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Source: http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziemia
Global Vision of Universal CO-Existence & Models
People – Planet - Pro-Fit –Progress
Sociology- Ecology-Economy-Spiritology
CO-Existentialism Part 1 The Golden Path: Harmonious Balanced
Middle in Cosmo(s)cene analyzed the triptych of Jheronimus Bosch
The Garden of Earthen Delights as evolutional phases of human
mankind. CO-Existen-tialism Part 2 continues the thoughts of
evolutional development of human mankind. Conclusion of CO-
Existentialism part 1: we need positive drive of CO-Existence of
JURI CZABANOWSKI
(E)CO-EXISTENTIALISM RECOVERING BALANCED CYCLES by GLOBAL INTEGRAL LIFE(STYLE) CO-EXISTENTIALISM OF MAN-ENVIRONMENT-COSMOPOLIS-COSMOS
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biodiversity and multiracial &-cultural togetherness in revival of vital
cooperation(s): Enlightenment by Lightness and Openness. The need
of developing a cosmo(s)cene and conscious cosmopolitan society is
essential to evolve. Human mankind has to obey global limits to
survive in dignity to restore the worldwide balance of cycles of life-
supporting systems in co-existence: life-style and philosophy called
ECO-Existentialism 1as an unfolding evolution of Human Mankind.
Ill.1: The Unfolding Discovery of our planet Earth and its Living as CO-
Existence
Ether (æther) as Quintessence
The traditional four elements are wind, earth, water and fire, later
æther was added as fifth element or essence: quintessence. Ether
inter-connects the existing elements, brought them in movement.
Ether behaves like a spirit, it doesn’t appear an substantial
phenomenon but as energy. Ancient Greeks called it the zone where
the Gods breathe. Ether became the layer of modern communication,
interaction of (social) media by ic-technology
1 Club of Rome, The Limits to Growth, A global Challenge, 1972.
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Ill.2: Juri Czabanowski, integration of 4 wind directions&4 elements Air, Fire,
Earth& Water as sustainable pillars connect by Aether(Quintessence) as 5th
Element of Spirit Togetherness (in presence called ICT) Nijmegen 2013
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Ill.3: Pentagram: integration of 5 elements united in sustainable cycle
Geometrical Structures
Unity in diversity is a quotation that has been used by many architects
and urbanists; perhaps H.P. Berlage was the first who spoke it exactly
in translated words: Eenheid in veelheid. In translation it is based on
holism: the interaction of the holon (part) to the holos (whole) and
vice verse.
The holon is like the atom the essential stone to build structures and
systems by multiplication, variation and diversification or mutation.
Co-existence of the hole and the part works as an interaction.
Architect-theologian Hans Dom van der Laan worked out a theory of a
universal harmonic proportion in his book Le Nombre Plastique 2 (the
Plastic Number) which is based on the golden proportion or the divina
proportione of the Golden ratio. This Golden ratio was discovered by
Pythagoras: the plastic number ρ (the Greek ‘Phi’ letter of alphabet,
also known as the plastic constant).
Holism
Hippocrates of Kos (460-377 BC) tried to bridge both points of view.
He settled the fundament of a holistic health of a integral body that
depends on the dynamic interaction of the several organs of the living
organism. This principle is called holism. He used the knowledge of
6000 medical herbs on the Isle of Kos and of existing know-how
elsewhere.
2 Hans van der Laan, Le Nombre Plastique: quinze Leçons sur l'Ordonnance architectonique. Leiden: Brill, 1960. In Dutch: Het Plastische Getal.
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Importance of interlinking Man-
Environment: Environment(ality)
mutual relation and support between men of environment
Environmentalism
The publication of Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring in 1962
emerged Environmentalism as a popular grass roots political
movement in the 1960's. Those already involved in conservation/
preservation efforts were joined by many others concerned about the
detrimental environmental impacts of modern industrial technology.
The longer range, older elements of the movement included writers
and activists.
Human mankind has to take responsibility and show respect for the
environmental life and its life-cycles on planet Earth. Wealth is
reached by wellness and livability, an interaction of ecology and
economy by respecting biodiversity and fair trade.
