Self-similarity is a term that denotes for the repetition of structural or functional patterns on various scales of magnitude. The phenomenon has been described for many natural and artificial objects, but can also be found in the relation between body and soul, matter and spirit, which means that at least in Pratisaincara, every physical existence, no matter how big or small it is, does have a spiritual counterpart, reflecting and guiding its physical form. 

In this view, changes in the physical form (1) will occur in real time (tr), whereas changes in the spiritual part (2) will occur in an imaginative (abstract) time (ti), depicting the totality of changes in a framework of two time dimensions T(tr;ti)

Regarding functional relationship, the spiritual part is mostly reflecting the changes of the physical form, thereby using sensory modalities (channels of input), as described in classical Indian thought (Jinanendriyas). Moreover, it is believed that the spiritual part is also able to guide its physical form by a number of operational modalities (Karmendriyas). The basics of this scheme are depicted in Fig. 1-3 & Tab. 1.

      Fig. 1: Basic structure of entities

Fig. 2: Basic structure of entities in Pratisaincara, showing the endoplasmatic³ covering of matter.

Fig. 3: Structure of micro-perceptual systems (Microvita), constituting the “silver line” between abstract and matter. See Appendix....

 Tab. 1

Primarily, the scheme suggests a circular flow of signals, signs and meanings; in an assembly of entities, however, the information might also flow from any of the four parts to those of another entity nearby. As a result, informative networks might be formed, resembling those that appear due to the sayings, rumours and whispers in a gathering of people.

Interestingly, this model has deep implications on our perspectives on causality: In natural sciences, causality is usually restricted to the causa  efficiens, which means that causes resulting from a flow of signs and meanings are excluded from further consideration. In this model, however, changes in the procession/evaluation of information can easily become causative for changes in the physical forms; and especially the causa finalis is naturally explained by assuming goals, being embedded into the logics of the spiritual part.
 

Regarding space (fourth category after substance, time and cause), the following layers of existence are suggested for discussion:

(1) In this context, “physical form/part” is understood as an assembly of   fermions & bosons,      whereas  

(2) The “spiritual part” stands for a field of vacuum fluctuations.

(3)  Here, “plasma” neither denotes for the 4^th state of matter, nor for cyto- or bloodplasma, but for the real essence of life,   described as the “generalized Dirac sea”.

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http://quarknet.fnal.gov/run2/standard.html

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http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B/sem02a.html

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