THE UNIVERSE’S RULES

Are you looking for me?
I am in the next seat …
When you really look for me
you will see me instantly.
You will find me in the tiniest house of time.
Kabir says: Student, tell me, what is God?
He is the breath inside the breath.

It seems we humans can't resist the temptation to seek the truth in just about every realm of life. As Martin Heidegger (1962 [1927]) put it, we  are constantly seeking answers to complex questions like who are we and why do we exist? In the past, answers to these quintessential questions  have come from mystics not "real scientists" as Albert Einstein pointed out when he said that God does not play dice. But now 100 years on, "real scientists" still cannot explain why in the sub atomic universe, deterministic laws do not apply, As Stephen Hawking said "not only does God play dice, but he roles them where they cannot be found".

Answers to questions about who are we, why we exist and what it means to be conscious remain unknown.  In this series of articles, I will attempt to explore and explain opinions on this topic from the perspective of spiritual and contemplative traditions as well as those of some scientists and philosophers who consider consciousness to precede biology and exist in the fine scale structure of the universe along with charge, mass and spin of electrons and intrinsic creativity. 

My exploration and explanation will be through a set of sound generalizations or “universal rules,” which allow us to understand the intrinsic creativity emerging from synergistic interactions among like-minded people in social networks. It is only with a thorough understanding of natural laws or rules that I believe we can begin to unravel the mystery of these underlying patterns, and using them as a lens, I will attempt to show how complex interactions among people can be managed in ways that maximize the source of human potential lying at the heart of human enterprise. Being natural rules, we discover that they applied to a range of situations from organizations in crisis, societies emerging from oppressive regimes, or nations in economic transition – the patterns are the same. My lens will reveal how we act as mirrors for one another and how our synergistic interactions allow us to successfully pursue those things we care most about and which make life worth living. My lens also reveals that we gain power by giving it away and our pure potential naturally seeks awakened opportunity. Applying this lens, I will show how the complex interactions taking place on the Internet are those embedded in the fine scale structure of the universe and are an evolving expression of a universe in the process of awakening. After all, each one of us is a natural expression of universal potential seeking wholeness, preciousness and freshness. We achieve this through continuous pursuit of our life’s mission, which is always and in all ways welcomed by the unbounded possibilities existing in our universe. According to the Buddha, this impulse to awaken is inherent in all manifestations – it’s all “Buddha nature.” The universe’s potential for awakening can be understood by consciousness – the most highly evolved expression of our universe’s energy.