The Coming Age Of

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The Coming Age Of

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Ecology of Needs & Frame for Change

Ecology of Needs & Frame for Change

ecology-of-needs

the path of hope to a brighter future

EON is an acronym that stands for Ecology of Needs. The needs of this ecology come from the language of nature: the navigational signs and signals that steer the sustainability of each living thing and their relationship with the world around them. EON is the language of nature in graphical form, a way to see all we sense and apply it inside and out, at any scale.

EON has been evolving for more than 20 years. It is a framework innovated by Calvin R. Klein, founder of The Nature of Business, and author of The Arrival of Edyn Ray; Her Gift of EON (Ecology of Needs) and the Path of Hope It Provides, the book that introduces EON to the world. Although the book presents the framework as a hyper-hypothesis, Calvin has already put EON into practice, using it as a natural navigation system that helps leaders, operations, and business organizations navigate sustainable paths.

What remains hypothetical is EON’s integration of scientific concepts, which suggest nature’s fundamental forces form a linguistic structure similar to human and computer language, and a mathematical structure shared by the genetic code and particle physics as formulated by octonion and genetic algebras. The meaning of that math is evidenced in multiple branches of study including Humanistic Psychology, Biosemiotics, Complexity Science, and Computational Linguistics, to name a few. The validation of such an integration would require a herculean collaboration, but doing so could produce an evolutionary leap forward in the human understanding of life, while reestablishing a connection to the innate knowing all humans share.  What follows is the language of nature and the graphics of its grammar.

the path of hope to a brighter future

ecology-of-needs

EON is an acronym that stands for Ecology of Needs. The needs of this ecology come from the language of nature: the navigational signs and signals that steer the sustainability of each living thing and their relationship with the world around them. EON is the language of nature in graphical form, a way to see all we sense and apply it inside and out, at any scale.

EON has been evolving for more than 20 years. It is a framework innovated by Calvin R. Klein, founder of The Nature of Business, and author of The Arrival of Edyn Ray; Her Gift of EON (Ecology of Needs) and the Path of Hope It Provides, the book that introduces EON to the world. Although the book presents the framework as a hyper-hypothesis, Calvin has already put EON into practice, using it as a natural navigation system that helps leaders, operations, and business organizations navigate sustainable paths.

What remains hypothetical is EON’s integration of scientific concepts, which suggest nature’s fundamental forces form a linguistic structure similar to human and computer language, and a mathematical structure shared by the genetic code and particle physics as formulated by octonion and genetic algebras. The meaning of that math is evidenced in multiple branches of study including Humanistic Psychology, Biosemiotics, Complexity Science, and Computational Linguistics, to name a few. The validation of such an integration would require a herculean collaboration, but doing so could produce an evolutionary leap forward in the human understanding of life, while reestablishing a connection to the innate knowing all humans share.  What follows is the language of nature and the graphics of its grammar.

Landscape of the Language

The language of nature is the language of life. Like other languages, it uses structures and rules to create meaning. However, unlike other languages, meaning is conveyed using signs and signals in the biological realm; embodied sensations and experiences we intuitively understand.

EON’s ecology is a landscape of this language; the graphics of the grammar that allows us to see all we sense. Unlike written or spoken languages, it requires no sequence, so once oriented to the language’s landscape, meaning can be comprehended at a glance. Understanding the graphics of the grammar, allows us to understand the signs and signals of nature, on any scale of our planet.

Definitions of the Map: the navigational area and edges. The three-part definition of nature defines EON’s core structure that everything else hangs on and connects to.

Nature 1  | the essence of any living thing (or groups of living things), is the circle at the center. It’s like the seed of a thing; it knows what the thing has the potential to be, and what it doesn’t. Surrounding every essence, there is always an edge, a border separating the essence of each thing, from all things, nature2.

Nature 2 | the natural world in its entirety; everything in the universe not made by humankind. This defines the map’s outer boundary; the earth’s atmosphere at its outer-most edge.

Nature 3 | natures guiding forces; the steering signals we sense. These forces manifest themselves in each nature and all of nature, with essence acting as the interpreter and mediator. The bi-directional flow of information through feedback loops amplify or dampen signals, helping natural tension into balance.

Tension: rules of balance and behavioral change. Tension is the felt sense of nature’s balancing forces. It is also nature’s paradox; how seemingly opposite forces, complement one another instead. The midline on the map, is the navigational midpoint where tension balances and behavior shifts. The language’s smallest units of meaning, are signaling pairs with complementary opposite attributes; one resists change, the other insists. 

Change-resistant forces maintain boundaries. These are the three needs below the equator. Their signals stabilize the system, conserving and preserving states of well-being. These three needs strive to keep the system well-supplied with resources, well-protected from threats, and well-placed in its surroundings.

