JOURNEY IN BEING

The contents of this temporary document have been entered to THE SUPPLEMENT. It functions as CENTRAL PLANNING and OUTLINE while work on THE FOUNDATION and THE SUPPLEMENT, which also have plans, proceeds

GENERAL PLANNING AND ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS

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An item in teal is temporary – it may be text that needs review before being made permanent or it may be an item that is not part of the text proper and is temporarily maintained so as to show the overall structure. In the final version, items in teal will be made permanent color ‘Auto’ or eliminated

Items in strikethrough have been implemented. When the implementation is complete, I will convert strikethrough formatting back to ‘plain text,’ mark the document status as inactive, and eliminate this document or, at least, this paragraph

Items in red are comments or plans that will be eliminated in the final version. I may also use Word Comments[AM1]  for this purpose

TASKS AND SEQUENCE FOR REVISION OF THE TEXT

Sequencing foci: 1. Need – dynamic, parallel-iterative; 2. Concept – by the document outlines, primarily THIS DOCUMENT, FOUNDATION, 4.O4 FOUNDATION, and FNDN.SUPP 9.04 II; and 3. Task – by the following sequence

Foundation ® outline ® supplement. Supplement ® outline  ® lexicon  ® outline ® supplement. All planning reduced. Work on foundation; then site

Make outlines: FNDN.SUPP 9.04 II-especially §4; this is the main source of the revision. FOUNDATION is the primary target document and 4.O4 FOUNDATION is secondary; 10 QUESTIONS, and LTRS TO MDG are supplementary. Simultaneously, make an outline of key terms from the first two documents above; list and place them in the outline of the supplement and the foundation

Identify and outline: relevant portions of remaining documents in §‘Documents to consolidate’ of FNDN.SUPP 9.04 II. Use the PROLOGUE in the introduction to FOUNDATION. Topics to include from JOURNEY IN BEING: from the introduction – fundamental principles, the four paths; from the narrative – the discussions of cosmology and mind and; §2 on experiments – start with OUTLINE OF EXPERIMENTS; and, possibly, material from §§3-4

Review titles. In each case when there are alternative titles, choose one that is brief, bold, and makes the essential point. In order to retain the functions of boldness and specificity, a subtext in style, ‘Heading 2’ not-bold may be provided; there is an example in THE JOURNEY

Locate all occurrences of words-concepts-topics: all these documents

Edit, enhance and consolidate OUTLINES, TOPICS and TERMS; merge, primarily to FOUNDATION using the generated data and the suggestions in FNDN.SUPP 9.04 II, especially in §§3-6. Paragraph analysis. Use the external sources from FNDN.SUPP 9.04 II

Work on style: poetry, flow; simplicity; enhance boldness; narration; readability; inspiration. To make the essay more readable and narrative-like –like an unfolding, an adventure, a story or myth or epic– write it as such. As a ‘novel,’ ‘poem,’ or ‘inspiration.’ To make it read as such, place details, asides in indented paragraphs, smaller print, foot or end notes, or appendices – this permits the rigor, precision and detail to remain with the dramatization. Occasionally, develop the details of the logic as a dream

The following system of headings –with only minimal Level 2 and 3 titles– is good; details need to be experimented and filled in. Aim for: suggestiveness, boldness, rigor – for depth, breadth, adventure; appeal to individual and group at all levels – informal and formal. Experiment with formatting of titles at the different levels

OUTLINE OF JOURNEY IN BEING

COVERS AND COVER LETTER FOR THE PRINTED VERSION

Bring into sync and eliminate excess repetition from: Introduction | Back cover | Complimentary copy – COVER LETTER

DOCUMENT PROPER – OUTLINE WITH PLANNING

TITLE PAGES

CONTENTS

Preface

INTRODUCTION TO THE JOURNEY IN BEING

Planning. Review this title. Alternatives are ‘INTRODUCTION,’ ‘INTRODUCTION TO THE JOURNEY IN BEING,’ ‘AN INDIVIDUAL JOURNEY,’ ‘MY JOURNEY IN BEING,’ ‘MY JOURNEY AND ITS RELATION TO BEING,’ ‘THE ORIGINS OF THE JOURNEY IN BEING.’ I prefer the current version because it implies an introduction to the journey, its place in being, and, from the table of contents, the personal version

FOUNDATION: THEORY OF BEING AND ACTION

Planning. Review this title. Alternatives are:FOUNDATION FOR THE JOURNEY,’ ‘FOUNDATION FOR A / THE JOURNEY IN BEING,’ ‘FOUNDATION: ON BEING,’ ‘THEORY OF BEING,’ ‘THEORY OF BEING AND ACTION,’ ‘METAPHYSICS…’ Where the word ‘foundation’ has been omitted, it may be entered thus – ‘FOUNDATION:’

It is important to implement this section as a hierarchy of metaphysics with action-embedding as the most fundamental and the symbolic, if non-embedded, as the peak of thought

JOURNEY IN BEING

a sketch of the journey

Planning. Review this title. Alternatives: ‘JOURNEY,’ ‘(THE) JOURNEY IN BEING,’ ‘A SKETCH OF THE JOURNEY IN BEING;’ the point to the term ‘sketch’ is that it is [a] outline, and [b] in process. Further alternatives: ‘JOURNEY IN BEING: A MAP (OF THE JOURNEY)’… Is the subtitle, ‘… a sketch of the journey’ necessary or should there be a comment but no title?

