Orbital Relationships

In the 17th century, Sir Isaac Newton made profound advances in Mathematics and Physics that paved the way for modern science, which led to the style of life that we know today. He was deemed a prodigy from early in his life, and when he was only in his 20's, he conceived the entire branch of mathematics that we know of today as Calculus. His work in Physics led to the system that we know today as Classical Mechanics.

Many physicists and scientists to follow Newton used his work and theories as the basis for their studies. In the 19th century, there were discoveries and explorations in chemistry and physics that paved the way for the industrial revolution and the nuclear age. In the beginning of these undertakings, scientists used the basis of Newton's Laws in Physics and his studies in Gravitation to establish theories of the movement and behavior of atoms and electrons. However, there were several inconsistencies which were observed when these laws were applied to the behavior of the atom. These abnormalities led scientists to the following general observations.

The world of the Macrocosm has as one of its bases the law of gravity. This phenomenon, and the orbits of planets, etc. are based on the size of the bodies involved, the distance between them, the velocity with which they orbit, and a universal gravitational constant. If one wants to change the position of one of the bodies, all that is needed to be done is to move the body, increase/decrease its size, or increase/decrease the velocity at which it moves. Basically, within certain limits, one can use (theoretically) any distance for an orbit.

One of the main differences that was found for the Laws of the Microcosm is that not all values are allowed for the distances of electrons in an atom the way that the distances of orbits of planets, etc. are allowed. Electrons only fit into specific orbital distances, which are quantized. Hence, Quantum Mechanics: only specific quantities are allowed.

Within the structure of matter, the foundation of which is the atom, one of the basic determining factors is the outer shell of electrons, or the "spaces" within the outer shell of the atom. Essentially, each atom has a characteristic outer shell, with a certain and specific configuration. Further, each atom (except the Noble Gases) is constantly seeking to find another atom or atoms with a complementary configuration with which it can bond. It is in these ionic and molecular bonds that we see all the matter around us, as well as the compounds and substances that we as a species construct. Each and every atom seems to have as its "purpose in life" a mission of finding its complement, fulfilling its outer shell(s), and becoming of a similar configuration as that of a Noble Gas.

What if: we as human beings have an "outer shell" of psychology? What if: we are seeking relationships with others who can complement our psychology? What if: our search through life is one of the seeking of a complementary psychologies, in order to fill the voids in our own psychology? What if: the true meaning of relationship is that we need each other in a structure that we call community.

 

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