Humans conquered the earth and gained security, but lost happiness!

 5: 25: 70, Law of Balance

Do you feel like you can't live your life with one attitude? I think one attitude is possible. It's the 5:25:70 law of balance. This law exists in the things that people pay attention to. We remember Starbucks as a dark green color, but only 5% of a Starbucks store is green.

The most harmonious ratio of colors in any space, design, or photo or video is 5:25:70. This is the ratio between the main color, secondary color, and background color. This is roughly how life was for us humans in the caveman era: about 70% of the day was spent sleeping, eating, or resting, about 20% of the day (about 5 hours) was spent running to hunt and gather, and about an hour or so of that was spent running at full speed or strength to catch animals or gather fruits in hard-to-reach places. This may be the law of life for the human species.

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Human weaknesses

The human brain seems to have three main weaknesses: the ability to respond to gradual and continuous environmental change, the ability to manage excessive energy, and the ability to simplify complex information. Many of the problems we face in the modern world and the obstacles that make it difficult for us to live a happy life seem to be fundamentally due to these weaknesses.

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D4 Mutant Gene=Exploratory Pursuit Gene

The hormone responsible for making us feel alive and seeking novelty is dopamine. But about 40,000 years ago, a mutation in the D4 gene occurred in our bodies that made our bodies less sensitive to this dopamine hormone. This paradoxically made us more stimulating. So Homo sapiens left the continent of Africa, spread out into cold Europe, and spread around the world. We also created civilizations, developed science, and are now poised to expand into space.

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The repercussions of conquering the planet, gaining security and losing happiness!

In every phenomenon, for every action, there is a corresponding reaction. What is the reaction that accompanies the action of humanity conquering the world with the help of the D4 mutant gene?

Global warming, air pollution, environmental degradation, and contaminated food probably come to mind, but there's another important reaction that we don't often recognize. It's stress.

While cavemen, on average, lived a life of strong but short-lived stress when hunting and so on, as civilization has progressed and societies have become more and more secure, modern societies have become more and more common in which weak but long-lived stress is the norm. This is evidenced by the increasingly prevalent use of words like bullying, long labor hours, misogyny, and gender conflict. The powerful but short-lived stress of confrontation with animals or threatening nature has shifted to the weak but long-lasting stress of human-to-human interaction. But while our bodies are well-equipped with evolutionary systems to deal effectively with strong but short-lived stress, we don't have evolutionary systems to deal effectively with weak but long-lived stress. So our species gained safety and lost happiness.

How can we reclaim our happiness?

The 5: 25: 70 rule of balance I like to think of 5:25:70 as a "rule of life" that allows us as a species to be happy. In design, it seems to me that dominant, secondary, and background colors can be replaced by "immersion," which is when you're at your most focused on something; "preparation," which is the studying, training, analyzing, etc. that's required to make that immersion possible; and "routine," which is sleeping, eating, and relaxing, each of which should be allocated roughly 5:25:70. In a day's life, try to have approximately 1 hour: 6 hours: 17 hours of 'immersion', 'preparation' and 'routine'. It seems to me that we need to recognize that if we have one week of 'immersion' and 'preparation' (30%), then we need to have 2-3 weeks of 'routine' (=1 week x 70%/30%). Sounds too far-fetched? Yes, I think so too... from a current perspective... And within that time of 'immersion', there needs to be as much time for festivities as possible. Smartphones are eating away at our desire for festivity. What is a festival? Festivals are a bridge between work, play, and love for the sake of happiness, which is achieved by balancing work, play, and love. The balance between work, play, and love leads to happiness. When work is positive, it leads to fulfillment, but when it is negative, it leads to dominance. In the same way, play can lead to enjoyment or addiction, and love can lead to stability and stagnation. The process of a festival: even sharing of energy (food) --> music and dance --> uplifting (excitement, disappearing boundaries, opening up) --> oneness (reconciliation, restoration of life energy) --> return to daily life. Play (enjoyment) = noticeable stress relief = frequent cleanup Festivities=stress relieving function that is not relieved by play=mindful cleaning of dirt stuck in nooks and crannies Why do we go through life seeing and accepting our current pattern of life as normal? Play (enjoyment) = noticeable stress relief = frequent cleanup Festivities=stress relieving function that is not Why do we go through life seeing and accepting our current pattern of life as normal?

