Friday, December 21, 2012

What's there that's not there?


      Recently we have been discussing the metaphoric and social aspects of the dichotomy concerning femininity and masculinity. This does not pertain to sex but rather a recurring theme found in almost ever topic. Yin and yang, being and non-being, Self and non-Self, activity and passivity, genetics (dominant and recessive genes), and so forth. This document is intended to serve as a compendium of thoughts on that dichotomy, in whichever context suits the matter best, in hopes that the congregation of ideas will help understand the topic better!

     Examples
  • Good and bad
  • Action and non-action
  • Passivity and activity
  • Newton's Third Law
  • Self and non-Self (spiritually)
  • Yin and Yang
  • Genetics (dominant and recessive). 
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This will be an ongoing project to recount and summarize the meanings we derive from the topic at hand. I'm going to discuss each of the above topics (a work in progress as well) before getting into summarizing what they all mean as whole.

Newton's Third Law

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction

This law states that if a body exerts a force on a second body, the second body exerts a force that is equal and opposite in direction to the first force. Though it may be hard to tell, when you place a book on a table, the book exerts a force on the table. In return the table exerts a force that is equal to the weight of the book and directly against the weight of the book downward.

A legitimate question to ask is if there is always an equal for



     


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