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|AdditionalOverview=Special Composition is about recognizing relationships in a way that makes it easier to embrace [[Adaptation]] and {{Credo|Adaptation}}.  Examples are given below, but a very simple example is a highway.
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|AdditionalOverview=Connected Systems are just complex things that you encounter that are related to each other.  Examples are given below, but a very simple example is a highway.
* A highway
* A highway
** With four or more lanes
** With four or more lanes
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** Some are different (cars vs semi-trucks)
** Some are different (cars vs semi-trucks)


This is really just a starting point to understand the concept.  If you find yourself noticing a Connected System, relax your mind and experience the following things.
This is really just a starting point to understand the concept.  If you find yourself noticing Special Composition, relax your mind and experience the following types of things.
* Play with your own perception, seeing systems in different ways, especially moving between the different systems you see (highway and vehicles)
* Play with your own perception, seeing systems in different ways, especially moving between the different systems you see (highway and vehicles)
** Within a system, notice there are parts (lanes, individual cars).  Feel that they are just "parts" - they aren't the whole picture.
* Within a system, notice there are parts (lanes, individual cars).  Feel that they are just "parts" - they aren't the whole picture.
** Notice how TODO
* Notice how easy and arbitrary it is to divide and combine things into systems that work together.  This is an important step in understanding [[Adaptation]].


== How to approach each of these exercises TODO delete once I create a more approachable description ==
** individual parts - Notice they are discrete and autonomous in their own way - A rock is its own thing, disconnected from the other rocks in a pile.
** two or more individual parts - How do they relate and compare and contrast; how do they work together; what connects them and separates them
** similarities and differences between the following, noting how a system is composed and connected to other systems
*** specialized systems (cars driving in one direction together)
*** parallel systems (two lanes of cars)
*** opposing systems (two directions of traffic)
*** "ecology" - many systems that are loosely related (light poles, sidewalks and streets)
== Driving TODO ==
<span style="color:red">Warning: Never do any Meditative or Mindful exercise if it makes you less attentive to your driving!</span>
* Cars moving with you - all one system, but all individual cars
* Cars moving against you vs with you - two separate systems with opposing objectives, but at the same time, part of the same system of traffic flowing
* Notice other Systems and combinations of Systems, very similar to what you would notice when [[#Walking|Walking]].
== Resources TODO ==
* [https://iep.utm.edu/mat-comp/ Material Composition]
* [https://looksphilosophical.medium.com/different-answers-to-the-special-composition-question-f45d1a869228 Different Answers to the Special Composition Question]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mereology Mereology]
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