01 September 2007

INDIVIDUALISM VS COLLECTIVISM

According to Darwin's theory of the evolution of variations or traits, the uniqueness of each species increases according to the pressures encountered in each geographical region.
Thus the most persistent, or dominate traits or qualities are factors that aid each organism in a unique way.

Clearly, nature focuses o the creation of specifically unique traits by diversifying, which ironically, is the chief factor that leads into conflictual, territorial imperatives in separate species. But the question remains, what is it in this drive toward individuality that drives us to unite into networking,wholistically complex systems?

Unfortunately, much of our knowledge about our origin comes second fiddle, or from the position we occupy at this evolutionary point in time and space. It is difficult to resolve it because we are like someone caught in the impossible perspectives of an Escher print, not knowing where we are going due to our perceptual limitations.

Hence, the answers as to why the our evolutionary pieces fit into a wholistic picture remains obscure. Strangely, the solution to the question appears to emerge in spite of the differences created by individuality.

In this puzzling enigma of how nature resolves the problem of how to unite these warring parts into a whole, while reducing the natural tendency to conflict, comes with thermodynamic practicality--employ the uniqueness of each trait in a complementary union!

WE SUCCEED IN OUR QUEST FOR SURVIVAL ONLY WHEN ALL THE PARTS WORK COOPERATIVELY IN A SHARED UNION.


Blessings, Nahu

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