Hello Michael
I think you might find Huberto Maturana interesting to read. He is a
biologist and his work looks at these 2 states of reality from a
biological viewpoint. His theories also include description of self
organization in how it relates to these 2 states of being. Tree of
knowledge is one of his books and I think the most accessible but he
has others Autopoiesis being his corner stone. He also has a web
site. Francisco Varela, Maturana's early research partner, has looked
at cognition through this lens as well. He has one book that looks at
the biology of cognition through a Buddhist mindfulness understanding.
It is rare perhaps unheard of to have western style scientists talk
about love as a manifestation of self organization and ability to have
awareness of 2 states of reality.
Pat Black
what matters in open space, i think, is that we invite and practice
two things at once. i'm told that, as of some years ago, only
something like 16% of the population (of somewhere, america, world, i
dunno) could maintain awareness of at least two states of reality
simultaneously. parent/child, learning/contributing,
passion/responsibility, giving/receiving, 4 principles/one law,
control/self-org, order/chaos, me/you. for me, Space really opens
when I let the two sides of one of these pairs be both true and both
still distinct. when i let even just one other being be as real to me
as i am to myself.
so no opposition and more to the story than self-organization. every
invitation at once a solid piece of practical, even orderly, work and
also a simple call/prayer to the god(s) of self-organization,
simultaneous and still distinct.
m
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