We are an organization founded on the principles of Nature, seeking to help align ourselves, our families, our communities, and our nations with it.
We are rooted in the scientific, the empirical, the material, the objective, but we branch out into phenomena that are spiritual, immeasurable, immaterial, and subjective.
History
This effort evolved out of The Natural Law Institute to help complement its efforts in the via-negativa sphere of politics and law with similar efforts in the via-positiva cultural realm.
As well as to generally try to make the concepts more accessible to larger audiences and to bridge between various symbol systems.
Principles
What are the principles of nature?
Though many religions, systems, and individuals have provided descriptions of nature, we find the most foundational, objective, universal, and robust system to be science, so our roots are here. And given these roots and this scientific system, we discern the principles of nature through its study and descriptions across the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, psychology, & sociology.
What does it mean to be aligned with these principles?
Phenomena or laws described by Physics, Chemistry, and Biology or the “hard sciences” are relatively more concrete and certain. An ice cube will melt at a certain temperature, compatible atoms will bond in proximity, a cell will undergo mitosis, despite the complexity, there is enough understanding of the variables and the conditions to make accurate predictions.
We know that psychology and sociology(the soft sciences) are founded on these hard sciences, and that ultimately the phenomena in these fields is deterministic and highly predictable given the right variables and understanding as well, however, describing and predicting phenomena in these fields is more complex and variable, if for no other reason because we ourselves(our consciousness and our social systems) are a part of the phenomena, and our understanding of it weighs in.
So to align in this case means to make conscious efforts to understand the principles that govern at all scales and to make efforts to apply those principles to ourselves and to our social systems.
So how do we do that?
This question is the cornerstone of our organization and our efforts, but to say it briefly, a key in creating this alignment is understanding and applying Evolutionary Computation.
Evolution is understood primarily within the context of biology, specifically the work of Charles Darwin and Natural Selection. The genes of a species mutate through copying errors or radiation, and the mutations that lead to a better chance of survival and procreation are selected through propagation in the gene pool, to help the overall species adapt.
Not only are there other forms of biological selection like artificial selection that accounts for dogs, cows, and a lot of the plants we eat, as well as sexual selection whereby an organism chooses its mate and which genes to propagate, but this overall pattern of adaptation via mutation & selection applies across the domains of science.
Physics – The chaotic and random behavior of particles like the hydrogen gasses in the early universe could be described as behavioral mutation, but forces like gravity could be said to select for certain forms or outcomes, hence the condensation of the gasses into stars.
Chemistry – Likewise the movements of molecules or atoms is the mutation, and another force that selects for certain forms are the electrical forces of atomic/molecular bonding.
Biology – covered above
Psychology – Conscious entities can mutate or learn various behaviors or ideas, which are then consciously/unconsciously selected based on whether or not they create positive outcomes or stimulation for the individual.
Sociology – Group behaviors, ideas, and systems can take many forms, but only those that contribute to the well being and survival of a population or a nation will prevail.
Now that we see that evolutionary computation applies on all scales, and helps define the mechanism which shapes everything from matter to civilization, we can seek to apply this mechanism proactively to our lives, relationships, communities and to our civilizations.
The Natural Order 