The "and" and the "or" underlie all that is

So we can start to assign various elements in the world around us various levels of ontological reality.  At the top, in terms of ontological status, have to be what Aristotle called substance; the stuff the makes up the universe, and "andness" and "orness".  As noted earlier, the "and" and the "or" is what makes multiplicity possible.   When you have multiplicity, various things, it becomes possible to combine them, through the "and" or separate them, through the "or".   Combining, through the "and" is the foundation of the mathematical operation of addition.   And addition, as is commonly known, is the foundation of multiplication.  The "or", on the other hand, serves as the foundation for the mathematical operation of subtraction.  And subtraction, as is only slightly less obvious, serves as the basis for division.   For example, 42 divided by 7 is essentially asking how many times can I subtract 7 from 42?  The answer, of course is 6.
Virtually all activities, both of humanity and the universe, involve the "and" and the "or".  For example, conquest can be defined as adding land to the terrain you currently occupy.  Eating involves adding food to your body.  Defecation involves separating waste products from your body.  Similar combinations and separations can be described in the acts of making love.  Certainly all commerce involves combinations or additions and separations.  Virtually all social activity, whether it is getting together with family, speaking or listening in some way involves these elements.   Finally, virtually all physical and chemical reactions involve combination or separation.  When different atoms combine (through various types of atomic bonds, such as covalent bonds etc) the "and" is involved.  The four forces at work: gravity, electromagnetic, strong and weak all involve the and and or.  Gravitational attraction involves two bodies, and this attraction increases exponentially the closer the bodies are to each other.  The strong force which holds the nucleus of the atom together, and the weak force, through which portions of the nucleus disintegrates, can be said to involve a fundamental tension between the "and" and the "or".  Of course, planet formation, which is said to involve massive amounts of dust swirling around a sun, until the dust hardens into a planet, of course involves the "and".  Nuclear fission and nuclear fusion both involve various combinations and juxtapositions of the "and" and the "or".   In fission, if I recall correctly, neutrons are shot into the nucleus of an atom, thereby dividing it and releasing more neutrons; addition and subtraction.  Nuclear fusion, which takes place in suns, involves the combination and compression of various elements, which causes energy to be released, or separated or subtracted.  Virtually all energy, when generated, causes atoms and molecules to move, to smash together and bounce off each other.  Sound results in, or is, the disturbance of molecules which bounce off the ear drum, if I am correct.  The "and" the "or" is all around us, all the time.
The universe is continually so vibrant on so many levels.  There are continually radio waves all around us, which we can only pick up with a receiver tuned in to the correct frequencies.
And yet we sleep.