Universe’s trajectory tends to greater unity

Editor,

Today, we have evidence that since it emerged from an unknown source, our universe has always been, and continues to be, evolving in the direction of more complexity, more and larger cooperative units and more awareness of the evolving process our universe has taken.

So, here we are — as far as we are able to determine today — the most aware creatures that have ever existed on this planet.
One of the things we are aware of is that our universe is not static or fixed but constantly changing. There appears to be a trajectory in what has occurred in our universe from since it came into being until now, and that trajectory will continue into the future.

Furthermore, we now have considerable evidence of the nature of that trajectory since life emerged on this planet — there has occurred a sequence of transitions in which smaller-scale entities were organized into larger-scale cooperatives.

What appear to have been the first life forms — self-replicating molecular processes — were organized into the first simple cells, communities of these simple cells formed more complex eukaryotic cells, organizations of eukaryotic cells formed multi-cellular organisms and multi-cellular organisms became organized into cooperative societies.

In human evolution, family groups organized into bands, bands organized into tribes, tribes organized into agricultural communities, agricultural communities organized into city-states and city-states organized into nations.

It appears that the next transition we human beings must make if we are going to survive is from separate nations competing with each other to a global society in which all work cooperatively and compassionately to manifest what is best for all. In this society, those who function in ways that only benefit the self or the few are restricted and not rewarded. Those who function in ways that benefit all are given more freedom and rewarded.

Always be seeking understanding of a larger picture of reality, not happiness in your current perception of reality.

Robert Gardiner
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