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Ageing and its Causes: Instability
A New Theory by Branko Bokun

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AGEING
    The book
    Instability
    Struggle

From Branko Bokun's book HUMOUR; Old people's only saviour; A new view on ageing,

AGEING

There are many theories explaining ageing. In our own, genetics-dominated era ageing was until recently thought to be the result of genetic mutations, while the genetic mutations were supposed to be caused mainly by old age. Since the discovery of the human genome, which revealed that the omnipotence and the omnipresence of genes were myths, scientists have had difficulty in finding a replacement for their old belief.

To be able to better understand ageing, we have to start from the fact that the decline and end of the living world is built into life. Life comes in the middle of a dust to dust process. A general rule of life is that any single form of the living world has to face its decline and its end. The universal law of life must be determined by the nature of the universal life force. Life's energy and drive consists in the agitation caused by instability in search of a lesser instability.

This can best be seen in proteins, those principal elements of life, which find a lesser instability in an enfolded shape, by enclosing themselves upon themselves in folds. DNA, the basic part of genes, forms a solid duplex wrapped up into chromosomes.

In an unstable world everything tends to assume the shape which provides the least possible instability. This general tendency of all forms of life to search for the least possible instability, could, perhaps, explain the single-handedness in biological molecules.

Forms and the order of the living world are influenced by the physical laws.

Temperate climatic conditions and the mild and frequent changes on our planet must have created an increase in the vibrating or fluctuating instability of some chemical elements, such as carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen, phosphorous, and water in its liquid state. These frequent changes provoked reactions of the perturbed matter, reactions aiming at the pre-perturbed situation. Life, in essence, is a rhythmic dance in the fluctuating uncertainty, a balancing act in the instability. This rhythmic activity can best be seen in the basic dynamics of life, such as the heartbeat and respiration.

In the increased instability of their state, these elements intensified their search for a less unstable state. It is in the very nature of instability or discomfort to try to find a lesser instability, a lesser discomfort, a lesser agitation. In fact, life's energy is provided by forces which created its instability.

In their search for a lesser instability or lesser agitation, these chemical elements started forming aggregations or conglomerations in which they found a lesser precariousness. In search of their own lesser instability, these conglomerations started forming bigger conglomerations, such as organisms. But these organisms were themselves unstable and, in search of their own lesser instability, went on to form multicellular organisms, groups, colonies and empires.

This tendency of life to form more complex forms in search of lesser instability creates a paradox of life, as more complex forms of life become more vulnerable, more fragile, more unstable. Could it not be that the main purpose of life is to reduce its instability and its discomfort and in doing so thereby annihilates itself?

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		Ageing and its Causes: Instability A New Theory by Branko Bokun
		Zorica Radosavljevic, zorabooks@btinternet.com Phone 44 (UK) 207 602 1691, fax 44 (UK) 207 610 4255
Zora Books AGEING The book Instability Struggle		From Branko Bokun's book HUMOUR; Old people's only saviour; A new view on ageing, AGEING There are many theories explaining ageing. In our own, genetics-dominated era ageing was until recently thought to be the result of genetic mutations, while the genetic mutations were supposed to be caused mainly by old age. Since the discovery of the human genome, which revealed that the omnipotence and the omnipresence of genes were myths, scientists have had difficulty in finding a replacement for their old belief. To be able to better understand ageing, we have to start from the fact that the decline and end of the living world is built into life. Life comes in the middle of a dust to dust process. A general rule of life is that any single form of the living world has to face its decline and its end. The universal law of life must be determined by the nature of the universal life force. Life's energy and drive consists in the agitation caused by instability in search of a lesser instability. This can best be seen in proteins, those principal elements of life, which find a lesser instability in an enfolded shape, by enclosing themselves upon themselves in folds. DNA, the basic part of genes, forms a solid duplex wrapped up into chromosomes. In an unstable world everything tends to assume the shape which provides the least possible instability. This general tendency of all forms of life to search for the least possible instability, could, perhaps, explain the single-handedness in biological molecules. Forms and the order of the living world are influenced by the physical laws. Temperate climatic conditions and the mild and frequent changes on our planet must have created an increase in the vibrating or fluctuating instability of some chemical elements, such as carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen, phosphorous, and water in its liquid state. These frequent changes provoked reactions of the perturbed matter, reactions aiming at the pre-perturbed situation. Life, in essence, is a rhythmic dance in the fluctuating uncertainty, a balancing act in the instability. This rhythmic activity can best be seen in the basic dynamics of life, such as the heartbeat and respiration. In the increased instability of their state, these elements intensified their search for a less unstable state. It is in the very nature of instability or discomfort to try to find a lesser instability, a lesser discomfort, a lesser agitation. In fact, life's energy is provided by forces which created its instability. In their search for a lesser instability or lesser agitation, these chemical elements started forming aggregations or conglomerations in which they found a lesser precariousness. In search of their own lesser instability, these conglomerations started forming bigger conglomerations, such as organisms. But these organisms were themselves unstable and, in search of their own lesser instability, went on to form multicellular organisms, groups, colonies and empires. This tendency of life to form more complex forms in search of lesser instability creates a paradox of life, as more complex forms of life become more vulnerable, more fragile, more unstable. Could it not be that the main purpose of life is to reduce its instability and its discomfort and in doing so thereby annihilates itself? [74-75p] Ordering information. We can mail the above book to you by return post when we receive your payment made out to Z. Radosavljevic. UK CUSTOMERS: please send a cheque and add one pound for postage. OVERSEAS CUSTOMERS: Please pay by sterling money order or sterling travellers cheque and add two pounds for air mail postage. (When publishers change their prices, ours may change as well.) Special lower postage rates for selected dictionaries. Details on application. Free Bonus Offer on orders over £30.00.
		Copyright © 2001 Zora Books. All rights reserved. Updated 04 June 2001.