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Emergence is a direct expression of the integrity
of complex interactive dynamics. The isolated and steady state systems
are deprived of the potential for emergence - they are artificially kept
in an imposed equilibrium which breathes repetition and death.
Emergence is a powerful manifestation of
the self-organizing ability of any group of interactive agents. If this
ability is suppressed, the interactions lose their creative drive
and degenerate into easily predictable repetitive patterns; the group dissipates,
and the emergence ceases to occur.
Every agent mirrors the power of emergence
inherent in the group as a whole, and the whole of the group mirrors the
power of emergence imbedded in every single agent. This interdepence is
a 'sine qua non' for the emergence to occur.
In human systems, the emergence implies serendipity and creativity both at individual (intrapersonal) and group (interpersonal) levels of interaction. For creativity to take hold and flourish, emergence needs space and freedom.
Emergence cannot be designed. Emergence cannot
be imposed. It simply happens - as a spontaneous outburst of energy accumulated
through the complex dynamic interplay of interactions. At the individual
level this is the enigmatic and often paradoxical interplay between physical,
emotional, intellectual and spiritual 'fractals' of human personality.
At the group level, this is the autopoiesisof communications - people
in dialogue with people, people in communication with their environment,
people in communion with the spiritual essence of the universe...
Emergence can breathe order out of chaos, simplicity out of complexity, serenity out of confusion, inspiration out of every day monotony, insight out of mere intellectual speculations.
While we cannot design a specific emergence, we are not merely helpless witnesses. We can create conditions for it to happen, we can read its presages and empower its heralds. We can seed it and make it blossom for the Good of the Life on our planet.
@ Vladimir .Dimitrov, 1998