Academic Synopsis and Glossary of System Basics

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Academic Synopsis and Glossary of System Basics
Robert Campbell 2006
Note: This requires careful reflection on the System diagrams. It takes concentrated attention over a period of time to understand well. It is intended for those who may be faced with the need to express new concepts in language. While the System cannot be reduced to language one can see how the meanings implicit in words derive from the structural dynamics of the Cosmic Order that has directed our biological and social evolution.

The System

The System is a method of delineating the structural and dynamical properties of the cosmic order. It encompasses all of the structural possibilities of phenomenal experience with respect to active interfaces between a universal inside or center and a universal outside or periphery. This includes living processes. It is a property of the System that it should find confirmation in phenomenal experience. It is likewise a property of the System that it has no origin in space or time. The nature of space and time is defined by the System itself as it relates to the projection of the physical universe.

Efflux

Efflux is defined as the active flowing forth or explicit expression of ordered energy processes issuing from the universal inside to the universal outside across one or more active interfaces between them. The nature of efflux is progressively qualified by the way the System proliferates. Macroscopic example: A human being is an active interface with the physical environment that can use biochemical energy processes in efflux to throw a ball.

Reflux

Reflux is defined as the flowing back or relatively passive return of ordered energy processes feeding back to the universal inside from the universal passive outside across one or more active interfaces between them. The nature of reflux is progressively qualified by the way the System proliferates. Macroscopic example: Physical and biochemical energy processes in passive reflux via the visual sense allow the human being to see the ball in flight.

Center

Since all active interfaces exhibit a universal active inside or center within them they are called Centers for convenience. Since the active center within active interfaces consists of ordered energy related to electromagnetic energy it is likewise called light for convenience. The active universal center is progressively defined by the way the System proliferates.

Periphery

Since all active interfaces or Centers relate to a passive universal outside or periphery, and since it is convenient to call the active center light, it is likewise convenient to call the passive outside darkness. We can thus relate the efflux of light from an active center to a passive universal periphery in darkness. This simplifies descriptions. The passive universal periphery is progressively defined by the way the System proliferates.

Universal Wholeness

Since the System is a method of delineating the structural dynamics of the cosmic order embracing all possible structural possibilities of experience, it is founded on the single Janus-faced concept that there is a universal wholeness both embracing all possible phenomena and from which all phenomena derive. The System can allow of nothing more fundamental than itself with the single requirement that it must find consistency with phenomena. Traditional approaches begin at the other end, with a complex diversity of fragmented phenomena, from which universal laws and unified theories are sought. The System elaborates on itself in such a way that it can assimilate the evidence that has been amassed by traditional approaches in more meaningful integrated ways.

System 1

System 1 is universal wholeness. It distinguishes one active universal inside that relates to one passive universal outside across one active interface between them. The active interface between them defines the structural properties of all phenomenal experience, while the efflux and reflux of energy processes across the active interface defines process properties to all phenomenal experience. The structural and process properties of all phenomenal experience are generated together in this way. There are two ways to illustrate an active interface or Center. One way is passive. The other way is active. This relates also to Higher Systems that have more than one active interface and that are subsumed by System 1.

Passive Representation and Terms

The passive representation illustrates the structural relationships of Centers with respect to their inside and outside. System 1 is simply represented as one circle and there is only one relationship possible. System 2 is represented by two circles and there are two relationships possible between them. System 3 is represented by three circles and there are four possible relationships of inside to outside between them. System 4 is represented by four circles and there are nine possible relationships between them, and so on. Each relationship is called a Term. The passive representation only illustrates the structural relationships between Centers. It says nothing of the active properties of Centers or of the active processes taking place between Centers. It says nothing about the meaning implicit within Terms.

Active Representation, Terms, Modes, and Meaning

The active representation illustrates the active processes taking place within each Term. Each Center relates to the other Centers within each Term through efflux and reflux. Together these processes within each Term delineate a phenomenological basis to Meaning. In the higher systems there can be more than one way that the centers within some Terms can actively relate. These alternate variations possible in some Terms are called Modes. There are distinctions of meaning implicit between alternate Modes of the same Term. There are a variety of ways that alternate Modes can arise.

System 1 Transcending and Subsuming Space and Time

System 1 as an expression of universal wholeness must transcend and subsume space and time as a posteriori concepts derived from the structure and process of physical phenomena. Physical phenomena result from the higher systems which are transcended and subsumed by System 1. If System 1 existed in space and time it would create a universal boundary between inside and outside in space and time. It would constitute a universal two-ness and thus a contradiction in terms. System 1 requires that all physical things must share both a universal center or inside and a universal periphery or outside. This is a primary condition of universal wholeness. It is the Meaning implicit in System 1.

The Rift in Wholeness

Since System 1 is a unique Universal Center there is nothing to distinguish it in phenomenal experience as we normally perceive space and time. As an isolated singular concept in itself it also allows of no phenomenal experience and no space or time, since there is no other Center to perceive in reflux or relate to in efflux. Since there can be no structure or process in experience apart from the undifferentiated wholeness of System 1, nothing can be knowable. This is not consistent with our phenomenal experience. This means that there must be a fundamental rift in wholeness. This rift must allow of multiple Particular Centers for the multiplicity of phenomenal experience to be possible.

The Rift in Wholeness and Higher Systems

The rift provides for System 2 as an elaboration of System 1. This is not a process in space and time. System 1 transcends and subsumes System 2. In a similar manner the rift further provides for System 3 as an elaboration of System 2. It further provides for System 4 as an elaboration of System 3. The rift thus provides for a nested hierarchy of higher Systems such that each higher system is an elaboration of the lower systems that transcend and subsume them. Each higher System is designated by the number of Centers that generate it.

The Creative Process

The creative process ensues from the need to reconcile the open ended proliferation of hierarchical multiplicity with universal wholeness or unity. This is only possible if System 1 universally transcends and subsumes the whole open ended hierarchy of higher systems via the structural dynamism of the creative process that it prescribes. The whole creative process thus defines the efflux and reflux associated with System 1. This requires that the whole of phenomenal existence is a process of dissemination from and return to a universal active source on a cosmic scale.

