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Darina Stoyanova

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What is Your BIG IDEA in just 6 WORDS?

Imagine if we could summarize our BIG ideas in 6 words and share them widely? Imagine the support, help and co-operation that can result from it! Let's spread those IDEAS even more!

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    Aug 10 2012: I read this one yesterday and it resonated with me: Design before you are asked.

    It's not six words, I know, but adding a word just to meet the rules would dilute the snippet:)
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    Aug 9 2012: choose play and peace more often
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    Aug 9 2012: ( to become a published theory) – a new physics uniting consciousness, the material world and time.
  • Aug 9 2012: The secret of life lies within
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    Aug 8 2012: Man and nature living in balance.
  • Aug 7 2012: Pain does not lead pleasure.
    Arrogance does not make wisdom.
    Terror does not make peace.
    Doubt does not make certain.
    Confusion does not make understanding.
    100 wrongs don't make 1 right.
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    Aug 7 2012: Absolutely Altaf and we can see it better here than most other places, yes?
  • Aug 7 2012: Thinking differently actually makes the difference!
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    Aug 7 2012: Power to the people - energy independence
  • Aug 7 2012: ___ ____ ____ ____ ___ ____
    how to control your life , 3 minutes
  • Aug 5 2012: There is no point in anything
  • Aug 1 2012: Using climatic cooling to cool earth. www.KlimaKooling.com
  • Jul 27 2012: Yes you can! Go, do it!!!
  • Jul 27 2012: No.
  • Jul 25 2012: Look Learn Decide Do Inspire Have
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    Jeff L 10+

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    Jul 25 2012: Try to change the world everyday.
  • Jul 25 2012: In addition Mitch that theory of Newtons "A body at rest" goes against quantum physics which says that everything wants to be in its most complex state. An Egg does not really want to be in egg form, hence when you crack it, it doesn't continue to try and keep that form. I also disagree with it, because in order for the body at rest to stay in its form it must be using energy to stay in that form. But I have another hypothesis that "All things want to be in their most complex form(chaotic) and their most simple form.(organised) " And it is transfer of energy that connects these states.
  • Jul 25 2012: Mitch,

    Thanks a lot for your insightful response, as I was never very much of a science buff, but it does interest me.
    Well, I think with this discovery of the Higgs Boson, I think my theory is having more validity don't you think? The Higgs may be that mysterious part of the energy that helps explain my theory of energy transfer. As it is considered to be the very thing that allows matter to become matter. In that case if it is proven then I believe my hypothesis to be true.
    It is also why I added in my first comment that "Physics as we know it now might drastically change in the near future."
  • Jul 24 2012: Want to live the life Happily
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    Jul 24 2012: Awareness is our greatest healer ... know!
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      Jul 24 2012: Kate, indeed! Do you have stories or examples about it that you can share?
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        Jul 24 2012: Sure, but not in six words!
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        Aug 8 2012: Too often we bl;ame others instead of taking responsibility for ourselves, and I sincerely believe nothing happens without a reason. In that every challenge or hardship that comes our way is the lesson we need right now.

        Awareness of this allows us to dig deeper to find more skilful and rational responses rather than lapsing into our old harmful reactions. Whether is be a family member or anyone who irritates us; a cancer diagnosis; or even just a fit of the blues - look at it with 'fresh' eyes, see how you can learn and grow from it. Treat it as a special opportunity for you to explore more mature responses.

        I could give some personal examples but I think people will get the drift.
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    Jul 24 2012: Big idea? In 6 words!!?? hmm - how about this?

    Topology is the engine of life.
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      Jul 24 2012: NOW we want/need/would like to know more! Will you share more about topology Mitch?
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        Jul 24 2012: Ah yes - topology defines the paths of all energy conversions.

        It is life that defies entropy. It is the topology of life that channels energy flows in ever-increasing complexity to regain what entropy would disperse.

        It is topology that enables living systems to convert energy into more living systems. From the shapes defined by DNA to the blood vesels that transport potential energy to cells to the branches of trees increasing surface area to capture more light to the very dynamic of a nervous system giving life to the metaverse - all convergence and distribution feeding off the energy made and lost through entropy, each finding new levels of reality in which to evolve.

        And yet, entropy will ultimately have its way - and it must, the halt of entropy is the halt of all. Some radiation will go to space, if it all goes to space, everything stops in thermal death, if it is captured 100% everything also stops.

