
A story structure based on Teilhard de Chardin's theory of evolution: Alpha to Omega

Note that the above time scale is logarithmic. Linearly, it looks like this:

How the present moment is always "time zero" suggests a relation to eternity.
Matter
"That which occupies space" - from mater, "origin, source, mother"
- 時空間 — Space-time continuum
- 波動・粒子 — Wave and particle
- 原子・有機物質 — Atoms, molecules, organic matter
- ウイルス・原始生物 — Virus and primitive life
Organism
- 単細胞生物・多細胞生物 — Uni- and multi-cellular life
- 光合成 — Photosynthesis
- 有性生殖 — Sexual reproduction
- 動物・哺乳類 - サル・霊長類 — Animals, mammals, monkeys and apes
Consciousness
Very human-centric view.. Consider how "mind" can take any form - as dolphins, ants, slime moulds - or collectively as forests, oceans, cities, planets.
- ホモ・サビエンス — Homo sapiens
- 道具・言葉の使用 — Use of tools and language
- 高技術・情報社会 — High technology and information society
Crisis
- 分散・崩壊の可能性 — Potential for disintegration
What is the nature of our current crisis? More than the "death of God" and "late-stage capitalism" - it's a kind of systemic illness of civilization.
How to heal as a species from the trauma of history, and recover our vision?
- 人類の目覚め — Awakening of humanity
- 惑星的意識 — Planetary consciousness
Integration
- 統合への意思 — Will to unity
- 愛のエネルギー — Energy of love
- 歴史の終末 — End of history
- 神の誕生 — Birth of a god