That is, there are many interrelated systems operating at different rates of change, different levels, etc. In this way, they may be temporarily stable in one while simultaneously being unstable in another. This activity and joint participation is the source of a continuing system of emergence where there is never a stable state being created and yet many states are stable for moments - or can be seen that way. The interactions of other unfrozen elements will ensure that it be temporary.
Intelligence is the underlying organisational principle of the universe.