Metamorphosis Of Chaos

Lorenz Attractor

The butter fly has a fascinating life cycle. As the egg hatches, it gives birth to a caterpillar, a slimy creature that eats anything on its way and is usually considered an eyesore. But as the caterpillar weaves itself with silk, it forms a cocoon where it resides for sometime. This cocoon then conceives one of the most beautiful insects that roamed the earth. It is mysteriously fascinating that how a creature that is looked upon with disgust, withdraws itself from the environment and then emerges as a beautiful creature.

Other than it's life cycle, the butterfly also has an interesting aspect coined to it's life.

It is said that the flutter of a butterfly's wings can be the cause of a tornado. This phenomenon is popularly known as the Butterfly Effect.

The Butterfly Effect is a part of Chaos Theory.

Chaos, the moment you pronounce this word, it gives off such a negative connotation. We tend to think of riots, killings, murder and utter insanity.

But Chaos literally means disorder or randomness.Edward Lorenz ( a mathematician who pioneered Chaos Theory) studied weather patterns and found out that the patterns always did not change as it was predicted. It was always random, a huge disorder and literally very chaotic. Chaos Theory had been put into use in many aspects of science, technology and also in economics.

But what if we link Chaos Theory to life?

In chaos theory, it states that any minute changes in the initial conditions will result in drastic changes in the outcome. Hence it was termed that a flutter of a butterfly's wings causes tiny changes in the wind pattern which could result in a tornado. It is quite obvious that we live in a highly sensitive dynamical system. 
Anything and everything that we do effects us as well as others in some way.

I had previously mentioned in my article "The Kaleidoscope of Life" that our lives are made of choices that we make.
The changes that occur in our lives are highly sensitive to the choices we make. Think about it.

If you didn't choose to read this blog, what else would you have done. Lets just say, you chose to participate in some lottery over the internet that you saw (prior to reading this blog) and won $100,000! do you think this cannot happen? perhaps that chances are low but it is not impossible to take place.

i just gave you that scenario to picture how our choices can change our lives so drastically. Have you ever had a time where you thought you would do something like two years time, but when the time came you ended up doing something completely different? I can safely presume we all have.

There is so much of Chaos in our lives. Just imagine how the much the people you meet change over the course of time. Or much you change. And how much people tell you that you have changed. Have you ever paused for a moment to think as to why we change? my perspective is that we change because of the choices we make, which make us more prone to the chaos around us and we adapt accordingly thus we change the way we react to things.

Throughout the years in my life i have met two kinds of people. People who adapt well to Chaos and take advantage of it, the others who struggle and get lost in it.

Chaos, change and choice coexist, and make a huge part of our lives. Although Chaos Theory talks about disorder and randomness, there is still some pattern that could be seen if you observe closely. You could predict to an extent as to where you might end up if you thoughtfully asses that situation. It would not be accurate but nonetheless you would not end up lost amidst the Chaos.

Chaos is beautiful. They say that the eye of the storm is a peaceful place. Although you have shear disorder around you, if you start to read the cues and observe the patterns you would find beauty in it. All you need to do is to withdraw yourself from the surrounding,With all the chaos around you it would be hard to foresee things. Just like how the caterpillar winds up inside a cocoon, take a moment to retreat yourself, and find that inner solitude. Realize and accept the chaos, and then emerge energized and beautiful just like the butterfly.