Definition: Emergence

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Revision: 12 Apr 2024

Emergence

The appearance of higher orders of complexity in systems.
The bootstrapping of higher orders of complexity.
The bootstrapping of higher orders of creation.
The bootstrapping of higher orders of expression.
The process by which a transcendent agency “breathes” itself into a system through the elements that are already part of the system.
Emergence occurs in all systems of sufficient complexity.
Emergence is both a horizontal process of self-organization, and a vertical orchestration of the One.
Emergence is evidence of higher-order agency.
Emergence is orchestrated by the intelligence of Divinity/God/Source.
Emergence works with and through pre-existing elements while bringing something new into expression.
Emergence brings new information and energy into creation beyond what can be completely accounted for in terms of pre-existing elements.
Emergent phenomena cannot be predicted based on individual particles or entities. Emergence requires a collective. Examples: Temperature emerges from the interactions of many molecules and a murmuration requires many starlings.
The intelligence which orchestrates emergence transcends and interpenetrates that which is emerging.
The horizontal and vertical aspects of emergence operate as a single process in which the horizontal provides continuous feedback to the vertical.

Sayings:

“Consciousness does not emerge from the physical universe. The physical universe emerges from Consciousness.”