        Topology is the thing that tells energy what to do. LIfe is topology.
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        Jul 28 2012: @Darina,

        Yes the simple things have the heart of elegance and beauty .. this is the dance in which we can observe and participate at teh same time.

        @Varlan,
        Yes - but Publishers are meta-things .. pioneers in new universes, building bridges and killing natives. There are perils.
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    Jeff L 10+

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    Jul 23 2012: Just say thank you and please.
  • Jul 21 2012: Love is to share your goodness
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      Jul 23 2012: Terry, yes it is and I am so grateful that we are doing so much of it here with the best of intentions & actions!
      • Jul 24 2012: Darina
        There are beautifull people in the TED community with beautifull minds and hearts. You are one of those people. I do enjoy the possitive feedback from the community and always love the input. I feel like eventually that as we communicate and share ideas and get to know one another,we will evolve into a organization that uses the ideas and answers from the community to help the world in many ways with creative solutions to complex problems. I totally agree that done with the best of intentions that we as a community can solve just about any problem out there by simply working together and being open minded and respectfull of each other even if we don't agree with what someone is saying. There is good karma here Darina
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    Jul 21 2012: IN MY VIEW:
    LETS WORK ON BECOMING CONSCIOUS
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      Jul 23 2012: Let's do that, each and every one of us and all of us too Tanka!
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        Jul 24 2012: I am doing my homework honestly in this regard :) lets hope others are doing it as well. But its a goal that can not be measured and there are no straight path towards it. So the problem is in how to seek it. Mostly people opt for meditation as a medium and tend to study several techniques and follow gurus but my personal experience tells me that such attempts can only have a short term effect. To become conscious we need to find inner peace. For some even inner peace can come naturally. We need to travel within our thoughts as a sage wanders around the world. We need to become a great observer and listener. We might have to unlearn and relearn a great deal, we must be ready for this. We have to loose a lot specially our ego, attitude and even break down our self image to really make this happen. Being said all this how many of us are really ready to walk this direction less path.
  • Jul 18 2012: Before the legal side is introduced (and it is also necessary) it is a matter of ethics and the need for a majority of the country to want to enjoy the assocaited social justice. Most countries have a small number of land owners who are monopolists and aparently they are bitterely opposed to sharing the opportunities that the ownership of their land bequithes!

    So to implement this idea the first stage is a realization of how much harm land value speculation (monopolisation) does and then to gradually introduce the new tax regime. Part of this process is the assessment of the values of all land sites and the public display of this information, so that everyone can see where the valuable land is and who should be paying the tax. There is far more to say on this subject than it first appears. Please look up Henry George who first explained LVT in his seminal book "Progress and Poverty" of 1879. It sold 3 million copies to date! Also see: http://www.progress.org
  • Jul 18 2012: 7 hours ago: Hey Varlan I am with you. And not a challenge but how do you see the energy transfer in stillness and silence? ;).

    I accept your challenge and I am happy about it. Physics as we know it now may change but for something to be still it is taking a tremendous amount of energy to be still. Try standing perfectly still for more than a minute. You will find that stillness is a transfer of energy as well as it take two opposing elements to create stillness. As for silence, you need the absence of sound, which ultimately is sound dissipating and so to dissipate sound you must need a transfer of sound energy to create that silence as well it would take energy to continue that silence.
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      Jul 21 2012: Thank You Varlan, great take on the challenge! Keep that energy flowing!
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      Jul 24 2012: Newton disagrees. But happy to see the hypothesis tested.
      • Jul 24 2012: Can you explain to me further?
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          Jul 25 2012: I appreciate your observation of the energy required for a human to stand still.
          But the observation applies only to the end result of very complex factors.
          What you are talking about is dynamic balance, not stillness.

          I appreciate that Isaac Newton's laws of thermodynamics are not proven to be absolute, and yet, much practical result has come from them.
          In this case "A body at rest wishes to remain at rest" means that any object posessing mass requires energy to be changed from a state of stillness. But you are asserting the opposite.
          Similarly, if you equate silence with the absence of sound, then, once again - sound is an expression of energy - sound requires energy, absolute silence requires nil energy.

          Can you explain the process by which you assert the opposite of accepted physical principles? I accept that without this framework, I cannot quite understand what you have said.