Black holes have since their original conception led to amazement and wonder, but also spured a new understanding of space and time and of the universe as a whole. In this months talk we want to present some basic elements of this research that could give us a better idea what black holes eventually are and which role they play being a most basic structure in the universe - a self organizing evolutionary system. This perspective is allowing to perceive the beauty of existence from micro to macro being a result of a cosmic order.