Difference between revisions of "Change"

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Change is the process whereby some or all of the properties of a Thing, or the characteristics of a Being, are added to or subtracted from.  
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Change is the process whereby some or all of the properties of [[matter]], as a [[Thing]], are added to or subtracted from.  
  
Change happens in three ways:
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Change occurs in one of two ways:
  
* The effect of [[Time]] upon the [[Things]] or the [[Beings]];
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* The [[systolic]] effect of [[time]];
* The effect of [[Work]] performed by [[you or your spouse]] upon the environment in [[Anesidore]];
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* The [[diastolic]] effect of [[will]].
* The effect of [[Talon]] exerting His [[Will]] upon any part of the [[Vast]], including any Thing or any Being.
 
  
Generally, if change, regardless of the source, causes a Thing to move past its [[systole]] or [[diastole]], it becomes some Thing else. Likewise, if change causes a Being to move past its systole or diastole, it becomes a different Being.
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Generally, if change causes a Thing to move past its [[systole]] or [[diastole]], it becomes some Thing else.  
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Beings are not directly subject to change, since a Being can never become anything other than him or herself. Rather a [[Being]]'s [[nature]] may be changed, again either systolically or diastolically, and through the same ways listed above.

Revision as of 08:11, 6 March 2018

Change is the process whereby some or all of the properties of matter, as a Thing, are added to or subtracted from.

Change occurs in one of two ways:

Generally, if change causes a Thing to move past its systole or diastole, it becomes some Thing else.

Beings are not directly subject to change, since a Being can never become anything other than him or herself. Rather a Being's nature may be changed, again either systolically or diastolically, and through the same ways listed above.