(Private Note: The rift in wholeness was awesomely demonstrated by the infinite hemispheres of energy in the initial experience that started this work. The experience also demonstrated the relationship between the Universal Center and myself as a Particular Center transcending space and time and the whole of creation via System 2. When the Universal Center of System 2 rose to consume the energies of the Void in reflux back to itself, it demonstrated itself as System 1, the Universal Center of all creation. It could not complete this scenario because of the rift in wholeness. When I turned my back on the Universal Center there was efflux of energy from it projecting through me as an open interface, as the experience continued to demonstrate the higher Systems. The point here is that this glossary is derived primarily from the experiences in which the System was revealed to me. Although there is a logical consistency to it confirmed by phenomenal experience it is not dependent on a progressive logical construction based on language. It is structural and it does embrace all possible structural varieties of phenomenal experience. It is because of these latter factors that these concepts do not have to be accepted as articles of belief based on my private experiences. They can be independently confirmed in ordinary phenomenal experience and the empirical evidence by others.)

System 2 Defines the Relationship Between Universal and Particular Centers

System 2 defines a single Universal Center 1 in relation to manifold Particular Centers 2. Universal and Particular aspects to phenomenal experience are mutually defined by System 2 as a fundamental relativity principle. The one can only be known in relation to the other. No separate particular thing is completely unique in phenomenal experience. Only Center 1 is Universal and Unique. Center 2 is Particular and Many. There must be a hierarchical relationship between them if universal wholeness is to remain a possibility. They mutually interact in only two possible structural orientations, each called a Term. One Term is defined as objective. The other Term is defined as subjective.

Open Centers (System 2)

Both the Universal Center 1 and Particular Centers 2 are open in System 2. The Universal Center 1 is the solitary archetypal active center synonymous with the active center of System 1. It universally transcends and subsumes all Particular Centers 2. This is a fundamental hierarchical relationship. All Particular Centers 2 are also open but the archetypal characteristics that they display in System 2 subsume particular aspects of the higher Systems so that they relate in multiplicity to Center 1 as open particular Centers.

Open Centers and Higher Systems

Open centers become progressively elaborated with each higher System, where they can assume additional characteristics. For example their archetypal character as open centers can allow them to assimilate processes at subsumed levels in a similar way that an organ in the body, such as a kidney, subsumes and assimilates the cellular processes that constitute it. The kidney is a Particular active interface in its relationship with other Particular body organs and yet it has an archetypal subsuming relationship to its collection of Particular cells at a lower level (elaborated by a higher system) in the hierarchy. Each cell in turn has a subsuming relationship to the collection of Particular molecular processes taking place within it. The System thus elaborates within itself.

The Illustration of Open Centers

Active Open Centers are illustrated in diagrams by a plane two dimensional surface between inside and outside, the plane of the active interface being indefinite in extent. Its extent depends upon the active archetypal processes it exhibits (such as in a functioning kidney), and the Particular processes it subsumes, according to its place in phenomenal circumstance. Centers with archetypal qualities exhibit organized energy patterns. A hole is illustrated in the active two dimensional surface to distinguish the active process in efflux from the inside to the outside.

Self-Similarity

The hyphenated word "self-similar" is used to indicate a qualitative similarity between Universal and Particular Centers, or between higher and lower Systems, or between the System and phenomena, or between different phenomena that exhibit similar structural processes that correspond to the same System number. Self-similarity indicates varying degrees of isomorphic relationships.

Closed Centers (Systems 3 and higher)

Systems 3 and higher have both open and closed Centers and both Universal and Particular Terms. The Universal and Particular Terms of System 3 are self-similar elaborations of the Universal and Particular Centers of System 2. Closed Centers first appear with System 3 and they are illustrated in the Active Representation with ellipses. Closed Centers always occur as a triad of three separate Centers that are mutually bound in an intimate process relationship between them. In System 3 the intimate relationship between the three Centers is mutually confirmed by three self-similar Universal Centers confined within them and linking them in pairs. Closed Centers always occur in every higher System in a self-similar triadic relationship. There are no possible mutual relationships that can find closed self-similar confirmation between any other number of separate Centers than three. It is always a triad. They must be mutually closed to maintain unified coherence within the Term. Closed Centers exhibit spatial closure as a collection of three independent entities that together define an intimate spatial relationship to one another. They also define a non-intimate spatial relationship to manifold others of their kind. In Systems higher than System 3 intimate triadic relationships are elaborated upon. In System 4 there are two such Terms one Universal and one Particular. In the Universal Term the triad of separate closed Centers is contained within an open archetypal Center. In the Particular Term one of the closed Centers of the triad contains an open Center within it. Each higher System elaborates in various ways.

Objective Orientation (System 2)

When Center 1 is the active center inside Center 2, all Centers 2 share the same universal center and relate in efflux outward to the same universal periphery. All Centers 2 relate objectively outward. They can actively participate in objective phenomenal experience. This orientation need not exclude the physical perception of space and time although System 2 transcends and subsumes the generation of space and time by System 3.

(Private Note: There is an integrated archetypal energy pattern associated with each human being as an open Center 2 in System 2. This active interface is an assimilation of one’s genetic, social and evolutionary history. As such under normal circumstances it subsumes the higher systems and the phenomenal generation and perception of events in space and time, including the physiology of our bodily functions. This is the normal circumstance in which we all live and share to various degrees in phenomenal experience. Under special circumstances, such as the experience which initiated this work, the projection of physical events can be transcended by the active relationship of the Universal Center to one Particular Center. Alternate phenomenal experience can be generated at the active discretion of the Universal Center in a manner that transcends the normal perception of events in space and time. Although the latter phenomenal experiences are revelatory in nature they can not be capricious, since they too must conform to the structural and process characteristics of how the System works. There are no other structural possibilities to phenomenal experience and the Universal Center represents holistic integrity.)