Make this section more ‘narrative-like’ i.e. develop the journey as a story or plot – but without giving up the rigor, comprehensiveness and detail. To this end, details may be indented, made in smaller print, placed in footnotes or appendices

Journey to the Ultimate: Transformation of Being

Planning. Review the titles, ‘JOURNEY TO…,’ ‘REALIZATION,’ ‘THE EXPERIMENTS,’ and ‘DYNAMICS…’ Should the ‘REALIZATION’ title be Heading 1 or 2? Alternatives are, ‘DOCUMENT, RESEARCH AND STUDY PLANS,’ ‘PROSPECT,’ ‘FUTURE,’ ‘THE FUTURE,’ ‘ andTHE FUTURE OF THE JOURNEY.’ The basic concept is that it is the continuation of the journey including the later phases; the plans for the document, for research and study are but a part of this. The section is to emphasize the phase of Experiments

This section may be combined with the sub-section of the same title in § JOURNEY

Although tentatively placed here, may be placed in introduction to the document or preface – or, alternatively, this section may be one of a number of appendices

Realization

Emphasize that while the knowledge phase continues and that ‘after’ looms and is important, the emphasis is realization by transformation of what is suggested in the knowledge phase, especially FOUNDATION. Also emphasize that the phase of transformation is already begun but is now taken up as the main focus

Emphasize that the goal is the connection of the present – individual, social, this world – and the ultimate; and the balance of openness and method or dynamics

Dynamics of Transformation

… includes self-transformation – begins with experiments in self-transformation, and with transformation and related stories –myth– designed for general use and appeal from the individual life, to the walks of life –read social roles from formal to informal– and institutional roles; general transformation of being or objects; and

Experiments in Transformation

Emphasize that the dynamics is ‘method’ so far; however, it is not an algorithm or pre-determined but is open to learning, to waiting, to patient and incremental action, to reflection, to risk, to abrupt action, to intuition and the ‘unconscious,’ to the feeling of failure

The Fundamental Problems

Planning. Review this title

The purpose of this section is to systematically list, in one place, the fundamental problems formulated and addressed in the text. For the purposes of the essay, the problems fall into two broad classes that may overlap:

Issues that must be addressed in order to develop the foundation as consistent, coherent and complete with regard to certain key issues that arise naturally in the history of thought; these are primarily in the Introduction and the Foundation. The key issues are among the problems and include the nature and necessity of being and the problems of the individual – the nature, identity and being of the individual and the relation of the individual to the world including the problems of knowledge and of experience vs. objective being [mind-body]

To systematically touch every essential problem and issue of being metaphysics– including those of HUMAN BEING. Included are problems that are addressed as significant aspects or illustrations of the development; these are distributed throughout the text but are concentrated in the sections on metaphysics and transformation. This set includes an emphasis on the classical problems of metaphysics, transformation, ethics-value and philosophy but and considerations of variety of problems of the disciplines and other endeavors of being

Lexicon

Planning. Review this title and its purpose and development. Alternative titles include ‘GLOSSARY OF TERMS.’ Combine with the INDEX?

The functions of the LEXICON include reference and having the important concepts identified and explained in one place. In the service of these functions, there is some repetition. Additionally, [1] In the essay every essential idea receives new meaning – this is inherent in ‘every’ endeavor but especially so here, in fact and by design; the use of eight point capitals in all caps often distinguishes the general –e.g. the absolute, most general, most abstract in the one universe or a coherent phase-epoch thereof– from the immediate and the as-we-experience-it version of the concept or object. [2] The capital version may mark the first use in the document, in a section, in a paragraph… its first use in a context, in a certain sense, or after a significant expanse of text. [3] The ideas are not independent but constitute a field of concepts. The field of concepts holds together in a complete but simultaneously transitional metaphysics. In presenting the field as a field, the LEXICON performs a suggestive function in the development of the concepts and the conceptual system. [4] The glossary is a guide but cannot replace the text in bringing out meaning and significance

Sources and Influences

Planning. Review this title and concept. Alternatives are ‘SOURCES OF IDEAS AND INSPIRATION’ but this is pedantic and long; ‘SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY,’ and ‘BIBLIOGRAPHY’ are not pedantic but the latter are rather mundane and, further, there is a point to its not being –not providing– a bibliography. A discussion of the absence of a detailed bibliography should be given [the one that is already there may be modified]

Enter some main documents? If so, comment that the list is illustrative or representative. If I do decide to list some classic texts their function will not be essential but will be to guide the reader

The purpose of this section is as currently outlined in the sub-section of the same name in the Introduction. The purpose to placing it here is to minimize distractions from the main development in the three main sections

Index

Planning. Use the new LEXICON of words to enhance the index. I may also use the CAPITAL form to eliminate reference to incidental uses of fundamental terms. It will be a good idea to capitalize only the first occurrence in paragraph or other text unit. Exceptions to this may be made when there is a non-incidental but limited use – especially if it is in the same paragraph as the unrestricted use. Possibilities include lower and title cases for the restricted uses

The Author

Planning. Alternative title: ‘AUTHOR


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