Cardiologist recommends 'mindfulness' and my opinion on it

[Dr. Ham's Mind PT] Cardiologist recommends 'controlling your mind'

# Modern life is hard on the heart. Unlike people in the pastoral era who were relaxed and leisurely, people in the high-speed information age live with all kinds of stress, including tension, anxiety, fear, and anger, 24 hours a day.

When looking at the top 10 causes of death in Korea, heart disease ranks second after cancer. <See chart> If you add cerebrovascular disease (4th), Alzheimer's disease (7th), and hypertension (10th), cardiovascular-related diseases account for half of the deaths.

Eam Taekyoung : Almost all diseases, except for traumatic diseases, are directly or indirectly linked to poor blood circulation. Cancer is no exception. Poor circulation is caused by poor posture and breathing.

In fact, the mind and the heart are inextricably linked. The heart is the first organ that can physically feel the state of mind.

When you feel strong emotions like joy, anger, or fear, your heart beats faster. When fear strikes, the heart is shocked with a "thud". On the other hand, during milder emotions, such as crushes and excitement, the heart is racing and pounding. It slows down when you're relaxed and slows down even more when you go to sleep.

This is all part of the autonomic nervous system, which is difficult to control. In particular, peace of mind is directly related to the health of the heart. No matter how strong your will is or how mature your character is, if your heart is weak or beating uncontrollably, it is difficult to find peace of mind. A healthy heart leads to a healthy mind.

Eam Taekyoung : The expression "the heart is an autonomic nervous system that is difficult to control with human will" seems to be half right and half wrong. This is because it is difficult to control directly and consciously, but it can be controlled indirectly and through habitual training.    

What do cardiologists think about the causal relationship between the mind and the heart?

# Dr. Michael Roizen, a professor at the State University of New York Medical Center who was named "America's Top Doctor" for nine consecutive years in the 1990s, explains in his medical bestseller, You: The Owner's Manual.

✔ High levels of negativity are bad for your heart and can add nine years to your life expectancy.

✔ People with depression are four times more likely to have a heart attack than those without.

✔ In the 30 days after September 11, 2001, heart attacks tripled in Washington, New York, Chicago, Missouri, Kansas, and Alabama.

  Dr. Park Sung-wook (67), who is considered an authority on angina treatment and coronary stenting in Korea, said.

"The hypothesis that the state of mind or stress directly affects the heart has not yet been clearly established medically, but it is true that the sympathetic nervous system of modern people is very hyperactive, which puts a strain on the heart, and there are many cases of this in real life."

There are cases of normal people suddenly having a heart attack due to extreme stress, such as the death of a spouse or loss of a job, and there are also many patients with stress cardiomyopathy (takotsubo cardiomyopathy) who show symptoms of acute myocardial infarction even though they have no cardiovascular abnormalities.

Eam Taekyoung : Why is the sympathetic nervous system of modern people so hyperactive? We are living in a modern society that is rapidly transitioning to a sedentary society with a body that has evolved for running-centered activities. More specifically, our hunched posture is causing our chest space to become compressed and slowly shrink, which in turn reduces our total daily breathing capacity. Overall, the decrease in total respiratory volume and the decrease in the time between stiffness and relaxation of the muscles on the left and right sides of the body centered on the spine are the main causes of poor blood circulation.  

In addition, there are cases where people who complain of having a fast heartbeat even though they do not have cardiovascular disease are referred to psychiatry, and vice versa.

Eam Taekyoung : Metals generally have a yield strength and a tensile strength. Yield strength refers to the external force that starts to change the length or shape when the given external force disappears, and tensile strength refers to the external force that starts to break the metal. In the modern world, we tend to live our lives in a hunched posture and under constant low-intensity stress. As a result, our physical and psychological yield and tensile strengths are getting lower and lower. Even a small amount of excessive physical and mental disturbance in our daily lives can easily cause us to reach our yield or tensile strength. 

The biggest concern is an acute myocardial infarction due to atherosclerosis, which can be fatal. It's worth noting that about half of these patients don't have any major cardiovascular problems. Suddenly, they're under a lot of stress and are at risk for atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, and sudden death.

# The things that help the heart and blood vessels are known to be lifestyle habits that control smoking, diabetes, and obesity, and dietary habits that avoid bad cholesterol. Dr. Park also recommends "walking in the fresh air and sweaty aerobic exercise."

