Emergence, In Fifty-five Words - Section Three, Earth; Part Nineteen, Consciousness, Collected Chapters

Emergence 2.0 A Novel – In 55 Words a Day Day 143, May 14th, 2017 Chapter One: Self Birth is concrescence, the coalescence of matter organizing into form. It is the quest of consciousness, the cognizant being emerging independent, and alone. Each instance of birth is the beginning of a series of reflections given by the universe, on itself. The relative length of those reflections is not germane. The bare witness is enough. #Emergence #SuperShortFiction #365SciFi #55Words Like it, Follow it, Share it!

Emergence 2.0 A Novel – In 55 Words a Day Day 135, May 15th, 2017 Chapter Two: Other The human, homo sapient sapient, like every other organic being, is beset with the inherent biases of the animal brain. The glands of the brain pump chemicals into the liquid consciousness of the neural net. It is fearful, concerned with only the most basic things; pleasure, pain, fear. It regards every other creature as threat. #Emergence #SuperShortFiction #365SciFi #55Words Like it, Follow it, Share it!

Emergence 2.0 A Novel – In 55 Words a Day Day 136, May 16th, 2017 Chapter Three: Mother There is a brief period of time for every mammal, when they are safe in the warmth and dark of the womb, a short time when they are one with another, their mother. Two hearts beating in the same body, sharing the same flow of blood, air, they are in a state of complete co-dependence. #Emergence #SuperShortFiction #365SciFi #55Words Like it, Follow it, Share it!

Emergence 2.0 A Novel – In 55 Words a Day Day 137, May 17th, 2017 Chapter Four: Father Stranger, protector, arbiter of conflict, a father is the first person the child seeks to bond with after separating from the mother. The child seeks to connect with, to understand, to contend with, and to please the father. The ways in which their relationship develops determines virtually everything about who the child will ultimately become. #Emergence #SuperShortFiction #365SciFi #55Words Like it, Follow it, Share it!

Emergence 2.0 A Novel – In 55 Words a Day Day 138, May 18th, 2017 Chapter Five: Siblings Sisters and brothers, for most human beings these are the first people with whom they will share a common bond, and also compete with. You identify with them, discover betrayal, experience them as a threat, and learn from them both how to love, and to forgive. The human capacity for empathy is refined through them. #Emergence #SuperShortFiction #365SciFi #55Words Like it, Follow it, Share it!

Emergence 2.0 A Novel – In 55 Words a Day Day 139, May 19th, 2017 Chapter Six: Family The family becomes an extension of self. The human being will begin to see its well-being as synonymous with their own. Without regard for the hurts, and the minor competitions that ensued while growing together, we protect those closest to us with ferocity equal to our own drive for safety. Blood, family, it binds us. #Emergence #SuperShortFiction #365SciFi #55Words Like it, Follow it, Share it!

Emergence 2.0 A Novel – In 55 Words a Day Day 140, May 20th, 2017 Chapter Seven: Other Self As we become self-aware we struggle with fear, fear lodged deep within the limbic system of our “reptilian” brains. We come into the knowledge of self, fearing any, and all others, accept kin. It is through kinship, relating to those who we believe share our deepest interests, that we learn to see strangers as other-selves. #Emergence #SuperShortFiction #365SciFi #55Words Like it, Follow it, Share it!

Emergence 2.0 Section Three, Earth Part Nineteen, Consciousness Collected Chapters 01 Self 02 Other 03 Mother 04 Father 05 Siblings 06 Family 07 Other Self #Emergence #SuperShortFiction #365SciFi #55Words Like it, Follow it, Share it!