Having followed the theory from the first differentiation through experience, understanding, Attractor Dynamics and on to the foundational phenomena of quantum physics, we are left with a more overarching question: what kind of universe is it that these mechanisms actually describe?

This concluding section brings together the most important consequences of the ES/HL theory in one place. If the theory is correct, it follows that the universe does not consist of separate objects that happen to interact, but of one coherent relational whole that continuously organises and reorganises itself through emergence and Attractor Dynamics. Consciousness then becomes not a late product of matter, but a necessary part of the mechanism that makes manifest experience possible. The constants of nature, the laws of nature and complexity do not appear as arbitrary properties of an otherwise meaningless universe, but as consequences of underlying conditions of stability.

The points that follow draw out the furthest-reaching implications of the theory. They examine what it means for the universe to be able to understand itself, why observation and understanding are built into the structure of reality, and why questions such as fine-tuning, meaning and cosmic coherence receive a different answer than within the materialist paradigm.

These are therefore not new mechanisms, but a synthesis of the mechanisms already established. The aim is to show what overarching consequences follow if the universe is in fact a coherent world of representation, organised through the Experience Circle, the Horizon Equation and the relational dynamics of KNOWING.

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