Esho-Funi - oneness of life with its environment


In Buddhism, there is a key notion called "the oneness of life with its environment" which denotes that people and the environment is inextricably intertwined. This may create ambiguity because if there is no distinction between us, how can we analyse and understand things? Yes it is ambiguous in that sense, especially when it is perceived from analytical mind, all things individually exist and can be analysed, it'd be harder to understand.  But if we go a bit further, we can see radical connections between us. Things happening both inside and outside ourselves are happening basically within the same sphere. 



Esho-Funi & Integration between virtual and physical world
Game must be fun, otherwise the game is not the game. 

This division is getting more and more vague. Now people use their money to get items in virtual world, they even sue others because of those possessions. Clearly enough, people's time have been flowing into virtual world from physical world. 

There are many layers in game. Heaps of mini-games can be more focused than main scenario. So it is as if they are having fun with the game inside the game. Here I can surely say that the distinction between reality and virtual world is also man-made and there is no exact boundary because people's mind is still connected whether or not they are playing games.


Esho-Funi & Singularity
The oneness can be clearly related to the Singularity which Ray Kurzweil explains in his book "Singularity Is Near".  In short, the technology and humans are getting closer to be one, with no distinction.  Once nano technology advances and things such as nanobots (nano-size robot which can scan all neurological data in our brain) developed and mature enough to be implemented, it will become way easier to engineer humans in extremely high precision.  What we can invent highly depends on what we can observe, without microscope, what we can see become very limited.

Esho-Funi in medical psychiatric sense:

The best selling author Gabor Mate explains medical psychiatrists and their approaches are sometimes lacking whole relationship between our mind and body.  Diagnoses need to be holistic including what stress and suppressing the patients have had and experienced.








Reference
Singularity Is Near - Ray Kurzweil
When Body Says No - Gabor Mate

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