Change-insistent forces move boundaries. These are the three needs above the equator. Their signals strive to actualize the system, evolving toward states of becoming. These three needs help activate the system’s ability to engage and take part, adapt to challenges, then utilize that capacity to contribute to the world around it. 

Domains of Need: six categories of signals that steer life. These groupings communicate meaning.

Provision maintains sufficiency and vitality

Protection maintains integrity and safety

Placement maintains suitability and integration

Participation expands proficiency and functionality

Potential expands adaptive capacity

Purpose expands contribution and differentiation

Dynamics:  symmetries of sustainability; the six domains of need, organized into three well-balanced pairs. All three obey the same rules of tension, but each finds its balance in a different way. Braided together, the 3 dynamics operate as a navigational triangulation.

Dynamic 1 balances provision and participation; maintaining sufficiency and vitality, while expanding proficiency and functionality

Dynamic 2 balances protection and potential; maintaining integrity and safety while expanding adaptive capacity

Dynamic 3 balances placement and purpose: maintains suitability and connection, while expanding contribution and differentiation

Dimensions: scaling spheres of sustainability. The nested arrangement of circles are  simultaneously whole (comprised of nested parts) and an integral part of a larger whole. The dimensions shown (individual, organizational, economical, societal and environmental) are categories of spheres, containing a nearly infinite number of customizable dimensions.

Triangulation: dancing with the dynamics of three. All the terminologies of two, organize themselves into three tension-balancing pairs, each with a different dynamic. The three operate together for the good of the whole, triangulating three points that steer all forms of life, across every scale:

Able | directional dynamics balancing needs of sufficiency and proficiency

Optimal | bi-directional dynamics balancing needs of integrity and capacity

Integral | integrative dynamics balancing suitability and essentialness

Landscape of the Language

The language of nature is the language of life. Like other languages, it uses structures and rules to create meaning. However, unlike other languages, meaning is conveyed using signs and signals in the biological realm; embodied sensations and experiences we intuitively understand.

EON’s ecology is a landscape of this language; the graphics of the grammar that allows us to see all we sense. Unlike written or spoken languages, it requires no sequence, so once oriented to the language’s landscape, meaning can be comprehended at a glance. Understanding the graphics of the grammar, allows us to understand the signs and signals of nature, on any scale of our planet.

Tension: rules of balance and behavioral change. Tension is the felt sense of nature’s balancing forces. It is also nature’s paradox; how seemingly opposite forces, complement one another instead. The midline on the map, is the navigational midpoint where tension balances and behavior shifts. The language’s smallest units of meaning, are signaling pairs with complementary opposite attributes; one resists change, the other insists. 

Change-resistant forces maintain boundaries. These are the three needs below the equator. Their signals stabilize the system, conserving and preserving states of well-being. These three needs strive to keep the system well-supplied with resources, well-protected from threats, and well-placed in its surroundings.

Change-insistent forces move boundaries. These are the three needs above the equator. Their signals strive to actualize the system, evolving toward states of becoming. These three needs help activate the system’s ability to engage and take part, adapt to challenges, then utilize that capacity to contribute to the world around it. 

Domains of Need: six categories of signals that steer life. These groupings communicate meaning.

Provision maintains sufficiency and vitality

Protection maintains integrity and safety

Placement maintains suitability and integration

Participation expands proficiency and functionality

Potential expands adaptive capacity

Purpose expands contribution and differentiation

Dynamics:  symmetries of sustainability; the six domains of need, organized into three well-balanced pairs. All three obey the same rules of tension, but each finds its balance in a different way. Braided together, the 3 dynamics operate as a navigational triangulation.

Dynamic 1 balances provision and participation; maintaining sufficiency and vitality, while expanding proficiency and functionality

Dynamic 2 balances protection and potential; maintaining integrity and safety while expanding adaptive capacity

Dynamic 3 balances placement and purpose: maintains suitability and connection, while expanding contribution and differentiation

Dimensions: scaling spheres of sustainability. The nested arrangement of circles are  simultaneously whole (comprised of nested parts) and an integral part of a larger whole. The dimensions shown (individual, organizational, economical, societal and environmental) are categories of spheres, containing a nearly infinite number of customizable dimensions.

Triangulation: dancing with the dynamics of three. All the terminologies of two, organize themselves into three tension-balancing pairs, each with a different dynamic. The three operate together for the good of the whole, triangulating three points that steer all forms of life, across every scale:

Able | directional dynamics balancing needs of sufficiency and proficiency

Optimal | bi-directional dynamics balancing needs of integrity and capacity

Integral | integrative dynamics balancing suitability and essentialness

The

Age of Eon

Edyn Ray on Amazon

The Age of Eon

Edyn Ray on Amazon

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