Best New Word: HOLON

Best new word: holon — "A holon (from the Greek holos, or whole, and the suffix, on, as in proton, suggesting a particle) is an entity that from  one perspective appears a self-contained whole, and from another a dependent part." — from Arthur Koestler's Ghost in the Machine.

In nature, despite the civilized practice of mythically isolating oneself from its inescapable conditions of life with beliefs in a god granted stewardship and other artificial distractions, we are formed of and informed by the existence and consciousness of our cells, just as we form and inform a being of which we are all a part.

Are my cells aware of the hologram I form of the world from the bytes and pixels of information they constantly send me? Are they even aware of the body they form by their mere existence? Am I doing my life or so familiar with the ride that I imagine I'm driving?

Initial awareness of such an observer, seeing the world through all our senses as though we were its cells, is commonly associated with psychedelic or religious experiences and given names like agapé, nirvana and enlightenment. It seems only to occur to individuals as they contemplate their own unique metaphor for existence in a world of ecstasy and agony.

holon < gestalt < holon …
part > body+spirit > part …

If my cells are aware of of the body and consciousness they allow me to call mine, this post is my acknowledgement of being a part of a self-contained being that is blind without us parts.

Holon, 

holon, 

what's 

not 

a holon

Best new word: holon
Best old word to match: gestalt, the sum greater than its parts.