The holistic self-unfolding proces of our Universe
Like a flower unfolds itself by the sun
So unfolds our Universe itself by the secret of its birth 13.8 billion years ago
Which secret we can not unravel
Because we can not leave our Universe
Therefore
If we want to live in harmony with that holistic self-unfolding Universe,
making possible our existence as a self-aware bio-physocal being made,
we must base our personal and collective decisions in our living and working
relations on consent.
Consent means that nobody has a negotiable objection against the pending
decision.
so that everyone’s develoment as a self-aware bio-physical being is guaranteed
based on its talents and experiences and everyone can contribute to the
development to the human society
© Leo Raming, Zeist , 2018-02-14
In Plato’s Republic (Book VII), the ‘Allegory of the Cave’ describes prisoners who take shadows for reality until one is freed and discovers the world beyond — a metaphor for the painful but liberating journey toward truth.
Plato. (circa 380 BCE). The Republic (Book VII, “Allegory of the Cave”). In B. Jowett (Trans.), The Republic. Project Gutenberg. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1497
In Holism and Evolution, Smuts introduces the concept of “wholes” as fundamental to understanding reality, arguing that wholeness applies not only to biological life but also to inorganic matter and the highest manifestations of the human spirit.
Smuts, J. C. (1926). Holism and Evolution. London: Macmillan.
Jantsch presents evolution as a self-organizing process spanning the cosmos, life, and human society, integrating insights from systems theory, thermodynamics, and human development.
Jantsch, E. (1980). The Self-Organizing Universe: Scientific and Human Implications of the Emerging Paradigm of Evolution. Oxford: Pergamon Press.
Nobel laureate Ilya Prigogine and philosopher Isabelle Stengers explore how thermodynamics and the concept of dissipative structures reveal order emerging from chaos, bridging the sciences and humanities.
Prigogine, I., & Stengers, I. (1979). La Nouvelle Alliance: Métamorphose de la science. Paris: Gallimard. [English translation: Order Out of Chaos (1984), Bantam Books.]
Churchman critiques conventional planning models, advocating for a systems approach rooted in ethics and the vision of a “beloved community” that transcends purely technical solutions.
Churchman, C. W. (1971). “The Case Against Planning.” In The Systems Approach. New York: Dell Publishing.