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No full textHow to consolidate all my experiences, and how can I explain it to make it yours? Since I was a child I went through several unique experiences that I could only start to understand a few years back: -The experience of being dead for a short while. -The experience of being one with nature. -The experience of meditation in many ways: Tao, Vipassana, Raja Yoga, Tracendental, Tantra,… -The experience of seeing a person in front of you that you feel is another you, you can see yourself on him/her. -The experience when you lose yourself in running. -The experience of Self-help group energy that gives answers. -The experience of this feeling deep inside my gut, that happened at the same moment a loved one died. -The experience of communicating with loved ones at the same time in different parts of the world. -The experience listening binaural and isochronic bits with a certain rhythm. -The experience of feeling pure and fluent “LOVE”. And many more experiences, that have been a lot. And the more I have the more I realize that everything goes to the same end: “ONENESS”, WE ARE ALL ONE. This project is about connecting Science and Spirituality. Although we still can’t explain everything about spirituality in a scientific way. Year after year we have more and more scientific answers for the spiritual phenomena. And not having still all of the answers, doesn’t mean that it doesn’t exist. We already know that “everything has to do with everything”, and everything is a subsystem of another bigger subsystem, and so on. All of them with the same properties, in the microcosm and the macrocosms. The Principle of Mentalism: "the all is mind; The Universe is Mental", the first of the seven principals of the truth in the sacred text of The Kybalion. This hermetic Principle embodies the truth that "All is Mind". It explains that THE ALL (which is the Substantial Reality underlying all the outward manifestations and appearances which we know under the terms of "The Material Universe"; the "Phenomena of Life; Matter; Energy; and, in short, all that is apparent to our material senses) is SPIRIT which in itself is UNKNOWABLE and UNDEFINABLE, but which may be considered and thought of as AN UNIVERSAL, INFINITE, LIVING MIND. It also explains that all the phenomenal world or universe is simply a Mental Creation of THE ALL, subject to the Laws of Created Things, and that the universe, as a whole, and in its parts or units, has its existence in the Mind of THE ALL, in which Mind we "live and move and have our being." One of the old Hermetic Masters wrote, long ages ago: "He who grasps the truth of the Mental Nature of the Universe is well advanced on The Path to Mastery". As Ervin Laszlo describes the advent of the Akasha paradigm, he says: "we recognize the non-local interconnection of all things in space and time". There is san inclusive way of understanding that reaffirms the age old instinctive comprehension of deep connections among people , societies and nature, and integrates and transcends classical religious and scientific paradigms. Dr. Rafael López Guerrero says that the universe is composed of 4% or normal atomic matter, 23% dark matter, 73% dark energy previously thought was empty space, called Akasha. It's like an invisible nervous system that runs through the universe connecting all things. Is Akasha, primary substance, is what forms the space itself and it extends over everything. Nowadays we know that everything is energy, vibrating in different frequencies. We are vibrational beings living in a vibrational universe, always moving into more. It is just that we are not prepared to perceive this energy. We can't see or feel radio waves, microwaves, gamma rays, x rays, and we even don't know what else we can't feel. We develop the five minor senses that perceive as matter: sight, taste, touch, hearing and smell, at least the range we are capable to, but… what about other senses that we even don’t notice that they exist. We know at least one hundred and five higher internal senses. Like proprioception (sense of the relative position of neighboring parts of the body and strength of effort being employed in movement); or vestibular (sense of spatial orientation). Nobody learns how to breath, even how to cry. They work without our awareness, fortunately. But this means that we don’t develop them. And how many senses like these we don’t realize they coexist, just because we don’t use them, we are not developing them. What if we close our eyes and we begin being conscious of what we eat, as an example. Can we feel how does the tongue, throat, esophagus, small intestine, etc…work? Try! Human history is full of testimonials of those who could develop their insight seances and see farther, much farther. Remember Platon, with his "Cavern's Theory", where we, human beings, only can see as reality the shadows reflected in the cavern's walls thanks because of a light ray that comes from outside. Or Shakespeare in "Midsummernight's Dream", where everybody lives a dream, an illusion as reality. Or in Hamlet where