The whole is something other than the sum of its parts. Take this example: you have a pile of metal, chain, handlebars, rubber tires, and bolts on the ground. Is it a bicycle? No — only once the parts are arranged in a certain way does the property of “bicycleness” emerge at the level of the whole.

Connections

• This is a 9. For deep understanding look for universal patterns. It relates to presence and absence, emptiness and form, matter and field, all of which reflect that 9C1. Yin-Yang is a common underlying pattern.
• Consciousness emerges through embodied action… 4. Cognition is the process of life. and 4B. Cognition is embodied.

9B1. There is a common pattern between biological and social systems.