In addition to restricting the quantity of resonance, I think that our society greatly restricts the modes of resonance. I was recently listening to one of Vervaeke’s podcasts and they were talking about some of the different ways we traditionally used language based on context (family vs. sacred vs. trade) and how as society developed and trade language came to dominate, we have come to use trade language for familial and sacred settings as well as trade. This restriction of modes of resonance limits our capacity to optimize various resonant spaces. It’s like we’re trying to play Beethoven’s 9th symphony but everyone’s playing French horns. For that matter, language itself is only one way that we can resonate with ourselves and our environment. As a meditator and psyychonaut, I’m sure you would agree. But western capitalist culture has little time for such things outside of their potential ability to increase ‘productive’ resonances within a very defined space (mindfulness can increase focus and lower your blood pressure which creates more productive and less costly labor). The medicalization of psychedelics is another fine example. Allow LSD to resonate, but only along very specific wavelengths. Bowing a metal plate is cool, but put the bow to a violin and you can really open up the resonant potentials!
This reminded me of the General Resonance Theory of consciousness. Resonance is definitely happening at multiple scales in our universe. Great analysis
I'm so pleased to see another edition come out. I've started reading TechnoFeudalism and Yanis talks a lot about dualism underlying all of nature (and society). Harmonic resonance sounds like another form of it - a relationship that can't exist without the other, that contributes to our collective consciousness. Thank you.
Oshan, I'm so glad you wrote this. I'm introduced to Hartmund Rosa work recently and so glad you are drawing the bridge between these two. I'm also beginning to act to create and discern more resonance in my environment here in Vietnam. From a personal development perspective, this is a good book too https://www.amazon.com/Resonate-Zen-Way-Making-Difference/dp/164663134X
In addition to restricting the quantity of resonance, I think that our society greatly restricts the modes of resonance. I was recently listening to one of Vervaeke’s podcasts and they were talking about some of the different ways we traditionally used language based on context (family vs. sacred vs. trade) and how as society developed and trade language came to dominate, we have come to use trade language for familial and sacred settings as well as trade. This restriction of modes of resonance limits our capacity to optimize various resonant spaces. It’s like we’re trying to play Beethoven’s 9th symphony but everyone’s playing French horns. For that matter, language itself is only one way that we can resonate with ourselves and our environment. As a meditator and psyychonaut, I’m sure you would agree. But western capitalist culture has little time for such things outside of their potential ability to increase ‘productive’ resonances within a very defined space (mindfulness can increase focus and lower your blood pressure which creates more productive and less costly labor). The medicalization of psychedelics is another fine example. Allow LSD to resonate, but only along very specific wavelengths. Bowing a metal plate is cool, but put the bow to a violin and you can really open up the resonant potentials!
This reminded me of the General Resonance Theory of consciousness. Resonance is definitely happening at multiple scales in our universe. Great analysis
I'm so pleased to see another edition come out. I've started reading TechnoFeudalism and Yanis talks a lot about dualism underlying all of nature (and society). Harmonic resonance sounds like another form of it - a relationship that can't exist without the other, that contributes to our collective consciousness. Thank you.
Oshan, I'm so glad you wrote this. I'm introduced to Hartmund Rosa work recently and so glad you are drawing the bridge between these two. I'm also beginning to act to create and discern more resonance in my environment here in Vietnam. From a personal development perspective, this is a good book too https://www.amazon.com/Resonate-Zen-Way-Making-Difference/dp/164663134X
Oshan, your thinking is ALWAYS so next level -- and every word worth reading. Thanks so much for putting it out for public consumption.