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1PlusInfinity
1 is Wholeness acting in conjunction with, Plus, Infinity;
the multiplicity of its existence.
On a numerical basis the idea of adding infinity to 1 (one) is meaningless but the idea behind the 1PlusInfinity name of the website is not specifically related to numerical unity and infinity.
When discussing evolution there are a vast number of interacting entities, each of which can be regarded as having the property of being potentially infinitely variable in its own right and the status of any one mutually interacts (or at least has the ultimate potential so to do), as a component of the prevailing Condition of Existence[1], with each and all of the others in an infinite number of ways; the process of evolution becomes one which might be described as ‘an infinity of infinitely infinite entities acting together in a singularity of existence’. Hence the term 1PlusInfinity can be looked at as being representational of ‘Multiplicity in Unity’[2] where 1 (unity) relates to the Whole and Infinity to the mass of inseparable infinities (multiplicity) of which it is comprised.
In this context ‘singularity of existence’ relates to the contention that the Physical Universe is a Whole and the nature of that Whole is such that, no matter how complex the system might be, the result of evolution taking place within it can only result in a ‘single’ state of the resulting Whole for the present (as related to time) in which it exists, its Condition of Existence[3].
This defines the fundamental difference between the workings of the Phenomenal Universe, even as a component of the Physical Universe, and the Physical Universe and forms much of the basis on which the contentions of the 1PlusInfinity Website are structured. While existing only in the Phenomenal Universe ideas, thoughts, experiences, be they right through to wrong, exist together in a multiplicity of variations, it is only when implemented in the Physical Universe that the multiplicity is reduced to singularity!! Think about it and give it a chance - however hard it may be to read it!!!
The name, 1PlusInfinity, thus seeks to convey an idea that both links the infinite complexity of Physical Evolution with the singularity of its outcome and of infinity extending beyond involvement of a single entity of infinite possibility.
[1] An explanation of the terms used both here and on the website in general can be found in the Glossary on the ‘The Site’ menu.
[2] See the section ‘The One and the Many’ in Henri Bortoft’s book The Wholeness of Nature ~ Goethe’s Way of Science.
[3] This is basically saying that the interactions taking place between components of the Physical Universe during the process of evolution are governed by what are generally referred to as the ‘Laws of Physics’ or the ‘Laws of Nature’. The contention of the site is that these are terms of the Phenomenal Universe and the preference is to try to avoid their use when specifically discussing events in the Physical Universe where the concept of compliance with Laws or Rules is in fact felt to be inappropriate.
