The main mathematical mode of understanding this 'wiggle' thing in the real world is called the "butterfly effect." It is a sound mathematical model that describes how one flap of one butterfly's wings on one side of the world can add just enough momentum to a breeze there to cause that breeze to become a tropical storm on the other side of the globe. Understanding how it works is like visualizing a domino effect. one could take a row of dominoes and set them up so that they knock each other down like we all did as kids. Then one could put two rows of dominoes after resetting the first row of dominoes so that the last domino of the first row knocks down both of the first dominos in the parallel next two rows.
The butterfly effect is maybe not quite as often recounted. This link overviews the concept and real world application.
http://pielkeclimatesci.wordpress.co...terfly-effect/

As a part of the overview at the link input was sought from a specialist in the field.
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In response to the variety of comments on the weblog of October 6, 2005 entitled “What is the Butterfly Effect”, I asked Associate Professor Richard Eykholt of the Department of Physics at Colorado State University to provide his perspective on the discussion. Professor Eykholt is an internationally respected expert on chaos and nonlinear dynamical systems. His website provides information on his excellent professional and academic credentials.

His response to my request (dated October 11, 2005) is reproduced, with his permission;

“Roger:

I think that you captured the key features and misconceptions pretty well. The butterfly effect refers to the exponential growth of any small perturbation. However, this exponential growth continues only so long as the disturbance remains very small compared to the size of the attractor. It then folds back onto the attractor. Unfortunately, most people miss this latter part and think that the small perturbation continues to grow until it is huge and has some large effect. The point of the effect is that it prevents us from making very detailed predictions at very small scales, but it does not have a significant effect at larger scales.

Richard Eykholt”

This summary should put to rest the misconception about the “butterfly effect.” In answer to the question presented in the original weblog on this subject, “Predictability: Does the Flap of a Butterfly’s Wings in Brazil set off a Tornado in Texas?”, the answer is absolutely no.

Roger A. Pielke Sr.

http://pielkeclimatesci.wordpress.co...terfly-effect/
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I do however think that this explanation has its own spiritual corollary though, it is that while a positive healing say might significantly influence in the local scale, in the wider reality where it is subjected to a soup of other intents small and large a continuing and maybe collaborative nurturing may be required in order to give an enduring form to the original intent. In short, stay with it and focussed.