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44. 2nd Day
Which came first? Chicken or the egg? Neither. One cannot be without the other.
Memory cannot exist without experience; nor can matter without idea. Nor can matter without its nature.
How do we say water is ice? Each molecule must occupy a precise distance of 2.72 angstroms held in place by a hydrogen bond. When melted it allows molecules freedom to move about. Turbulence is created when the single hydrogen electron with the single-mindedness of a stud bull jumps from oxygen to oxygen atom. Matter (as in the case of different states of water) has more to do with abstract relationships. It is how matter expresses itself at its elementary level. In its hearkening to material nature it demonstrates a ‘virtual’ conscience. An idea.
For the same reason a piece of magnet is conscious of iron filings in its vicinity. Place a piece of iron in the presence of oxygen. The result is rust, created evidently by a relationship. Thus when we speak of matter it is not the form but abstract relationships that we need to look for.
In lexicon of human understanding love is, as good as such abstract relationships would indicate. In our case we give it a conscious direction. That is all.
Tailpiece: One-night stand is as much behavior of matter as in the constancy shown by a wolf for its partner.