Eco-(Philo)sophy
Arne Naess quoted an original definition of ecosophy:“By an ecosophy
I mean a philosophy of ecological harmony or equilibrium. A
philosophy as a kind of wisdom, is openly normative, it contains both
norms, rules, postulates, value priority announcements and
hypotheses concerning the state of affairs in our universe. Wisdom is
policy wisdom, prescription, not only scientific description and
prediction. The details of an ecosophy will show many variations due
to significant differences concerning not only the ‘facts’ of pollution,
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resources, population, etc. but also value priorities.” 3 Ecosophy and
Eco-philosophy by Henryk Skolimowski4 as a living philosophy aware
of the inner spirit and empathic ability like love derived from the
awareness of concerned scientists and civilians about the state of the
World in post-war time. Skolimowski refers in his book Het theater
van de geest on page 70: “Eco-Philosophy means eco-humanism, a
philosophy to design new tactics for living. Evolution a self-sensitive
process in a cosmos of self-sensitive unfolding. Soft aspects like
esthetical and moral openness and capacity of abstract thinking will
develop sensitivity instead of objectivity.”…Under deep insight he
continues: “..being connected with each others as fully adult human
creatures. Mystics, prophets and poets: we can reach eternity, and
“Alternative new worldviews, matrices and paradigms are needed. Not
only a scientific empirical view.”…
“The book of Nature is written in living forms not mathematical
formula. Mathematical worldview is a metaphor of rootless mankind.
Progress of technical society in spite of spiritual poverty reflects a
progress of self-cheat.”5
Develop telepathy and empathy as divine flame and sympathy as
social medium!!
Society of (RE-/WE-/BI-)Cycling: WeCycle by Recycle and
Bicycle
We need to (re)cycle all we produce, we have to think in cycles like
natural ecological cycles, to make cycles “nearly” closed like in nature
itself. Nature itself doesn’t spoil energy or material (which is in fact
energy in mass). In our common future 2.0, in the New World order,
3 See A. Drengson and Y. Inoue, 1995, p.8. 4 You tube: Henryk Skolimowski Eco-Philosophy, explaining the meaning of living philosophy. 5 Henryk Skolimowski, The Theatre of the Mind: Evolution in the sensitive cosmos, 1984, p. 69-70.
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cosmo-politans embrace a new socio-economic and human-ecological
system, called Cosmopolitanism in addition to Capitalism, based
on fair trade, limited to natural growth by biorhythm to respect
health of people and vitality of environment. It will bring another kind
of profit in the world, not based on wealth related on quantity of
goods, but a quantity that is again based on quality of life, on values
like healthy work-condition, respect for People and Nature, it will
bring a wellness for all people, an average income that is related to
self-support of own produced food next to the place where people live.
Food production will be again one a the mean actions of work in every
bodies life next to sharing creativeness to make own individual
designs of objects. Talented persons could inspire others who are
talented. Transition Town Movement is actual platform for Society of
(RE-/WE-/BI-)Cycling. Cradle to Cradle (C2C) a principle to (re)use
everything optimal.
Ill.4: Lemniscate, symbol of re-cycling and eternity, never ending: here as
holistic or integral system as a loop-system of linked processes in phases
Sustainable Architecture and Urbanism
We need houses that integrated the five cycles of elements like in
Nature. (Re)Use, in best way Super-Use of wind energy(turbines),
water(cycles like rain or waves, energy of tides), fire(energy, earth
warmth) and earth (biomass). Ether become connection of
communication-coordination-co-operation by social media made
possible by for instance Information Communication Technology
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(ICT).
A superb sustainable building and housing has been developed by ir.
Bengt Warne in Saltsjobäden near Stockholm in 1977(before ICT):
low-tech Naturhuset (ill. 5,6) using the four natural eco-cycles. 2013:
Sustainable Updating Check by adding solar-panels and PV-cells for
ICT.
‘ECO’-villages and sustainable communities like Arcosanti, Auroville,
Findhorn and Steyerberg and EVA-Lanxmeer try to heal the lost
balance of healthy environmental settlements. They restore human
dignity giving responsibility back to citizens, activating their creativity
and responsibility.
