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The Form Potential Takes

4. Potentialism on the Macro Scale: The Geometry of Potential

“If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning.”

C.S. Lewis

The Form Potential Takes

Birnbaum states that Potential acts as the “spinal column” of the universe. It binds both the smallest of objects and the largest, from the parts of an atom to entire galaxies. As such, we should see common occurrences of all sizes and scales. There is the Push and Pull we have spoken about before. The existence of complimentary opposites - light and dark; cold and hot; good and evil – are called dualities. Birnbaum states that this duality is present throughout the universe on every scale.

Birnbaum also tells us the infinite nature of Potential shows as spiral formations. Now, since we know Potential is present and uniform on any scale, we should be able to see that a Push and 70