Memory and Magic

Perception is not always reliable. In TCM terminology, Jun Huo--君火 's quality if clarity. Withour clarity the best and most rigorous logarithms are futile. Perception is not always just visual. The discussion is too narrowly focused on visual input.

to live is to know

I would agree with to live is to know as a perspective on our own lives. But, since we can not possibly get into the "minds" of other organisms we can not presume that they undergo cognition. Maybe we can put them under a microscope or petri dish and hypothesize about their cognition, but that does not prove the issue. I believe there may be different modes of understanding different types of living organisms.

Impressions of the other links

These are helpful links for further study and information.

Mitosis and Meiosis

Growth and reproduction on the cellular level. Both involves the ceasing of the one. The Yi Jing describes all of this pictorial processes in yin and yang coding.

Cell biology and TCM

Cellular biology is the microscopic mechanisms of the motions of life on the cellular level. From TCM's point of view it is the Xiang “象” of the dance between Yin and Yang.

Gallery picture

They are wonderful and beautiful. I can hang them on my wall and they would be great to look at all day long.

Diversity of species

Obviously, living in a farely urban environment reduces significantly the degree of diversity seen in my immediate surroundings. Firstly, the vegetation is controlled and manipulated by "gardeners" and the insect kingdom is kept at bay with various insecticidal methods. This reminds me of the book "the world without us", it shows how the earth, our yard, our house, our cities would revert back to diversity if we were gone.