We do not “come into” this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree. As the ocean “waves,” the universe “peoples.” Every individual is an expression of the whole realm of nature, a unique action of the total universe.
Alan Watts
We come out of this world as leaves from a tree, or waves from the ocean.
What does the universe do? It “peoples”.
Perhaps you are familiar with “the new story of the universe”, which describes the appearance of the first elements and follows their progress through the creation of stars, galaxies, planets, and onwards to the emergence of Life on Earth.
What this story shows is that over billions of years the universe has become more complex, more diversified and more connected, producing, eventually human beings, the most complex phenomena known.
The universe does indeed “people”, the way a tree produces leaves and oceans wave.
Heroes Not Zombies 
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