Attractor: Stable behaviour in an eddy
You are now both standing on a bridge and watching a waterfall underneath you. Because it has rained a lot in the last days the river is wild and rapid. Where the water tumbles into the river wood, branches, plastic bottles and a lot of other civilized junk is collected.
Where the waterfall joins the river an eddy has developed and all objects are jostled up together and dragged into it. A relentless suction has formed.
To change usual behaviour because the circumstances require it, also holds chances for change that can expand options of action. To change behaviour and establish new attractors means practising a lot - training. You can never be sure if the change in behaviour will lead to success. Maybe we overlook the things that we should really be practising, to create and stabilize the desired change, while doing so.
This also goes for our organism.
You are now both standing on a bridge and watching a waterfall underneath you. Because it has rained a lot in the last days the river is wild and rapid. Where the water tumbles into the river wood, branches, plastic bottles and a lot of other civilized junk is collected.
Where the waterfall joins the river an eddy has developed and all objects are jostled up together and dragged into it. A relentless suction has formed.
The irresistable eddy water
»If we fell in that, my goodness, we would be pulled into that garbage collecting basin,« she says to him. He: »Yes, and by the way it is an attractor. In this area the behaviour of the turbulent river is very stable«.
After a while pondering: »Is not our organism made up of a number of attractors«?
He: »Actually you are right. If you take a good look at our cells for an instance and what impact of signals they are constantly put under and they still stay the same in certain limits. I mean, ephitell cells stay ephitel cells and nerve cells stay nerve cells etc - so one could say that every cell type has its own attractor«.
She :»A difficult subject these complex systems«.
Devilish attractor or harmonic family life in danger!
Usually there are four of us. We are a pretty harmonic family: Father Oscar, mother Elisabeth, brother Rudi and me. I am Lea and I am the older one. Mostly our life is calm and reasonable. There is not a lot of fighting between me and Rudi. Probably the reason is the fact that our age difference of 10 years is rather big.
Our parents have arranged themselves quite well. They support each other whenever they can. They also give each other enough space. I find their concept pretty good.
But there is one exception when everything escalates. That is once a month when mother´ s brother Fridolin comes to visit with his family. All he has to do is drive by in his freshly washed car with his politely trained children and his tarted up wife and you can already feel the tension building up.
Especially mother´ s mood drops bottom. Dad tells us to stay cool but Rudi can´ t help but pull little Rosi´s pigtails and then deny the whole thing. I just attempt to be polite but at some point I also loose my nerves.
After a while of more or less shallow small talk, Uncle Fridolin will drop the following line to my mother: "You are only jealous of my success." By this time the situation is hopelessly lost. Everyone is stuck in his stubborn position. And as always, everyone goes home after a few hours frustrated and angry about the stupidity of the other, only to repeat the whole thing again the next time.