There is no “need” for anything to achieve enlightenment/realize itself or its lack of self. Oneness will continue with or without its “components” realizing it. Evolution and creation, whatever they may be, can fit into Buddhism perfectly because Buddhism does not make claims about what is true or isn’t true, and its notion of oneness does not collapse when confronted with science. Am I correct in this thinking?

Please, no personal koans or anything of that sort. I don’t pretend to be enlightened and I’m not even a Buddhist - yet. I’m trying to understand if Buddhism is as incredibly “open” as it seems to me to be.