ABUNDANCE - THE UNIVERSAL FLOW EQUATION

THE UNIVERSAL FLOW EQUATION

It came as a revelation to me one day that the equations I was learning in Electrical Circuits class were variations of the same equations I was learning in Fluid Mechanics class, for airflow and water flow. There were variations because air is compressible and water isn’t, for example, but the structure, form and principle of the relationships were the same.

The formula for electromagnetism, and the generation of magnetic flux by the movement of electricity, also followed the form of the relationship, which by now I called the Universal Flow Equation. I no longer had to memorize any formulas for my classes, but could derive everything I needed from the Universal Flow Equation!

The form of the Universal Flow Equation is this:

[FLOW] = [A CONSTANT] times [PRESSURE CREATING FLOW] divided by [RESISTANCE TO FLOW]

Of course the units vary according to the type of flow being considered, and the constant varies accordingly as well.

For electricity it is the flow of current:

AMPERES = VOLTS / OHMS,

with the constant already used to calculate the Ohms of resistance for each particular material.

For water, it is:

VOLUME = C X HEAD/AREA CROSS SECTION OF PIPE

where ‘head’ is the term for static pressure caused by the depth of water, and C is a constant coefficient.


ALL LIFE IS A FLOW OF ENERGY

Eventually I encountered the study of metaphysics, and came to see all of life as a flow of energy in various forms. Then, I learned to see us as living our lives in the flow of ideas, I learned that we can ‘tune’ our minds to the flow to open up our lives to greater things, or close them down and constrict our experience.

The same equation fits, but the mathematics is far less precise.

FLOW = PRESSURE / RESISTANCE

So what corresponds to these quantities in the mental and metaphysical realm?

First, let’s look at PRESSURE. What is the thing that corresponds to pressure in the realm of thought? It is DESIRE. Desire is a form of love, so we could expand our equation to use LOVE as the motive force in our life. Love is another word for God in action, so this seems to fit. GOD is just our word for the source of all motive force, the source of all change.

What creates this pressure? Desire is created by a vision of what could be, as compared to what is. Desire is formed by a thought that there is more that we could be, more that we could have, more that we could experience. This vision, by the Law of Attraction, then attracts us toward it, and also attracts to it all things needed for its fulfillment. Thus, pressure creates FLOW in the world.

This bears some thinking about. How can the Universal Spirit, which we have said encompasses all things, all possibilities, infinitely, have any Desire? What is there to desire?

There is only one answer that comes to mind – that is, to express those possibilities, that potentiality, as fully and as completely as possible. Not only that, but to view that expression from as many points of view as possible, so that potential becomes actuality or manifestation, and actuality is witnessed or experienced in an infinitude of ways. Thus potential is realized, and possibility becomes actuality.

So, desire is not something that happens by whim or in spontaneous bursts. Desire is built in to the character of the Universe as a fundamental property.

Now let’s look at RESISTANCE. This is the tendency for flow to be blocked, or constricted.

What are the ways in which resistance is created?

In the case of electricity, the material itself plays a role. In the case of metaphysics, this is not the case, since all things are made from the same substance. Thought transcends all substance, and is not conditioned by it. So material or substance is a constant in the field of thought, and is therefore a constant in our equation.

In the case of either electricity or water, another cause of resistance is a constriction of the pipe or the conductor. The channel is made smaller, and the flow is affected.

Think of the ways in which we can make ourselves smaller. We are made smaller by our own beliefs about our worthiness, our capability, or our sense of what is right. Therefore it is BELIEF, which determines our resistance to flow, and our ACCEPTANCE of flow is dependent on our belief. Acceptance is the exact opposite, the inverse, of resistance.

So, our equation for all things metaphysical is:

FLOW = DESIRE X ACCEPTANCE, where

ACCEPTANCE = 1 / RESISTANCE


What kinds of flow are we talking about here, in the mental realm? Some of them are:

Prosperity Wisdom Joy
Peace Courage Faith
Beauty Harmony

Notice that all of these things have Love at their core, and all can be attracted through Desire and Acceptance. If we can control the flow of these things, our worldly experience will parallel our mental one.

Note also that FEAR is the opposite of DESIRE, and works like a negative pressure, which causes a stoppage or even reversal of the flow in our life.

This blog entry is adapted from my book, "THE LITTLE BOOK OF TRUTH AND WISDOM", which is available at www.lulu.com.