Self-Organization, while derived from Genetics, not contained in
Ants create colonies, instinctually. This is because of the
way they were built. It is not because of genetic programming, which is too
limited. The Genetics are connected in the sense that they led to a way of
behaving which led to this self-organization with certain distinct laws.
However the complex organization of the Colony does not exist in the genetics
of each ant, any more than the diamond exists in the carbon molecule. In both
cases the method of self-organization exists in the ant and the carbon
molecule.
Similarly humans self-organize in ways that is not contained
directly in their genes, as much as it is contained in the method in which they
manifest. While this move towards complexity of social organization seems to
defy description or definition, instead it simplifies, because it identifies
what we are looking for, which is context rather than content, which doesn’t
even exist.
The Group takes Precedence over the Individual
As we shall see one of the first principles of
self-organization is Group preservation. To be clear, the false component is
that Individual Cells attempt to preserve themselves over the Organ. The true
component is that the Organ or Group has precedence over the Cell or
Individual. We’ll discuss the reasoning behind this in a later chapter. For now
we will just make the claim. However the evidence that we will give is
self-supporting.
While we make the general claim, we will now turn it
specific. Species preservation takes precedence over the Individual. For
instance, while many say self-preservation is the most important because the
body continually fights for survival despite the circumstances, the evidence
indicates that species preservation far surpasses it in importance. The
following example clearly supports this assertion.
The father, fighting to protect his family from attack, will
willingly give his life to protect his wife and children, despite his body’s
innate urge to survive. In every culture everywhere the males of the tribe
willing give their lives to defend the women and children from attack. This has
nothing to do with Self-preservation and everything to do with
Species-preservation.
This is one of the basic motivations behind the Human’s
method of organizing. Many of the larger social organizations mimic the
motivations behind a father sacrificing his life to protect his family from
attack. Unfortunately these natural processes with natural motivations becomes
distorted and corrupted by the translation from small to large. Indeed one of
the thrusts of this book is to expose the corruption of the original pure
motivations so that they don’t affect us subconsciously to the detriment of the
species.
Archetype of Father Protector reflected on Larger Levels
In general Fathers are hard wired to risk their lives to
protect their Family just as the Mother is hardwired to risk her life for her
Children. This is not learned behavior as much as it is innate. Children don’t
regularly see parents risking their lives for the family, but will
instinctively risk their lives for their own children when the circumstance
presents itself. As we shall see this has to do with natural selection for
species survival, not we will repeat, individual survival.
This basic process is reflected on larger levels of social
organization. For instance the Father risking his life for his Family is
reflected in the Warrior risking his Life for the Tribe or the Soldiers of an
Army risking their Lives to Protect their Country.
At the next level of extension, the Chief or King assumes
the Father’s role, as the Protector of the Tribe. At the level of Tribal
warfare, the leader or Chief is usually the best Fighter who fearlessly leads
the men of his tribe into battle to defend the tribe, clan, city, community,
from external aggression whether it be from wandering bandits or soldiers,
invading barbarians or warring kingdoms or countries. The King leading his
troops into battle, fighting to defend his country from attack is derived from
the Tribal organization, which, as mentioned, is derived from the basic Family
organization. The Men will gladly sacrifice their own lives for the good of the
Tribe just as the Father willingly sacrifices himself for his Family. Similarly
the King will sacrifice himself for his country.
We frequently see this archetypal pattern in human
literature. In Lord of the Rings King
Theoden donned battle gear and went to fight the Orcs who were attacking the
women and children of his kingdom even though he was old. As an indication of
the internal power of the imagery of a Leader fighting to save his homeland
from attack, the entire audience - no human ambiguity here - was sad when
Theoden died this noble death - sacrificing himself for his people - quite a
few tears were shed. For anyone to even suggest that Theoden was a fool for
sacrificing himself in a hopeless battle to defend his kingdom would bring the
wrath of society down upon his or her head.
Chess Morals opposite from Theoden Morals
And yet the game of chess reflects an entirely different
cultural viewpoint. If Theoden had behaved by the morals of chess he would have
retreated to his highest castle tower, with some trusted warriors, as did his
rival, the evil Saruman, or perhaps fled to a neighboring kingdom and allowed
the pawns and knights to sacrifice themselves for him.
Theoden
Morals
King leads fighting and
might die first.
Chess
morals
Country sacrifices
themselves
for the King
While the media tries to persuade
us that our leadership has the morals of King Theoden instead they have the morals
of the King in Chess. The implications of the two versions are diametrically
opposed.
Media
Implication
The President and his Men
would risk Themselves
to defend the Country.
In
Reality
The citizens of the
Country
are regularly asked to
sacrifice themselves
for the President and his
Men.
Species Truth Behind Moralities
What is the species truth behind the 2 moralities?
The species truth behind the men sacrificing themselves to
protect women and children is that the species continues if the women and
children survive and goes extinct if only the men survive.
The archetype of the mother ferociously protecting her cubs,
children, chicks is cross species. This includes species as diverse as
chickens, bears, and humans. Even ants and bees band together to protect the
unborn larva.
This instinct to preserves the species at all costs is so
deep in our behavioral code that it has been codified as moral behavior. A
father who sacrifices himself to save his child is good and honorable, while a
father who sacrifices his child to save himself is bad and despicable.
Our natural instinct for species survival over personal
survival motivates the parents to sacrifice themselves for their children. This
extends to the men sacrificing themselves for the women and children of the
tribe, which extends to the Leader sacrificing himself for good of the tribe,
city-state, kingdom, or country.