Evolution of Unfolded Human Mankind
The vision of a restored Middle as Medium in the Phase of CO-
Evolution is based on the explanation of the triptych The Garden of
Earthen Delights. Di(Vision) of the triptych painted by Bosch could be
seen as phases of evolution in mankind (article CO-Existentialism part
1). They radically changed by getting an overview of our globe viewed
in space. Even scientists were overwhelmed to get an impression of
the wholeness of our planet. James Lovelock expressed his admiration
by a theory of the Earth as living super-organism he called Gaia. He
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reviewed his hypothesis of Gaia written in 1979.6 In the Netherlands
Kees Zoeteman got inspirited by Lovelock’s hypothesis and wrote
about Gaiasophia7, which influenced the policy of the second national
environmental policy plan NMP2, Kiezen of Verliezen (Choose or
Lose) published in 1992. In that time the Dutch policy became one of
the leaders to take measurements to solve urgent targets to serve the
polluted environment.
About evolution Skolimowski writes in his book The Theatre of the
Mind: Evolution in the sensitive cosmos as ‘becoming into being,
visible flowers of the tree in development’… ‘The weak flower of ethics
flourish under right circumstances. Essence of being through time-
moved outing. Evolution explodes constantly into being. Universe is
one of ‘becoming’…’Ecological theory of mind a new freedom in
unfolding universe, a new insight of coming mind. Mind and
imagination are connected.’…’carried responsible progress of
evolution.’
Deep Sustainability
A deep Sustainability shows a social-ecological based, bio-based
economy. Deep Sustain-Ability starts from Ecology as principle (left
corner). Deep sustainability is based in the roots, the planet Earth as
foundation. Deep sustainability is related to deep ecology of Arne
Naess and others, an eco-philosophy and Environmentalism.
PS: the development of earlier phases of the evolutional process of
sustainability-in-progress is available as article published in Issue 5 of
CyberEmpathy!
6 J.E. Lovelock, Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth, Oxford University Press, 1979. 7 Kees Zoeteman, Gaia-Sophia A framework for Ecology, Floris Books 1991.
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Fig. 1: © Juri Czabanowski, Phase 3: Deep Sustainability model based on
an ecological order of principles Sociology-Ecology-Economy for
Blueprint of green revolution on blue planet, Nijmegen 2011
Cosmo(s)cene
An evolution of several phases will be needed before mankind
reaches point Omega of Teilhard de Chardin8 as the final destination
of mankind, the essential meaning of life on Earth (even in Cosmos or
Universe). Their fulfillment as high conscious and empathic human
beings and partners of a CO-Evolution-in-development.
We need to develop the ‘Cosmocene’ as geological period of
geocentric policy; being concerned and conscious of importance of the
planet Earth as life-supporting and life-carrying habitat, the
‘Cosmocene’. The Cosmoscene can be understood as the location of
8 Teilhard de Chardin, The Phenomenon Man, 1955.
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our Planet as organic meta-bolism in interaction and -relation in
cosmological plan of Universe. Rebirth of golden middle!
Nobel-prize winner in Physics of 1997 Paul Crutzen speaks of the
‘Antropoceen’ in context of the phase of geological Age as a result of
the human (Gr: anthropos) impact since industrial revolution. Human
mankind is factor that influenced the change in climate for instance by
polluting atmosphere. The author of article refer to call present
time Cosmo(s)cene Age concerning our scientific know-how (even
with doubts) about the geological science and discovering of Cosmos.
He speaks of Anthropo(s)cene (Scene of Man) Age in context of
historical social-economical change: start in period of late Middle Age
to early Renaissance when agriculture production became techno-
logical. First revolution of technology is the mechanical revolution
of intensive agriculture the wealth grow of over-production so
population and cities.
Cosmic overview
Our View of the World radical changed with a global overview of Plane
Earth in the spot of cosmonauts in their spaceship Apollo 11 to the
Moon in 1969 (ill.1). The image of Planet Earth in the Universe called
spaceship Earth did realize the observers to take more care for our
common fragile home. The limits of this beautiful and vital planet
became visible and tangible on distance. Also the incredible difference
with the dark and dusty Moon. The luck and gratitude to be a global
citizen of the World enlarged the drive and passion of
environmentalist to protect this cosmic diamond. Several institutions
and organizations were born beginning of the 70’s of the 20th
Century: Friends of Earth, Green Peace, World Wild Fund and so on.
