  Based on (i) the Shannon information, (ii) the energy-time quantization
relation, and (iii) the quasi-static information-energy correspondence, a
method for the quantization of information states in systems away from
equilibrium is presented given the distance from equilibrium and the mean
temperature of the environment are known as a function of time. The method is
applied to the case of the expanding universe in order to find the
eigen-informations of long-lived structures that are supported by the universe
and the local environments therein at any given epoch, thus providing a
quantitative basis for the rise of complexity with time that embodies the
cosmic evolution.
