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3.4. Attractors and problems of adaptation

The IRT prefers to speak of attractors rather than morphic-, form-, or organising fields. This is important because attractors bear relation to mathematical models, particularly to chaos theory and fractal geometry.

The IRT assumes that, within limits, all systems adapt to change in the environment. Within these limits a system remains intact and is able to develop: this ability to respond to the environment can be expressed in terms of "vitality". A system which cannot accommodate to changes in its environment becomes ill and devitalised, eventually dying. The information necessary for successful adaptation is contained in the organising field, here defined as the "attractor". Attractors for most existing ecosystems have evolved through a process of thousands of years.

Continuous environmental pollution in the past fifty years, however, has introduced a dramatic situation. As far as we know this is a novel condition for our planet to find itself in. Destruction of the environment has given rise to a decreased vitality in the ecosystems: that is to say that nature cannot adapt quickly enough to keep pace with the continuing destruction. Nature cannot find an 'answer' to a situation with which it is not familiar. In our terms "the attractor" lacks the appropriate information.

IRT seeks to offer the information an ecosystem needs to get in touch again with its new conditions, in this case a polluted environment, and to find an adequate response. Resonance therapy therefore does not intervene in Nature to produce a direct physical result, but offers information which is perceived to be missing. The system is contacted, it's needs addressed, problem solutions offered and in this way the systems' ability to adapt is supported. The system reorganises itself: resonance therapy can only stimulate the process, but it cannot manipulate the system.

Resonance therapy reactivates the system's capacity to regenerate. This does not imply that environmental pollution can simply continue. Resonance therapy can increase a forest's chances of survival and in this way support a survival strategy. It can optimise the potential of an ecosystem. But in the end, no tree will ever survive in soil as sour as lemon juice (pH-KCl<3). Putting a halt to environmental pollution is and remains of paramount importance.

Through resonance therapy, a system's attractor is offered new organising information. This information builds a field strength in the attractor, an attraction. For information to build attraction however, there are two things which must be taken into consideration, compatibility and repetition.

A system only picks up information in which it shows 'interest', information which is compatible with it. Subsequently, this information needs to be repeated over a certain period of time in a particular rhythm. Earlier, we saw that Sheldrake also spoke of repetition as a factor in the creation of new habits. In IRT terminology, we would speak of attractors with high attraction rather than habits.

The concepts of compatibility and repetition can be seen clearly in advertising. An advertisement (information) for razor blades, for instance, will be broadcast a number of times at certain intervals (repetition). If we view this advertisement often, it becomes more likely that we will eventually buy the product (attraction). To be interested in razor blades, however, one must be a male (compatibility).

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