中國有句古語說:

“智者順時成儒，逆時成佛，晚年成道。”

"The wise become Confucian in good times, Buddhist in bad times and Daoist in old age." 

— Old age has its advantages —

At first, I was Confused and looked for rules

Unhappy with their processes and outputs I turned to the study of Buddhism

Then — as I grew older — 道 became more relevant

— All in One, One for All —

Chaos & Order

Χάος & Τάξη

Chaos is Weak yet Strong

Order is Strong yet Weak

Discordia & Harmonia

Discordianism is centred on the idea that both order and disorder are illusions imposed on the universe by the human nervous system, and that neither of these illusions of apparent order and disorder is any more accurate or objectively true than the other.

In Discordian mythology, Ανέρις • Aneris is described as the sister of Ἔρις • Éris from ἔρις (éris, “strife”) the Greek goddess of strife and discord. Her Roman equivalent is Discordia.

Whereas Eris/Discordia is the goddess of disorder and being,

Aneris/Harmonia is the goddess of order and non-being.

“Never deny the power of a small group of committed individuals to change the world.

Indeed that is the only thing that ever has.“

— Margaret Mead 

Butterfly Effect

道可道，非常道

Doable & Absurd

可行與荒謬

Synonyms & Antonyms of doable

capable of being done or carried out

Synonyms for doable

achievable, attainable, feasible, possible, practicable, realizable, viable, workable

Related to doable

practical, reasonable, sensible

contingent, likely, probable

acceptable, believable, conceivable, creditable, plausible, thinkable

actionable, available, usable (also useable)

Near Antonyms for doable

impractical, unrealistic

doubtful, dubious, far-fetched, improbable, unlikely

implausible, inconceivable, incredible, unbelievable

futile, useless, vain

absurd, fantastic (also fantastical), outlandish, preposterous, ridiculous

unthinkable

Antonyms for doable

hopeless, impossible, impracticable, infeasible, nonviable, unattainable, undoable, unfeasible, unrealizable, unviable, unworkable

Turbulent processes like weather, waterfalls, irregular heartbeats and even brain waves — actually — have a hidden and highly-ordered structure, which is a reversal of Isaac Newton's long-accepted vision of a clockwork universe unfolding with perfect precision. Chaos theory explores that revolutionary approach that is learning how to analyze, and derive benefit from, a universe of chaos.

Chaos theory can be described as the awareness of surprises.

It deals with systems that are non-linear and unpredictable and let expect the unexpected. Most scientific domains deal with predictable models, such as gravity, chemical reactions and electricity. Chaos theory deals with models that are entirely impossible to predict or control, such as turbulence, weather, and the stock market. These phenomena are often described by fractal mathematics, which captures the infinite complexity of nature. Many natural objects exhibit fractal properties, including landscapes, clouds, trees, organs, rivers, etc.; many of the systems in which we live exhibit complex, chaotic behaviour.

There are a number of theories that are a sub constituent of chaos theory itself. 

The most predominant and most famous of these is the Butterfly Effect.

This effect grants the power to cause a hurricane in China to a butterfly flapping its wings in New Mexico. The transition from the flap of a wing to a massive storm might take a long time, but the connection is real. If the butterfly had not flapped its wings at just the right point in space/time, the hurricane would not have happened. 

A more philosophical approach to this problem would be taking the standpoint that the smallest actions we perform have a drastic impact on our lives in the long run.

The next branch of chaos theory is Unpredictability.

It is a well-established fact that it is almost impossible to gather and know all the initial conditions of a complex system in sufficient detail, meaning that there is no hope to predict the ultimate result a complex system will produce. Even the slightest errors in measuring the state of a system will be amplified dramatically, rendering any prediction useless. Since it is impossible to measure the effects of all the butterflies and other such input disturbances in the world, accurate long-range weather prediction will always remain impossible.

The third idea is Mixing & Feedback.

Mixing or Turbulence ensures that two adjacent points in a complex system will eventually end up in very different positions after some amount of time has elapsed. An example of this would be two neighbouring water molecules, which may end up in different parts of the ocean or even in different oceans. Or a group of helium balloons that launch together will eventually land in drastically different places. When considering feedback, it is good to understand that systems often become chaotic when there is feedback present. An example that illustrates this behaviour is that of the stock market. As the value of a stock rises or falls, people are more inclined to buy or sell the stock impacted. This, in turn, further affects the price of the stock, causing it to rise or fall more chaotically.

Finally, there are Fractals.

A fractal is a never-ending pattern. Fractals are infinitely complex patterns that are self-similar across different scales. They are created by repeating a simple process over and over in an ongoing feedback loop. Driven by recursion, fractals are images of dynamic systems — the pictures of chaos. Geometrically, they exist between our familiar dimensions. Fractal patterns are extremely familiar, since nature is full of them, including elements of trees, rivers, coastlines, mountains, clouds, seashells, hurricanes, etc. 

名可名，非常名

Effable & Ineffable

可言與不可言喻

不可言 ineffable

Synonyms for ineffable 

incommunicable, indefinable, indescribable, inenarrable, inexpressible, nameless, uncommunicable, unspeakable, unutterable

Related to ineffable

unsayable

inconceivable, incredible, unbelievable, unimaginable, unthinkable

inexplicable, unexplainable

characterless, featureless, nondescript

Near Antonyms for ineffable

可名 conceivable, imaginable, thinkable

 

Antonyms for ineffable

communicable, definable, expressible, speakable

常 common,

Also, trivial, superficial, vulgar, conversational, colloquial, obvious, commonplace

 λέγω (légō, “I say”， “我說”）。