Subjective Orientation (System 2)

When Center 2 is separate from Center 1 it relates in relative passive reflux back to the active Universal Center. It cannot relate in efflux because it is not the active Universal Center. The subjective orientation transcends the physical perception of space and time. It is a subjective relationship because one Particular Center objectively faces the unique Universal Center by relating subjectively inward in the context of the whole cosmic order. The meaning of the words subjective and objective begins to compound within themselves as the System proliferates within itself. The subjective orientation is always private. It cannot be public because the Universal Center cannot admit of subjective multiplicity directly with respect to itself if it is to be Universal Wholeness. It must be a one on one hierarchical relationship bridging the rift in wholeness through mutual recognition. In the normal phenomenal experience of one human being the Subjective Orientation of System 2 involves private reflection. We know it as an intuitive process that seeks to integrate experience in some meaningful way through wonder. We seek tuition within. It is a process of passive reflux to open archetypal energies that transcend us. This intuitive search is not a linear process in space and time since it seeks to meaningfully integrate objective events spanning their history. Center 2 of System 2 is an evolved product of the creative process. It transcends and subsumes particular aspects of the higher systems.

(Private Note: Under normal circumstances we perceive physical phenomena in the objective orientation and we learn to communicate to bridge our physical separation as physically distinct individuals. We make logical connections employing language and develop common frameworks of understanding as intelligent beings. Our various sciences are developed to organize our thoughts as mutual social endeavors in this way. We find a degree of unity bridging the rift in wholeness between one another through these rational creative endeavors. We learn to cope together in civilized ways through our organizations of many kinds. The alternate subjective orientation is consciously intuitive for humans under normal circumstances, and it is progressively instinctive down the evolutionary ladder. The subjective intuitive orientation informs the objective rational orientation. They alternately command our attention according to how we make our commitments. Under special circumstances one Particular human can objectively face the Universal Center in passive reflux in the subjective orientation of System 2. This can only be a private phenomenon, just as each person’s intuitive concerns are entertained privately. In this cosmic context in a direct face to face relationship with the Universal Center the latter has universal access to the whole of history since it integrates and subsumes the whole of phenomenal experience. It can re-assimilate Particular elements of historical experience from the Void however it wishes to objectively reveal the structural dynamics of how the System integrates phenomenal experience. This is how the cosmic order was revealed by the Supreme Universal Being in the cosmic insight that initiated this work and other insights that followed.)

Perceptual Transpositions between Objective and Subjective Orientations

The two orientations of System 2 occur alternately. In the objective orientation the Universal Center is inside the Particular Center. In the subjective orientation the two Centers are separate and facing one another. The transformations back and forth between one orientation and the other always occur by the Perceptual Transposition of Center 2 with respect to Center 1. In general a perceptual transposition occurs when one or more Centers in any System turn around to reverse or invert their subjective to objective orientation with respect to one or more other Centers. Perceptual transpositions are always involved in the transformation from one Term to another within any higher System. In System 2 Center 2 turns around to face Center 1 in transforming from the objective to the subjective orientation. The Universal Center 1 does not perceptually transpose with respect to the Particular Center 2, because then Center 2 would become the Universal Center in the objective orientation, a contradiction in meaning. The transformation to a subjective intuitive orientation in System 2 is a matter of personal discretion influenced by the Universal Center within the objective orientation.

Homologues of System 2

Homologues of System 2 can arise wherever a Particular Center is defined by its relationship to any Universal Center in a higher system. A Universal Center does not have to be the Universal Center of the cosmos although it may contain it. Homologues arise in the relationship of a Particular member of a species to the Universal genotype of the species. Rover is defined as a dog in relation to its species. Both one Particular dog and the Universal Dog Species are open active interfaces defined by System 2.

In a restricted context homologues can arise in all definitions, where physical things are mentally classified as members of a set or a group. For example a drafting pencil may be defined by its relationship to a universal class called a set of drafting instruments. The word “set” in this context is different from its use in Systems 3 and higher. As a general rule of the System each Particular Center of one Particular Set must correspond to a self-similar Universal Center in a corresponding Universal Set that interacts with all Particular Sets. In System 2, a Set is confined to one Universal Center, or to one Particular Center of the self-similar Universal kind. In the higher Systems the word Set designates an intimate relationship between the number of Centers consistent with the System number that are mutually bound by a self-similar Universal Set.

System 2 and Values

The two alternate orientations of System 2 represent a rift in universal wholeness. In the objective orientation each Particular Center 2 must objectively relate to other Particular Centers 2. Although they are open centers they all subsume the higher systems that invest them with separate physical forms in the projection of space and time. This phenomenal experience of objective multiplicity must find reconciliation with the subjective holistic orientation that one seeks through open intuitive wonder. This requires that we must seek some way to meaningfully integrate the diversity of objective circumstance into a common framework of understanding. Universal values derive from this need to reconcile unity and multiplicity associated with the two orientations of System 2 transcending and subsuming events in space and time. In a human context, friendship, love, goodness, mercy, compassion, all derives from the intuitive realization that we share an archetypal Universal Center with others. We are all human beings. What we do to another we do to ourselves also. The archetypal Center is our common humanity implicit in the genotype of the human species. System 1 also requires that our common archetypal humanity must have a cosmic Universal Center within it from which all values derive. In a cosmic context we intuitively recognize that there must be a transcending universal basis to truth. Values are the meaning implicit in the identity between the two orientations of System 2.

System 3, Sets, and Frames

The three Centers of System 3 generate four Terms that interact in two Sets, consistent with an elaboration of System 2. Each Set consists of three Centers that alternate between two Terms. One Set is Universal and unique. One Set is Particular and many. Consistent with System 2 there are alternate objective and subjective orientations. In each orientation one Universal Term interacts with one Particular Term of each Particular Set to constitute a mutually coherent Frame. The subjective orientation is called a Space Frame. The objective orientation is called a Quantum Frame.

System 3 and Photon, Electron and Proton

At the most primary level the three Particular Centers of each Particular Set of System 3 are identified as Photon (C1), Electron (C2) and Proton (C3). The unique Universal Set consists of three self-similar open Centers that interact with the three Particular Centers in each Particular Set. The primary projection of space and time results from the synchronous projection of Particular Sets, each set being an independent atom. Independent atoms are linked by the efflux of light that provides the integrated fabric Space Frames with the appearance of spatial continuity. Light defines the space between atoms. Each integrated Space Frame alternates with its timeless quantum energy equivalent. The integrated Quantum Frame, called the Void. The timeless Void is orthogonal to the integrated fabric of space-time. It spans and integrates history.