Eam Taekyoung : Quitting smoking and eating habits are important, but even more important is posture. Maintaining a posture that is more than a straight face in daily life naturally leads to deep breathing, which increases the total amount of breathing per day and reduces fatigue substances that occur in daily life. It also reduces the scope of capillaries, which is a sign of poor circulation.   

A normal human pulse ranges from 60 to 100 (usually 60 to 80) in one minute. The slower the pulse rate, the stronger the heart. It indicates a high volume of blood being pushed through the arteries at once. Some basketball or marathon runners have pulse rates in the 40s per minute.

With a slower pulse rate, the heart is working less. Aerobic exercise is the best way to slow your heart rate and build stronger heart muscle than any medication or food.

Eam Taekyoung : The heart is designed to beat in synchronization with the speed of your steps. When you walk or run, your steps per minute and your heart rate (cadence) are about the same. In the case of a marathon, the average steps per minute and heart rate per minute are both around 150. Both of these values get smaller and smaller as the speed of travel decreases. This means that when your body is running, your cardiovascular system is beating at roughly the same frequency as the number of repetitions of the load on your legs. 

This, in turn, means that the left and right muscles and the cardiovascular system are optimized to tense and relax in equal cycles. Therefore, the healthier an individual is, the more likely they are to have a complete cycle of tension and relaxation in their left and right lumbar muscles, which is the same cycle as the number of steps they take. This means that the more time you spend in a posture, such as sitting in a slouched position with both the left and right lumbar muscles tense, the worse your health may be. 

Therefore, modern people should try to walk as slowly as possible for the sake of their heart health. 

Dr. Park has a philosophy of 'emptying the mind' - the more empty the better. On weekends, he and his wife go mountain climbing, sweating and enjoying the scenery. He asks himself if it's not meditation when you control your breathing and walk cautiously and without any distractions on a rugged mountain trail. He visits mountains, national parks, and small islands off the southern coast of Halliday Island whenever he can.

  The second way he clears his mind is through giving. When he makes a donation or volunteers his medical skills, he feels relaxed.

"I don't particularly care about the afterlife, but I plan to live and die as I normally do, and I won't leave much to my children, but I will use what I can and donate the rest," Dr. Park said.

Eam Taekyoung : The philosophy of emptiness, mountain climbing, scenic viewing, walking, meditation, giving, and going with the flow. The word that runs through these all is breathing. Deep breathing.

Dr. Park, who joined Asan Medical Center as a professor of cardiology when it opened in 1989 and is still practicing on the front lines, served as the president of Asan Medical Center (2011-2016) and is now the president of Asan Medical Center (2021-). What is his secret?

"I do my best to do my job, but I try to forget the bad thoughts that arise while working as much as possible. Rather than trying to force them out or suppress them, I try to put them on the back burner and let them fade away as I engage in exercise or other good things."

#HamYoungJoon #Michael #Roizen #ParkSungWook  #heart #disease #mind

Can a broken spine be repaired?

[Youngjun Ham's mind PT] How Fixed the Broken Spine Without Surgery(chosun.com)

# If you were hit by a car traveling at 90 kilometers per hour and suffered a fractured vertebrae, would you believe that you healed naturally through meditation without the help of modern medicine?

It actually happened, and she wrote about it, became a best-selling author, and an educator and entrepreneur sharing her natural healing methods with the public.

Joe Dispenza (1962-) was 23 years old in 1986 when he was riding his bike in a triathlon and was hit by an SUV and thrown to the pavement. Multiple spinal compression fractures. Six vertebrae were broken and twisted, and if she didn't have surgery within three days, she would be paralyzed for life. The surgery involves placing a 20- to 50-centimeter-long steel rod (Harrington rod) in her spine, and even if she heals, she will have a hard time living a normal life.

After much deliberation, he decided against the doctors' suggestion and decided to take matters into his own hands. In fact, Dr. Dispenza was already running a clinic in Southern California as a chiropractic specialist who uses spinal manipulation to heal without drugs.

A form of sports medicine, chiropractic is a manual treatment of abnormalities in the nervous, muscular, and skeletal systems, based on the premise that all disease stems from compression of the spinal nerves due to vertebral misalignment. In other words, Dispenser was an expert when it came to his back. What's more, he had been practicing martial arts and yoga for a long time.

