A question of ability!
Transformation, Evolution, Formation of a Self are gruelling processes and long, we as a mankind have mastered various social and collective aspects of it by creating globally wide social, economic, political and cultural setups. It has served us well in improving our collective and individual survival ability. But is it all to this whole world and idea of existence. What of dreams, passions, desires, ones that always have been elusive, impossible and notoriously difficult to achieve. This current view of world is far from complete, it can be rather quite one dimensional at times given the context of your personal time and space (which themselves are expanding massively). Now taking an examination into this process of development of civilisation, we are developing many new complex perspectives and narratives. The process of change is always the same in the essence and of continuous motion, however our ability is not, which we seem to have no control over, its rather stuck, difficult to master, at times its accidental (by luck or circumstance), at others unexplained. Now how to improve own something which we don’t know much about the “Ability”.
One thing we continuously get blamed for, judged for by others and worst when we judge our own selves. As a result we continuously hand over the control to wrong beliefs (religious and moral); systems (political, economic); and persons (Saddams, Trumps, Gaddafis, Blairs). Is the process of quantifying our ability is even possible, can we understand it like we have come to understand so many other things. Does it require a change in perspective, some new modern methods, advanced mathematics, behavioural analysis, psychological studies. The truth is may be not, the answer perhaps lies in application of what we already know and the willingness to improve when the chance comes up.
However understanding and improving it with scientific method of both observation and calculation, we will develop the skill to use it and pass on to the next generation.
The parallel words for ability in Sciences can be physical and chemical properties, the nature of matter, laws of physics, processes of chemical and biological nature, as diverse they are, as endlessly possible they are in scale and scope, same is true for our ability, if only we are willing to look at our vast histories of evolution, the planet, the scientific method etc. It’s a matter of applying what we know best, what we have come to learn, to be creative, to be bold, be experimental, to break some rules and challenge convention. True progress has not had been possible without the courage, discipline and willingness to do so.
Definitions of ability(from web): possession of the means or skill to do something; talent, skill, or proficiency in a particular area; power or capacity to do or act physically, mentally, legally, morally, financially, etc.competence in an activity or occupation because of one’s skill, training, or other qualification
Ability is the most important property of living beings to continuously ensure survival, improvement etc. But still at times we find our personal and collective views stuck on the understanding of ability and its Nature. At times its so frustratingly static and at others impossible. With both the Circumstance and Ability going against us, we hope for magic and our dreams fall apart.
But then there are moments when we are unlimited, everything is possible, there are light bulb moments, there is excitement, our dreams just look down the road. Then it goes away. Is it our imagination only or actually scientific data of some kind. In fact human emotion tends to oscillate between these two states quite often. Its not as elusive as it was 100 years ago anymore.
Next: Sometimes its not a matter of ability but “Circumstance”!
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