C.S. Holling described four characteristics phases for the dynamic of ecological systems :
• growth (r) : readily available ressource, accumulation of structure, the resilience is high,
•accumulation/conservation (K) : net growth slows, the system becomes increasingly interconnected, less flexible, and more vulnerable to external disturbances,
•following disturbance, the next (Ω) phase releases resources and the structure collapses,
•accumulation/conservation (K) : net growth slows, the system becomes increasingly interconnected, less flexible, and more vulnerable to external disturbances,
•following disturbance, the next (Ω) phase releases resources and the structure collapses,
•reorganization (α) phase, leading to a new growth phase (r) similar or different to the previous one.
(from Walker & al., 2006)
These four phases are similar to the periods of time, or kalpas, that describe the four stages in the cycle of formation, continuance, decline, and disintegration of the planets and systems in buddhist cosmology.
These four phases are similar to the periods of time, or kalpas, that describe the four stages in the cycle of formation, continuance, decline, and disintegration of the planets and systems in buddhist cosmology.
They also describe "the transience of all phenomena" : everything change continuously until its destruction, life and death are the two phases all living beings must pass through. As a consequence each of us shall not forget the Latin phrase "memento mori".
This promise of death at our personnal level contains also the potential for inner transformation and freedom.
Our lifetime is an accumulation of moments, our body is a symbiotic cooperation of cells.
Each moment of our lives knows life and death, each cell of our body knows momentary life and death.
Each birth and death at a micro level is necessary for the continuation of life at a greater level.
As William Blake reminds us, if we assume them, each moment of our life contains unlimited potentialities.
From moment to moment, it is our inner state of life that determines the overall course of our lives.
This promise of death at our personnal level contains also the potential for inner transformation and freedom.
Our lifetime is an accumulation of moments, our body is a symbiotic cooperation of cells.
Each moment of our lives knows life and death, each cell of our body knows momentary life and death.
Each birth and death at a micro level is necessary for the continuation of life at a greater level.
As William Blake reminds us, if we assume them, each moment of our life contains unlimited potentialities.
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.From moment to moment, it is our inner state of life that determines the overall course of our lives.
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