“Entropy is a fundamental scientific concept that measures the level of disorder, randomness, or uncertainty within a system. Most famously defined by the Second Law of Thermodynamics, it dictates that the total entropy of an isolated system can never decrease over time; it will naturally progress toward a state of maximum disorder or equilibrium.”
Non-duality book omitted today:
Recently our grandkids visited us to share about their first days of K and 3rd grade. Two children, two dogs and a cat! A bit of joyful chaos. Back in 1960, my first week of college, freshmen came 10 days early to get to know each other and discuss assigned summer reading. One of the books was a mix of science and philosophy, focused on entropy. It made a deep impression on me, that has stayed with me through the years.
Entropy theory made sense then, as defined above. But as decades have passed, my view has changed. Everything that moves toward disorder eventually moves back into a new order.
Photo by Mike Forster Rothbart
I tend to look at world change with trepidation. I want control. Then my fear becomes part of the energy of change. I can see now how much I have tried to hold on to things, frightened of the chaos. But there is only the illusion of chaos, uncomfortable because change scares us. The decaying old will always give way to the new. I submit that everything eventually returns to order, only to dissolve again, the essential stability within the instability. My meditation leads me to this radiant center! We all live in that center!
What is the new world we wish to co-create? The past weeks I’ve been working a lot with Aaron, Yeshua and Mary, preparing for the fall workshop series. Our world seems to be falling apart! It’s terrifying! Yet I know the world we long for is here, within the chaos. How do we best support that new world? With vision for what we hope to co-create, and with love! And with knowing, it is possible!
Dead leaves in the background and a new flower on my squash.