How true it is that in modern times we re-discover - or re-waken our consciousness - to things ancient. Consider these two;

All things come out of the One and the One out of all things. ... I see nothing but Becoming. Be not deceived! It is the fault of your limited outlook and not the fault of the essence of things if you believe that you see firm land anywhere in the ocean of Becoming and Passing. You need names for things, just as if they had a rigid permanence, but the very river in which you bathe a second time is no longer the same one which you entered before. (Heraclitus, 500 B.C.)

The world is continuous flux and is impermanent. (Buddha, 500 B.C. )

But it is not to say that 'there is nothing new under the sun'. It's just that what is new is almost all technical - consider the means by which you came to read the above two quotations.

You might want to consider relating four other themes;

Baha'u'llah - where He writes about the Kingdom of Names, the 'contingent world, and about all rivers flowing to one ocean (see the free programme Ocean http://www.bahai-education.org/ocean/ )

Ken Wilber where he talks about the parts & the Whole;

“To understand the whole it is necessary to understand the parts. To understand the parts, it is necessary to understand the whole. Such is the circle of understanding.

We move from part to whole and back again, and in that dance of comprehension, in that amazing circle of understanding we come alive to meaning, to value, and to vision: the very circle of understanding guides our way, weaving together the pieces, healing the fractures, mending the torn and fractured fragments, lighting the way ahead - this extraordinary movement from part to whole and back again, with healing the hallmark of every step, and grace the tender reward.”

The Eye of Spirit; an integral vision for a world gone slightly mad by Ken Wilber (1997) pub. Shambhala p.1

Heschel - "Concepts are delicious snacks with which we try to alleviate our amazement" -- A. J. Heschel, Man Is Not Alone p.7

Flow - as proposed by the psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_%28psychology%29

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