The Subjective Space Frame and Coherence

In each Particular Set of the Space Frame the three Centers that constitute one Set are mutually closed and thus spatially distinct from one another. They are contained by physical boundaries that define them as Particular Wholes and through which they mutually relate in an intimately bound subjective state as a single closed entity such as an atom that exists in three spatial dimensions. At a primary atomic level the three spatial dimensions are defined by the way the three Centers of the unique Universal Set are confined within the three Particular Centers of each Particular Set to intimately bind them together as distinct atoms. This intimate binding is called Coherence. The confinement of the Universal Set is similar to the way quarks are believed to be confined.

Spatial Extension and System 3 Homologues

Spatial extension is defined by the objective relationship between separate Particular entities in the subjective orientation. One subjective Space Frame defines one atom. One integrated Space Frame defines the objective relationship between all atoms and thus the ontological structure of physical existence. There are self-similar homologues to System 3 as it relates both to the celestial integration of space and time and to the physical seeding of biological evolution. There are also purely biological homologues associated with the intimate integration of Host, Organ and Cell in multi-celled creatures. There are further homologues within the Cell.

The Objective Quantum Frame of System 3, and the Void

The three Centers of each Particular Set are open in the objective Quantum Frame and thus they lose closed physical form. They remain intimately bound by their mutual coalescence as a timeless quantum of organized energy. Two of the Centers coalesce together, face to face, within the remaining Center such that the universal center and periphery are simultaneously realized. This mutual coalescence of the three Centers is a unit quantum of energy that is the equivalent of each Particulate atomic entity in the Subjective Space Frame. The simultaneous relationship between the universal inside and outside gives each Particular Set its timeless quality. Centers 2 and 3 of each Particular Set become coalesced as Center 1. In other words Electron and Proton coalesce to become Photonic energy. Each coalesced Particular Set thus becomes an element of the Universal Center 1 in light. Because both the Universal and Particular Centers are open in the objective Quantum Frame, the Universal Center 1 assimilates all Particular Sets as One. This Universal Center 1 relates objectively outward through the universal Centers 2 and 3 to the universal periphery in darkness. The integration of all Particular Quantum Sets by a single unique Universal Set in the Quantum Frame is called the Void. It is a timeless and spatially indeterminate field of quantized energy without specific form. It is also called the Quantum Sensorium. It is a master memory bank from which the world of form is recalled in each Space Frame.

Transformations between Space and Quantum Frames

Each Particular Set transforms from the Space Frame to the Quantum Frame by the perceptual transformation of the Particular Center 1 such that it turns around to contain Centers 2 and 3. The Universal Set transforms to the Quantum Frame by the perceptual transposition of Center 3 such that it contains Centers 1 and 2. The two transformations complement one another in the switch to the alternate Frame. They transform in an inverse manner to one another. The transformations back and forth between Space and Quantum Frames are synchronously regulated by the Universal Set.

The Primary Interval of Time

There is no particulate motion in a single Space Frame, only electromagnetic activity. All relative motions occur as quantum jumps in position between successive Space Frames. A primary interval of linear time is defined in relation to the zero angular momentum of the electron in the first orbit of the hydrogen atom in relation to the Coulomb Force that retains it in orbit between successive space frames. The Primary Interval of Time is easily calculated to have a value of 1.519 x 10^-16 seconds. This is the duration of each still space frame projection in classical units of time with respect to electromagnetic frequency and Planck's universal constant h.

Synchronicity and Space-time

The Universal Set synchronously projects all atoms in the universe in a succession of integrated space frames with the phenomenal characteristics of spatial continuity. Between each integrated Space Frame there is a timeless integrated Quantum Frame from which each Space Frame is synchronously recalled to physical form. Because each Quantum Frame is timeless the Space Frames close ranks to give the appearance of spatial continuity. At the atomic level the synchronous recurrence of space frames is very rapid giving the appearance of both spatial and temporal continuity. This is called the integrated fabric of Space-Time. It is distinct from the a priori concept of the spacetime continuum of General Relativity. Since the Void is timeless it can span and integrate the history of evolutionary change in the integrated fabric of space-time.

Inner and Outer Space and the Quantization of Space-time

Inner space is defined by the complex of relationships between self-similar Universal and Particular Sets that define each atom as a spatially distinct entity. External space is defined by the emission of light from exited atoms so that external space is defined by the distance light can travel in one primary interval of time relative to each atom. In this way both space and time are quantized. One quantum element of space is the distance that light can travel in one primary interval of time. It is 4.554 x 10^-8 meters.

The Uncertainty Principle

The wave-particle duality of matter derives from the synchronous transformations between space frames and quantum frames. Each atom behaves somewhat like a standing wave. Each atom is both a discrete particle and a quantized element of timeless energy at the same time, because a primary interval of time is equivalent to one cycle of recurrence of each synchronous atom. Since the exact position of an atom can only be known in a single space frame, and since momentum requires a number of successive space frames involving successive jumps in position in order to determine it, this accounts for the uncertainty principle. The more precisely position can be known the less precisely momentum can be known and vice-versa. This is a function of h/2pi.

Relative Space Frame Skipping and Atomic Fusion

Light, emanating from stars, links up all the synchronously projected atoms in the universe to present the integrated fabric of space-time that we know as phenomenal experience. Relative motions only occur as jumps in position between successive Space Frames. This introduces relative space frame skipping since the transmission of light cannot fully bridge relative quantum jumps in position between space frames. Relative Space Frame skipping accounts for Special and General Relativity effects. Space frame skipping can be compensated for by atomic fusion in the centers of suns. Atomic fusion combines two atoms that define a space less than one primary atom of hydrogen. Fusion processes in the centers of stars thus condense space and time.

Electromagnetic Fields Spanning Space-Time

When an Electron is separated from its Proton partner and thus from the inner space of an atom within a single Space Frame, it is beyond the reach of the Universal Set that binds them intimately to the Photon in the Particular Set. The three members of the Particular Set still remain intimately coalesced in the Quantum Frame. This requires that Photonic energy must span and integrate two or more Space Frames to intimately link Electron and Proton and complete the Set. Electromagnetic fields result from this spanning of space frames by Photonic energy. EM fields can reach to the ends of Space-Time. They pervade the universe. They span space and time.

