Permutations of the Unknown

An excursion into the nature of Nature Itself

When it comes to nature, what are the possibilities? Does it follow a single, inevitable path through space-time, or are there an infinite number of ways for the universe to be organized?

Worldviews differ regarding this: one way, many ways, and various interpretations of the two. We use the words “freedom” and “determination” whenever our understanding of the world arises in this context.

One’s worldview is a function of what one has directly experienced or has learned by some other means. What we believe determines how we live our lives. What ought we to do? This question has everything to do with how we perceive nature, how we perceive ourselves, and how we perceive the Absolute.

God-World-I

God, world, I. Are these three phenomena discreet, completely independent from each other? Like Heisenberg and others who take both physics and metaphysics seriously, I believe they are not. If indeed nature, humankind and the Absolute are inextricably entwined, where does that leave us? Is it possible to make sense of it all?

Nature is becoming. That much the steady accumulation of scientific facts is making clear. But exactly what nature is becoming is something that we do not know. We may never…