The IMPACTS Blog

In the Malaysian rainforests, a symbiotic relationship has been going on for millions of years between herdsman ants and mealybugs. The mealybugs chew on the leaves of certain plants and willfully share their honeydew with the ants. The ants in turn protect and care for the mealybugs, picking them up and carrying them to other leaves and trees when new sources of food are needed. The herdsman ants also accept the mealybugs into their nest, aiding them in the reproduction and care of their young. The mealybugs have been assimilated into the ant colony. Two different species have combined in a process of survival though it is obvious that the mealybugs are providing the fuel for the relationship.

Yes, the relationship is symbiotic, and each side is very content with its specific role. But this relationship developed over a very long time. We can be sure that there was a struggle for quite some time, many mealybugs not wanting to be subservient and share their food with ants. But natural selection prevailed and produced today’s relationship. Those mealybugs who did not share their food gradually died out as the ants became the ruling SN of their domain. This domain grew bigger and stronger over time with the help of the mealybugs who were subservient. But accretion is a normal part of nature and the universe. The herdsman ants and mealybugs are just another version. Sometimes it is benign and friendly, sometimes not.

As we will see, the same dynamic has been at work clearly and visibly in human civilization over the past 6,000 years or so. The IMPACTS have become the captured mealybugs to a very large degree though the process is still underway. And yes, it has been a struggle too and continues to be because all of the IMPACTS have not gone quietly. If we ever reach that state, there is little hope for the current human species. Why? Because the IMPACTS enable humanity to adapt to new conditions of any sort, and for this role they must possess an anti-status quo nature. The SN of humanity tries to control the expression of this nature, using it in measured ways.

The herdsman ants appear to understand their situation far better than we do ours, even though an ant’s brain is 1/40,000 the size of ours. How does one account for that? The ants know that the mealybugs are their sole source of energy, and they respond accordingly. The SN still does not know the origin of its energy, though it generally believes it is propagating it with its ‘enlightened policies’.

The herdsman ants and mealybugs have been living like this for millions of years because each understands its role–principally the ants know that they must care for their supply of energy, the mealybugs, in an efficient caring manner–and they do this for each and every one.

Now compare that with human beings. Our culture lets the “market” dictate who receives what. You can see why the ants and mealybugs have lasted for so long and why we will certainly not–unless we become more like the ants and start caring for our supply of energy–other people and the earth.

Most people want to describe the human situation by starting in the 7th inning. I hear all kinds of theories literally pulled out of thin air with almost no research. It is not possible to understand the game unless you start from the 1st inning. And that means going all the way back to the Big Bang in the physical world and all the way back to the beginnings of modern humans with the San tribe of Africa 130,000 years ago. That is the only way to get started on the right path toward understanding.

The reason I discover new “stuff” is because I am not close to the SN, either physically or psychologically. I march to my own drummer. I do not use the parameters of the SN for my thinking. I have my own. And I am honest–I say what I see.

Today, when we say we want to learn, most of us mean that we want to learn how to navigate the existing paradigm better–we are looking for answers inside the paradigm. I am looking for answers outside the paradigm because I know that the paradigm pushes people to its preferred answers. The “real” answers are generally found on the periphery of the existing structure–or outside of it totally.

As I have said, there are 2 distinct energy fields everywhere–the energy field of the nucleus (protons mainly) and the energy field of electrons. The model is the same in human society–the nucleus is the SN, the valence electrons are the IMPACTS.

In human society, the SN energy field is principally a “taking” force–the IMPACTS a creative-productive force. The SN force does not truly interact with the IMPACTS force such that there is a give and take–as I said, it is mostly take. Therefore the SN energy forces the IMPACTS energy back on itself. The SN force wants IMPACTS energy that resembles itself–nucleated in structure where the nucleus is in control of creative-productive IMPACTS energy.

That’s why the IMPACTS who follow this model, like Steven Jobs and Bill Gates, are the most “successful” according to the SN criteria. They are essentially captured by the SN. Yes–benefits accrue to society but the SN is the ultimate winner. It takes taxes and it takes any power accrued from the success of their companies.

Any nucleus is always trying to break up the field of energy around it. Why? Because concentrated energy is difficult to control. Break it up and it makes things much easier.

The IMPACTS concept shows how everything really has a totality at its base–it is just difficult to see because the nucleus is always trying to break it up, and usually succeeding.  The IMPACTS force is the force trying to keep it together–or put it back together.

The IMPACTS force is always a step behind the SN or nucleus force. It is always playing catch-up–but that is because it is captured energy. Before it gets captured, it gets along quite well by itself.