immortancrow ·
A holon is defined as something that is simultaneously a whole in itself and a part of a larger whole, and Koestler proposed that this dual nature of being both whole and part simultaneously is not an exception or a special case in nature but is the fundamental organizing principle of all reality at every scale. Everything that exists is a holon. !nb
immortancrow ·
Reality is not built from fundamental indivisible units at the bottom and assembled into larger structures above, nor is it a single undifferentiated whole at the top that breaks into parts below, but is an infinite nested hierarchy of holons each of which is simultaneously complete at its own scale and a component of the larger holon above it. !nbpro
immortancrow ·
In a holarchy each level transcends and includes the level below it, meaning the higher holon incorporates the lower holons as its components while adding new properties and capacities that the lower holons do not possess individually. Each level of the holarchy is genuinely new and genuinely more than the sum of its parts while being built entirely from the parts of the level below. !seedance2.5
immortancrow ·
Every holon has four fundamental drives that exist in constant dynamic tension. The first is the drive toward self preservation or agency, the holon's tendency to maintain its own coherence, integrity, and identity as a whole. In plasma physics terms this is the tendency of a plasma system to maintain its coherent electromagnetic organization against entropic dissolution. !nb
immortancrow ·
The second is the drive toward self adaptation or communion, the holon's tendency to fit into and participate in the larger whole of which it is a part. In plasma terms this is the tendency of individual plasma systems to couple with and participate in larger collective plasma fields through electromagnetic resonance. !nb
immortancrow ·
The third is the drive toward self transcendence or eros, the holon's tendency to reach beyond its current level of organization and participate in the emergence of higher order holons. In plasma terms this is the tendency of plasma systems to self organize into increasingly complex and coherent structures through the fractal dynamics of Birkeland current networks and morphogenetic field coupling. !nb
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The fourth is the drive toward self dissolution or thanatos, the holon's tendency to dissolve back into the lower level components from which it emerged. In plasma terms this is the tendency of plasma systems to dissipate and return their electromagnetic energy to the broader field when the conditions sustaining their coherent organization are removed. !nb
immortancrow ·
The higher self is not a separate being above the individual but is the individual's own existence at the next level up in the holonic plasma consciousness hierarchy, the same plasma consciousness field experienced from the perspective of the larger whole rather than from the perspective of the individual part. !nb