Patterns of Relational Paradigm

SUMMARY OF EMERGENT AXIOMS

         The emergent concepts introduced as patterns of the twofold operator are the basic revisions required in the Western scientific paradigm. A summary of these new axioms is contained in exhibit above.

        The patterns of the new are emergent, discontinuous, and integrative. They are emergent in that they provide a way of looking at the world which was previously not available. They are discontinuous in that the change in paradigm is not a process of gradual evolution but a discontinuous jump to the new. They are integrative in that the old is not discarded but integrated as a special case of the new. The old is not wrong, just incomplete.

        In the relational paradigm, there is no pattern of the void or the one. Every form and process in our universe is twofold. There is always a balancing concept, a contrasting relationship which is required for perception. All manifestations in the physical universe are twofold.

        The patterns of the relational paradigm and the twofold operator are holographic, that is to say, they are repeated in all aspects of our reality. I have found no exceptions to these patterns. However, in many areas the details and impact of these emergent concepts have yet to be determined.

        The holographic nature of the patterns implies that an understanding of these patterns can be obtained from multiple sources. Mathematics, on which most of the existing Western paradigm is based, is only one of many sources from which an understanding of the relational paradigm can be obtained. An effective communication of the new should consist of an explanation, a picture, a demonstration and a story.