General Meanings of System 3 Centers as subsumed by System 2

The general meanings of the System 3 Centers derive from the objective orientation of the Universal Set. In this objective Term C1 is inside C2 which is inside C3. As an elaboration of System 2, C1 represents universal wholeness, just as it did in System 2. System 3 elaborates on System 2 by the same rift in wholeness that requires that there must be a System 2 to find confirmation with the multiplicity of phenomenal experience. C2 in System 2 can only be an open Center with archetypal characteristics. This presents the same dilemma as in System 1, since a monolithic archetypal Center can allow of no phenomenal distinctions apart from itself. Center 2 must allow of a subsumed level of distinction as an additional active Center 3 in System 3. The meaning implicit in C1 is universal wholeness in Systems 1, 2 and 3. We can call it the Idea of wholeness in order to generalize it for application to ordinary experience. The transformation back and forth between the objective and subjective orientations of System 2 is a self-similar recurrent Routine. It is a universal action that always employs the same perceptual transposition of Center 2 to result in the alternate orientation. There is thus always a Routine involved between the Form of the subjective orientation and the universal wholeness which is the Idea implicit in the Objective orientation. System 3 elaborates on this System 2 Routine that transforms to a subjective Form. In System 3, Center 2 is designated as an explicit Routine. Center 3 is designated as explicitly representing the Form of the Subjective orientation. The three Centers of System 3 are thus associated with a holistic Idea, a Routine of transformation, and an explicit subjective Form that results from the transformation. This is represented in the System 3 hierarchy as Idea C1→Routine C2→Form C3→Universal outside (darkness).

Meanings of System 3 Transformations

In the Universal Objective Term of System 3 there is a time-like succession in the efflux from C1 to C2 to C3 to darkness. C1 also contains all of the coalesced Particular Sets that are holistic quantized elements of C1 as light energy in the objective orientation of the Quantum Frame, which is the Void. Through the efflux from the universal C1 to the universal Routine interface C2 the transformation to the Subjective orientation takes place as explicit Form. All of the particular Centers 1 perceptually transpose to face their C2 and C3 partners as closed intimately bound Sets of independent atoms. Simultaneously the unique universal Form Center 3 perceptually transposes to give independent Form to each Particular Center. Each Particular Center becomes intimately bound to its two partners across the inner space subjectively defined for each atom. This Universal binding takes place between Particular pairs of Centers in self-similar order between Routine C2 and Form C3. This means that the Universal open relationship between Electron and Proton with each atom corresponds to the closed Particular relationship between Electron and Proton. All atoms are self-similar and synchronous.

Relational Whole in Efflux

In the subjective universal Term of System 3, C1 is inside or subjective to C2 and thus relates in efflux out through C2 to enter C3 which has perceptually transposed to objectively face C2. This completes what is called a Relational Whole since C1 and C3 share a common Universal inside. This sharing a common inside is required by System 1. The Relational Whole thus completes a circuit back to the universal inside. In this case the Relational Whole is created by active efflux from C1 through C2 to re-enter C3. All Relational Wholes are designated by the letter R with a numerical subscript to identify it.

Relational Whole in Reflux

In the same subjective universal Term of System 3, C3 relates in passive Reflux back to enter through C2 and thence C1 to complete a countercurrent Relational Whole in the universal inside. This passive reflux provides feedback from the Form C3 to the integrating Idea C1 via the Routine C2. Together the Relational Wholes in efflux and reflux are called Countercurrent Relational Wholes.

Common Meaning of Countercurrent Relational Wholes in Efflux and Reflux

All creative activity in a human context has a self-similar universal pattern. Any integrating Idea takes explicit Form through active Routines of some kind. If we have an integrated Idea to make a picture, the picture takes on an explicit Form through the Routines of drawing or painting. The Form of the picture feeds back in passive reflux through the active Routines until we see that it matches the Idea we have in mind. This universal pattern defines a subjective aspect distinct from an objective aspect. System 3 is also called the Primary Activity.

Coherence of the Universal Term with all Particular Terms in the System 3 Space Frame

The three Centers in each Particular Set are intimately bound by the Universal Countercurrent Relational Wholes tunneling through them from within and linking them up in self-similar pairs. This synchronous intimate binding of each Particular Set by a single Universal Set is called Coherence. It accounts for the physical identity of separate atoms of hydrogen on the integrated Space Frame side. The identity between separate atoms is called an Aristotelian Identity. It does not take cognizance of the identity between Space and Quantum Frames. There is also a Triadic Identity associated with the intimate binding of the three Particular Centers in each Particular Set by the Universal Set. The Universal Set is confined within Particular Centers, like quarks.

Historic Integration and Physical Conjugate Identities

Conjugate Identities between atoms, electrons, protons, and other sub-atomic particles arise when relationships between separate atomic Space Frames become Historically Integrated over a succession of Space Frames with respect to the integrated Quantum Frame - the timeless Void. The timeless Void spans space and time and takes account of historic reflux. This must be reconciled historically on the integrated Space Frame side. Conjugate Identities involving relative motions thus account for relativistic effects. Conjugate Identities involving the charge relationship between electron and proton account for the Coulomb Force. Conjugate Identities between separate atoms or collections of atoms as material bodies account for the Gravitational Force.

Historic Integration and the Quantization of Space and Time

Historic Integration associated with the Conjugate Identity takes account of the inverse relationship between Space Frames and Quantum Frames via the quantization of space and time. Discrete increments of space and time are integrated with respect to the Void in a manner analogous to the integration of differential increments in the calculus. The difference is that the System does not allow for infinitesimal differentiation. The differentials involved in Historic Integration are specified by the discrete quantized elements of space and time.

Secondary Homologue of System 3 in the Integrated Fabric of Space-Time

Galaxies have no physical existence in phenomenal experience apart from their stellar populations. There is nevertheless an integrated fabric of space-time associated with each galaxy via the timeless Void that spans and integrates history. Space-time is progressively contracted near galactic centers with an event horizon at their centers that is called a black hole in the integrated fabric of space-time. Black holes are singular conditions shared by galactic centers in the primary projection of hydrogen via the Void. Black holes function as Universal Centers of historic efflux and reflux via the Void. There is thus a universal pattern associated with each galaxy as a coherent entity on a cosmic scale. As galactic cells eternally regenerating their stellar populations, they evolve and change. The integrating Idea finds translation into the galactic Form of its stellar population via its Routines of relative angular motion. This is called the Secondary Homologue of System 3.

