Perfectible Harmony - as Natural Phenomenon

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I really don't want to write anything glorifying human beings as the
pinnacle of evolution because quite frankly when I think of what humans
have done to the environment, other species and others within our own species
I'd almost rather be a tree, or an ameoba or something else that's very very simple.
Curiously though, not a rock or drop of water. I'd still want to be alive. To be alive
but not have to think or feel at the level of human or even animal consciousness.

What I find appealing about not having a rational mind or an evolved soul is you're
simply a participant in the overall harmony that is life. How can I say that harmony is life?
Well . . . by going all the way down to the chemical reactions and exchanges underpinning
all of life. Even simpler cells than the ameoba take in oxygen, water and some sort of chemical
compound that it breaks down as a source of nutrition or energy. Specific organelles within the cell
will handle different parts of the overall chemical processing that is taking place, but they
must all be working in harmony with one another if the cell is to remain healthy.

So where is life? In the chemical processes? In a 'will' to survive? Or is it in the
harmony of all that occurs within the cell's membrane . . . which in turn must be in
harmony with its immediately neighboring cells . . . which in turn must be in
harmony with their immediate neighbors . . . all of which much be in
harmony with the environment in which they exist . . . and so on.

But we can't ask the question where is life without also asking where is death.
That's almost an easier question to answer since a once living being (or cell)
doesn't remain in its final state like plastics we produce through chemical processes
Biological matter is decomposed by other living organisms and in that way remains within
the harmony that is life. In that sense, death is just a phase of life since the death of an
individual contributes to the life of others and life overall at a purely biological level.

Death as the end of all life would occur if the sun were to suddenly cease to exist.
Short of that, we can only think of "death as an end" on an individual level . . .
. . . and that's the level where we can begin to get a feel for the concept of
perfectible harmony. Individual ecosystems developed to be evermore in harmony with
the terrain and climatic conditions of their particular locale. Fauna evolved to be
more and more in harmony with amounts of water and light and mineral resources. And
in co-evolution with insect and animal life. You could say evolution is the refinement of
species which can sustain and develop an ecosystem to its maximum potential through their
interactive relationships . . . while also adapting to changing conditions not of their own making.

You could also say that evolution is driving toward a perfect state of harmony amongst
all of the constituents of life in relation to physical conditions. As long as those
conditions are changing perfection can never be reached. But without a drive toward a
perfect state of harmony, individuals, followed by species, followed by eco-systems cease to exist.
That drive toward perfection is perfectibility. If evolutionists can consider 'selection' to be
a natural phenomomenon, there's no reason I can't do the same with perfectible harmony.



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