Holon (philosophy)

A holon is something that is simultaneously a whole and a part.

Viewed from the perspective of larger things, it is a part. Viewed as an entity in its own right, it is a whole which has parts.

Everything is a holon. So a holon isn't a special thing, per se, but a thing (any thing) seen from a holistic perspective.

When you consider reality as made up of holons, it can be viewed as a hierarchy of small things making up larger things -- atoms, molecules, cells, organisms, etc.

But that hierarchy is in no way as linear as it first looks. Things are more complex than that. For example, I can be divided into cells -- or into facets of my personality -- or various organic processes -- etc. Likewise, I am part of a community AND part of the gravitational mass of Earth AND part of the story of this wiki AND....

Now is a holon just an abstract approach? Based on the idea that spacetime is an unbreakable and almost infinite elastic membrane Dirk Laureyssens developed a new vision on holons and there interconnectivity. A holon becomes now a 'real totality', ruled by the spacetime membrane. The membrane acts as a isolator but acts also as a conductor of vibrations. The spacetime membrane is the essence of the interconnectivity and is in fact 'gravity'. The mechanism to create holons is called pelastration.

On his website you can see how holons are created by a type of penetration of two parts of the spacetime membrane: http://www.mu6.com/holon_creation.html