Being and the Absolute
And Development of the Idea of Being
AREA
2 LEVELS OF BEING
The
levels show increasing vitality, awareness, reflexivity in awareness, and
completeness...each level includes the previous:
The
form of matter [consciousness or sentience appears to be absent]
Life
Being
as aware
Being
that is self-aware...that asks “what am I?”, “what is being?”...Heidegger’s
ideas - but, also, obvious and clearly implied by others including Socrates. Being
that explores - in terms of ideas, experience and transformation22 - the modes and levels of being23…
Being
that is transparent to itself...that transcends or is beyond birth and death
Being
that is complete within itself
Being
that knows and is all
The
hypothesis of being...and the principle of ontological psychology
The
hypothesis of being
is that the individual may know and become Absolute Being. There exist very
material senses in which this is true. See Consciousness, Mind and the World
for additional considerations. The possibility is no guarantee and the
realization in any lifetime - to the degree that it is possible - must require
trial and effort. The principle of ontological psychology is that the
attempt at realization - to the degree that it is possible - is a form of
ultimate meaning