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Quotation of the Day for June 1, 2011"Since the universe began, its three major tendencies have been differentiation or articulation, the bonding of different parts, and spontaneity. The universe is divine precisely because it is composed of parts. All creative realities are composed of parts. They go together to create something new. "The tendency towards differentiation is counterbalanced by bonding, or, in the physical order, gravitation. No one knows what gravitation is. An attraction between bodies. Newton knew how it operated but he said he didn't know what it was. And we still don't. But it is why the Earth must be round. The bending back toward each other, the spherical shape, allows things to be. Otherwise we would have just an endless proliferation. "Anyway, the two forces of difference and bonding mean several possibilities. If the differentiation is stronger than the bonding, then the universe would explode and drift off. If the bonding overcomes the differentiation, then it collapses. One more possibility is equilibrium but if there is equilibrium then there is fixation. Nothing happens. There is only one possibility of having a universe. That is a creative disequilibrium. The process by which the universe self-creates. "Art emerges out of a disequilibrium in search of a new equilibrium." - Thomas Berry, author, historian, Roman Catholic priest (Heron Dance interview, Issue 21, June 1999). Submitted by: Kathleen Magone Apr. 5, 2011  |
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