Species has precedence over Individual
This is a good example of the Individual sacrificing his
Self for the good of the species. The depth of this urge for species
preservation is indicated by the almost universal antipathy felt toward the
father who sacrifices his child’s life that he might survive.
This very deep instinctual emotion to protect the young at
all costs, which extends across species, is the way we are. We are hard wired
for it. Natural selection chose those with this tendency for survival. Those
who didn’t have the tendency or urge may have survived, but their women and
children might not have. Hence their gene pool was not passed on. The counter
tendency for self-survival at the expense of the Group became the exception
rather than the rule.
So every human is wrapped in this cloak of species
preservation.
The Individual Human
exists
for the good of the
Species
Not, the Species exists
for the good of the
Individual.
Species Logic
The Species survives
at the expense of the
Individual
Individual Logic
Individual logic is
reversed.
Personal survival is
everything.
The Species doesn’t
matter.
The instinctive importance of the
Collective relative to the Individual is part of the make up of every species,
including humans. That is why each species has survived. While this seems to be
a self-evident truth, an axiom, it is not inherent to the system as much as it
is an emergent property of systems of organisms as they seek to perpetuate
themselves. As we shall see, this tendency to preserve continuity is derived
from our innate relation to the inanimate world, from whence we came.
Conservation of Momentum and Energy => Self Preservation
Digging a little deeper. Existence tends to hold onto itself
even to the extent that static friction is greater than dynamic friction. Even
inanimate objects hold onto their spot, resisting change. Further once they are
moving, objects hold onto their momentum. The only way momentum is changed is
through some kind of external force, which has its own momentum it is trying to
maintain. Even when two forces collide, they hold on so desperately to themselves
that they only change just enough to accommodate the other force - no more - no
less - exactly. The weaker force only gives up what it has to. The stronger
force takes exactly what it can.
Thus inherent to the Physics of matter itself is the urge
for self-preservation. This is at the very heart of the conservation of
momentum, both angular and linear. Once something is propelled into existence
by some external force, whether animate or inanimate, it tries to perpetuate
itself as long as it can, resisting any changes as best it can.
At the very root of Newton’s Universe of space and time is
the concept of self-preservation and conservation. Holding on to our self and
our momentum is innate to existence itself. Hence anything that emerges from
this ground, i.e. everything that is spawned by this Universe of space and
time, partakes in this basic craving to maintain momentum.
Just as ants, because of their hard wiring build colonies,
so does existence, including organic life, participate in the need for
self-preservation. As inanimate matter organized itself into larger entities -
from gas to galaxies with stars and even planets - each of these enormities
sought to preserve themselves and their momentum, in the most economic way
possible. This is one of roots of physical science - an anchor upon which
scientists analyze and organize the world.
Similarly as matter literally organ-ized itself first into
cells, then microorganisms, then organisms, organisms of humans, to collections
of humans called corporations - each of these entities inherently participate
in the same energy of self-preservation or conservation of self. Thus each
organization of matter whether on the micro or macro scale, whether on the
organic or inorganic level, seeks to preserve itself, which includes the static
and dynamic component. The large and small, embodied and disembodied, attempt
to maintain themselves equally. Further each of these organizations attempts to
maintain themselves independent of the individuals, whether atoms, cells, or
humans, that makes them up. We shall examine this idea in more depth a little
later on.
Rebellion or Civil War, the Super Nova
Of course sometimes conflicting internal forces might cause
self-destructive explosions, such as the super nova, which destroy the larger
entity itself. However all the forces still continue and strive to preserve
themselves, independent of the larger entity. The principles of conservation
and preservation still hold. The point is that the individual has the potential
to rebel from the larger Group and go his own way, which could lead to the
destruction of the Group. Frequently, however, the larger Group breaks into
smaller Groups of individuals, rather than single individuals.
The point of this section is that Humans tend to
self-organize into Groups, which take precedence over themselves, just as the
Colony takes precedence over the Ants that make it up, just as the Pack takes
precedence over the Wolves that make it up. Just as Ants and Wolves sacrifice
themselves willingly for the Group, so do Humans. This natural tendency is
derived from the physical principles of the conservation of momentum.
While these natural urges are fundamental to existence,
humans have the potential to rebel, to create new Groups. (We’ll get into the
reasons a bit further on.) To achieve transformation the Individual must
exercise the ability to form or choose new Groups rather than giving his Self
up to this ‘natural’ tendency to ‘sacrifice for larger Group’. To attain
liberation from these ‘natural tendencies’ it is mandatory to rigorously
examine alternatives rather than mindlessly follow the sheep to slaughter.
Finally one way that the Propagandists convince us to throw
our lives away is by associating the Larger Group with Family preservation,
which is connected with the survival of the Species. Remember, however, that
Groups can perish without threatening the Species. Hence while it is important
to fight for the survival of your Family, it is not important or necessary to
fight for the survival of the larger Group or Country if it threatens your
Family.
The Propagandist uses the Generalization fallacy to group
the Family and the Country. While in certain circumstances there is a link, in
many others the two are moving at cross-purposes. Hence avoid having a lazy
mind and examine each circumstance carefully - remembering all the time that
Fighting for the family is true, natural and good. Similarly fighting for
extensions of the family is also good, i.e. fighting for the Tribe. However
watch out for false extensions that lead to your doom, such as sacrificing your
life for the obscene profits of the leaders of your country. Attempt to pursue
the true extensions that lead to your personal growth and transformation. More
later.
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