Chaos Is An Order

Kremena Kirilova
3 min readJul 25, 2024

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When chaos means life

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What is chaos?

Chaos is ‘sensitivity to initial conditions’ or a system with rules and regulations (law and order).

The founder of the modern chaos theory, Eduardo Lorenz, was born in Connecticut, USA.

The theory focuses on the behavior of dynamical systems that are highly sensitive to initial conditions.

There are two components of the theory — fractals and attractors.
The attractor is the thing that the system strives for. It acts as a magnet.
The attractor is the thing in the space around which the system moves. The system is not able to break away from it.

The space is bound by degrees of freedom (like the pendulum).
The degrees of freedom are predetermined by the initial velocity of the pendulum and its position.

In ideal conditions, there is no resistance and the motion is a circle (closed curve).

In reality, there is a force of friction. Then the space becomes a spiral.

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An attractor is similar to a black hole that absorbs matter and does not allow it to break away.

The shortest path from chaos to order is the ‘point’ (dot). The point is a state of rest.

The brightest attractors in chaos are Lorenz attractors.

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These are attractors that move forward and introduce a great degree of disorder. Their actions are repetitive because sensation and sensibility intervene.

On the other hand, such attractors create homeostasis, as in nature. The state of such attractors at a given moment in chaos depends on their state at the preceding moment.

When the attractors start moving together, then they form different trajectories with a very similar shape and a single center. The figure they create resembles the infinity sign.

This is the general behavior of the system. It is repetitive.

From a freely moving element, the attractor starts repeating the same movement.

Lorenz attractors

If the motion is disturbed by another attractor, that enters the system, the butterfly effect is produced.

At each end of the system, there is a different effect. Even the smallest changes can result in a change, but the form of the movement remains the same.

In short, chaos does not exist.
It is a system that is subject to law and this law is related to man’s ability to feel, love, and do good.

On the other hand, besides attractors, fractals also exist. Fractals are the result of the whole process caused by attractors, they are in the form of trees, the human body, and insects…

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These are fractals. They are a consequence of chaos.

Everything on earth is chaos. We are attractors in human bodies, and nature is a fractal. Many teachings in the East say:

The whole world manifests in one person, and the person reflects the entire world.

If we do not stay humans and lose the humanity in us, the world will be destroyed. Without the energy of our feelings or when we lose our sensitivity and emotions the world comes to an end.

Without it, we become static “Points”(dots). The spiral of life is broken and nothingness comes.

Chaos is beautiful and there is order in chaos.

Lorenz fractals

P.S. The world needs you!

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Kremena Kirilova

Psychologist, Writer, Poet, Teacher, Positive Thinker, Animal and Nature lover, Dreamer "There are not impossible dreams, there is impossible thinking!"