Eam Taekyoung : Chiropractic believes that all diseases stem from pressure on the spinal nerves due to vertebral deviation. I believe that posture, stress, and food are the roots of all diseases, including cancer, except those caused by viruses. I also believe that almost all degenerative diseases, such as lung disease, cardiovascular disease, brain disease, and neurological disease, are caused by long-term accumulation of forward head protrusion and V-shape footed walking. 

He was a firm believer in the body's natural ability to recover. The ability of the body to heal itself is the philosophy of chiropractic and the theoretical foundation of holistic practitioners.

The power that created the body heals the body." He was discharged from the hospital and began his rehabilitation in a bright room at a friend's house.

At first, he ate little raw food. This was so that much of the energy used for digestion could be better used for wound healing.

I meditated and self-hypnotized for an hour three times a day, morning, noon, and night. In my mind's eye, I pictured each vertebra in my spine and envisioned a perfect spine. He also practiced reiki, a common practice in Eastern medicine. She would place the hands of visiting relatives on her wounds to channel their unconscious energy.

Finally, I applied physical stimulation to the wound to replenish the calcium in the broken bones. An inclined table was placed next to the bed, and he carefully rolled over, constantly stimulating his spine.

After six weeks, I started swimming, feeling my body recovering quickly. At first, I floated on top of the water while lying on a chaise longue, wearing thick clothes that immobilized my body. Later, he learned to float in the water and then stand, and later he was able to swim with his whole body.

By week 8, he was able to crawl on bare ground and progressed to walking, sitting, and bathing on his own. By week 12, he was able to lift dumbbells and finally walked for an hour on his own, no longer needing therapy.

# The key here is his meditation and self-hypnosis. He spent three hours a day visualizing his bones fusing and healing in his head. This is the kind of "mental rehearsal" that athletes often do. It takes a lot of mental focus and energy. Eventually, he overcame his illness and became a "meditation evangelist".

Eam Taekyoung : I think the above spinal imagery, mental rehearsal, or mental vision can be explained more scientifically as 'neurosensory perception' and 'attentional concentration effect'. 

Postural Science: Perceiving body specificity through neurosensory isokinetic tornado flight

His book, [You Are the Placebo] became a New York Times bestseller and has been translated into Korean. He travels the U.S. and around the world giving lectures, courses, and testimonials of people who have been healed of mental and physical illnesses by him. His $2,299 retreats sell out in a matter of days.

While he has many supporters, critics call him a "pseudoscientist who sells meditation as a cure-all," and the mainstream U.S. media hasn't taken him seriously.

# But when you take a closer look at his theories, they don't seem too far-fetched.

Perhaps the reason he is criticized is that he claims many of the theories already published in neuroscience, brain science, epigenetics, and quantum physics as if they were his own scientific theories, and sometimes he seems to make money by "cosplaying" as a spiritual guru.

In any case, the idea that we can create a new life by changing our minds and brains with our own consciousness, beyond our genes and environment, is hopeful in today's complex world.

In the end, his story is in line with the old saying, "If you have an intellect, you have a heart. It also reminds me of the saying that the "Iron Lady," former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), lived by since she was a child.

"Thoughts become words, words become actions, actions become habits, habits become character, and character becomes destiny."

Relationship between Step count, Arm shape, and NFSM

Natural Foot Steps per Minute (NFSM) is the number of steps per minute that you walk naturally without bending your elbow. It's a simple pendulum, like a wall clock or a Viking ride.

This number depends on the length from the center of your palm to your shoulder joint. A first-grade child with an average arm length of about 0.4 meters would have an NFSM of 95, while an adult with an arm length of about 0.55 meters would have an NFSM of about 81.

When the number of steps taken is greater than the NFSM, the elbow begins to bend as the arm moves forward, and the faster you walk, the more the elbow bends.

When you run, your elbows are typically bent at about 90 degrees or less, and the faster you run, the smaller the angle.

When walking slower than the NFSM, the elbow does not bend, but a rotational component is added to the linear motion of the hand. The slower you walk, the greater the rotational component.

Diaphragm and Posture

* The anteroposterior distance (L) of the diaphragm decreases as the angle of posterior tilt of the thoracic spine relative to the lumbar spine increases.

