Existence changes—matter changes—reality changes—all the time. Observation causes change. The observed thing is never the same as the unobserved thing, even if the only different is that it is being observed. (The inscrutability of that which is unobserved is pretty darn frustrating and suggests a very mysterious universe.) We only understand observed reality, insofar as understanding is a form of classification. We observe the classifiable and we classify the observed. The act of classifying changes the thing observed. Our consciousness transforms.
Witness the classification of everyday objects: THE ECCENTRE LIMITED
Soma, in Greek and Latin, is the body of an organism.
Soma, in Sanskrit, is the Hindu Moon God. It is also a juice of immortality or an intoxicant used as offering to the gods in Vedic ritual, worshiped in personified form as a Vedic god. Moon Juice, Moon God.
Do things decay more slowly if they are unwatched? Does observation lead to entropy? Or can observation care for and preserve things? Do things wait until we’re not looking to grow? I have seen plants grow over longer periods of time but I have not witnessed the specific moment of movement that constitutes growth. Is this failure to see more of a misunderstanding of time on my part? Have I not seen? What would change if I just sat and stared for hours and hours and hours?
In other news, The Haklvrs will be performing at Kitchen Sink Variety Show, at the Rendezvous, in Seattle’s Belltown Neighborhood, on the evening of the 25th of October. The show begins at 7:30 pm. This will be Mangus Haklvr’s folk music debut. Please come to support this eccentric troubadour.