Something:
this or that thing.
If I were to say:
‘I know something interesting,’
but you know only
it is both part
and whole.

Anything:
Something whatsoever.
If you were to ask:
‘Do you know anything interesting?’
you suppose only
to inquire of any part
of any whole.

Nothing:
No thing, not even
anything. If we were to sit
in silence, hearing nothingness,
we suppose only
it’s not part
of any whole.

Everything:
Every damn thing,
particular or aggregate, of a total.
We listen to each
Everyness, isn’t it always
the same whole
of every part?

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I. Reality comprises things or processes,
wholes within wholes, each a unique holon.

II. A thing’s drive to preserve itself
is called agency: the masculine principle.

III. A thing’s drive to adapt itself
is called communion: the feminine principle.

IV. A thing’s drive to transcend itself
is called heterophilia: telos of evolution.

V. A thing’s drive to dissolve itself
is called homophilia: telos of involution.

VI. Occasions arise; such moments of time
are emergent potentials of all holons.

VII. Things emerge in holarchies; they’re occasions
that include but transcend their previous.

VIII. Lower things set possibilities; the higher sets
achievable potentials of the lower.

IX. Higher levels include greater numbers of levels
within the holarchy: its depth.

X. The number of things on any level
of holarchy defines its span.

XI. Successive levels of evolution produce
greater depth of Omega and less span.

XII. Greater depth of a thing implies a greater
degree of its consciousness.

XIII. Destroy any thing, and destroy all things
above it and nothing below.

XIV. Evolution is not purely random. Telos, life’s
goal, gives reality its directionality.

XV. Evolution becomes ever more sophisticated.
It reveals the further reaches of complexity.

XVI. Evolution becomes more diverse. It reveals further
layers of differentiation and integration.

XVII. Evolution becomes more defined and structured.
It reveals further dynamics of organization.

XVIII. The purpose of evolution becomes increasingly
clear, complex, and subtle: the Omega.

XIX. Every thing knows implicitly the incompleteness
or uncertainty (IOU) of all things.

XX. The indeterminacy and partiality of every thing
is redeemed by its Everyness.

XXI. Involution is not purely random. Telos gives
Everyness its hidden, paradoxical directionality.

XXII. Involution becomes more fundamental. It reveals
new modes of simplicity and fullness.

XXIII. Involution becomes more unified and corporate.
It shows increasing undifferentiation and indistiction.

XXIV. Involution becomes more nuanced and subtle.
It increases its texture and sensitivity.

XXV. The purpose of involution becomes increasingly
mysterious and unfathomable: the Alpha.

XXVI. All things receive a receipt for IOU
from the Alpha and Omega.

XXVII. All things arise in the occasion
of acknowledging their receipt for IOU.

XXVIII. Destroy any thing and add to the
increasing telos Alpha and Omega.

IXXX. The greater span of a thing,
the greater its degree of Alpha.

XXX. In time, the unity of Alpha and Omega
is greater than Everyness.

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