he says: "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than all you can dream of in your philosophy". Ancient mystics and yogis from many traditions knew about our vibrational nature, the “Theory of Impermanence” of Heraclitus. Just as water can shift from one state to another, freezing into ice or evaporating into steam, everything in our universe/s is in a state of transformation. Our physical body is forever changing, and so does everything. Our thoughts and emotions are always evolving. Quantic Physics, quantum mechanics and string theory, let us know that space is not empty, it is like a matrix. And in this Matrix we are all connected, and not only human beings but also with all of nature and substances. Also science reveals the existence of parallel universes, multiple scenarios that coexist at the same time. And we are available to choose or even create the one we want to live in in accordance with our freewill. That our brain is like a radio that receive and emits electromagnetic waves, as bioelectrical pulse frequency hertz. An EEG -electroencephalogram- can show these. We are like a WIFI system, we can perform wireless transmissions. Energy is what changes the shape of matter. This can be demonstrated through the radio frequency. The frequencies are the ones responsible that modify the subject. We are aware that “the observer changes what observes”, and, with the “Unfolding Times Theory” (Pierre Garnier Malet, 2004), we understand how human beings create the particles in accordance with the logic that we use with our thoughts and will. Is the observer who choose and decides where and how to put his attention and intention (consciousness). And the attention and intention -the motor-, have the power -energies- to create a reality, “particles” that can be materialized. And in this process the freewill and the capacity of feeling are the key variables. As a matter of fact: “WE ARE WHAT WE THINK”. But is not that easy…consciousness itself creates the illusion. Thinking creates illusion and duality. We have contributions of several fields in this holistic approach of interdisciplinary nature of the group. To show some aspects of this, I would like to introduce you six people and myself. We all come from different backgrounds and different disciplines: 1- Viviana Ruth Koldorff presents "Decoding of Cellular Memmory". 2- Ernesto Van Peborgh presents "New Paradigm of he IT Networks". 3- Christian Plebst presents "Wired Love". 4- Peter Straubinger presents “In the beginning there was light“, Breatharianism and the look across the boundaries of science. 5- Ervin Laszlo presents "The Akasha Paradigm in Science and Human Consciousness". 6- Fabiana Crespo presents "Pure Love Experience". 7- Masaru Emoto "Emoto's Water Peace Project". Decoding of Cellular Memory (as a therapeutic resource) Viviana Koldorff -Arch. Viviana Ruth Koldorff, specialist of Cellular Memmory, is going to explain how this science works in human beings, and how this can interfere in the Decision Making Process. Architect Viviana Koldorff had obtained her degree at Buenos Aires University in 1993. Psychologic Consultant with Systemic orientation. Master in Neurolinguistic Programming, from the PLN Argentinian Association in 2003. Facilitator of Celular Memory Decoding Technique. Coordinator of seminars and workshops Applied to Creativity: Creator of graphic Systems features and expressive techniques: Art and Literature psychotherapy. Prevention of Addictions Technique, specialized in boarding from art therapy. Addictions: Anorexia, Bulimia, family violence, Couples. "When there is lack of word" and work with the "Shadow." Coordinator of Creativity Workshops, activation of the right hemisphere; stimulation techniques for the right hemisphere. Expressive techniques, among others unlocking emotional breakouts techniques
A Systemic Approach to Language and Symbolic Representation
No full textIn the scientific worldview it is common that we ask our-self how to label the objects and concepts with an appropriated name that describes, defines and diagnoses the thing than we are talking about. In this everyday effort the International Council on Systems Engineering (ICSE) and the International Society for the Systems Sciences development the endeavor “Common Language for Systems Praxis Project” (IFS, 2012). As part of this common language in the ICSE they identify, explore, and understand the patterns of complexity across next views: 1) The source of the systems thinking or Foundation of the System Science, 2) The systems science theories and 3) The Representation of the System Science (IFSS, 2012). The present proposal is a contribution to Foundation of the System Science and has been based in the Semiotic view of complex phenomena through the graphs and networks tools of Representation of the Systems Science. In the First part It is describes why the use of complex science tools in social field. Next it has explained how is the link between Network Theory and Semiotic. Third part presents the results of an application of the approach. Finally it is show some brief conclusions.  