* The shorter the anteroposterior distance (L) of the diaphragm, the greater the upward and downward travel of the diaphragm during breathing, which can increase the volume of thoracic breathing.

* A posterior tilt of the thoracic spine, similar to that of a runner, activates thoracic inspiration by lifting the ribs upward and then downward.

* Moving the thoracic spine backward relative to the lumbar spine reduces the abdominal space, somewhat restricting abdominal breathing.   

Arm Strokes and Posture

1. Principles of Pendulum Oscillation 

  - The time it takes for a pendulum to travel one cycle is only affected by the distance(L_p) between the origin and the pendulum. The weight of the pendulum has no effect.

  - The maximum stroke speed of the pendulum (V_c) is determined by the maximum height of the pendulum motion (h_max).

2. Arm motion

  - The total length of the arm and the angle at which the elbow is bent determine the natural duration of the arm's one-cycle pendulum motion. This can be altered by intentionally applying force to the arm muscles. 

  - The maximum height of the arm as it retracts determines the maximum speed of the arm's stroke.

  - When running, the distance(L_p) between the origin and the pendulum is reduced by bending the elbows a lot to shorten the one-cycle oscillation time.

3. Postural deformity involving the arm strokes

  - Differences in the force applied to the muscles of the two arms, the maximum retraction height (h_max), and the elbow bend angle cause differences in the left and right stroke distance of the arms.

  - Persistent and excessive differences in these forces, heights, and (or) angles are manifested as a tilt of the shoulder line and a difference in left/right arm stroke distances .

What Is a Full Recovery Workout?

 

When I go for a walk, I often see people dressed up in workout clothes and running. However, there are aspects of their workouts that seem to me to make their bodies worse as much as they make them healthier.   

A surprising number of people run while looking at the ground, or with an unbalanced left/right foot or arm stroke. 

I believe that people need to change their definitions of labor, exercise, and rest in order to not leave their happiness to fate. 

* Definition of work: any activity that keeps the thoracic space constricted or can cause it to constrict in the long term.

* Exercise: activities that maintain an expanded chest space or contribute to a long-term expansion of the chest space.

* Definition of rest: activities that maintain or contribute to a state of relaxed muscular and emotional tension.

Runners who run with their eyes on the ground, or who run with an unbalanced left/right foot or arm stroke, are clearly getting a workout, but the workout is not contributing fully and positively to their body and mind. Running in this posture qualifies as an activity that is both exercise and labor, based on my redefinition of exercise and labor. It's certainly better than not exercising at all, but the long-term negative effects are likely to be significant.

In order to be fully restorative, you need to pay attention to your running form so that it doesn't include any active aspect that could reduce your chest space or constrict it in the long run.

The need for postural awareness training

Is aging a disease?

The International Health Organization (WHO) has included aging as a preventable and treatable disease in its 2018 International Classification of Diseases-11 (ICD-11) statistical classification of diseases, giving it a disease code. 

Aging is not a disease. Aging is a swamp that begins at birth. If you don't flounder in the swamp, you slowly sink, so you just extend the time that you have a life. If you keep your arms and legs open when you're in the swamp, you'll go down slowly.

To live longer in the swamp of aging, we need to reduce our sluggishness in the areas of posture, stress, and food. Secondarily, we can consider taking anti-aging drugs. 

However, we unintentionally determine the length of our lives primarily through slouching, eating too much food, and exposing ourselves to low-intensity but persistent stress. Slouching puts pressure on the respiratory and cardiovascular systems, excessive food intake makes the entire body system lazy, and stress makes the body overly rigid.

Aging is not a disease that can be cured, but a swamp whose end can be controlled. No one can escape it, so there's nothing to fear.

The need for postural awareness training

People are generally unaware of their postural deformity until it reaches a serious state. They find it difficult to objectively observe their relatively mild postural deformities. People are also generally unaware of the effects of postural deformities on their bodies and minds. 

It usually develops slowly, almost imperceptibly, and gains momentum in the second half of life. From there, they become more and more aggressive, so It's as if you know or as if you don't know. But after all, you don't know.

To avoid this fate, postural awareness training is essential. Knowing which parts of your body you can detect the difference in feeling when you're upright, slouching forward, leaning to the side, walking with your back muscles disengaged, and so on, allows you to take preventive and restorative measures. However, there is virtually no information out there about this.

