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THE HUMAN CONNECTION
Every human is part and parcel of nature. All individual humans are so intricately embedded in physical reality that to discard understanding how we as individuals fit into nature's scheme is self destructive. We humans like to think of ourselves as somehow above nature and that nature was given to us "special" beings to use however we desire. In reality each of us, as an individual, is merely a small integrated unit of activity buried within the totality of the moment. If individuals fail to fit harmoniously into nature's processes, humanity will become extinct.
Interrelated parts: Nature as a whole is a system of interrelated parts. It is only through activity occurring from moment to moment that nature expresses itself as an active integrated whole. Physical reality is a living dynamic system; a self organizing emergent force of which we individual humans are only one small integrated element or unit. Nature taken as a whole is more than the simple sum of its parts.
A greater sum: Each part taken by itself tells little about the whole organism. But when you add one part to its adjacent part you have the one part plus the other part plus the working relationship or tie between the two. So in effect, when you add the two parts together plus their relationship you get a sum greater than the two discrete parts themselves.
Glue of interdependency: Thus, the whole of nature is a system of parts held and functioning harmoniously together with the glue of interdependency. This glue of interdependency is the fabric of consciousness in all things; similar to the functioning relationship between human brain cells working together in humans to give humans consciousness. A human being is to the whole of nature as a single cell within a human body is to the whole human organism. We need the whole of nature to survive and nature can use us only if we cooperate and harmonize with its laws of interdependency. Those elements that fail to fit or harmonize with nature eventually disappear from the scene.
A SELF-ORGANIZING FORCE
The Darwinian evolutionary explanation for the creation of new species does not adequately fit all observed data. The process of random mutations followed by natural selection under the stress of environmental change is unable to explain all new types of organisms and processes that suddenly appear on the scene. Living systems exhibit a tendency toward self-organization that goes beyond the need for mere survival. This self-organizing force in living systems arises out of seemingly random chaos. The cumulative effect over time of this self-organizing tendency shows up as apparent purposeful directional development toward higher levels of consciousness and organization. Attempts to explain this self-organizing force in terms of pure genetics or reductionistic science has not worked. The Darwinian theory of evolution adequately explains many changes in nature but not all. Another explanation is needed for those sudden changes that occur unrelated to environmental stress.
Oneness of all: Reductionistic science cannot adequately explain organisms solely in terms of atoms, molecules, chemicals, genes, DNA. You cannot explain an organism as a whole by breaking it down into its individual parts and analyzing each part as a separate discrete entity. Individual parts are not made independently and then assembled; there is an organic relationship that develops between the parts as they are created. The parts arise as a result of interactions between other parts and groups of parts within the total developing organism.
Creation of form: Within living systems and within reality as a whole there exists an active structural relationship between the parts in order to create form. There are simple parts that combine with other simple parts to build more complex components similar to the construction of building a house. Each complex component combines with other complex components to create even greater complex forms or organisms. The creation of form is an emergent activity, a dynamic process powered by energy.
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