The map is clickable. Please click each word in the small circles. Each image is a hint. It is not an answer. "Diagram of the World within the Earth's Gravitational Sphere" All natural forms, shapes, and characteristics are contained in the figure above. This figure shows the essential components of the ecosystem within the earth's gravitational sphere. The central circle represents the biosphere of the earth. The word "小" literally means "small." Indeed, compared with the universe, this world is extremely small. Baien shows that the area inside the bold circle is our living world. Baien named the original structure of this ecological system "JORI" (条理). The word is a combination of "JO" (条) and "RI" (理). "JO" directly means a binary tree, while "RI" indicates the inner system of each paired object. The diagram above depicts the environment surrounding the earth through the system of Gengo, which Baien called "JORI." I have wondered for many years how to translate this term. Recently, I have come to think that "Holonic Dual-Path System" is probably the best translation. Mrs. Rosemary Mercer, the author of DEEP WORDS, the first English guidebook to Gengo, translated the phrase as "one is one and one." Her idea is excellent, but I am afraid that most readers who do not know Gengo will not understand what the three occurrences of "one" mean. For example, the global ecosystem consists of many paired elements: day and night, male and female, rest and motion, plants and animals, space and time, the present and the past, the infinitely small and the infinite, and many others. I think this should be recognized as a form of general system theory. The following image is a modern scientific depiction of the environment surrounding the earth. Miura Baien criticized the descriptions of natural science, saying that they were merely sketches of nature. However, today, when natural science has developed so extensively, Baien's criticism cannot simply be accepted as it stands. Rather, the most important possibility of Gengo lies in its ability to position natural science within his Holonic Dual-Path System. Baien's philosophy offers the possibility that natural science can be guided so as not to destroy nature, but to nurture the environment and lead humanity toward abundance without excess or deficiency. Just as the great monk Ninmon reconciled the two religions of Buddhism and Shinto, the thought of Baien, who was born 1,000 years after Ninmon, may bring "beautiful harmony" between nature and natural science. Baien described the following world conceptually and rigorously. He tried to cover the entire global ecosystem using only paper, a writing brush, and a traditional compass. Japanese paper at that time was handmade and very expensive, so Baien compressed his expression as much as possible. For this reason, Gengo became an extremely complex book.

The Layers Of Atmosphere
Layers of the Atmosphere
The water (hydrologic) cycle
Water Cycle Explanation

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