"Wholeness" and "life" are words Chris Alexander uses for The Timeless Quality. Body envelope violations an extreme example of its absence.
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@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing I love the image of ∫χdt , but I’m not quite sure what it means. I suppose cuz I’m not sure what chi is. -
@Meaningness@sarahdoingthing I was free-associating. I'm not sure what it means either! -
@Meaningness@sarahdoingthing Chi is a very complicated (and at least partly incoherent) concept! The original root meaning is 'breath'. -
@Meaningness@sarahdoingthing Partly mistranslated as 'energy' it was responsible for a lot of 70s nonsense. -
@Meaningness@sarahdoingthing But it's also essential in many martial arts, and in that context refers to something objectively real. -
@Meaningness@sarahdoingthing Te is traditionally translated as 'virtue', but a better translation is 'integrity'. Or 'antifragility'. -
@Meaningness@sarahdoingthing To bring this down a few steps on the abstraction ladder, consider "one-point" http://www.bodymindandmodem.com/Basics/one.html -
@Meaningness@sarahdoingthing Also cool ki (chi) tricks http://www.bodymindandmodem.com/CoolKi/CoolKi.html … have done, can confirm real
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. Banned in Sweden. SubGenius, Zhuangist, white-hat troll. Defrocked mathematician. Brain problems.