Your organism is a perceptual window on the environment. It is continuously touched or entered by Eternons in the form of waves, particles, and molecules. These incoming Eternons are members of the silent majority we call "inert matter." Yet, if we could penetrate into their microcosm, we would be amazed by their liveliness. In fact, the very words we use deny their passiveness. "Active" ingredients, "potent" drugs, and "energetic" substances surely do not sound inert.

Eternons in elementary matter may have modest powers, but their immense number makes up for their individual frailness. You are reminded of it when their gravitational pull brings you roughly to the ground, or when molecules they have assembled put you to bed with a severe illness.

So, it is not as if there would be you on one side, and lifeless things on the other. Life is everywhere, within and around you. Even the most rudimentary Eternons are living their own existence, an existence that sometimes conflicts with that of your organism.

This does not imply a preoccupation of every minute: "can I approach there, may I ingest this, should I use that?" Still, you must be aware that the life of your own Eternon structure is intertwined with the life of the Eternon structures you eat, drink, breathe, and touch.

Contrary to the views of reducionist science, living processes do not obey strictly physical or chemical rules. There is no absolute in the way Eternon structures react to each other. A substance will hurt you but not the next person. A diet or a medical treatment will work for many but not for you. To improve your physical condition, you cannot merely listen to what are telling people foreign to your structure. Rather, you should start to pay more attention to the messages of your own body.

But be careful. It takes good judgment to avoid being torn between the contradictory messages of your various Eternons. Intuitions are wise counsels of the Leading Eternon, whereas addictions are wrong calls from lower ones. You may end up like those who surrender to a craving while hating themselves for doing it.