I generally that Harrison has got it mostly right on this one. I think "self-organization" needs also to be put in context. I don't have time for a long or well thought out statement, but here are a few points:
-Self-organization describes the natural, emergent processes of complex systems. And the conditions for it can be enhanced or not. Using Ken Wilbur (and Harrison's adaptation) it is a description of what happens in the lower right quadrant, what the collective exterior of all complex systems do. -Awareness of it is at the "interactive" level of organizational consciousness. It is the growing recognition that organizations are in fact organisms - living. Self-organization is part of what living things do. It is a useful metaphor for shifting up the spiral (dynamics) form "orange" consciousness (proactive) to a "good" green consciousness (interactive, connected) -The scientific phrase, "self-organizing" is still "flat land", it does not acknowledge the other quadrants. From a spiritual perspective, at other levels of awareness the self that self-organizes and the Self (and my self) are one. Larry Larry Peterson Associates in Transformation Toronto, ON, Canada 416.653.4829 <mailto:la...@spiritedorg.com> la...@spiritedorg.com <http://www.spiritedorg.com> www.spiritedorg.com