break the pattern today, or the loop will repeat tomorrow
remain faithful to your own genius and everything will workout in your favor. live in the doubt, and the doubt will consume you.
i am the sum of all preceding ones, experiencing a threshold called goo.
before a caterpillar becomes a butterfly, it melts into its chrysalis of goo. it must sit as the sum of all of its parts as it becomes the being it is meant to be.
the same is true for us.
what is a chariot? asked nagasena of king milinda.
is it the wheel? the door? is it the horses that pull it, or the seat in which the charioteer sits? or is a chariot simply the name we give to something indescribable without it?
who are we? i ask of you.
are we the heart? the brain? our toes, lips, or nose?
we are the sum of all of our parts, and our name is what is used to encompass that into a simpler understanding. without a name, we are consciousness materialized into existence.
as we get closer to what it is we are becoming, we must sit with the sum of all of our parts. we must sit in the threshold of darkness and light until we understand what it is we are: changing into something else entirely.
did you know that when you run, and your back leg flicks up, it creates the fibonacci spiral? the mathematical equation of life. the golden ration of ~1.618 acts as a profound metaphor for evolution and growth.
one to one is nothing. one to two is minuscule. when two becomes three, we begin to doubt whether any progress has been made to begin with. is it worth continuing doing what we are doing?
it is only when eight becomes thirteen that we begin to see a larger jump in momentum, which stemmed from a bunny hop — from one to two.
consistent action leads to growth within this golden ratio.
thirteen eventually becomes twenty-one. it is at this point in our cycle that we must choose whether to continue forward or remain content with the growth we have accomplished thus far.
when thirty-four becomes fifty-five, others begin to notice. the growth is undeniable. the only question is whether or not to continue growing.
when fifty-five turns into eighty-nine, the choice is no longer ours. we will continue on an upward spiral so long as the consistency remains the same. there is no question that eighty-nine will become one-hundred and forty-four. it is only a matter of when.
it is the same equation. the only difference is that our numbers became larger through consistent action; they begin to grow on their own.
the chances of going from one to three-hundred and seventy-seven seem impossible.
until you realize that you are not going from one to three-hundred and seventy-seven. you are simply multiplying two-hundred and fifty-six.
precise, incremental movement. the steady, consistent climb. this is more valuable than jumping from the cliff’s edge and hoping a parachute you didn’t attach will prevent you from hitting the bottom.
in between these numbers is a threshold.
thresholds have held my attention since reading thus spoke zarathustra by fredrich nietzsche.
what is a threshold? it is the in-between. you are not who you were, but you are not what you are becoming.
you are not the caterpillar or the butterfly. you are goo.
the threshold does not give certainty. the threshold is silent. it is you alone with your thoughts, and what your thoughts say will depend on what consistent action you have taken.
there is a saying that the first time you get caught drunk driving is not the first time you’ve done it. it’s simply the first time you were caught.
small incremental choices, repetition.
we may not be able to predict with one-hundred percent certainty where they will lead us, but we can visualize the potential outcome from the very first time we take that action.
evidence is based on what comes before. the before can be used to predict the after.
“man’s obedience to his own genius is the ultimate definition of faith…as long as a man remains faithful to himself, everything works to his advantage: government, society, even the sun, the moon, and the stars.” — albert camus
here is today’s prompt:
what is a habit you do daily? is it leading to incremental growth? or are you slowly destroying yourself?