Warping Space-Time by Space Frame Skipping

It is relative angular motions that introduce relative space frame skipping at galactic centers with respect to their peripheries. This contracts the integrated fabric of space-time, driving the nucleosynthesis of heavier elements that contract space-time in suns to compensate. The integrated Idea of galaxies on a cosmic scale thus finds translation into their physical stellar Form via their relative angular Routines. There is empirical evidence of periodic efflux of primary hydrogen from the singular condition shared by galactic centers as well as reflux of old dense stars back to eventual accretion into a black hole at galactic centers. The contraction of space-time at the centers of galaxies propels primal hydrogen radially outward and draws old dense stars back in. The holistic Idea of a galaxy is realized in Form through the Routines of stellar regeneration. This constitutes the Secondary Homologue of System 3 associated with the Primary System 3 and the cosmic projection of hydrogen.

Tertiary Homologue of System 3 and Molecular Synthesis

A Tertiary Homologue is associated with inorganic molecular synthesis that takes place with the accretion of planets in a second generation solar system and with their subsequent circumstances in the solar disc. Elemental atoms in the Quantum Frame have open Centers. They are coalesced as quantized units of photonic energy related to the outer electron orbit. As each such quantum energy equivalent is recalled to Form it becomes translated via the Universal Routine Interface that can assimilate open Particular Centers if they should spatially contact during the process of transformation to Form. Two or more atoms can become bound into a molecule by sharing electrons in their outer orbits if it results in a combined lower energy state. The random motions and collisions of compatible elemental atoms in the process of transformation between frames can combine atoms under the circumstances provided by planets. So the holistic Idea of unity finds a tertiary expression in inorganic molecular Form via chance Routines. This Tertiary Homologue of System 3 takes place within the context of the Secondary Homologue. Planets become experimental laboratories for chemical synthesis, exploring a vast range of conditions. Although Particular planets have an origin in a space-time context, they are expressions of a transcending universal pattern that has no beginning or end in space-time.

A Discontinuous Universe, the Red Shift and the Background Radiation

In the discontinuous universe prescribed by the System the red shift of distant galaxies and the background radiation both have alternate explanations. Although a red shift may be associated with recessional velocity via relative Space Frame skipping, the same phenomenon is also associated with great distance alone. The relative historic reflux of stellar populations as observed through the integrated fabric of space-time is not in synchronization with an observer in a distant galaxy. It can be out of synchronization by billions of light years involving a history of relative Space Frame skipping. The distant galaxy nevertheless shares a synchronous present via the timeless Void. The reconciliation of these conjugate perspectives on the integrated Space Frame side can account for a variety of observational effects including the red shift of distant galaxies. The relative skipping in the Space Frames of the observer shifts the light spectra of distant galaxies toward the red end of the spectrum. The associated longer wavelength of light from the distant galaxy indicates that light itself is being historically refluxed back to the Universal Center together with the stellar reflux of its source. Historic integration associated with the synchronous primary projection of hydrogen can also account for the background radiation as perceived from terrestrial observations.

System 4 and Knowledge

The Idea of unity takes on a different flavor resulting from the primary activity of System 3 and its two celestial homologues. The physical universe assumes the character of an integrated physical whole synonymous with space-time that is matched by the holistic character of the timeless Void spanning space-time. Light links everything up and electromagnetic fields physically span space-time over a linear history of change. The physical universe is in communication with itself through electromagnetic processes. There is a kind of knowing involved associated with information exchange on a physical level. This information transfer is not spontaneous in the integrated fabric of space-time because it is limited by the speed of light which defines space in relation to the primary interval of time. This involves the Rift in Universal Wholeness. On the integrated Space Frame side we look out through a history of change to the limits of the cosmos, while on the Quantum Frame side the whole of history is integrated timelessly. Through our largest telescopes we see mere fossils of ancient light that finally reach us from afar, while on the other quantum side everything is present as quantized energy all at once.

This aspect of the rift in wholeness must find reconciliation in some meaningful way. The Idea of Universal Wholeness associated with Systems 1, 2, and 3, must admit of Knowledge of the creative process from within the integrated fabric of space-time. It must do this to reconcile linear history with the timeless Void. An additional Center identified as Knowledge is thus distinguished in System 4 as an elaboration of System 3 and its two homologues. Knowledge is invested in the creation. The Primary Universal Hierarchy of System 4 thus has C1 (Holistic Idea) inside C2 (Knowledge) inside C3 (Routine) inside C4 (Form). In human experience we all know that Idea directs Knowledge which directs Routines which gives direction to physical Form in any creative process. This can be written as a sequence C1→C2→C3→C4→periphery. A central Idea becomes translated through Knowledge and Routines into a Form that relates in efflux to the peripheral environment. We have an Idea and we Know how to translate it through a Routine of action into a Form. This final Form we can identify in reflux and as consistent with the Idea we have in mind. We can see it take form through our routines of action that we knowingly direct.

System 4 and the Panspermia Seeds of Biological Evolution

System 4 relates to living biological processes that evolve within the physical creation associated with System 3 and its homologues. It is an elaboration of System 3. It is not a causal consequence of System 3 in space-time. The System prescribes the structural dynamics of all phenomena including space-time and admits of no origin in space-time. The System indicates that organic life also has a cosmic origin without a beginning in space time. It did not arise as a spontaneous series of inorganic chemical accidents peculiar to this Particular Planet Earth. There is a universal archetype associated with invested Knowledge of space-time in System 4 that applies to all organic life on all planets that can host organic life. This suggests that the Panspermia Theory first proposed by Svante Arhenius, the 1903 Nobel Laureate in chemistry, has a basis in empirical fact. According to the theory, further developed by Hoyle and Wickramasinghe, microscopic spores of prokaryotic cells and perhaps some eukaryotic cells can survive the rigors of interstellar space and constitute a cosmic gene pool in space. They can be carried to inner solar systems by comets and are small enough to ride on the radiation pressure of starlight. They can thus radiate outward into the solar system disc in efflux where they have a chance of a soft landing on planets with moderate atmospheres, such as Earth. The gene pool can be replenished in reflux by ejection processes. There is evidence that this activity of spore seeding is still taking place on Earth. In itself it is of a physical nature associated with System 3 and its homologues. However the germination and evolutionary development of the seeds is governed primarily by Systems 4 and higher.

