Introduction to Evolution and

Introduction to Evolution and Ecology

Since the time of the ancient philosophers (Indian, Chinese, Greek) it has been known that behind this world we sense of many separate solid material objects, there is one substance that causes and connects this world. Leibniz states this nicely;
Reality cannot be found except in One single source, because of the interconnection of all things with one another. (Leibniz, 1670)
This is important as it is this dynamic unity of reality that is the foundation of both evolution and ecology - and explains why these concepts are universal and thus important.
With the wave structure of matter we can easily understand this dynamic unity - where just one substance space exists as a wave medium. Both matter and time are caused by the wave motion of space - where matter has a spherical in out wave structure and is thus necessarily connected to all other matter in the space around it. (The Wave Diagrams page helps to visualise this).
This explains why evolution (change / motion) and ecology (inter-connection from unity of space) apply to all things, as they are the two central aspects of physical reality. Thus evolution and ecology apply not only to biological / Darwinian evolution, but to the evolution and ecology of the universe, its galaxies and stars, all the way down to the design of the car you drive, the technology you use, the thoughts you think.
Thus we find evolution and ecology occur at three fundamental levels;
i) Cultural: This applies to the evolution and ecology of knowledge, both in individual minds and the collective knowledge of their society (in books, films, computers, etc.). Richard Dawkins coined the term 'Memes' to describe these evolving ideas of humans which replicate by being communicated and remembered by human minds.
ii) Biological / Darwinian: To understand life on earth it is necessary to understand its evolution (over several billion years) and the complex ecology of life that evolves in both competition and cooperation with other life (Nature). This is obviously critical to understanding our own life and health in conjunction with all other life on earth. e.g. Humans have more non-human cells than human in their body, where this ecology of life that has evolved within us is necessary for our survival.
iii) Physical Reality: Modern physics confirms that matter is interconnected with all other matter in the universe (both locally and non-locally) and that the universe is in a continual state of change. It is this fundamental evolution and ecology of physical reality that drives both our biological and cultural evolution.
Most importantly, to be wise, to know the truth about things, we must understand this evolution and ecology - and this applies to understanding any subject of human knowledge.

The Importance of Nature

As Humans have evolved from Nature we ultimately depend upon Nature for our survival. Until we understand what we are as humans (what matter is) and how we are connected to the universe (reality), it is impossible for humanity to be wise, and to be able to evolve cultural knowledge that enables us to live in Harmony with Nature. As Freya Matthews (Deep Ecologist) writes;
What is wrong with our culture is that it offers us an inaccurate conception of the self. It depicts the personal self as existing in competition with and in opposition to nature. [We fail to realise that] if we destroy our environment, we are destroying what is in fact our larger self. (Freya Matthew)
Deep Ecology is a philosophy movement which understands this oneness and interconnection of all life and its cycles of change and transformation. As the founder of Deep Ecology, Arne Naess, wrote;
Life is fundamentally one. (Arne Naess)
Unfortunately (and most likely tragically), this knowledge of our interconnection to life on earth / matter in the Universe (Nature, God) has been lost (or is naively considered as not important) to modern day humanity. We are 'bleeding at the roots because we are cut off from the Earth' as D. H. Lawrence writes.
Humanity has become disconnected from Nature in our modern world of cities, cars and economics. The 'particle' conception of matter has contributed to this incorrect conception of self, founding the illusion that we exist as discrete bodies without relations to all other things. As Albert Einstein and David Bohm profoundly wrote;
A human being is part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from the prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty… The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which they have obtained liberation from the self. … We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if humanity is to survive. (Albert Einstein, 1954)
The notion that all these fragments is separately existent is evidently an illusion, and this illusion cannot do other than lead to endless conflict and confusion. Indeed, the attempt to live according to the notion that the fragments are really separate is, in essence, what has led to the growing series of extremely urgent crises that is confronting us today. Thus, as is now well known, this way of life has brought about pollution, destruction of the balance of nature, over-population, world-wide economic and political disorder and the creation of an overall environment that is neither physically nor mentally healthy for most of the people who live in it. Individually there has developed a widespread feeling of helplessness and despair, in the face of what seems to be an overwhelming mass of disparate social forces, going beyond the control and even the comprehension of the human beings who are caught up in it. (David Bohm, Wholeness and the Implicate Order, 1980)
The Wave Structure of Matter (WSM) shows that human beings do not exist in isolation, but are in fact structures of the Universe. Thus they do not have dominion over the earth and all living things by divine decree, on the contrary, Humans are intimately interconnected both to all other matter in the cosmos, and to all other life on Earth.
It was the realization of how rapidly Nature was being destroyed on this planet which led me (Geoff Haselhurst) to study Philosophy and Physics, and ultimately to the understanding of the Wave Structure of Matter. This is the most simple explanation for how matter exists in a dynamically interconnected way in Space, and it correctly deduces the laws of Nature as observed over the centuries (see pages on left).
We hope that this knowledge will be soon recognized, used and promoted by the environmental movement. It simply explains the interconnection and dynamic unity of the universe from a scientific foundation - the metaphysical foundation of both evolution and ecology - while also explaining its enormous complexity. And as Arne Naess writes, this astounding complexity necessarily means that we are ignorant of many things (which is why we should not try to control Nature).
Organisms, ways of life, and interactions in the biosphere in general, exhibit complexity of such an astoundingly high level as to color the general outlook of ecologists. Such complexity makes thinking in terms of vast systems inevitable. It also makes for a keen, steady perception of the profound human ignorance of biospherical relationships and therefore of the effect of disturbances. (Arne Naess, Deep Ecology)
A better understanding of the evolution and complex ecology of life on earth is critical to a world which is destroying Nature, and thus our future. As evolutionary biologists Huxley and Wilson wrote;

Modern man no longer regards Nature as being in any sense divine and feels perfectly free to behave towards her as an overwhelming conqueror and tyrant. (Aldous Huxley, The Perennial Philosophy)

We don't know nearly enough to manage the ecosystems on our own. If we think we can eliminate those natural ecosystems and substitute prosthetic devices, like creating clean air or water with fusion energy or sustaining the stability of cropland - in fact, (if we think we can) keep the planet in that delicately balanced, highly peculiar state on which humanity depends for its continued existence - then we are kidding ourselves. (E. O. WILSON, The Diversity of Life, New York: Norton, 1992)

We can now understand our evolution and ecology and thus realise the importance of Nature for our future survival.
Our world (life on earth) is dying - and this destruction is going to cause a collapse that will likely kill many of our children! The cure, and there is only one cure, is truth and reality. But it is up to you, the people of the world, to share and reproduce this knowledge such that it can evolve into human minds and society as the true source of wisdom.

Geoff Haselhurst, Karene Howie, Email

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