you are exactly where you were prior to the beginning of the whole show.

complexity, increasing differentiation/integration, increasing organization/structuration, increasing relative autonomy, increasing telos.

But the second diagram reminds us that the number of holons that actually realize these deeper dimensions becomes smaller and smaller.

that the biosphere is literally internal to us, is a part of our very being, our compound individuality—harming the biosphere is internal suicide, not just some sort of external problem.

the basic drive of evolution is to increase depth. This is the self-transcending drive of the Kosmos—

of holons. What about the “vertical” capacities of holons,

“The ultimate metaphysical ground is the creative advance into novelty.”

it has to maintain both its wholeness and its partness.

you and I can inhabit each other’s interior to some degree. You and I can share our depth. When we point to truth, and we are situated in truthfulness, we can reach mutual understanding.