The Enfolding Universe

by Wilson Ogg

Giving Rise to Motion and Matter

Synchronous Folds Giving Rise to Time, Space, and Motion

Wilson Ogg

Biographical Data

Enfolding Force and Form Underlying the Expression of Time,Space,and Motion

Force and Form and Evolution

The effect of force and form on change has been misunderstood by many writers on evolution and has led to a presupposed conflict between evolutionary changes and intelligent design. Writers supporting intelligent design sometimes claim that evolutionary changes support the existence of a god. They are treating form as intelligent design, but form neither affirms nor negates intelligent design. Force necessarily requires form for its expression. There can be no expression at all without form. And form necessarily requires force for its manifestation. We know that force and form exist from our awareness of their enfolding together from which time, space, motion and matter are derived. For a discussion of the enfolding of force and form, see the article on Darwinism Revisited.

Derivative Nature of Time, Space, Motion and Matter

A major achievement of the discovery of the enfolding universe is the recognition that time, space, motion and matter are derivative in nature. Being derivative, they are subject to many differing interpretations that are claimed by their supporters to be the only possible explanations of reality. When these and related interpretations are presupposed as being fundamental and not derivative, immense limitations are imposed upon science and scientific research, with their supporters often being unaware of how their presuppositions affect their analysis of time, space, motion and matter.

Force Confused with Motion

Both Newton and Einstein understood that force and motion are different attributes of matter. Yet, since force, which is measured as acceleration and since accelerated objects are generally in motion, people confused acceleration with motion. Einstein understood that gravity and acceleration are equivalent and that the force of gravity would cause the Newtonian apple to accelerate as it goes towards the ground.

Form Confused as an Attribute of Matter

Form is often confused wIth "intelligent design," and with matter. Form is not an attribute of matter and has nothing to do with design, whether intelligent or non-intelligent. Form is the only means by which force expresses itself. The force of gravity results in the manifestation of both form and force in their enfolding together. Force does not cause matter to become enfolded with other expressions of matter. Force is never enfolded with force and form is never enfolded with form.

Three Asserted Fundmentals Underlying Manifestation

The first asserted fundamental would be matter, the second asserted fundamental would be consciousness, and the third is an asserted union of matter and conciousness that gives rise to manifestation. It does not seem conceivable that matter could give rise to conciousness where consciousness has attributes in no way inherent in matter. For this reason, consciounsness must be primary and matter secondary and as being derivative from consciousness. If manifestation results from an union of consciousness and matter, it would still seem that concioiusness must be primary, with the nature of the union influencing the manifestation of consciousness. The prevalent attempt to treat matter as primary and consciousness as secondary has never explained how matter itself could give rise to conciousness unless matter is secondary and derived from consciousness.

Treatment of Matter as Being Fundamental

When matter is treated as being fundamental, time, space, and motion are treated as attributes of matter. Thus, that which give rise to matter are not recognized as fundmental to matter but only as non-fundamental attributes of matter with the material substance of matter being only that which exists. Thus, the very nature of matter is denied, leading to a failure to analyze matter and to formulate constructs explaining its behavior.

Illusions Resulting from Derivation

The derivative nature of time, space, motion, and matter results in many and extremely diverse conclusions that are stated to be scientific findings. The failure also to recognize and understand centrifugal and centripetal processes often result in wholly wrong interpretations of natural processes, leading to unnecessarily complex and convoluted explanations of these natural process.

Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity

The problem of resolving quantum theory with Einstein general theory of relativity is resolved by the recognition of the enfolding of force and form. For a discussion of a quantum universe that attempts to resolve the apparent conflict between general relativity and quantum theory, see the article "The Seif OrganIzing Quantum Universe", by Jam Ambjorn, Jerzy Jurkiewicz, and Renate Loll, pp.42-49, Scientific American , July 2008. The self-organizing quantum universe fails to recognize clearly that space-time is derivative from enfolded force with form and the quantum universe, in effect, treat space-time as fundamwental.However, space-time is not fundamental but is a product of the enfolding of time and space.

Foundation of Self-Organizing Unclear

The concept of a self-organizing universe, in effect, uses this concept of self-organizing to replace the enfolding of force and form. It does not explain why space and time would organize themselves in a particular way. We know that force is enfolded with form but we do not know that time and space are a product of a self-organizing universe. Force is apparently confused with energy and form with design. The enfolded universe recognizes force as force and form as form. without confusing force with energy and matter with a pattern of self-organization.

Nature of Space Being Enfolded With Time Misconstrued as Evidence of the Big Bang

There is no evidence at all supporting the presupposition of a big bang. The big bang theory has many inconsistencies, with many assumptions not supportive of a reasonable interpretation of a big bang. See an excellent article, Misconceptions About the Big Bang , by Charles H. Lineweaver and Tamara M. Davis, pp. 36-45, The Scientific American, March 2005. The article recognizes the prevalent misundewrstanding of the big bang concept of the expansion of the universe, and that the presupposed, reasonable expansion is one of space and not a presupposed expansion in space, which would be absurd and unreasonable. But,the article uses evidence of enfolding as evidence of explosion of space itself. The main difficulty with the concept of the big bang is the presupposition that an explosion took place at all.

Underlying Value Judgments Affecting Explanations by Scientists

When the result of the enfolding of force with form leads to results supported by the value judgments held by particular scientists, they treat the result as being scientific in nature and as a result of the scientific method. If the result of the enfolding violate their value judgments, the results are then treated as a violation of their findings and as a violation of scientific understandings. These scientists seem wholly unaware of how their value judgments affect their assertions as scientists. In reality, the advancements of science is necessarily dependent upon value judgments.

Force and Form and Evolutiom

Darwin never sufficiently explained why evolutionary changes took place. The doctrine of the survival of the most fit ignores why changes would occur. The survival of the most fit cannot explain the mechanism itself of change. The recognition of the nature of the enfolding of force with form, coupled with evolutionary theory, would explain that after the most fit form has been enfolded, that enfolded form would have a greater chance to survive until it is, in turn, enfolded with another form.

Mutations and Evolution

Most biologists now combine the evolutionary findings of Darwin with findings on mutated changes. Without the recognition of mutations, changes in species cannot be sufficiently supported by Darwinian doctrines. But with the discovery of the enfolding of force with form, the enfolding might serve as a means by which species could originate.

Mutations in General

Mutations are not really changes that occurred without prior cause or by changes in egg, sperm and other cells. They are changes resulting from the enfolding of force with form, and the enfolding could be limited or not limited to egg and sperm cells. Without understanding the enfoldment of force with form, supporters of mutated changes often believed that the changes were abrupt and not based upon the prior state of a form that was being enfolded.

Many and Diverse Products of the Enfolding of Force with Form

Dependent on the form being enfolded, the result might be ordinary or might be dramatic and exciting in nature. A series of enfoldments could easily result in species origination. The enfolding apparently takes place without any meaningful guidance by man or by any higher power. Man might, however, support and encourage the survival of particular enfolded forms over other enfolded forms and thereby increase the number of useful forms being enfolded.

Copyright Wilson Ogg