Naturally Consistent

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Consistency surrounds us each passing night and day. Once we reflect upon that which clearly governs our world, it becomes more apparent and easier to accept that consistency is part of How2behuman.

Across the heavens the sun ascends and descends, the moon reflects lunar light, all whilst foaming waves lap onto expectant shoreline. In cities, cars hum and navigate through vast metropoles alongside throngs of people packing into underground or metro systems, completing their daily circuit. Beyond urban borders, grazing cattle take cues from the clouds, skies and grasslands, relying on stimulus to function each cycle. In forest and woodland, birds emit rhythmic yet enchanting birdsong at dusk and twilight. Trees, the ‘lungs of the earth’ absorb millions of kilograms of CO2 every day, before releasing the very same oxygen which we breathe.

The order of earth, with its laws and rhythms, affects us just as profoundly. It comes as no surprise that the human brain and neural network is characterised by consistency:

'Consistency comes to associate networks of neurons and increases their efficiency at working together. It’s not just about increasing the number of cells wired together; it’s also about increasing the conductivity of the wiring so electrical impulses travel more readily, with less resistance. ' [1]

The Biology of Consistency - Cobalt Communications

Nature is full of consistent patterns

So then, since we are surrounded and immersed in such apparent regularity, the challenge becomes considering our own patterns of behaviour.

Worryingly, our current efforts at forming human society have either disrupted this by demanding our attention through mass marketing and manipulation of our senses, or channelled our natural consistency to morph us into constant consumers.

 Perhaps, to develop true consistency, we are to resort to type and fight for a return to the natural patterns that have always been present, and that we desperately need.

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[1] https://cobaltcommunications.com/cobalt-60/the-biology-of-consistency/ [date accessed: 23/04/2025]