The Society Organism

Chapter 5c explained how nodes, as ideas, have an inherent ability to connect to each other because they are really made up of flowing waves.

This leads to a natural pyramid structure for complex ideas where the essence or core idea is at the center or top, and the sub-ideas are below and farther from the center.

This leads to a society organism, which is studied by Social Superphysics.

This is explained by Parmenides and by Eastern Philosophy as the connection of souls (atman or the Many) to the oversoul (Paramatman or the One).

The One itself, then, having been broken up into parts by being, is many and infinite. This means that not only the One which has being is many, but the One itself, distributed by being, must also be many

Parmenides

Parmenides by Plato, Chapter 2

Since the mind exists, the mental plate exists, and the reflection of Paramatman must remain. The Átman, therefore, remains associated with the jiivátman. The ultimate knowership, doership and base of existence lie in the átman.

PR Sarkar

Idea and Ideology, Chapter 1

Society, Nation, State, Civilization, Ideology, Culture

‘Society’ comes from the Latin socius which means companion which is an abstract term.

• This is consistent with our definition of society as a metaphysical organism made up of individual organisms having a common interest
• This is also applicable to multicellular organisms, plants, animals, and aliens.
• This common interest, in turn, is a result of fellow-feeling.
• This fellow-feeling is a result of empathy or feeling-beyond the self.

‘Nation’ comes from the Latin natus which refers to birth. Thus, a nation can have 2 meanings:

1. The place where a person was born – this leads to nationality
2. The genetic ethnicity of the person at birth – this leads to ‘Cherokee nation’ if one’s parents are both Cherokee State

The first defintion is more common and so we adopt it, being based on spatial location or territory instead of genetics.

A state as a society that is unified with laws and is therefore non-arbitrary.

• Its opposites are kingdoms, tribes, and nations, which are arbitrary.
• Unlike a nation that has physical attributes like area and borders, a state is an abstract idea.

A state has derivative ideas:

• A nation-state is a collection of ethnic tribes that has evolved to govern itself.
• A city-state is a city that has defined its society.
• A state can merge with other states and become a United States or European Union, or split up like former Soviet states. The next evolution is the global state.

A state can become a civilization if it adopts an ideology.

An ideology is the system to attain a specific, central, Positive idea.

• This is opposed to epistemology which is a system to attain a specific thought which is Negative by nature.

In other words, ideology and ideation have a profound spiritual or mystical basis, whereas epistemology and thinking have a worldly and practical basis.

It is this spirituality and wisdom that gives the added mental and spiritual strength to create a civilization.

• A sustained, proper ideology leads to Golden Ages
• A decline in ideology leads to Dark Ages

A doctrine, from Latin doctorina meaning “teaching”, is a formal teaching for some profession or practice. This is opposed to lesson, from Latin lection meaning “reading”, which is for general learning.

The physical manifestations that a state is capable of ideology, and therefore civilization, is when they have all of the following:

1. A refined culture represented by dress and music
2. A means to communicate, represented by script
3. Technology, represented by the wheel
4. Regular food production, represented by agriculture

Societies that do not have these ingredients are nations or tribes.

Therefore, a civilization implies mental advancement as to have a hierarchy of ideas, mutually connected to cause and effect.

Being civilized means that you know your actions have an effect in space and time, and so you are more cognizant of your actions unlike barbarians and savages who do not think of consequences.

Culture is the personality of a society-organism just as a single organism has his own personality.

Savages, Barbarians, and Civilizations all have culture.

Animals have individual personality. But animal societies do not have a culture since their society is for hunting or basic life processes which do not have a unified unique expression