I can't say for sure when that time will come, but sooner or later (?) I will definitely educate the public. 

If you can distinguish the sensations caused by your posture, it will be relatively easy to detect the changes that food causes in your body and the changes that stress causes in your body and mind. So, I think we need posture awareness education first. It is an education on how to take control of your own physical and mental health, how to take control of your own happiness instead of leaving it to fate.

Perceiving body specificity through neurosensory isokinetic tornado flight

Overview

When a specific body part is in an abnormal state (blood circulation, muscle stiffness/relaxation/damage, etc.), neurosensory sensations are perceived differently in the brain. By perceiving your own individual body parts with your eyes closed, you can identify the specificity of neurosensory perception of parts that are in abnormal states in the short and long term.

In this method, you first close your eyes and imagine a virtual body that exists in the same size and position as your real body. Then, your visual focus flies inside your body in an isokinetic spiral path. During this process, areas of the body that are in an abnormal physical state will experience neurosensory resistance to the movement of this visual focus, which is detected by the brain. The areas where this neural resistance is perceived are judged to be in an abnormal state in terms of blood circulation, muscle stiffness/relaxation/damage, etc.  

This neural resistance can detect not only when the body is in an abnormal state in the short term, but also the activity of neural structures with different degrees of development according to the principle of neuroplasticity in the long term. Repeated efforts to penetrate the visual focus into the abnormal part of the body where the resistance is occurring can also trigger a healing effect by creating an attentional focusing effect, which to some extent improves blood circulation and increases neural activity.

Specificity Detection Procedure

1. while sitting or standing upright, close my eyes and visualize an imaginary body of the same shape as the real one, with my consciousness envisioning my entire body in the same position where it actually exists. 

2. the imaginary visual focus flies at a constant rotational speed from the bottom to the top inside the body conjured from above.

3. During this process, you may encounter areas of resistance where you feel the visual focus slowing down or bouncing back. This is the area where the nerve cells are in an abnormal state due to muscle contraction or poor circulation, which is what we are looking for. Muscle contraction means that the muscle cannot relax and remains tense.

4. While continuing to try to bring your visual focus to the area of resistance, deliberately contract/relax the muscles around this area in small increments. Change your posture slightly. At some point, the resistance will weaken or disappear and you will be able to regain your airspeed (this is similar to what happens when a big social issue breaks out and the media focuses attention on it, resulting in a significant improvement). 

5. Continue flying to the next area while maintaining the attitude that caused the drag to disappear. 

6. repeat steps 4 and 5 above to fly to the crown of the head, eliminating subsequent areas of resistance. Most people will feel their spine extend at some point during this process.

7. Afterward, open your eyes and look at the position you are in. If you've followed the instructions above, you should find that your head is at a gaze angle of about 40 degrees or more. 

8. You can judge the degree of poor posture in that area by the strength of the resistance you felt during the above process.

Healing Activity Procedure

1. while sitting or standing upright, close your eyes and visualize an imaginary body of the same shape as the real one in the same location as the specific body part where resistance was perceived above in your consciousness. 

2. If the imaginary visual focus attempts to fly at a constant speed of rotation from the bottom to the top inside the specific body part imagined above, resistance is again perceived. As you continue your visualization of this area, deliberately contract/relax the muscles around this area in small increments. Change your posture slightly. At some point, the resistance will weaken or disappear, and you will be able to regain airspeed (this is similar to what happens when a big social issue breaks out and the media focuses attention on it, resulting in a significant improvement). 

3. Take a break.

4. repeat steps 1-3 a few times (If the body is in a very bad condition, it may take several months (several times a day) of practicing the above steps 1-3 to have a meaningful effect)).

6 Principles of Organismal Evolution

Organisms, or living things, have three general features that distinguish them from non-living things: independent self-replication, independent energy conversion, and independent homeostasis. A cultural organism must have the ability to multiply its members independently, produce and consume goods independently, and protect the cultural organism and its members independently. 

1. The Principle of Optimal Efficiency (Principle of Survival)

For animals moving on the ground, the direction of evolution to higher life was to minimize the moment (force to rotate around a point) generated by the body during energy-acquisition activities. The direction was toward full UPRIGHTNESS. This can be described as the pursuit of optimal efficiency in energy acquisition/consumption. Flying and swimming animals continue to optimize for streamlining to minimize the resistance of the fluid. Note that "pursuit" here does not mean pursuit as a direct act of will. When we look back at the results of the interaction of natural selection and rare leaps (mutations), we observe trends that can be interpreted as "pursuit".

