So, what's with the title?

A holon is, in this sense a whole that is also (capable of being) a part of a larger whole. An atom, for example, is whole in itself and can also be part of a molecule, which in turn can also be part of a cell, and so on.

As I read about holons (in Ken Wilber's work, A Brief History of Everything, the term "holonic irrigation" occurred to me in one of those flashes of insight or amusement I sometimes get, and it has stuck with me all these months since I finished the book. The phrase works as a title for my blog for a couple of reasons.

First, I've long believed that any philosophy, belief system, or religion that can't stand to have a little fun poked at it now and again is unhealthy and probably needs to die. So, I'm poking just a little fun at Integral Philosophy by choosing a play on "colonic irrigation."

Second, irrigation helps things grow. In this particular case, the blog is, I hope, a tool for the growth not only of myself but other individual holons who might happen to read this blog.

So there's the explanation of the title. Nothing profound, but that's okay. Not everything has to be profound.