i don't actually know, but i feel myself a part of a vast and intricately interwoven living system. one which i interact with and which interacts with me. as it seems that every part represents the whole, i would assume that i, myself, am also a living system. another vast and intricately interwoven cooperative creation. and as i feel the trees and the mountain leaning in to smile with me, so much gratitude rises within me for this amazing being which we are.
biophysics and oriental medicine:
this is a little tough, because i'm still having a hard time figuring out exactly what biophysics is, except for various parts of a variety of disciplines. is there an overriding theme? wikipedia says biophysics investigates biological systems. chinese medicine is obviously also involved in investigating and interacting with biological systems. and chinese medicine is also a synthesis of various disciplines - nutrition, qi gong, tui na, acupuncture, herbal medicine, personal and lifestyle counseling. in chinese medicine the tiniest acupuncture point can both represent, and when activated, transform, the entire being. maybe this is something biophysics in interested in also, with their investigations into dna and cell functions. chinese medicine gets the whole picture, the overriding oneness. and it also likes to break things down into parts - the yin and the yang, and the five elements forming all that is, the many different kinds of qi and substances. in this way there may be a similarity with biophysics, or where biophysics may be going. with such a nebulous definition, maybe biophysics is still defining itself and open to potential influences from chinese medicine and other holistic models of our world.
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