The membership for this care for the life and life-systems constantly
grew in the coming decennia.
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Vision of human-ecological settlements
First revolution of technology was the mechanical revolution of
intensive agriculture when people settled down as farmers who still
were concerned about the biorhythm of seasons and other natural
laws. The wealth grow as result of over-production and so population
and cities increased. Specialization in crafts and development of
talents were possible. The correlation between the development of
agriculture and urbanization is essential. The relation between city
and agriculture has been broken during especially since industrial
revolution.
Prof. Peter Schmid argued to bring the nature to the city and vice
versa and to build Integral Bio-logical Architecture (IBA).9 Prof.
Ekhart Hahn spoke of Siedlungsökologie (settlement ecology) to
restore link of human settled and civilized communities and natural
surroundings.10 Prof. Louise Fresco wants to interlink the natural and
built environment (city) as essential symbiosis to survive in the
globalized [Sassen 1990; global city]11 (mega)cities and regions
[Florida 2002/2008; creative class and mega region]12 worldwide in
the next future.13 A global movement to stimulate more sustainable
and autarkic communities has to be created: human-ecological
minded communities. The author of this article refers to stimulate
integration of social, alternative healthy and experimental energy-
saving and ecological minded architecture for the 21th Century to built
a sustainable society [Czabanowski, 2006, p. 294].14 See
http://alexandria.tue.nl/extra2/200612003.pdf
9 Togetherness as a resulted condition of interconnection of four elements Earth, Water, Air and Fire by element Ether, the connecting 5th element or
quintessence, the medium of the geometrical square of the four edge elements. Foundation of a pentagram model, a structure with 21 golden ratio as divine
proportions. 10 Ekhart Hahn, Siedlungsökologie, ökologische Aspekte einer neuen Stadt- und Siedlungspolitik, Karlsruhe 1982. 11 Sociologist Saskia Sassen, The Global City: Introducing a Concept, 1990. 12 Sociologist Richard Florida, The Rise of the Creative Class, 2002. 13 (Louise) Fresco’s Paradise, TV-Serial of VPRO with motto Eten is weten is geweten (Eating is Knowing is Conscience). 14 Historian of Art Juri Czabanowski, Humaan-Ecologische Georiënteerde Woningbouw, TU/e 2002
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Cosmopolitan Society
The Post-Capitalistic system as SustainAble System by triple PPP-
combination should be a perfect match between the interaction and
relation between People, Planet and Profit. We have to respect again
the natural time of growth of Life of all species, it is inherent at life
itself. Every kind of life needs a time of rest, certainly the time when
reproduction by specie has come, to bring a new generation, which
again needs the time to develop. The leaks of life have to be respected
again to stabilize the of all kind of fishes for instance again. The
stabilization of species in each ecosystem is a guarantee that the cycles
necessary for the circles of Life will continue. Like each specie have
their own capacity and way of appearance through evolution we as
specie of homo sapiens sapiens have the capacity and ability to
distinguish ourselves from each other. Being individuals makes us
unique, gives us a way to develop our talents and capacities. In this
way we are different not
equal.
E-quality is based on equivalence in fact , not on equality in sense of
similarity. It’s true: nobody is equal but we should be equivalent in the
way we are human beings who built communities in societies
worldwide. The Evolution of a Homo universalis: worldwide Homo
sapiens-socialis-mollis-ludens-faber! Human beings as (re)creators
and ethical stewards.
Cosmopolitan Art
Cosmopolitan Art like the worldwide manifestations of Christo and
Jeane Claude made. They settled attention on existing subjects, which
they covered with textiles. They never spoke in terms of packaging,
they disguise things like a magician. This way of hiding an object
increase the tension. It’s like a striptease-act or an indian templedance
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of veils. The presence of the present it lost, it is hidden, you only can
guess what is inside the package, like what is happening just behind
the curtains back on the stage; feelings of tingling! The hidden form of
course gives you a certain impression, but you can imagine yourself
what is hidden behind. Questioning: Is democracy in western
countries really open and open minded? Or does it only look like?
