oba,
oba wrote:what is money? ultimately, is it not <Energy> ?
hence, is the galactic economy not predicated on energy?
There is a fundamental difference between money and energy if you choose this definition. It is well known that energy can never be created nor destroyed. However, the principle of interest (almost a pun intended!) is that money can be used to create more money. I have yet to see anyone rectify this discrepancy when they invoke the "money = energy" definition. I think money is somewhat "bigger" than energy...and a man-made construct. As such it is more subject to imperfections than energy.
I'm saying economy because it's a creative process to decipher what cooperatives are functioning between sentients on that level. grok is the key term.
Whenever you talk "functioning" it makes me suggest that a good systems model is in order, and that one should be built on whatever you can currently validate about any system. You would do well to study architecture frameworks. Especially one called DODAF. It incorporates a standard modeling framework I have used my entire career in systems engineering: [Operational], [Functional], and [Physical]. Each domain has distinct measures, standards, and purpose. All three operating together define a "complete system".
I'm proposing that spiritual aspects predominate over all other aspects of galactic realities.
you can approach the situation in other ways but IMO it is 1st & mainly a spiritual situation.
I think a galaxy is a community, but mainly a spiritual community.
I disagree. See the 3 modeling domains above. They all interact with each other. As you change one, the others change out of necessity (much like universal Conservation of Energy law). To think that the spiritual part of the system stands separate from the functional and physical aspects of extant reality would be counter to what we know of how the universe is "give and take" and "action and reaction". Many theorists with spiritual inclinations say it could well be that physical reality exists as the only real means to achieve spiritual ambitions. Not saying I fully agree, but I certainly cannot disagree!
Ray