Gravity has a powerful influence not only on the inanimate matter; in biological systems, it governs growth and balance. For this reason, gait (the degree of side-to-side movement during walking) is a reliable indicator of a mental decline in elderly people. But gravity also creates the pressure that slows the biological clock: the body ages faster in free space. Changes in gravity also regulate our mood, which is present in infancy. Children the world over enjoy swings and rocking in a cradle. Even adults enjoy rocking chairs, free falls during parachuting, and bungee jumping. Rollercoasters simulate gravity by an upward vertical motion, giving a feeling of heaviness. At the top, there is a sudden transition from a contracted feeling to weightlessness, the sense of expansion.
Emotions also imitate gravity. Relationships are analog to the hold of gravity. Our attachments, i.e., temporal or emotional gravity, generate an emotional rollercoaster, which intimately regulates our mood, the degree of mental comfort. As gravity constricts the body, emotional gravity is a feeling of tightness. Throughout history and all cultures, the transitions from emotional gravity (tension) to emotional release (feeling of spaciousness) have been recognized as pleasurable. It is no accident that we simulate this transition in so many ways. Even crying in difficulty or after a tragedy is such a process. Children’s stories from ancient times depict this transition from the emotional tension to release. The hero suffers and, the greater his suffering is, the more enjoyable his glorification afterward. Adventure, horror, cliffhangers, and suspense operate on the same principle. We suffer through every averse predicament and emotional tension, and the payoff at the end gives us emotional release. This is also the secret to the success of the twenty-four-hour news channels.
Therefore the environment intimately regulates our mood by controlling emotional gravity. Lack of temporal gravity is formed by low-entropy conditions (order, beauty), producing the feeling of satisfaction, happiness, well-being, relaxation, and excitement of the new. Interest and the body position are open, trusting. The excited dog smelling around or enclosed monkeys are willing to pull a lever to take a peek at the outside world: the new. The child curiously moves forward in a unique situation with excitement (this represents the original energy) or pulls back in worry or fear (meaning temporal gravity, the need for safety).
Although the new is an elementary need, overwhelming and fast-paced information such as flickering light, strongly delineated patterns, or repeating mechanical noises provoke stress. In addition, the temporal tightness of emotional gravity constricts the mind, forming emotions such as anger, negligence, fear, paranoia, running, freezing, and adherence to the past. Even the language describes fear and guilt as demanding and heavy. This is why meditation is a powerful practice for those who experience stress, including most people. If you feel stressed, you should serve yourself beauty and joy. Even taking a deep breath should expand a constricted soul and mind.
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This is amazing. The gravity is the balance that keeps the sky from drifting off into space. The pulling force of the vaccum of outer space is balanced precisely for the need for life to survive for every force has an equal and opposite reaction. The molecules between the earth and the limits of the sky are constantly balanced depending on how the gravity is used by us.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your interpretation, you probably refer to the atmosphere when you talk about sky. Without an atmosphere, all life would die off, and the sky would lose its blue color and would turn black.
DeleteYes, this is a wonderful article. Point is made. Good job.
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