes a lot but the important thing is that the relationship is maintained. The idea is kept alive.
Balance Is A Process (Bombs and Rockets)
BALANCE IS A PROCESS
1.1 In physics class my professor taught us that missiles and bombs and arrows all have tail fins to create drag. Without fins, the back end would have the tendency to try and overtake the front end causing the missile to turn in mid air. Because the front end blocks the wind as the missile travels through the air the back end experiences less friction. With fins at the back end of the missile, friction is created which helps to slow the back end down enough that it stays behind the front end.
1.2 Imagine making a rocket. On our first attempt we don’t add fins and during the launch, it tips over at some point. So we add fins to the back end because we realize we have to slow the back end down. But then we find the fins slow it down too much because we made them too big. So we make them smaller. Now the rocket can achieve escape orbit and launch our satellite into space. (oops, sorry, did I forget to mention the payload?)
1.3 When we attempted our first launch the rocket tipped over. We could say it wasn’t balanced. Why? Because the back end didn’t line up with the front end. When we launched the second rocket the back end did line up with the front end but we didn’t achieve orbital altitude before our fuel ran out. So we had balance in one aspect but we needed to refine it. Finally, third attempt, success. Balanced, the front aligned with the back and we did what we wanted to, we got the thing into space.
1.4 Balance is maintaining a relationship, by adjusting the forces that affect that relationship and it is adjusting the relationship to minimize the unwanted affects of those forces. With the rocket balance was not eliminating drag, it was reducing drag just enough by making the fins small enough that they helped orient the rocket without slowing it down.
1.1 In physics class my professor taught us that missiles and bombs and arrows all have tail fins to create drag. Without fins, the back end would have the tendency to try and overtake the front end causing the missile to turn in mid air. Because the front end blocks the wind as the missile travels through the air the back end experiences less friction. With fins at the back end of the missile, friction is created which helps to slow the back end down enough that it stays behind the front end.
1.2 Imagine making a rocket. On our first attempt we don’t add fins and during the launch, it tips over at some point. So we add fins to the back end because we realize we have to slow the back end down. But then we find the fins slow it down too much because we made them too big. So we make them smaller. Now the rocket can achieve escape orbit and launch our satellite into space. (oops, sorry, did I forget to mention the payload?)
1.3 When we attempted our first launch the rocket tipped over. We could say it wasn’t balanced. Why? Because the back end didn’t line up with the front end. When we launched the second rocket the back end did line up with the front end but we didn’t achieve orbital altitude before our fuel ran out. So we had balance in one aspect but we needed to refine it. Finally, third attempt, success. Balanced, the front aligned with the back and we did what we wanted to, we got the thing into space.
1.4 Balance is maintaining a relationship, by adjusting the forces that affect that relationship and it is adjusting the relationship to minimize the unwanted affects of those forces. With the rocket balance was not eliminating drag, it was reducing drag just enough by making the fins small enough that they helped orient the rocket without slowing it down.
Balance
1 BALANCE
1.1 What is balance? It is maintaining the relationships we are in despite the forces acting on us. With respect to the earth that means aligning ourselves with gravity so that we can continue to stand (or sit, or do what it is that we are doing.)
1.2 Feeling where our center is by using our connection with the earth, we can tell if we are aligned with gravity. If we feel our center directly over our feet we know that we are aligned with gravity, and if not then we can use our legs to move our center so that it is. Aligning ourselves with gravity we balance. We maintain our relationship with the earth.
1.3 How do we know where our center is? By feeling the way our feet press into the ground. If we are standing on both feet and if we feel that one foot is pressing down more because of gravity, then our center is more over that foot. Feeling where our center is we can then we can use our legs to move it so that it is where we want it to be.
1.4 We can do the same whether we are standing on our hands or on our feet or sitting on our sitting bones. Feeling where our center is, we can shift it so that our weight is more centered or so that it is moving in the direction we want to move.
1.5 Riding a motorbike we can feel if we are balanced by feeling the way our sitting bones press down into the seat. When both our sitting bones press into the seat evenly we are aligned with the bike and together we are aligned with the forces acting on us. If we go around a corner then that action creates additional forces, but it we feel the way our sitting bones press down we can then align ourself and the bike with the combined force of gravity and turning. We maintain our relationship with the bike, the earth and the corner we are going around.
1.6 If we want to create more room for the bike to the inside of the corner (so we have room to lean more and turn more if we need to), we can push the bike outwards and lean ourselves inwards. As we do so we’ll feel the sitting bone to the inside press down while the sitting bone to the outside of the turn will lift up. Even though we then are out of balance with the bike, because we share a center with the bike, the bike and ourselves as a whole stay balanced. Out shared center of gravity lines up with our connection with the earth and the forces acting on us. Then as we come out of the turn we can align ourselves with the bike again, simply by repositioning ourselves so that both sitting bones are pressing down again.
1.7 Feeling the forces that act on a relationship we can maintain the relationship or change it the way we want to.
1.1 What is balance? It is maintaining the relationships we are in despite the forces acting on us. With respect to the earth that means aligning ourselves with gravity so that we can continue to stand (or sit, or do what it is that we are doing.)
1.2 Feeling where our center is by using our connection with the earth, we can tell if we are aligned with gravity. If we feel our center directly over our feet we know that we are aligned with gravity, and if not then we can use our legs to move our center so that it is. Aligning ourselves with gravity we balance. We maintain our relationship with the earth.
1.3 How do we know where our center is? By feeling the way our feet press into the ground. If we are standing on both feet and if we feel that one foot is pressing down more because of gravity, then our center is more over that foot. Feeling where our center is we can then we can use our legs to move it so that it is where we want it to be.
1.4 We can do the same whether we are standing on our hands or on our feet or sitting on our sitting bones. Feeling where our center is, we can shift it so that our weight is more centered or so that it is moving in the direction we want to move.
1.5 Riding a motorbike we can feel if we are balanced by feeling the way our sitting bones press down into the seat. When both our sitting bones press into the seat evenly we are aligned with the bike and together we are aligned with the forces acting on us. If we go around a corner then that action creates additional forces, but it we feel the way our sitting bones press down we can then align ourself and the bike with the combined force of gravity and turning. We maintain our relationship with the bike, the earth and the corner we are going around.
1.6 If we want to create more room for the bike to the inside of the corner (so we have room to lean more and turn more if we need to), we can push the bike outwards and lean ourselves inwards. As we do so we’ll feel the sitting bone to the inside press down while the sitting bone to the outside of the turn will lift up. Even though we then are out of balance with the bike, because we share a center with the bike, the bike and ourselves as a whole stay balanced. Out shared center of gravity lines up with our connection with the earth and the forces acting on us. Then as we come out of the turn we can align ourselves with the bike again, simply by repositioning ourselves so that both sitting bones are pressing down again.
1.7 Feeling the forces that act on a relationship we can maintain the relationship or change it the way we want to.
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