2. The Principle of Instability (Principle of Birth)

Instability is the driving force behind the evolution of life and social organisms (organizations, companies, nations, etc.). Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Ilya Prigozhin said: "Irreversibility leads to instability, instability gives rise to self-organization, and self-organization gives birth to life." By the same principle, desire (irreversibility) leads to chaos (instability), chaos (instability) leads to the will to change (self-organization), and the will to change (self-organization) leads to new societies (life). The deepening of instability also means the growth of positive potential to conceive new life or a new society within the negativity.

3. The Principle of Aging (Principle of imbalance)

The deepening speed of 'excess of energy accumulation' and 'energy distribution imbalance' is the speed of aging of individual life or individual social organisms.

Harvard University biologist Bernd Heinrich says, “Eating excess calories means growing faster, maturing faster, and thus shortening one's lifespan.” It is the driving force that triggers instability.

4. The principle of Imitation (Principle of learning)

The physical and social structures of human society have evolved to more precisely mimic the human body and mind (brain), and will continue to do so in the future!

In Winthrop Kellogg's experiments, the only thing his son did better than a young chimpanzee was imitation. Human babies born immature survive better than other animal babies born more mature through imitative learning.

5. The Principle of Metacognition (The Principle of Hope)

All living things walk their own path to optimal efficiency. However, the path can be classified into two paths. The first path is to comply with the ‘will’ of selfish genes (blueprints) to survive and reproduce. The second path is to overcome this genetic will through metacognition. Metacognition can be broadly divided into cognitive expansion of one's scope and deepening of understanding of one's reality.

Who am I? I am, through the interaction between the automatic control mode of the egocentric 'brainstem (life-sustaining activity) & limbic system (emotion)' and the thought control mode (thinking) of the neocortex based on reflective power, a being who controls my body and mind. I recognize and analyze 'the outside and me' through mainly experiences and partially speculations, and based on this, I can change my control program large or small.

My current control program is the result of the interaction between 'experiences & specualtions from the past to the present' and 'past control programs which are continuous but momentarily different'. The control program is programmed according to the 'Neuroplasticity principle' in which nerves related to body parts that are used frequently develop more and nerves related to body parts that are used less often degenerate.

'The principle of metacognition' is that even the remotest possibilities sometimes come true when hoped for. It is a path that goes against the second law of thermodynamics.​ Shakyamuni (estimated 560 BC ~ 480 BC), who understood the reality of the quantum mechanical universe through thinking alone, and Socrates (died February 15, 399 BC), who said, “Know thyself!” Speech can be seen as the formal starting point of metacognition and social evolution.

As an organism, humans are weak in resisting the inertia caused by the principle of optimal efficiency, which is the pressure exerted by selfish genes. Therefore, the majority tend to live a life of an irresistible fateful path toward a faster 'death' by being faithful to the principles of aging.

The evolution of life and society has always been achieved through natural selection and mutation (leap). Therefore, there is the possibility of mutating into a new species through the action of the ‘principle of instability’, which is determined by the extent and speed at which the principles of metacognition are accepted. At the point before the mutation occurred, mutations that occurred later were always completely impractical. The current Earth society cannot be imagined from the time eukaryotes appeared about 2 billion years ago. The beginning and end of metacognition are human posture, breathing, desires, and fears.

6. The principle of Connection (principle of social organism)

Culture is a variety of pursuits that occur in organic associations at a speed that genetic evolution cannot capture. Genetic evolution occurs through natural selection and mutation. Various pursuits occur in directions believed to conform to the desire to improve survival and reproductive capacity. Just as a sonic boom occurs when an object moves faster than the speed of sound, culture is a pursuit that goes beyond the speed of genetic evolution.

In particular, humanity has expanded the scope of connectivity in proportion to the development of transportation and communication methods. The invention of the steam locomotive became the starting point for humans to be liberated from physical labor, and the spread of smartphones is the starting point for humanity to move toward a sedentary society. As transportation and communication develop, the scope of 'social us' in human society has expanded and connectivity has deepened. It will continue to be so! We are moving towards a global organic society.

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