TECHNOLOGY AS AN OBSERVING SYSTEM: A 2ND ORDER CYBERNETICS APPROACH
No full textThe role of technology in modern society is becoming fundamental to society itself as the boundary between technological utilization and technological interference narrows. Technology penetrates the core of an ever-increasing number of application domains. It exerts considerable influence over institutions, often in subtle ways that cannot be fully understood, and the effects of which, cannot be easily demarcated. Also, the ever-expanding ecosystem of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) results in an emergent complexity with unpredictable consequences. Over the past decades this has created a tension that has led to a heated debate concerning the relationship between the technical and the social. Some theorists subsume the technical into the social, others proclaim its domination, others its autonomy, while yet others suggest that it is a derivative of the social. Starting with Luhmann’s remark that technology determines what we observe and what we do not observe, this paper takes the approach that infers there are multiple benefits by looking into how Systems Theory can provide a coherent theoretical platform upon which these interactions can be further explored. It provides a theoretical treatise that examines the conditions through which the systemic nature of technology can be inspected. Also, the paper raises a series of questions that probe the nature of technological interference in other ‘function-systems’ of society (such as the economy, science, politics, etc). To achieve this goal, a 2nd order cybernetics approach is employed (mostly influenced by the works of Niklas Luhmann), in order to both investigate and delineate the impact of technology as system. Toward that end, a variety of influences of Information Systems (IS) are used as examples, opening the door to a complexity that emerges out of the interaction of technology with its socio-economic and political context. The paper describes technology as an observing system within the context of 2nd order cybernetics, and looks into what could be the different possibilities for a binary code for that system. Finally, the paper presents a framework that synthesizes relevant systems theoretical concepts in the context of the systemic character of technology
Toward the Structuring of Meanings of The Mexican Day of the Death Ritual, under a Complex Systems approach
No full textThe objective of ethnographic work has among its objectives to describe human behaviour in society and the ways in which social institutions are structured. Therefore, describing the inverse processes is a fundamental part of ethnography, i.e. the effects of social institutions on the human behaviour and the consequences of social behaviour could change or remain in social institutions. The mathematical modelling of changes and continuities in social institutions is one of the issues for the hard sciences and social sciences subjects. In this paper we present to the reader a proposal to formalize the structure of one of the Mexican social institutions phenomenon called “The Mexican Day of the Death Ritual”. The Ritual of Deaths in Central and Southern Mexico has certain qualities that have been transmitted from generation to generation through Sign Systems under rules and patterns of communication-restricted interaction, these systems are called social institutions, they will be understood from the Systemic Science comparable to regular lattices and complex network. Such as the interaction of human groups in shared social spaces like public squares and cemeteries realize connectivity between individuals in the form of long-range connections or random long-range connections. The combined use of two types of networks (local and random) to model Complex Systems of Human Activity is called small world networks. Essentially the topological connection from a logic of classes can be supplemented regularly where the probability (p) is p = 0, or completely random where p = 1. However, the threshold of interest for social topological space networks is intermediate between 0 and 1: 0> p> 1. Through Ashby’s Law of requisite variety, describes the qualitative-quantitative properties that are governing the internal structure of the network, and the description of network changes. The objective to observe this critical site under the Law of Requisite Variety is to test whether the postulate of Ashby can be applied to conscious systems (human acts and vital systems), i.e., testing whether the relationship that serves as the regulator (power law) acts to limit the outcome to a particular subset of variables, or to maintain some variables within certain limits, or even to hold some variables constant. According to the proposal of K. Wilber (2000) conscious systems are quantitative and qualitative, in such a way that the most complex system includes the simplest system (components, relationships and emergent properties). Based on this perspective, the qualitative dimension is an emergent property of systems that handle conscious interpretative contextual information, something that is not considered in Ashby’s law. Finally, this article will help to understand how the cultural and spiritual heritage is transmitted through time. 
A Scaffolding Strategy for helping Lower Secondary Science students construct scientific explanations for experimental based questions in Science
No full textThe study of Science in essence involves the explanation of phenomena by inferring the reasons for occurrences and justifying the significance of the observed event (Nagel, 1961; McNeil & Krajcik, 2008). This raises a challenge for the educator: How can we equip students with the requisite knowledge, skills, and dispositions for answering science questions? This research study responds to this challenge by doing five things. First, it adopts an action strategy with reference to Feldman’s approach to art criticism- DINE (whereby “D” is describe, “IN” is interpret, “E” is evaluate). Students adopt this action strategy to construct arguments and explanations needed for phenomena posed on them. Second, it incorporates a bite-size classroom-teaching to equip students with the pre-requisite knowledge. During teaching, an educator teaches directly on a “need-to-know” basis and with focus on context that can help students move forward in their inquiry with DINE. Third, it introduces a set of focal lessons for students to work on. Each focal lesson comprises a set of step-by-step instructions and tasks to be carried out by students. Each task takes into consideration the appropriate zone of proximal development (ZPD) whereby the level of potential development is determined through problem solving in collaboration with fellow students (Vygotsky, 1978). Fourth, it provides the justifications for our integrated use of DINE, Bite-Size Teaching, and Focal Lesson as a collective whole via the Connective Approach as described in the work of Strawson (1992), Tay (2003), and Tay et al (2010). Lastly, it demonstrates the cycles that one goes through when embarking on an action research journey
