Deedrun and Bonding

DEEDRUN (or DEEDFLOW) is the way that the deeds of one person or being affect other people and things which in turn affect more people etc. It is the the chain of influence or the flow of DOING .

We distinguish between CHOOSING and DOING, where CHOOSING is always conscious choice, but DOING is the sum total of our influence on other people whether consciously chosen or not. In fact most of a person's DOING happens automatically without any conscious choosing.

BONDING is the way a person is connected to something or somebody else so that they are affected by that other thing. Thus there is a strong association between BONDING and DEEDRUN.

The most basic kind of BONDING is the bond between a Soul and living matter. Having physical bodies we are all of us Bonded to a particular place in the material universe. Consequently we are affected by what happens in our particular place, but not immediately by what happens in another place. We can easily see and hear what happens near to us but not what happens far away. We are affected by physical activity in proximity to our bodies but not that which is distant. While alive we are always bonded to a place . Nevertheless we can change the place we are bonded to by moving to a different place.

Another kind of bonding is that we have with our gods. Here we might consider gods as a kind of culturally transmissible being which inhabits our minds. If we worship a particular god which has a meaning in a religious tradition then we are opening ourselves up to the cultural lore associated with that god.

Another kind of bonding is bonds between people. Where people are emotionally bonded to each other then what happens to one person is of interest to the other. We are also bonded in a different way to people we consider have high status and are our leaders. We are more likely to listen to these people and act upon their suggestions.

Bonds between people are not just down to our emotional attachments but also to our physical relationship to them. If they are in the same room as them then we are in a way bonded to them because we can't help noticing what they are doing and saying and what is being done to them. Our material technology also affects bonding. If one person can tell a story in a television studio and have millions pay attention then all those viewers become bonded to the story-teller.

Bonding has a crucial influence on Deedflow and thus the Weg or movement of the Grund. The nature of the Weg dictates the HAP - or happenings - and these may be good or bad for us - full of joy and pleasure or else pain and distress.

DEEDWAY is a way of doing things - especially what we might call our culture.

GOALDREAM - is an ideal we are seeking to attain.

Creative activity typically depends on the formulation of a Goaldream . If we don't have an image in our minds of what we are seeking to achieve then our doings will be aimless and we will not get anywhere.