The Nine Terms of System 4 and the Creative Matrix

There are only nine possible ways that four Centers can relate to one another with respect to a universal inside and outside as prescribed by System 1. Each of the nine Terms has a coherent pattern of active processes between the Centers within it. This active representation of each Term implicitly defines a creative basis to meaning. The nine Terms dynamically interact in Universal and Particular Sets called the Creative Matrix.

The Universal and Particular Sets of System 4

There are two Universal Sets, one of them Primary and one of them Secondary. Each Universal Set has its own transform sequence that intimately coheres with the other Universal Set. This elaborates in a self-similar manner to the way the Universal and Particular Terms of System 3 are intimately related. There are three Particular Sets that synchronously transform through a specific six Term sequence, each Set one Step apart. The Universal transform sequences regulate and subsume the Particular transform sequences.

The Operating Field and Biospheric Resonance

The creative matrix requires an operating field which is provided by the active interface of the planet in its intimate relationship to the solar system. As the seeds of organic life germinate and develop, the active interface of the planet becomes transformed into the biosphere. The biosphere resonates and elaborates upon the tidal and electromagnetic influences prescribed by System 3 and its homologues. The evolutionary record is replete with examples of biospheric resonance throughout the ages, where complementary species have evolved independently in geographical isolation on opposite sides of the planet.

The Meanings Implicit in Each of the Nine Terms of System 4 are Listed as Follows

• Term 1: Perception of Response Capacity to the Operating Field (Particular)
• Term 2: Creation of Idea (Particular) (This Relational Idea is distinct from C1.)
• Term 3: Transference of Idea into Form (Secondary Universal)
• Term 4: Organization of Sensory Input (Particular) (also called Mental Work)
• Term 5: Physical Response to Input (Particular) (also called Physical Work)
• Term 6: Corporeal Body (Secondary Universal)
• Term 7: Quantized Memory Sequence (Particular) (also called Resource Capacity)
• Term 8: Perceptual Balance of Physical Output to Sensory Input (Particular)
• Term 9: Universal Discretionary Hierarchy C1→C2→C3→C4→ (Primary Universal)

Expressive and Regenerative Modes of the Six Particular Terms

With the exception of Term 8, the Particular Terms have alternating expressive and regenerative modes associated with efflux and reflux respectively. This is accommodated by C1 and C2 switching positions within each Particular Set in the transformations to and from Term 8 in the six Term sequence. The Particular Term 8 is always in the Expressive Mode.

Steps in the Transform Sequence of the Particular Sets

The Particular Transform Sequence is specified by the inverse of the memory Term 7. It is 1, 4, 2, 8, 5, 7, repeating to infinity. The transformation from one Term number to the next in the sequence is called a Step.

The Alternate Particular Groupings and Tensional Coupling

The three Particular Sets synchronously transform through the Six Step Sequence one Step apart. This provides for two Alternate Groupings. Terms 8, 7, 4 are called the Implicit Grouping and it alternates with Terms 1, 2, 5, called the Explicit Grouping. This elaborates on the alternating Quantum and Space Frames of System 3. Terms 4 and 7 are said to be Tensionally Coupled. Memory recall always relates to sensory input. When Term 4 is in the expressive Mode, Term 7 is in the regenerative Mode, and vice versa. Terms 2 and 5 are also Tensionally Coupled. A physical response to sensory input always relates to creation of a relational idea. Terms 2 and 5 alternately occur together in the Expressive Mode then together in the Regenerative Mode. Each Grouping repeats its Mode alignment every four Steps. There can be many Alternating Particular Groupings working in parallel. For example there are many parallel routes in the human sensory and motor apparatus, all of them involving the same number of parallel synapses that correspond to the Step by Step Term transformations. The nervous system has evolved in precise structural accord with how the System works.

Cycles

A Cycle consists of four Steps. Each Cycle begins in Step 1 with a Term 4 of one Particular Set in the Expressive Mode of the Implicit Grouping. This brings new sensory input to the creative matrix at the beginning of a Cycle and also initiates a compatible pattern of Regenerative recall via Term 7 (T7R). In Step 2 of each Cycle Terms 2 and 5 respond in the Expressive Mode. The Regenerative Mode predominates in the last two Steps of each Cycle. Since each Set must go through both an Expressive and a Regenerative Mode, a total of twelve Steps or Three Cycles is required to complete the whole sequence.

The Transform Sequence of the Primary Universal Set

The Primary Universal Set begins each Cycle in the Term 9 (UT9) orientation where it stays for two Particular Steps. UT9 represents the progressive efflux of the Universal Idea Center C1 through C2, C3, and C4 to a universal periphery. Since it is synonymous with the Void it has universal access to Particular quantized elements of the Void. It accesses related parallel quantized memory sequences of a regenerative nature (T7Rs) from the Void in Step 1. These recalled quantized elements together represent archetypal Regenerative Knowledge (C2) as a Step-like progression from quantized Idea (C1 with C3-C4 coalesced inside) consistent with the Step-like progression to the Universal Knowledge Center of UT9 in Step 2. (This can be seen from the respective diagrams of each Term.) Term 9 then transforms to a Universal Regenerative Term 8 (UT8R) where it stays for two Steps to integrate all the parallel Particular Terms 8 (T8E) in Step 3. Then it integrates all the Particular Expressive Ideas (T2E) in Step 4, thus reconciling the universal distribution of energy resources available for an integrated physical response to input. The UT8R Term transforms back to UT9 to begin each new Cycle. The transform sequence of the Primary Universal Set is thus back and forth between UT9 and UT8R, but in double Steps.