Systemic Design of a Sliding Mode based model for analyzing the performance of an Acoustic Sensor
No full textCurrently it is common to use sensors in all aspects of daily life. So, in geophysical processes electronic sensors are required to measure and automate different tasks such as characterization of deep wells, basins, lakes and caves among others. Acoustic sensors are famous because its foundation is mechanical detection, or a sound wave. The acoustic signals are able to be reflected in places which other signals cannot operate either drawbacks or where the liquid moves. This research aims to develop a systemic mathematical model, representative of the acoustic waves used in acoustic sensors, for analyzing the response to deterministic and non-deterministic variables, also, that assists in the analysis of the damages that have with environmental disturbances, problems which is currently being studied in the worldwide, in order to expand the potential of using acoustic sensors in the global scope. To achieve the objectives of this research, a systemic and systematic approach methodology is followed, using techniques based on sliders modes to design state feedback control, allowing robustness in the system. Likewise, application results are discussed in the model for optimization. The application of theories and methods, with a systemic and systematic approach enables other form of analysis, interpretation and solve systems problems
A SYSTEMIC GRC MATURITY MODEL
No full textThis paper proposes a systemic model that will enable organizations to diagnose the state of maturity of its Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC), from the perspective of the alignment and integration of processes. For its development it was necessary to conduct a thorough study of the concepts of GRC, identify the common elements that lead to their integration and their measurement, and understand the conceptual framework of Systems Theory and its relationship to the processes of organizational development. The research to validate the model is based on a constructivist paradigm using a qualitative methodology. The state of maturity of GRC is diagnosed based on the perception of the alignment and integration of processes by different observers. The instrument designed to measure this perception was a survey of a representative number of people belonging to different functional areas within the organization. To determine a single measurement of the perception of the state of maturity of GRC, a triangulation process relied on quantitative methods was performed. As a result of this research it is presented the conceptual definition of GRC maturity as an emergent property of the organization, which arises as a result of the alignment and integration of GRC processes. This definition is operationalized by defining a function that measures systemic GRC maturity depending on the degree of alignment and integration of processes. This function is implemented on an instrument that allows measurement of GRC maturity
An Approach for Software Architecture by understanding Value requirements, developing Value proposition, and subsequently realizing Value
No full textEXPLORING THE VARIETY OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE IN THE CLASSROOMS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
No full textSystem thinking provides a different and better way of looking at how the reality nest the life. It differ from the traditional way of looking of academic disciplines, mainly avoiding the reductionist approach to complex problems. One reason to study Systems Science is that most of the systems are human activity systems, where humans play fundamental rolls; therefore, understanding how system work it will make possible to anticipate the behaviour in the systems and co-evolve with them instead of being controlled by them. We present a brief description on a lecturing-learning process of Systems Sciences using the proposed structural approach published in the Journals ISSS of the 55th Conference. The proposed structure, follows the domain of Science Model developed by Warfield, which helps the art of learning integrating the four main components of the Systems Sciences body of knowledge, of as follows: The domain of Systems Science The conceptual space and language of Systems Science The theoretical relations within Systems Science The methods of Systems Science At the end of the paper we present an application of the didactic tool.  
Security from a Systems Thinking Perspective - Applying Soft Systems Methodology to the Analysis of an Information Security Incident
No full textApplying systems theory to information security enables security analysts to consider the socio-technical role of the security system instead of only focusing on the technical part. Systems theory can also equip security analysts with the skills required to have a holistic and an abstract level of understanding of the security problem in their organisations and to proactively define and evaluate existing risks. The Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) developed by Peter Checkland was created in order to deal with unstructured situations where human beings are part of the socio-technical system. In this paper, SSM is applied as a framework to diagnose a real case security incident in an organisation. The purpose of this application is to demonstrate how the methodology can be considered a beneficial tool for security analysts during security incident management and risk analysis. Literature review and experience indicate an existing lack of customisable incident response tools that facilitate communication and elaboration within organizations during incident management. In addition to the fact that these tools are mainly technical and don’t take the human factor into consideration. Using SSM as such, we define the security attack as a human activity transformation system that transforms a security event triggered by an attacker into a security breach that cause damage to the victim organisation. The attack system is then modelled to include a number of dependent activity sub-systems that interact with each other and their environment including the security control activity systems. By having such systemic perception of a security attack, security analysts, we suggest, can have a holistic perception under what conditions a security attack has succeeded and what elements of the socio-technical system and its environment should have been considered in order to mitigate and reduce the risk exposure