The universe itself has conativity or it endeavors to persist for itself. It is a [[Self-Realizing System]] of a self within which are a multiplicity of selves. A multiverse of selves. [[Panentheism]] >'Having argues that the universe as a whole is a Self, a locust of cosmo-conativity, with the intrinsic self meaning and self value that that implies, I ask how are we to live in such a universe, and in particular how such an understanding of reality would transform our relationship with our natural environment.' - Freya Matthews [[Matthews, Freya (2021) The Ecological Self]] How does this alter how we live? Our ethics? Who we are? How to we reorient to face this new worldview? When Indigenous scholarship is introduced to Cosmo-Conativity it becomes [[Living Cosmos Panpsychicsm]] . >'As modes of its conative fabric, finite selves must also play a role in that self structuring: the purpose of their existence, within this larger scheme, must ultimately be to contribute to the overall covering and enhancement of the cosmos.' - Freya Matthews [[Matthews, Freya (2021) The Ecological Self]] Once we realize that the cosmos are [[Self-Realizing System]] we must ask ourselves how we are to contribute to it. What laws might be created? What laws are there that already exist that we haven't even noticed? [[Laws of Living Cosmos Panpsychism]] . The cosmos are [[Phenomenological]] too and seeks engagement with all other selves. >'The world cannot literally address us in speech but it can synchronistically arrange concrete particulars in meaningful configurations in the same way that poetry and dreams use imagery to create and convey meaning. Instances of such poetic engagement between self and world might be described as instances of [[Ontopoetics]].' - Freya Matthews [[Matthews, Freya (2021) The Ecological Self]] ## Sources: - [[Matthews, Freya (2021) The Ecological Self]] - [[Self-Realizing System]] - [[Conativity]] - [[Living Cosmos Panpsychicsm]]