The three tier structure of physical ecology, human social organization, and consciousness is mirrored in the systems thought of the Russian polymath Alexander Bogdanov, who called these three tiers technology (the organization of nature), economy (the organization of society), and ideology (the organization of ideas).
Thank you for the comment Tyler. I'm not familiar with Bogdanov, but another reference to the three tier structure comes from Jonathan Rowson at Perspectiva: Systems, Souls, and Society.
"Our challenge is to understand the co-arising of the systems and structures of the external world, the deep interior of our inner worlds, and the challenge of making sense and meaning in our shared worlds, while also attending to how they influence each other. That’s why Perspectiva is interested in understanding the relationship between what we call “systems, souls, and society” in theory and practice. Without understanding how these different features of the world relate to each other better, we have neither a map nor a compass worthy of the terrain. "
Thanks for the link. I appreciate Rowson’s call for more “expert generalists,” which aligns with my view of the systemic need for more general knowledge in the context of rapid change and high uncertainty. If you’re curious about Bogdanov, the Essays in Tektology are the place to start, and the preface gives a good overview: https://monoskop.org/images/d/de/Bogdanov_Alexander_Essays_in_Tektology_2nd_ed.pdf
Thank you Zippy for the links. Would you care to share a few summary thoughts? It looks like these links are all related to the teachings of Adi Da, such as this quote:
"A new kind of human consciousness is required—based on the working-presumption of prior unity, and on an understanding of the indivisibly single world in which everyone is living. This involves not only the notion that there is such a single world, but it requires grasping the necessity for cooperation, and the necessity to function on the basis of an understanding that the Earth is a single system, and humankind (likewise) is a single whole."
Jean Gebser speaks of "The Ever-Present Origin":
"Origin is ever-present. It is not a beginning, since all beginning is linked with time. And the present is not just the "now," today, the moment or a unit of time. It is ever-originating, an achievement of full integration and continuous renewal Anyone able to "concretize," i.e., to realize and effect the reality of origin and the present in their entirety, supersedes "beginning" and "end" and the mere here and now."
...And it means, consequently, a transformed continuity where mankind and not man, the spiritual and not the spirit, origin and not the beginning, the present and not time, the whole and not the part becone awareness and reality. It is the whole that is present in origin and originative in the present."
- Preface to The Ever-Present Origin, pp. xxvii-xxviii
On a related note, Jonathan Rowson often likes to reference what he calls "The McGilchrist Manouevre": "“the non-duality of duality and non-duality”
The three tier structure of physical ecology, human social organization, and consciousness is mirrored in the systems thought of the Russian polymath Alexander Bogdanov, who called these three tiers technology (the organization of nature), economy (the organization of society), and ideology (the organization of ideas).
Thank you for the comment Tyler. I'm not familiar with Bogdanov, but another reference to the three tier structure comes from Jonathan Rowson at Perspectiva: Systems, Souls, and Society.
"Our challenge is to understand the co-arising of the systems and structures of the external world, the deep interior of our inner worlds, and the challenge of making sense and meaning in our shared worlds, while also attending to how they influence each other. That’s why Perspectiva is interested in understanding the relationship between what we call “systems, souls, and society” in theory and practice. Without understanding how these different features of the world relate to each other better, we have neither a map nor a compass worthy of the terrain. "
https://perspecteeva.substack.com/p/perspectiva-in-10-premises
Thanks for the link. I appreciate Rowson’s call for more “expert generalists,” which aligns with my view of the systemic need for more general knowledge in the context of rapid change and high uncertainty. If you’re curious about Bogdanov, the Essays in Tektology are the place to start, and the preface gives a good overview: https://monoskop.org/images/d/de/Bogdanov_Alexander_Essays_in_Tektology_2nd_ed.pdf
Please find some references which are very much about this topic
http://www.nottwoispeace.org/excerpt-reality-humanity
http://www.nottwoispeace.org/excerpt-two-is-not-peace
http://www.priorunity.org
http://fearnomore.vision/world-2/integrity-of-the-whole
http://beezone.com/whats-new
http://beezone.com/latest/death_message.html
Thank you Zippy for the links. Would you care to share a few summary thoughts? It looks like these links are all related to the teachings of Adi Da, such as this quote:
"A new kind of human consciousness is required—based on the working-presumption of prior unity, and on an understanding of the indivisibly single world in which everyone is living. This involves not only the notion that there is such a single world, but it requires grasping the necessity for cooperation, and the necessity to function on the basis of an understanding that the Earth is a single system, and humankind (likewise) is a single whole."
Jean Gebser speaks of "The Ever-Present Origin":
"Origin is ever-present. It is not a beginning, since all beginning is linked with time. And the present is not just the "now," today, the moment or a unit of time. It is ever-originating, an achievement of full integration and continuous renewal Anyone able to "concretize," i.e., to realize and effect the reality of origin and the present in their entirety, supersedes "beginning" and "end" and the mere here and now."
...And it means, consequently, a transformed continuity where mankind and not man, the spiritual and not the spirit, origin and not the beginning, the present and not time, the whole and not the part becone awareness and reality. It is the whole that is present in origin and originative in the present."
- Preface to The Ever-Present Origin, pp. xxvii-xxviii
On a related note, Jonathan Rowson often likes to reference what he calls "The McGilchrist Manouevre": "“the non-duality of duality and non-duality”
https://jonathanrowson.substack.com/p/introducing-the-mcgilchrist-manoeuvre
HI David, just started reading your post. Could you correct your ‘Moloch’ link in the first paragraph? Thx.
Link fixed! Thanks for letting me know Mary!