UNIVERSALS

"Universals" appear to exist as perfect and apparent "ideas" but universals are not ideas and they are not perfect and this because there is not a thing in nature that is perfect. Experience teaches us that all universals exist only in a relative sense as part of physical reality and they have no real existence in physical reality in the complete sense and therefore can only exist in relative terms in physical reality as abstract potentiality and concrete partiality, but universals appear to exist in the complete sense in the reality of possibility and potential and are therefore an aspect of reality; reality does not consist only of what is physical but consists of what is possible also. The "eternal ideas" or forms mentioned by philosophers like Plato are called "universals" and these universals consist of all the eternal and universal things that exist as possibilities within the processes in energy or matter, universals also exist as thoughts in the minds of people also and universals give people and processes in nature absolute goals to work towards. The theory of universals is a description of all universal things that exist in the universe, either as concepts, forms or as abstract descriptions of universal things or a combination of all. Universals also represent all that is absolute in things in nature whether they are part of the continuum of nature or not, for instance, in nature specific types of colours in the electro magnetic spectrum, either in wavelength form or in the form of physical objects are never seen as pure, specific wavelengths are always seen by the eye as mixed with other colours, they are seen as fragmentary, so one could say that a specific type of red of the electro magnetic spectrum is a type of universal and is absolute as this type of red. for instance, the concept of a perfect sphere is a type of "universal" also, certain objects in nature due to processes may aim for the shape of a perfect sphere but they will never attain to this shape fully. "Universals" are the absolute "essence" of all eternal things and all temporary, imperfect and particular things in nature are partially derived from these universals and are called "particulars" and these particulars, it must be pointed out, have a character that is shaped by the circumstances that they are in due to the changes inherent in the processes of energy of which they are a part of. The reason why isolated parts of reality and particulars seem temporary and fragmentary, is because particulars are not absolute as an essence, particulars are combinations of universals and particulars also exist because of the changes inherent in the dynamic aspects of processes due to the "laws" "rules" and "forces" that are in place within the processes of energy and its possibilities. Particulars also consist of the temporary aspects of the ceaseless and perpetual vibrational activity which is inherent in energy and which is always at work in all processes. The fragmentary and temporary aspect of particulars is what gives them character and makes them unique, the only thing eternal about particulars is the vibrational energy activity inherent in them as well as the different universals they are a combination of and also of the laws, rules and forces that exist in energy and space. Universals are eternal, static, absolute things or forms that are abstract and become concrete in processes and are like rules and laws and things that are consistent and real within processes. Universals are possibilities and potentialities, that processes aim towards and become actualities in the sense that particular things are combinations of different universals. A particular on the other hand, is a dynamic, noticeably imperfect and partially real, tangible and temporary aspect of nature. Universals represent complete and eternal truths, whereas particulars exist as temporary truths in the concrete and tangible sense of physical reality. When describing universals and the rules and laws in nature and how the activities within energy take shape in accordance with the universal aspect of processes, it can clearly be pointed out that forms in nature cannot take shape or form without something to aim at that exists already within it to become as a guide and universals are like guides of possibility and potential that is inherent within energy and space. What has been ascertained already is that all things in nature consist of both the "universal" and the "particular" as well as the laws, rules and forces that are part of the processes in energy and space and all processes in energy and space come about due to the activity in energy. That everything in nature consists of the universal and the particular can be observed by the fact that this is the main reason why every individual human person is similar, but yet at the same time they are unique and partially different to everyone else and this can be observed in most tangible objects also whether they are animate or inanimate. Universals can always be sensed intuitively and felt, it is natural to compare in a relational way in our minds the concepts that we think about at any given point in time and how these concepts seem relative to universals and this usually happens when we think about reality in general. Universals or forms are immanent within matter, they appear, emerge and manifest in nature because they are inherent within nature itself.