What happens behind the façade? Privacy of citizens are often blamed
and their account of mails and phones more often are used by
intelligent corps without knowledge and permission of the private
owners.
Western Democracy needs a new and refreshing Enlightenment; a
growing amount of cosmopolitan citizens don’t accept the hidden
silence any longer. They take the road to demonstrate again.
It is like unpacking your birthday-present. You still will be uncertain
till the moment you deliver the paper from the surprise you got as gift.
Surprise surprise, really Sur Prise (A price above the price you all
ready paid for your present, that will be in “absense” till the moment it
will be free of its temporary hidden existence! We play with love hide
and seek even as adults: it’s fun anyway! The way the artistic couple
presents their objects as presents cold be seen as a cosmo-politan
statement of searching the truth, being free citizen, the wish of
people to touch the reality of things, the reality behind what looks
like showing its pure and open mindness.
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ill. 7: Christo and Jeane Claude, Veiling Reichstag, Berlin 1995
Cosmopolitanism: New World Order
This Post-Capitalism system or Holistic (Integral) Sustainable System
is meanly based on equality of all in first line on the equality of
human-beings. E-Quality in sense and based on We-Quality, the
quality of the integral and interaction by cooperating individuals who
have a standard basic of existence, for every P (People) that is
related on the bearable carrying capacity of our P (planet Earth): we
got only one, we have to share in good sense (ratio) with all, the way of
fairness to share again the P (Profit) we make by co-operation and
partnership based on Fair Trade and keeping intact the biodiversity of
life itself because it is the basic fundament to keep our natural eco-
logical system in balance.
LIFE CYCLE ANALYSES by GLOBAL LIFE(STYLE) [Global
LCA] of COSMOPOLITAN
(E)CO-EXISTENTIALISM
All spoken elements concerning Cosmopolism are integrated in the
following model. It represents the unfolded development of a global
model of a worldview based on open, unveiled co-operation.
COSMOPOLITAN MODEL of global CO-
OPERATION
Model that shows 5th Sense of Interconnection (see earlier in
text) but in acting, trading and thinking of cosmopolitans regained
collective lifestyle of shared togetherness by sustainable house-
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hold(ing)s worldwide.
Fig.2 Co- Operational Model: Cosmopolitanism as synthesis of sustainable
Cosmopolitic Dualistic Lifestyle in cooperative House - Hold(ing)s
Global citizens: Sustainers and Containers
A sustainable co-existence will synergize both: The synthetic answer
of being and having is a question of the way how to behave (Behavior).
To be sustainable is to behave in balanced way, learning to share life
in co-existence as essential meaning of importance. Becoming
conscious stewards, an evolution of mankind as growth from
human(ity)-in-development to ethical human beings and behaviors.
Global citizens and villagers live as sustainable cosmopolitans.
Thinking about connection ‘Land-City’ artist Patrick Blanc introduced
the Edible Park: a project of permaculture in Zuiderpark The Hague
(NL).
Transition into modern commercialized and merchandised world
Human beings have to learn to (re)think and (re)act in circles, in
cycles. Like our life and our Planet dynamic moves in progressive
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processes our lifestyle should be managed by circular and cycling
thinking and acting, even our economy: a circular economy of integral
(re)cycling.
In a growing globalized world of multinational corporations (MNC) or
multinational enterprises (MNE), now often shortened called
‘multinationals’, the quotation ‘Thinking globally, acting locally’
functions only sustainable if they are again really concerned about
good conditions worldwide: ‘con-cerned’ on locality or Place (Planet),
‘being responsible on pit: taking care for a pit by making it fit’
(Czabanowski, 2013). Survival of the Fittest by well functioned
transition like transformation on location (transition town
movement), transmission of sustainable mission of vision to life in a
dynamic balanced world by regarded CO-Existence.
Sustainable Multinationals quote ‘Acting globally is acting,
thinking and trading locally’ (Czabanowski, 2013). Global or globally
means already an interesting mixture of ‘in general’ and ‘worldwide’.
