Truth is reality qualified to a certain level of existence...
Emergence is natural becoming. The self-organizing creativity of a contingent universe and a view of the present as something that emerges from everything that has gone before.
Emergence turns the creator into the creative process.
What is Emergence that you should be mindful of it?
Classic Emergence says "more is different". A single molecule is not water. A single plant is not an ecosystem. Things obviously become different as they become larger. Life is emergent. With trillions of atoms in every cell, life emerges from chemistry. Life also emerges on a very special planet. Because, with trillions of stars and planets, one of them had to be just right. These two kinds of emergence are called upward and downward causation. Upward causation is becomes "the ground of being". While downward causation is frequently called a "miracle". We emerged from the Universe. And we should acknowledge this.
From small to large : From large to small
(and back again)
The "NOW" of your personal self is the now of your local universe.
Everything, including The Big Bang is, in one way or another, emergent.
Emergence is the idea that connects The Big Bang to the Present.
The Big Bang has no edge. The center is everywhere.
EMERGENCE & SELF-ORGANIZATION
Science tells us that the universe evolved from simple to complex. In THE OCTAGOD the simple initial condition of super-symmetry is imagined as a single dot. But then, in an explosion, this point of symmetry is shattered, and the universe is born. The cosmos self-organizes into stars and galaxies, and the evolution of matter is on its way. Starry ovens bake the atoms, and more complex processes of chemistry are underway. Matter is ready for life. But life was simple then.
The evolution of life, like the evolution of matter, progresses from simple to complex. In the beginning, there were simple cells. But then these single cells combined into more complicated combinations. Next there were multicellular organisms. But these also progressed from simple to complex. Then simple fishes evolved to live on land. So in short, here we are! This is the traditional tree of evolution. It describes how life emerged, but not why it emerged.
Logically, if the traditional explanation is wrong, and the universe is not created by some all knowing being, then it must be creating itself. Some find this hard to visualize. But in politics there are vicious and virtuous circles. Both are self-creating loops of feedback. DNA makes itself. And we make ourselves by interacting with the environment. Likewise, the biochemistry of life is filled with self-sustaining loops of feedback. And the feedback between electricity and magnetism creates light.
Furthermore, feedback loops can form, accumulate, synchronize, sprout other loops, and grow in complexity. From chaos to symmetry to complexity, self-organization and dovetailing quickly becomes a complex subject. And even now, the science of self-creation is creating itself. The point being, that the universe can create itself in many non-supernatural ways.
So the upper dot represents creation through evolution. It means emergence and self-organization. It reminds us that there are new rules at each level, and that complex things can emerge from simple rules. It points to the past while inviting us to enjoy the emerging uniqueness of the present. And in so doing, it represents the creative aspects of time. And this means the past, the present, as well as what’s going to emerge in the future. And says this too shall pass.
But it is also the center of THE OCTAGOD, and if you believe, it is the place where this symbol of the universe looks you straight in the eye and says self-organize yourself, adapt or die, so by God, evolve!
