Intellent evolution

Q: Evolution is an intelligent process. It was never anything else. All evolves at the same time. One organism influences the other. None can live in isolation from the rest. There is a basic chain to which all is connected.
Question remains though what is the driving force behind the ever evolving manifestations. The visible is only the manifested, not the cause. I like to lead your attention to the underlying intelligence behind the manifested and find yourself in there.
Love Paul

A: When you asked the question about the drive that directs the collective evolution, I guess it is similar to asking what the meaning of life is. I personally believe there is no fixed meaning rather an exploration. I follow the Taoist teachings as inspiration and influence in my life and as you pointed out - "the visible is only the manifested, not the cause." Lao-tzu (the author of the Tao Te Ching) beliefs the same - that the 10,000 things (the visible) is the manifestation of the Tao (the invisible). When Lynne explains that reality is not 'set' like they observed in the subatomic particles in quantum physics studies, this suggests that the underlying intelligence is the 'setting' of the 'unsettled' reality. This I figured is the field, or God, or the Tao, or Rah, or any name that can be attached to the underlying intelligence.

I believe that drive for all evolution is for the manifestation of the underlying intelligence to become something more and more all the time. This can not be denied. Evolution is the progression of manifestation to become more that it was. I explained in the post that our soul purpose is to give and to grow. Growth is so fundamental - it's in every fiber in our being. We are being drawn to become better and something more. Personally or evolutionary. When you have solved a problem, or do something you never thought you could do, it makes you feel great right? Think about something you have done in your life that still makes you awe when you think it.

I also believe that competition is important for growth and I do believe there is a lot of competition in evolution but it is unified competition. For example, if you were a tennis player and you played your friends who were at the same level as you, you would stay constant at that level of playing. If one day your friends became twice as good as you are, you will instinctively want to become just as good or better than them. I believe nature does the same. It is competition that influences the other species to become more. This is movement, this is growth.

A simple example of growth - when people find themselves in a 'deadened job' then they have a desire to have freedom and a new job that they love, that is a calling of growth. Either that or they learn to love the job they have, which is growth again - personal growth. I guess what I am trying to say is that the drive for all evolving manifestations is to grow or to contribute to growth. A simple plant that has no sign to biologically evolve is still contributing to the growth of the homeostasis of earth. The underlying intelligence is a calling to growth in any possible manner, and everything you see around you is evidence of that. Your home is a growth of habitat, convenience and comfort. Your computer is growth of connection, convenience, and comfort.

A good example of innovative growth is the newly released film from James Cameron - Avatar. Although the technology and concepts of the movie are not new, the execution was. Avatar is a new type of movie in the mainstream blockbuster. For artists such as myself it was a great leap in imagination and now most blockbuster movies will want to keep up with it. It was interesting to read about people's reactions to Avatar because a lot of Americans were reported feeling 'blue' after the movie because Pandora was such a beautiful render of a world that we don't have. I don't know if you have seen the movie Paul but the people who felt sick with the way society is treating earth (or Gaia as they like to refer) had set up their own separate tribe that followed the ways of the Na'vi (the native humanoids in the movie). They lived in harmony with nature much like many native tribes around the world but the only difference is that their world was beautiful. Rich bioluminescent plants, tranquil scenes and a physical manifestation of the field that they called Eywa. The people who set up this small tribe in tribute of the Na'vi have a calling or a drive to better the well being of their lives and their relationship to the manifested. I am not sure how far this tribe effort has gone but I believe it was also the seduction of James Cameron's beautiful arty visuals. But this tribe effort was at least growth in the right direction of our survival and well being.

I am to seduced by a lot of beauty in the world, my calling or purpose in life is to enhance that beauty. I guess that is the main reason why I like it when plants grow. Being an artist I want to bring magic, beauty, mystery into the world. I see a lot my settings around me in England rather mundane. Mundanity (if I can use such a word :p) is necessary for growth. In the Tao Te Ching it says;

"Under heaven all can see beauty as beauty,
only because there is ugliness.
All can know good as good only because there is evil.

Being and nonbeing produce each other.
The difficult is born in the easy.
Long is defined by short, the high by the low.
Before and after go along with each other.

So the sage lives openly with apparent duality
and paradoxical unity.
The sage can act without effort
and teach without words.
Nurturing things without possessing them,
he works, but not for rewards;
be competes but not for results.

When the work is done, it is forgotten.
That is why it lasts forever."

This verse brings my point together. Because there is evil, stupidity, and mandanity in the world there is a lot of space for good, intelligence, and adventure. This is the paradoxical unity. Our drive in life is to live through this paradox to grow and leverage towards a greater outcome. When one has succeeded something, it is forgotten to then become succeeded again, and again but that is why it lasts forever.

I have been writing for a while now so I will leave it at that :)