Sustainable profit as global prosperity in long term means a global
cooperation as a synergetic symbiosis for All, not only for the
privileged happy few. Peace is a final result of satisfaction of All, a
condition of being content. A fact of good conditions reached by
fairness and equality. Global Justice to reach Peace by Universal
Togetherness. 15
Spiritology: values and norms
It is good to have our dreams and keep on dreaming, making our
desires becoming (perhaps) true, but the old American Dream looks to
become a global Nightmare as a lifestyle of consume for beyond basic
needs. Like the wise man Mahatma Gandhi said (in own words): how
15 Togetherness as a resulted condition of interconnection of four elements Earth, Water, Air and Fire by element Ether, the connecting 5th element or
quintessence, the medium of the geometrical square of the four edge elements. Foundation of a pentagram model, a structure with 21 golden ratio as divine
proportions.
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to realize a world if Indians want to have the same life as the British,
who need half the world to have their privileged position, four worlds
would have been needed! But don’t lose reality of existence. We need
to face the New Objectivity and Sensitivity of Emergence as to
realize a real sustainable society.
How to develop new creative ideas making use of intelligence,
empathy, and technique to evolve sustainability? The
neologism Spiritology is the spiritual symbiosis of Ideology (Science
of Ideas: Philosophy, Theology, Ethics, Poetry, …) and Technology, the
integration of emotion (heart) and intellect (brain). The inter-
connecting between science and art and their human capacities (M.Sc.
M.A. and Ph.D.) in Capa-Cities, global Centers of actual inter-
disciplined Know(-How)ledgement.
Today a ‘functional’ Neo-Capitalistic of neoliberal market-system
needs much more capacity than in Mahatma Gandhi’s days. The
global developing technology has to grow in artificial speed out of
natural and human order and comprehension. Machines of artificial
intelligence rule the world of so-called free international market. The
world market and economy would be really free if there would be a
world market of fair trade and conditions based on the benefit of all
people CO-Existentialism and environment, a human-ecological based
economy on co-existence of global Life-support. Time to celebrate and
stimulate A LIFESTYLE according to care for the correlation man and
environment(E)CO-EXISTENTIALISM. From the Humanism of a
anthropocentric view to an integral cosmocentric view of Eco-
humanism.
Human Co-Creation
Learning from Nature, vital systems, and their interactive processes
will be essential to discover. Philosophies and insights who think and
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act in processes like nature with eco-cycles are essential to recover
natural systems. Natural systems follow a natural laws, machines
mechanical laws. In meantime the human civilization developed an
interaction of nature and culture which caused a mixed or hybrid
system of natural culture and cultured nature. The evolution of
Mankind and progress of technology both influenced the evolution as
a developing progress-in-process.
This interactive process of evolution shaped mankind as co- and re-
creators with technical tools known as technology. Kevin Kelly
torpedoed the term ‘technium’ as an self-unfolding evolution of
technology-in- development. Technium itself contributes to unfold the
universe. Technique as tool of mankind gets more natural optical
appearance. It fits more to an existing existence –in-progress. Like
ancient philosopher Heraklit of Ephesus (594-484 BC) observed:
Everything moves, nothing stays the same (Panta rhei, kai ouden
menai). Especially the cosmos is an endless process of movement in
interaction with evolution. Mathematical philosopher Pythagoras
(570-495 BC) pointed on the unity of body and soul being essential for
an integral health.
PPPP-Model of Sustainability 21
At the UN-Conference Johannesburg (2002) a proposal of change was
submitted: the disliked P of Profit should be changed in Prosperity.
Other proposed to move in the P of Project.
Next to these triple P’s which carry ‘Sustainability’ a 4th column needs
to be added to get even more stability in our global dynamic evolution.
The 4th P of Pneuma, Greek for Spirituality is one of the options. The
author chose for the P of Progress to underline the acceleration of
evolution. Knowing the lack of the actual spirituality as a drive for
inspiration the united neologism ‘Spiritology’ as knowledge, science
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and education of the collective Spirit of Human Mankind and the
Know-How of the cosmic Universe is chosen. This Spiritology
researches the Cosmic or Universal Order in which astronomical and
astrological high-technology is a necessary part to do research and
study the Cosmos. Religion as part of human mankind researched the
origin of mankind making use of Spirituality as meaning to evolve
oneself to meet a higher level of existence and consciousness. This
higher level is personalized by giving a name: Jahweh, God, Buddha,
Allah, Krishna, Lord for instance. These names are holy names to
express the respect to this higher Existence.
