Friday, October 20, 2017

From Chapter 1, of the book

'Rewind and Play


Can we edit our past?

Is it possible to bring about a change in the part of our lives that we have already left behind? No matter how frantically we might want to, can we “rewind” and “play”—actually re-live the moments of life that we have already spent? No... The “past” is past. The situation with a chemical change is quite similar. It is permanent; we cannot edit it once it is done with.

But then, nothing is absolute in nature! Rather, deviations and exceptions are the norm. That is what is encountered in a chemical laboratory and in the laboratory of life as well.

Even though the past cannot be edited, it helps us deal with our “present”—and rectify, if required—so as to have a better “future.” By reverting to our past in our present with a constructive intent,  we reverse the effects in the future. Likewise, there are some chemical reactions too, that are “reversible. And is utilized the reversibility, to meet the requirements, serving the cause of the reaction, as in case of “life reactions.” When we find it to proceed in an undesirable fashion, we fashion it to move the desired way—by controlling the reaction conditions. Though, the way it is done, doesn’t fall under the purview this book, as: The intent is not to forward the technicalities of chemical knowledge (for that, text books are there), but to uphold the similarities in the philosophies governing the chemical interactions (reactions) and human interactions. Hence, only the awareness, that an outcome could be modified, suffices for our purpose.'

~ Chapter 1, Why Happens, What Happens... It is Chemistry, in Life's Laboratory!

Sushmita,
October 20, 2017