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

• 神の誕生  —  Birth of a god
• 歴史の終末  —  End of history