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Cartoon of a moment of self-awareness illustrating how two complementary forces simultaneously arise in the human psyche, one, the ego (the \u201cI\u201d), being a rigid, focused form and the other, compassion, being relatively amorphous and holistic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Welcome to all fellow scientists and that includes you, regardless of your age, education, gender or religion. It even includes those of you who call yourself a \u201cScientist\u201d or a \u201cScience Teacher\/Professor\u201d. This essay is a brief journey back through delusional quagmire of the English language that has mired our minds this past three or four centuries. We are going to travel back to our ancestral beginnings to be reminded in the more compassionate state we were all born into and to periods of history when the word \u201cscience\u201d had profound, sustaining meaning in nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note to the reader<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Some of you may have experienced a sense of deja vu<\/em> reading the opening paragraph. Yes, it is the same greeting used in the essay \u201cWhat is Physics<\/a><\/strong>?\u201d.
It will probably be the same greeting used in \u201cWhat and Who is an Artist?\u201d and \u201cWhat is Philosophy?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These four essays are part of a larger series exploring the etymology of key words in the English language and the associated behavioural change over millennia.
These four essays are designed to be stand-alone as well complement the wider discussion of our use of the English language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first written of these four essays was \u201cWhat is Physics?<\/a><\/strong>\u201d
Crown English would have us believe Physics is a subset or discipline of Science and thus it is logical to explore the nature of Science prior to discussing what Physics is. This is a more ego-derived world-view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A more compassionate and subtle view understands that \u201cphysic<\/em>s\u201d is paradoxically both the ways and the study of the ways of the universe while \u201cscience\u201d<\/em> is a way of experiencing existence that enables us to develop the skills of transcending paradox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The inclusive nature of the Psychology~Physics underpinning all this linguistic analysis is perhaps best exemplified in the word \u201cphysics\u201d.
Put simply, when understood with compassion, Philosophy, Science, Physics and Art together form the common foundation of Civilization, which is the lived skill of being in harmony with the universal flows and balances that sustain Mankind.
All the essays are informed in common by the same Psychology~Physics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those familiar with this world-view from reading \u201cWhat is Physics?\u201d<\/a><\/strong> may wish to scroll directly down to the cartoon table illustrating the change in meaning of the word \u201cscience<\/em>\u201d with changing culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Excerpt: Psychology~Physics Underpinning Linguistic Analysis <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Through and Beyond the Quagmire<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This is no ordinary quagmire in Earth\u2019s crust that we are about to venture into.
This quagmire consists of the quick sand of our most shifty emotions.
It forms a maze of self-reflecting, self-deceits.
Its clammy mists trap us in paradox and ever inward-spiraling thoughts.
It would have us speak one way, have us do the opposite and be oblivious to the dissonance.
It is perhaps the most lethal quagmire humans have created in known history with the capacity to have us destroy ourselves in nuclear warfare, global pollution, mineral depletion and genetic destruction.
It is the quagmire of the human ego (the \u201cI\u201d<\/em> in each of us) gone berserk for want of compassion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So first let us enjoy a few moments of compassion in order we are better able to travel safely through this terrible quagmire of the ego to rediscover the original meaning, the truer nature of \u201cscience\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is helpful to understand the ego in our psyche is divisive, delusional and exclusive of nature, being born of and sustained by the division of our consciousness.
By comparison, compassion, the ego\u2019s complementary force, is connective and inclusive of nature. Compassion reminds us in the ways of the universe, the cosmic principles enabling all existence. With compassion, these vital principles can enable us to transcend the dictates of the ego, the limitations of thought and our paradoxical human condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps the greatest principle of physics is the Conservation of Energy Principle. Its message is simple: energy is continuous, universal transformation and is so bounteous it can usefully be called a constant i.e. it is conserved and is the ultimate re-source.
And what is the most inclusive definition of energy? Fundamentally, energy is the universal potential, all of which is active. Energy is change of any and all kind with any change informing all other change. All forms are of energy; no form is energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As with any and all other forms of energy, a human being exists as a unique, finite balance of the universal forces. And, like all sentient beings, our existence in this form involves a degree of awareness of the state of balance of our human form – both within and without.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In any such moment of self-awareness we experience will*. We become wilful.
The force of the ego (the \u201cI\u201d) arises simultaneously with its complementary force of compassion in these moments of schism or division of our consciousness. We become subject to both the delusions (wishes) of the ego and the true hopes (wishes) of compassion to some degree.
The gift of life is being able to enjoy a balance of these forces in our psyche so we can transcend our human condition and optimally enjoy harmony with the principles or ways of the universal transformation. We are moral, mortal beings, whether we like it or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n