 CHAPTER 2 SEED THEORY Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all, Helen Keller. The energy of a single thought may determine the motion of a universe, Nikola Tesla. When a human's basic needs are met, they unleash wildly fruitful gifts. If their roots are deprived of nutrients, there will be less fruit, if any at all. Cornerstones in our youth have compound interest on our life trajectory. Each human uses North Star Perception, NSP, as a compass for actualization. In analogy, NSP is like Monte Carlo Tree Search MCTS in computer science. Every decision leads down different branches on our tree of possibility, TOP. It's critical to be vigilant with the input stream into our neural real estate, NRE, to get really good at parsing for signal toward NSP. We aim for high signal to noise, to reside in heaven well-being. Along the way, we are challenged with tests of faith, TOF. Can you take the necessary leaps to pursue your highest goals? Can you delay your gratification to get two marshmallows instead of one? When a significant trauma occurs, how resilient are you to quickly bounce back? The efficacy and speed at which you heal and resume your trajectory is a crucial trait. Can you go into long periods of deep work on mastery sprints toward your goals? I believe NSP, North Star Perception, gift actualization plays a serious role in the nature of reality. Trajectory Mechanics No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell, Carl Jung. Do what is meaningful, not what is expedient, Jordan Peterson. Analogy, applying Newton's laws of motion to the evolution of consciousness. Inertia is the resistance of consciousness to upgrade its perception, cognitive dissonance. The feather rarely triggers an evolution of consciousness, whereas the sledgehammer acts as a strong forcing function to awaken, become wiser and share. Sri Aurobindo and the mother Mira Alfasa were the first people that introduced me to the spiritual ascent and descent happening simultaneously. It is ironic that Isaac Newton said, I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people when his very laws enable great insight into a synthesis between physics and consciousness.