Spiritology acts as counterpart of Sociology as science of Human
Mankind (Humanistic Studies) Spiritology connects Ideology in sense
of like world of thoughts of Plato and Technology, the progression of
evolution by ideas and their realization by technologies (ict and
others). Cosmo-politanism gives power to world citizens: “We are the
people”, a global warning to a little happy few who think they are the
Exceptions on Earth. On many places revolutions and movements like
Occupy represent the power of global citizens.
(E)CO-EXISTENTALISM as global
INTEGRATION INTER-LINKING
(Plan of Progress & Pneuma) ICTechnology &
Ideology, (CO-People) Sociology, (Planet)
Ecology, (Pro-Fits) Economy in Space and Time
for Process (Evolution) called Sustainable
Development
Discovery of Global Perspective
The prophecy of a dream in three dimensions of phases in time, a
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vision of an artist called Hieronymus Bosch van Aken: the path to real
open society of co-existence (see article CO-Existentialism part 1).16
An educated man who lived in a time of immense change: the
Transition of the Middle Ages above the Alps to the Awakening of the
Renaissance in the Northern Europe. A transposition, a transmission
and trans-formation even a translocation of power and discovery of a
new continent changed the medieval worldview complete. The world
was round, not flat anymore. Christopher Colombus landed in later
called ‘America’ after discovery-traveller Amerigo Vespucci. The
Awakening of Mankind around 1500 a.C. called
the anthropocentric worldview after thousand years of a
theocentric worldview a period in the Middle (Middle Ages) of socio-
cultural and political alternation in the Western hemisphere. An era
between the Greek and Roman Antiquity17 and the Renaissance
started in City State of Florence around the year of 1420 a.C.
Humanism and Neo-Platonism extended. Human mankind had to be
evolved learning to incorporate local tradition, taste and products next
to original produced consumption. Global world market overseas
increased.
During next centuries global world market brought a co-existence of
local and global products. The low price of oil in last century caused
an imbalance of regional and global products. Transport of products
and persons became lucrative. The global perspective of globalization
was born.
Globalization: global Cosmopolitans
In many cities, mega regions [Richard Florida 2002] and global cities
[Saskia Sassen 2005] nearly all existing nationalities are represented,
16 Den Bosch (‘s Hertogenbosch, The Forest (Bush) of the Dukes) in Province Noord-Brabant is the city where family Bosch moved after living Aken (Aachen or
Aix-la-Chapelle, the founded capitol of Emperor Charlemagne or Carolus Magnus, King of the Franks (free people: expression Being frank and free). 17 End of Imperium Romanum (Roman Empire) in 476: Fall of City of Rome.
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a formation of an universal cooperation of humanity. The
consciousness of being one mankind as World Community, sharing
one planet Earth have to grow: needs have to be carefully respected
and divided. A multicultural family of world citizens of People. Our
planet as Mother Earth or careful Gaia with People children of Earth
or Gaians who will live in Co-Existence with Creation [Lovelock, Gaia:
A New Look at Life on Earth, Oxford University Press, 1979].
(E)CO-Existentialism
Creative creatures or co-creationist and re-creationists respect the
Creation by evolution with compassion and empathy. They learn to fit
in a proper way like the biodiversity in its eco-cycled manner.
A process of creativity and mentality instead of product works.
The linear way of thinking by results of scoring only goals should be
replaced by a creative way: theory and practice by learning of
technique, arts and handcraft by doing, to understand processes and
their phases in general. The synergetic way of spiritual way Tao and
rational Effectiveness, symbiosis of Eastern and Western
contemplation as a synthetic result by differentiation.
Glocalization: global and local Cosmopolitans
Globalism opens open mind, critical regionalism (localism) the need
to take care of neighborhood and local traditions and food.
Glocalization [Bauman 1998]18 synergies both practical ideas by
accep-tance and stimulating of worldwide produced fair trade next to
local and regional bio-based produced trade.
