Polarity
Commentary
Polarity is the way of Nature.
Polarity is an inyō from 2 perspectives. Polarity may be construed as a spectrum (between poles) or as tension or oscillation between poles.
Cöherence employs 2 distinct tensions as a compositional tool: monopolarity for binding and dipolarity for flow. At the smallest and largest scales, monopolarity binds together nucleons and galaxies. In the scales in between, dipolarity facilitates the flows necessary for existence to express itself.
Atoms comprise a core of nucleons around which electrons orbit. The monopolar strong force binds atomic nuclei together. A positively charged nucleus attracts negatively charged electrons to form atoms. Electrons dance among themselves via a dipolarity with their nuclear core. The complement of atomic monopolarity and dipolarity renders the inyō which composes existence at the ambient scale.
Via distinct generative effects, electrons result in both electricity and magnetism. Electromagnetism occurs as both local field polarity and spectral polarity. Electromagnetism is the seminal field interaction which generates Nature from the atomic level on up.
Electrons congregate within and among atoms to effect chemistry, which is an ornate exercise in dipolarity.
Part of the dipolarity of chemistry is that electrons are constantly moving near light speed. This momentum creates a countercurrent inyō to electromagnetic charge, facilitating flow in electron interactivity.
Like atomic nuclei, solar systems and galaxies work via a gravitational core around which to orbit. Gravity is the formative monopolar astronomical field. The atomic level of cosmology is of planets orbiting stars, with orbits maintained by the tension of gravity. In characterizing gravity, American physicist John Wheeler famously said: “Mass grips space by telling it how to curve, space grips mass by telling it how to move.” Matter and its proximate space form an inyō.
Stars gravitationally cohere into galaxies. Galaxies orbit black holes: a massive monopolarity of nothingness. A black hole is formed by severe amalgamation of matter, whereupon gravity expresses itself beyond the limit of existence.
Biology extensively employs dipolarity. Cellular function is an inyō of dipolar tension. Cell polarity arises primarily by proteins localizing to specific areas of the cell membrane. Cytologist Pankaj Dhonukshe explained, “Cell polarity is a fundamental and universal feature in differentiation, proliferation, and morphogenesis of both unicellular and multicellular organisms. In unicellular organisms, cell polarity is used for directional growth and division, whereas in multicellular organisms, cell polarity paves the way for the remarkable transformation of a single fertilized cell into complex body forms. Cell polarity relies on the asymmetric organization of cellular components and structures. The establishment and maintenance of cell polarity involves many processes.”
Polarity is the way of mentation.
The mind relies upon polarity. Like dipolar electromagnetism, psychospace has proximal and distal mental realms acting as spatial poles. Further, the mind uses contrasts for categorization. This inner polarity is essential for memory storage and recall, which employ associative (proximal) and contrasting (distal) determinations to perform memory processes.
At the iğnorance level of consciousness, there is an abiding tension between nattermind and willmind for dominance. That stiffness is snapped by willfully vanquishing nattermind, whereupon awareness ascends, positively resolving a primal mental inyō.
Whereas desire seeks contentment, contentment opens discovery.
Desire has distinct polar facets. Desire is polar in being of both positive attraction and avoidance of negative consequences.
Desire seeks resolution in a feeling of contentment. In its process, desire narrows focal attention to that which is sought. Desire acts as a monopolar force on awareness.
By contrast, with polar tension release from desire, not seeking affords full awareness. This open mental state lets one see the world for what it is, not what might be had from it.
Whereas desire causes events, contentment furthers process.
A process is a perceived sequence of motions construed as related. An event is a process with an outcome.
Acting on a process typically hastens its conclusion, thereby creating an event. By contrast, letting a process continue affords its natural temporal flow.
We act on desire to create an outcome. Witnessing but not acting lets one observe how a dynamic plays out.
Whereas desire risks loss, contentment creates influence.
This passage most directly fits relationships.
Possessiveness and controlling behavior can crush the comity essential to a healthy relationship. Taking advantage of others is a repulsive force in relationships. Manipulators act as a dipolar tension to their associates: their positive qualities offset by their selfishness.
People like to feel that they are free to be themselves. People feel comfortable with others who accept who they are, and yet are most influenced to improve themselves by a good example set by an accepting friend. People gravitate toward those who accept them as they are. Acceptors act as a monopolar influence.
