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Belore n i lime lie iis aneesiers, and aller ii ils
piogeny, li has on ihe plane lieiween pasl and luniie.
and (Ilkc lhe seed) deiermmes liy iir expression lhe
lorms u! boih, and is in iuiri delermined by lhsm. lurl
as ihe siem ol lhe nee now eneapsulaies iis hisloay as
smaller and smaller giowlh rings, so u veraal lime
eneapsulaies lhe nee m in own evolu onary hlsloay
This is diliieull ro pomy, and has mole dimensions
ihai we ran lllurerale on a page. hrs lhe oasis ol lhe
Buddhisl oe lhal au nrne is enlolded or implmm in
the piesenli and lhal eunenl evenls aie pan ol a leial
sequence, all ol w eh are erilolded in lhe pieseni nee
as aneeslois. or slolings
As we iead lhis,we siand in lhe planeol lhe presenl;
we no lhe sum oi all our anoeslim, and lhe origin M
all our deseendanis ln lei-insol our model, we we al
an ever<lunyng origin, loealed on lhe boundary oi
past and hiluie As well, we are spinning wllh ehe
earlh, spiralling with lhe galaxy, and expanding or
conoaelmg wilh ihe univeise, A5 angina, we ale on lhe
move in nine and spare, and all ihese movemenls have
a eharaenerisne pulse rule
Our bodies eonlain lhe poieniial lor iueuie
generahons, awaiiing lhe evenls of pairing in nuke
lheir own iuluie evenls Line a reed origin bulied in
the liee siein, we aie liuried in lhe elem or our sihlings
in a genealogy, whose branches lhrlve, die, and pul
lonh new shoois and roois over iiine
Thls rs lhe ease wilh sll origins; lhey an all, even ll
aneienl, be localed in lhis man-ix. ll we kmw how lo
reeoeislniri lhe oee, we ean hnd lhe plaee oi lhe need
and rise veisa All rivers, eiosnm eells, and all gladeis
originaeed, lherelore, al lhe unlul sleni ol lheir
eouasea, and ouili iheir paelern hoih ways along (he
lrineiie gaadieni olmirllow. 1hus,ln leans onhe lime
dimension we see ihe pvmenl as lhe 0mm oi boih
lhe pan and ihe hiniie llosaled as ii is in lhe eeniae at
our pallernl.
Designers ran move sideways in ihe waves ol nine
(5 a surier on a wavehonn, onroponing seed lipin
ronnnenl lei eoniinenl, penniiling naiural or indueed
hy * palms and legumes lo weave an aleernniive
luluie. Mankind is an aenve irnndaior or lile, and, ol
eouase, oi dealh,
ln all tor! models, ineluding our own genealogy ihe
poini where all lhe imporianl aelron ukzs place is
rhniugh lhe poinl ol ongm, which is always in lhe
ymnl How we behave new may deiermine nel only
lhe ruhire, bur lhe pasl land all iloiel mm: at lhal,
and ieallse dial you see ieally where its al, no niaiur
when you nrel l rind gieal peisonal meaning m lhe
Auslralian aboriginal lile eihi and lilile enough
cmllhm in any preloaheslry X! is my serious whlch
delermine ihe sky, l wanl il lo be lull ol lile, and l
ehoose ho believe lhal l am pm hi all lhal aedon, wiih
my own lob lo do in lhis lire lonai, and olher jobs lo do
in other phases.
4 20
THE WORLD WE LIVE IN AS A
TESSELLATION OF EVENTS
l li in lhe eraier of an aneiern voieano, lhe caldera ol
whirh is in pan eroded by lhe sea trees i-ise horn lhe
soils, and birds nesl in ihem. rnim lhe seeds and eggs
in lhe ireas arise new lile roams cieal wind spirals
sweep in horn lhe wesl wilh almosl weekly regulaniy,
hearing lhe lraelal lorms ol lurhulenl eloudr and
causing, in aulumn and midsummer, lighlning and
ihunder.
On ihu peninsula lhe lerminal vuleame eoie slands
lasl. iehaelln, waves lo eilher side. and clearing a
plnehed neck ol sand whleh ioins us lo lhe mainland,
The hills aie siepped by smive seaelevel elianger,
and ieeord lhe pulm o1 hing-ieim eyeles and sum
ions, Day iollows nighl, and hle loilows deaih iollows
llie
A|| ol lhese phenomena aie a may oi pallen-s long
iepoaled and based on one masier pallern, eaeh one
preparing lor new evoludons and dissoluuons h is line
number and eompleiriiy of such eyeles lhal give In his
oppomnides and his is lhe only inlegeiuve ioiee in
ihls parrolilie universe, Lelusiesped snd pieserveil.
An undeisianding leuen a partial undersiandingi ol
lhe underlying Final“ lhal link all phenomena eie~
ates a powerhil nealraei lool lor designers M any
poinl n lhe design proress, appiopriaie pallernlng ean
arsisl ihe aehieyemenl ol a suilainahle yield lrom
llows. groweh lorms, or rniormaiion flux railerns
imposed on eonslruels in dorneseie or village assault»
l s can issull in energy savings, and salislaelory
aeslheiies and luneiion, w is suslalning lhose
oiganlsms inhaliii-ing lhe designed hablm.
ralleaning is lhe way we lrame our designs, he
lemplals inlo which we (I! lhe inlormalion, e - es,
and ohms assembled liom oliservaiion, map overlays,
lhe analyiie divinanon or eonneerions, and KM selee
lien ol speeilir rnaienals and leehnologies ll is lhis
psilerning rhal perrnils our elemenls lo llow and
lunelion ln henelieial relaliiinships The pailern ls
deslgn, and design is lhe subped ulpenmlhiie,
Bohm um) ursu us lo go beyond regarding our.
relves as lnleraelive wilh eaeh olher and lhe en-
viionrnenl, and he see all lhings as -pio,eelions ol a
single lolalily- As we experienee ihrs lolalily,
ineorporale new mlormalion, and develop our eon.
aeiousness, we puiselves aie handamenially ehanged
To lall in lake ihls inio asoounr musl lnevilalily lead
one to a aenous and auslained eonhision in all ihol om
does He word ”implxale ire liile 01 oohm-s work
roines lrom lhe Lalin ~enlolded-, and when we
separale individuals, ellesls, or direiplines liom ihis
enfolded older, we musl reeognise only lhal we have
pan or lhe unknnwable lolalily, nol rhe ennh ilsell.
There are no opposites, iusi phases ol the one
phenomena,
ror inysell, and posslbly lor you il you lalre up lhe
siudy ol palierns, lhe mnlemphllon el lhe [arms ol lile