My overview of the cycles as I have encountered them or studied as part of Systems Thinking and Permaculture.

• observations
  • a cycle is observing an aspect of reality and noting
    • the aspect seems to change
    • the aspect seems to regularly return to a similar previous configuration
  • our notion of time …

In English:

Beneath the hectic of the outside world is rest.

Beneath the chatter of everyday is silence.

Beneath the judgements of people is love.

May you find this rest, silence and love.

In Dutch:

Onder de hectiek van de buitenwereld ligt rust.

Onder het geroezemoes van alledag ligt stilte …

• oil is used
  • in powering machines for moving / transporting
    • raw materials
    • half finished products
    • finished products
    • people
  • in these environments
    • water - boat, submarine
    • land - car, shovel, tractor, truck
    • air - airplane, helicopter, drone
  • it is also used as a basis for
    • lubricants
    • solvents (in paint, as a cleaning agent)
  • characteristics
    • oil …

Let's start with some basic questions:

• What is money?
• What does it represent?
• Why is a bank note in my wallet different from a candy wrapper? They're both colored pieces of paper and yet we treat them differently.

I recently visited the abby of Val Dieu in Aubel, Belgium. The abby was founded in by Cistercian monks in the beginning of the 13th century. The Cistercian order followed the Rule of Saint Benedict as guidelines for their order. The motto Ora et Labora is associated with these guidelines …

Hello, my name is Air Flow. You may also know me as wind, breeze, storm, gale or gust. People also have called me far worse.

I am a child of the heavens and I am powered by the sun. I have two siblings: Water Flow and Lava Flow. There's a …

Contemplate on the notion that our global economy is alive and can be likened to an animal.

Key insights:

• alive:
  • requires at least a constant flow of energy to sustain itself
  • emergent behaviour from a large number of smaller elements
  • arises, persists over a period of time, fades away
  • referred …

Contemplate the following saying by Lao Tzu:

Sow a thought, reap a word;

Sow a word, reap an action;

Sow an action, reap a habit;

Sow a habit, reap a character;

Sow a character, reap a destiny.

Key insights:

• thoughts and words are predictions (mental formations about the future)
• habits …