Visualisation is a term we use when we have to imagine something. When we read a story, learn a new concept, think about the future or the past, we visualise things to get a feeling of reality thus enable better understanding (wherever applicable).
What is visualisation?? In most cases it is just correlating stuff with what we have already seen.
Visualisation is the base for an artist, a sculptor or even a businessman .All said and done, let us take a look at this:
VISUALIZATION is a word that you and me can afford to use. All that we can ever VISUALISE is in 3dimensions.For example; try to imagine, for a moment, a 5 dimensional space. What parameters do u think an object can have in 5D?? When I say, "object", what comes to your mind is a 3dimensional body. So, our spatial ability that is, our ability to visualise things, is (unfortunately) limited to 3dimensions.This is because we tend to relate to what we have seen (and we have not seen anything but 3D.).
Consider a man who is visually challenged from birth (note the term "visually challenged”. I think it is inappropriate to use it. Explanation will follow.). He has literally no idea as to what is visualising, or what is dimension or even what is light!!!
He is told that there is something called light. But one can never "explain" to him what is light. It has to be felt. You may tell him that there is a road, a house, a dog, a building... but to him, everything is new; unimaginable; unproved.
And to him, the world is more than 3dimensional.When we see an object we see it in terms of its “height, width and breadth”. But when a visually challenged man “sees” an object’s feel, its position (in his own terms), and probably has more parameters associated with every object, say, regarding the way he confronted it or something.
If you are in a room with no light, u will find it very difficult to navigate let alone do some work. So we can claim that LIGHT is the thing that aids us. Suppose a visually challenged person is in a dark room, he will work with at least twice your speed, despite not having light.
Now THINK and tell, who is visually challenged? Is it the one who is totally dependent on light or the one who is unaffected by light- one who can “see” all the time?
Light is our greatest strength and weakness too!! That is why I said; the term “visually challenged” is not apt.
VISUALISING MULTI-DIMENSIONS:
Dimension as told in physics is a physical parameter that describes a body. Somehow, I feel that in order to truly (and somewhat easily) experience more than three dimensions, we just remember the following:
Dimensions are not always specific to physical attributes. They can also be abstract parameters that are independent of one another.
Suppose there are 5 factors governing the sales of a product (take economics for example), the economists write some equations containing the factors that are independent of one another.
Attempts to "visualize" 5th(or more) dimension, as coordinates and spatial attributes is not a healthy habit.
Alternately, let us try to experience multi-dimension in an abstract way.
Think of (visualise) a cup of coffee.
What you VISUALISE is a multi-dimensional image; wondering how??
Its because a lot of parameters that feature in your imagination can be defined explicitly:
1.A cup (3 dimension-physical)
2.Colour of the cup
3.The place where you see it is (say on your dining table)
4.the amount of light incident on the cup (so that you can see it)
5.The amount of coffee in the cup
6.The colour of the coffee
7.The temperature of the coffee (say, you always expect steaming coffee to be served)
8.The position of the cup’s handle (variable in 0-360 degrees)
And some more parameters that you might have imagined:
9.The colour of the table
10.The texture of the cup
Aahhh…who said multi-dimensions were tough?
We have indeed done some mental work that has the potential of being equated with those mathematicians and scientists who talk in multi dimensions and live in an entirely different universe. And the best part is, we have not written any equations (I hate equations and derivations).
So let your imagination sprint. Break away from all dimensional barriers and visualise the ultimate. For what stops you, also has the potential to inspire you!!!
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REFERENCE (one of the reasons for me writing this blog)
nationalpolicies.blogspot.com
(there is a post under the heading MULTI DIMENSIONS)
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