Integrating the Reflections in a Hall of Mirrors

Darwin gave us a Newtonian answer to the phenomenon of life. He focused on individual bodies and the harsh physical realities they were forced to adapt to. A foreign and external Nature was their law giver and designer. Neo-Darwinism sees organisms as the victims of the slow mutation of nucleic acids, whose nearly static codes compute phenotypes which undergo differential survival in an ever-changing environment according to the whims of historical accident. But maybe evolution is not random. Maybe its complexities are governed by patterns we can understand. Time is not a homogeneous number line, and space not an empty vacuum. Each is alive with the possibility of creative emergence. Evolution is the playing out of highly organized systems, not in a deterministic way, but nonetheless in an understandable way, a way we can relate to.




Frank Visser on Ken Wilber: http://coolmel.gaia.com/blog/2008/8/frank_visser_on_ken_wilber_a_video_interview

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[cupofcoffees]

be a professor, a writer...do it. apply yourself. you have potential. it's something I want to do for myself.

i personally do not believe there are patterns outside of our minds, so i believe it's a fruitless effort to chase them and expect 'answers' when we are ever changing, learning, redefining, and becoming like what is around us. there will never be a moment in time we are able to make eternal and absolute.

[0ThouArtThat0]

I am moving in that direction, thanks! I'm glad you're resonating with what I've said here (and in other videos). I am watching yours now, as well. More soon...

[StevenErnest]

We're getting a more accurate understanding of reality, but I don't think "perfect" is possible. When that degree of understanding is reached, we're God.

As with your vids, with your studies to come at CIIS, Matt, you will be playing a role that defines yourself -- and helps to define the paradigm shift the world is going through.

[0ThouArtThat0]

perfect probably isn't in the cards. but we can understand reality in a deeper way than we've so far done.

[johnpaulinjapan]

yeah go for it man. i agree with you that evolution still hasn't really been integrated fully into society. it still has a ways to go. once i started thinking in terms of evolution entire bodies of knowledge came alive - history, biology, physics, mythology, spirituality.. etc. they became interesting and intriguing, dynamic. full implementation of evolutionary thinking can do great things for education, not to mention our judicial system, religion and so on. anyways, great great stuff.

[visioninverse]

colors of the wind

[ComplexEmergence]

I've had this exact conversation with myself my friend. We should chat.

[patternsinchaos]

Lot of good thinking, Matt. I'm a bit more optimistic that we'll achieve mathematic relationships which derive in detail many of our relationships in time as well as space. I think we'll be able to know what's out in space without actually going there. As in the past, what comes will be ushered in by shifts in philosophy.

[LimpLoser]

the best thing you can do is fuck your mothers ass hole

[kentmage]

I think that perhaps these changes for planetary integration are a very long term goal. Evolution is working at these things as we speak but us humans are a restless bunch (and to a certain extent that's a good thing). If you conteplate on the time scale that evolution works on then you can't help but feel a proper mindset change is NOT going to happen in the near future (btw good vid 5/5)...

[HaleyMary]

I agree that before people can begin to have discussions with others, they need to define themselves. People need to take only one position, decide what they believe or how they view the world based on their experiences or knowledge from what they've read.

[2bsirius]

Well, just make sure you don't, young man! Or if you do, make sure you have lots of fun while doing it. :o)