In fact world trade should become global multicultural instead of
vague multinational incor-porations (MNI). Still the P of ‘Profit’ is
leading pillar in their commercial way of acting. It has to be
transformed in P of Project of Progress by Process (Evolution as 18 Sociologist/philosopher Zygmunt Bauman (Poznan 1925) quoted the neologism Glocalization next to other scientists.
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Process of Development in Progress). Multi-national concerns
(MNC) always were in fact multinational commercial insti-
tutes (mnci). Profit should been seen as pro-fit (well managed or
balanced pro-part or pro-portion: by 3D-machines?) of a well
functioned harmony. A phase to become fit as part in a great whole or
as Holon in a integral Holism. Behavior and trade
of multicultural concerners (mcc) are sustainable, being concerned
about all P’s in interlinked integration, People-Planet–
Profit/Progress. Restore purity and simplicity as valuable disappeared
virtues. Reduce advertising and merchant-dizing of products as one of
the biggest selling industries. Presentation (of form) became more
important than content. Existential needs are energies
like Empathy (Love, (com)passion) and spiritual and intellectual
activity next to Creativity, fair trade and bio-based and divers
economy of materials and energy and stewardship of eco-balanced
bio-time as ecology to sustain biodiversity ruled by Cosmo-politicians
and carried by conscious world citizens and villagers (Cosmopolitans).
MODEL of (E)CO-EXISTENTIALISM
golden middle of global INTEGRATION meeting
point High & Deep developed SusainAbility
INTER-LINKING
(Progress) IC-Technology& Ideologie-(CO-
CO-
existe
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People)Sociology-(Planet)Ecology-(Pro-Fits)
Economy in Space and Time for Process
(Evolution) called Sustainable Development
Fig. 3: © Juri Czabanowski, Phase 4: (E)Co-Existentialism as synergetic
co-operation of High (Intelligence-Spirit and Mind, cognitive)
and Deep (Empathy-Spirit and Body, sensitive) Sustainability Model based
on the integration of 4 interlinked processes-in-development CO-People-
Planet- Pro-fits -Progress and able by regarding 4 conditions Livability-
Empathy&Wellness-Bio-based Wealth-Global Open Mindness on a
balanced level of spiritual-social-ecological order of scientific, artistic and
technological principles Sociology-Ecology-Economy-Spiritology
(synthesis of Technology and Ideology) for a Blueprint of green revolution
on our blue planet, Nijmegen 2012;
Explanation of (E)CO-Existentialism Model
(E)CO-Existentialism as the life-style of being the golden medium
between Ecology and Economy, human and bio-based economy of
balanced Quantity and Quality, between Deep SustainAbility (raises
from roots to common center (CO), mater(ial) become medium) and
High SustainAbility (drop down from spirit(ual) thoughts to common
center(CO)). Left blue Square is mainly bio-based area of (ECO)Cycles
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like the Cradle to Cradle (C2C)-Principle of Planet. Right blue Square
is mainly human-based area of using (Re)Mind like Fair (world)trade
Principle to bring local profit (pro-fit) and progression by common
satisfaction.
PS: the development of earlier phases of the evolutional process of
sustainability-in-progress is available as article published in
CyberEmpathy Issue 5!
© Juri Czabanowski, (E)CO-
EXISTENTIALISM
CO-EXISTENTIALISM OF MAN-ENVIRONMENT-
COSMOPOLIS-COSMOS Nijmegen
2013
Part 3: RECOVERING BALANCED CYCLES by GLOBAL
INTEGRAL LIFE(STYLE)
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Juri Czabanowski
Ph. D. Juri Czabanowski (1961) is historian art-
/architecture, writer, teacher and researcher, Ph.D.-
thesis Human-Ecologically Minded Housing, TU/e
2006, office Urchitecton since 2007
(E)CO-EXISTENTIALISM RECOVERING BALANCED CYCLES
by GLOBAL INTEGRAL LIFE(STYLE)
CO-EXISTENTIALISM OF MAN-ENVIRONMENT-
COSMOPOLIS-COSMOS/ J. Czabanowski.
CyberEmpathy: Visual Communication and New Media in Art,
Science, Humanities, Design and Technology.
ISSUE 7 2014. Visual Strategies.
ISSN 2299-906X. Kokazone.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web: www.cyberempathy.com