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By looking further into larger and large holonic scales, we can even hypothesize on a Supreme Being, the maximum pattern of consciousness in the universe, without impinging on the mystical aspects of religion or the constrains of science.
If one were to have a broken box, with only fragments left, such as a corner piece, one could extrapolate what it might have been by taking the available evidence and fitting it in with the fractal patterns you can see in smaller and larger scales, giving you an idea that it was probably a box.
As we look around us with more and more awareness and mindfulness, we will see this fractal reality everywhere. It explains our motivations, our behavior, and who we are and can become, in the total framework of discernible reality. And when we can see this reality for what it truly is, we can have power over it, and we can keep from being manipulated by the dictates of material circumstances.
If this Introduction is the only part that you read in the entire book, then I would like to, at least, leave you with a fractal concept which you may find interesting, which may also encourage you to read the rest of this book.
For this, take a look at the memory cell in our brains and its fractal pattern.
There are long-term memory cells and short-term memory cells. Without getting too technical, we can understand from our own personal experiences that short term memory is what we use for information that is temporary, say the phone number of a restaurant. We may see it or hear it and remember it long enough to dial it, but then is forgotten rather quickly in most cases. Then there are memories that we keep longer, say, the name of a person we just met. But we will not retain the memory unless we see the person frequently. Then there are long-term memories; the memories that we keep all our lives. The details regarding our family, their likes, dislikes, our values, meaningful experiences, important data, etc. Long-term memories are kept because they have long term value to the organism, the individual. The more value the memory has, the better chance that it will be kept for a longer time. We can see this plainly through our experiences; importance and repetition. Just repetition will not do. We may see something everyday, say, the order of the books on our bookshelf, but if we don't put much importance to it, we will probably not recall the exact order if asked to do so. But if something is important enough, for instance a beautiful face, just a single glance will imprint its image in our memory. For most things, the two combined; repetition and importance (or value) seems to make the longest lasting memory.
Looking from a much larger fractal perspective, we, human beings, are very much like memory cells. One short definition of a memory cell by a neuroscientist is "a stored pattern of connections". Of course! The memory cell is defined by the connections and relationships it has with other cells! Without these connections, the memory cell has no memory. And when you come down to it, that is what we, humans, are also. We are "a stored pattern of connections" to other people, things and events. That is what defines us.
Without other people and things, we are nothing.
In the book The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doidge, M.D., he writes about psychiatrist and researcher Eric Kandel and molecular biologist James Schwartz's work in understanding how long-term memories are formed in snails. They found out that for short-term memory to become long-term memory in snails, a protein kinase A moved from the body of the neuron to its nucleous which turns on a gene that alters the structure of the nerve endings so that more connections are made between neurons. He writes: "The same process occurs in humans. When we learn, we alter which genes in our neurons are "expressed" or turned on."
The genes have two functions, one that replicates and produces copies and one that transcribes, which is influenced by our thoughts and behavior. This means that with the genetic change, it can be replicated and the information transferred even when the original cell dies. The material shell goes away but the information it contained is kept and becomes part of the whole human organism for the long term.
Now, take a look at our holonic relationship to the maximum fractal intelligence of the universe, known by some as God. Fractally, it works
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