The Transform Sequence of the Secondary Universal Set

The Secondary Universal Set begins Step 1 of each Cycle in the Term 3 (UT3) orientation. It works in intimate conjunction with UT9 which accesses an integrated Regenerative Idea as Knowledge and it represents the assimilation of this Idea into Form through the coalescence of Knowledge and Routine. In Step 2 the Set transforms to UT6, the corporeal body, where it stays for two Steps. In UT6 the Idea C1 is explicitly represented as closed in an intimate relationship to closed Knowledge C2 and Routine C3 Centers within the open physical context of the whole body as part of the physical environment C4. Each human being has there own Ideas, Knowledge and Routines for example with their physical Form which is synchronous with all physical Form. The physical extent of the closed C1, C2 and C3 is thus limited. C1, C2 and C3 exist as a closed triadic relationship within the open Center C4 as an elaboration of the closed triad of System 3 Space Frame. In Step 3 the UT8R Term intimately coheres with it, as an elaboration of the way the Universal Term coheres with and intimately binds the three Particular Terms in the Space Frame of System 3. In Step 4, the UT6 term transforms to a Universal Expressive Idea Term (UT2E) that coincides with and integrates all Particular Regenerative Terms (T2Rs). The UT8R Term coheres with it again, this time distributing energy resources to the anticipated expression of the regenerative sequence. The Secondary Universal Set transforms from UT2E back to UT3 to begin the next Cycle. The transform sequence is thus UT3 to UT6 for two Steps then UT2E for one Step, then back to UT3. This is consistent with an elaboration of System 3 and also with the evidence of phenomenal experience. It explains many questions relating to the integrated behavior of complex multi-cellular creatures for which no explanations are currently available.

Historic Integration by the Expressive and Regenerative Modes

The action sequence of the Expressive Mode represents a conditioned response that automatically responds to sensory input as a cause and effect relationship. It is driven by past conditioning in efflux. The Regenerative Mode simulates an anticipated future in a manner that generates feedback via sensory reflux. In the vertebrate animals this involves the proprioceptive nervous system. Since both modes occur synchronously in the three Particular Sets they must find mutual reconciliation. Past and future thus become Historically Integrated spanning space and time in an ongoing present. As humans we do this as a matter of course. Born the most helpless of creatures we must learn everything in order to anticipate future needs and perform from moment to moment. Through written language we can draw on the learning experience of past generations. Our sciences search through terrestrial and cosmic history for laws that allow us to understand the structural dynamics of events and predict the future. To the extent that we can do this in a manner consistent with the cosmic order we develop a timeless understanding. This relates to the Void as a Conjugate Identity. The realization of this living conjugate identity transcends both space-time and the Void. (This is possible through the relationship of a Particular Human Center to the Universal Cosmic Center via the subjective orientation of System 2. This realization transcends the whole of history.)

The Evolutionary and Involutionary Variants of the System

There are two variants possible in Systems 3 and higher. One is called the Evolutionary Variant because it progressively integrates experience toward a timeless understanding. The other is called the Involutionary Variant because it is degenerate. It leads to decay. In System 3 the Involutionary Variant results if the Universal Set links up the Centers of the Particular Set in reverse order. The universal relationship between Routine and Form becomes reversed with respect to the Particular relationship between Routine and Form. Anti-matter results at the atomic level. In System 4 the Involutionary Variant elaborates on that of System 3. It occurs when Particular Centers 3 and 4 exchange places in Particular Terms. Forms relate to Routines as ends in themselves. Values become inverted. Things are done for their own sake apart from their pragmatic value in an evolutionary context. In System 4 the Evolutionary and Involutionary Variants share common perceptual referents via Term 1. This allows one variant to feed on the other. The Involutionary Variant can fragment the Evolutionary Variant but the latter can also redeem the energies of the former. This struggle between opposing tendencies permeates the higher systems of the creative process. It accounts for everything from human strife to pestilence and disease. It also accounts for the majestic redeeming features of the natural order.

The Evolutionary Hierarchy of System 4

Evolutionary development always begins at the Form level (C4) of the UT9 Term and proceeds level by level back up the Universal Hierarchy. Biological evolutionary development in the biosphere got under way with the exploration of the static Form of the eukaryotic cell by plants. It moved up to the Routine level (C3) with the exploration of huge variety of sensory-motor mechanisms by the invertebrate animals. It moved up to the Knowledge level (C2) with the exploration of conscious patterns of emotive behavior by the vertebrate animals. They became invested with an autonomic nervous system that reflects emotional animating energies into cerebral awareness. It moved up to the Idea level (C1) with humans who are invested with creative abilities associated with spoken and written language and the need to use it to cope, due to a vulnerable body format. From the top down the hierarchy proceeds from creative energies (C1) to conscious energies (C2), to sensitive energies (C3) to vital energies (C4).

The Discretionary Hierarchy of Human Behavior

Human Ideas are generated by electronic processes (C1) in the neurons of the central nervous system. The electronic processes give specific direction to the labyrinth of synaptic interconnections of cell processes (C2) which represents invested Knowledge accumulated through ones cultural, genetic and evolutionary history. The neuronal interconnections transmit through the peripheral nervous system to the gross body processes (C3) of muscles that animate skeletal linkages and the internal organs that fuel them. The animated action sequences alter the body’s external physical form as it relates to the physical environment. From this UT9 Term the other Terms of System 4 follow accordingly. The Discretionary Human Hierarchy subsumes the Biological Evolutionary Hierarchy.

The Three Polar Dimensions of Human Behavior

The creation of idea in T2 has a polar relationship to resource capacity in T7 that provides insight into the Potential Dimension of human behavior. Resource capacity is sterile without creative ideas and vice-versa. The potential dimension is focused through the intuitive right hemisphere of the brain. Physical action in T5 has a polar relationship to the organization of sensory input in T4 that provides insight into the Commitment Dimension of human behavior. Physical behavior relates to how we organize our sensory experience into a framework of understanding. It is focused through the left hemisphere of the brain concerned with formulating explicit techniques of behavior with language. The balance of motor output with sensory input in T8 has a polar relationship to our perceived response capacity to the environment in T1. This polarity provides insight into the Performance Dimension. In T1 we emotionally feel a need and capacity to act via the autonomic nervous system according to sensory input. The degree of motor balance to sensory input in T8 is evaluated in the context of our perceived capacity to respond to this need. Our performance does not always match our expectations. These three polar dimensions of the Particular Terms provide us with insight into the specifics of human behavior.