Will they make it?

Their course as a union depends on the fitness of the combination, That is, on whether the strength of their mutual affinity exceeds the disruptive effect of their surroundings. If the attractive interaction is strong and the ambient conditions are mild; the composite is suited to its environment: If it is stable, it may have a long or virtually infinite lifetime.

What was that about?

Insights into how nature operates come in parallel advances in molecular biology and particle physics. For instance, elementary subatomic particles, driven into motion by thermal agitation, may collide. If the attraction between them exceeds the momentum of their recoil, they may adhere.

Such an aggregate may engage in higher order assemblies, whose fait depends in turn on their fitness. In this way pre-biotic evolution led to the elaboration of structures characterized by increasing diversity of action until eventually assemblies of great elegance arose that were suited to serve as the modular units of life.

Edward Rubenstein
Scientific American 06/89

Sense of Life

Sense of Life is an emotional evaluation of the world. It is subconsciously formed through a process of emotional integration. It integrates one's emotions and value- judgments. Since it is an automatic process, it begins with one's first emotional judgments about the world long before the capacity to rationally judge the world has been achieved. It is because of this that one's Sense of Life can differ radically from one's explicit metaphysical view. Although the two relate, and affect one another, there is no causal connection.

Depending upon no-thing, you must find your own mind. Hui-Neng - The Sixth Patriarch of Zen Buddhism

Who are you people and where is my horse?