| Another example is that a letter is a self-existing entity and simultaneously an integral part of a word, which then is part of a sentence, which is part of a paragraph, which is part of a page; and so on. Everything from [[quarks]] to [[matter]] to [[energy]] to [[idea]]s can be looked at in this way — everything in creation except perhaps creation itself is a holon. | | Another example is that a letter is a self-existing entity and simultaneously an integral part of a word, which then is part of a sentence, which is part of a paragraph, which is part of a page; and so on. Everything from [[quarks]] to [[matter]] to [[energy]] to [[idea]]s can be looked at in this way — everything in creation except perhaps creation itself is a holon. |
− | In his book ''[[Sex, Ecology, Spirituality]]: The Spirit of Evolution'', Wilber outlines approximately twenty tenets that characterize all holons.<ref>Wilber, Ken; ''Sex, Ecology, Spirituality'', 1995, p. 35-78</ref> These tenets form the basis of Wilber's model of manifest reality. Beyond this, Wilber's view is that the totality of manifest reality itself is just a wave on the ocean of the unmanifest, of Emptiness itself, which is not a holon. | + | In his book ''[[Sex, Ecology, Spirituality]]: The Spirit of Evolution'', Wilber outlines approximately twenty tenets that characterize all holons.<ref>Wilber, Ken; ''Sex, Ecology, Spirituality'', 1995, p. 35-78 These tenets form the basis of Wilber's model of manifest reality. Beyond this, Wilber's view is that the totality of manifest reality itself is just a wave on the ocean of the unmanifest, of Emptiness itself, which is not a holon. |