Posted in reply to the post by hales:
Mykil pointed out that I pressed the "wrong" button, so here is what I sent to him:
> Hey, everyone,
> I really wanted to revisit the "bubble theory" whatever that is.. I
> think I made it up, but I'm not sure..
>
> yet, here you (Mykil), are asking, are not all boundaries made up?? if
> you have a bubble, what have you got, an inside and an outside,
> separated by a membrane, a molecule or so thick, of water with a tiny
> amount of surfactant.. (soap or some-such..).. the boundary consists of
> hardly anything, but it's created by the dynamic tension of what is
> inside and what is not.. it's really a side effect of various forces,
> but coincidentally, it exhibits amazing properties of buoyancy,
> resilience, refraction and even.. beauty! When two bubbles meet, they
> generally pop, fuse or merge. A buncha small bubbles could make a foam,
> a froth or a lather.. but no one has to exert any real thought for a
> bubble to exist. Likewise, do we really consciously create our
> boundaries, generally? I think in general, (being more serious here.. ),
> it's often a learned response. I guess, when as a kid, you lose that
> magic openness, at the same time you learn to create boundaries. Would
> you agree, it's really a loss, as well as a gain. (Defining what is inside
> and what is "outside" one's own personal reality..me/other, mine/yours,
> etc.. )
>
> Now that I think of it, the human body is little than a big bubble, full
> of smaller bubbles, full of even smaller bubbles.. ie: membranes mostly
> full of fluids; organs, cells, etc.
>
> To me a bubble is a good metaphor for the realities that we create for
> ourselves, using our (god-given?) imaginations, our belief systems and
> our programming. When two or more "bubbles", or personal realities
> collide, then there are any number or possible consequences.
>
> So, I repeat, "you can be in my bubble, if I can be in yours".. : )
> and, if you don't like my bubble, please don't pop it, just let it waft on
> by, on the breezes of happenstance, or whatever.. ; )
>
> Scott.