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Explaining the way of being

The explanation will be built up around a set of concepts adequate to understanding, using, and developing the way of being for the following purposes—(1) general or realization, (2) ideas, and (3) political-economic.

The subsequent divisions are the concepts and the explanations.

A preliminary development of the concepts

After choosing the essential ideas and words, make sure that they are all in the booklet manual before printing

General concepts

Endeavor and aim | Ideas and action | Dedication and commitment | World—immediate and ultimate | World view—empirical vs. ultimate; possibilist | Being and experience—nature, reasons and centrality to ideas and action, quality | The way of being | Everyday and universal process

Ideas

To include the general concepts.

Existential attitude | Normal | The way of being | Ultimate religion | Elements of being | Dimensions of the way | Elements of process | Ways | Catalysts | Mechanics | Philosophy | Secular | Supra-secular | Empirical | Rational | Non-speculative metaphysics | Experience | Being | Categories | Real world | Feeling | Cognition | Referential meaning | Existence | Analysis and synthesis of meaning and being | Entirety | Extensionality | Being | Power | Difference | Identity | Time | Space | Creation | Cause | Significant universe | Possibility | Law | Realism | Science | Logic | Abstract objects | Concrete objects | The void | Universal metaphysics | Cosmology (general: form and disposition, Brahman, Aeternitas; origin of cosmological form, step, incremental, significant, singular event, cosmology of form—nature, psyche, civilization and universal civilization, religion) | Existential attitude | Normal | The way of being | Elements of being | Dimensions of the way | Elements of process | A priori | Ways | Catalysts | Mechanics

Political-economic

Sources: the general and the ideas; and the document a model for economics and politics.

To talk about this topic it is convenient to begin with a point of view, to criticize the point of view, and from there to make improvements. We could repeat this for alternate viewpoints. Here are some points of view in which I make it a point to state obvious extremes so that we can correct for them as such extremes do find their way into thinking even when we explicitly deny them: (a) centralized planning of systems for all places, cultures, and times is possible and good, (b) perfect anarchy is good, (c) perfectly free markets are ideals, (d) there are perfect political systems that are the best for all people and cannot be subverted, (e) economics can and should be separate from politics, (f) economics is the economics only of capital vs. labor vs. material resources vs. intellect and knowledge, (g) the ideal world is a subject only for religion…

In fact, many of these extremes—even opposites—have practical and partial truth. We find:

1.        Politics should be dynamic in that economic and political structures should adjust to changing understanding, knowledge, and circumstances. In contrast, political-economic theory and philosophies have value and may be considered.

2.        A system taken from the document A model for economics and politics incorporates the following elements:

Political. Kind of political world: secular vs. trans-secular vs. integration of the secular and trans-secular in the supra-secular. Kinds of decision maker—the liberal and  modal continua: radical left, left, liberal moderate-centrist, conservative moderate-centrist, right and radical right. Styles of decision making: central vs. distributed (and combinations); utopic / totalitarian vs. learning about intrinsic time scales of need, e.g. responsivity to change, and capability; the absolute vs. the transient-local. Class: (a) power class or group—centered (single individual, inherited or wrought through decision making class) vs. distributed power (republican vs. collective), (b) knowledge work—for ideas and innovation, and (c) physical work—labor and skill intensive. Distinction between theory, decision, and action: control vs. participation vs. immersion

Economic. The economic functions of decision and power, exchange (including capital, wealth and money, resources, land and exploration), knowledge work (and intellect)—for culture and technology, and physical work for labor and skill.

Summary of political-economic concepts

Political

Dynamic / theory | political world—secular / trans-secular  supra-secular | liberal and modal continua | central / distributed | utopic / totalitarian vs. intrinsic… or absolute vs. transient-local | power—centered vs. distributed / knowledge work /physical work-labor-skill | control / participation / immersion

Economic

Decision / power / exchange / knowledge / physical work

The explanations

The purposes of the explanations are

§         To make a single outline for (a) general, (b) political-economic (this world), and (c) conceptual-academic-intellectual purposes

§         To identify the main concepts for each of the purposes above

§         The aim of reaching and networking with a wide audience

§         The especial purpose of influence—i.e., catalyzing the greatest immediate and ultimate realization… and understanding of the universe

Some comments on the outline

§         It will start from the latest version of TWB

§         It will improve the outline with regard to words used in the division titles and distinction of the concepts

§         It will emphasize existing and new terms important to the above purposes

§         It will place the terms in the outline with explanations

Here are some examples

§         From the introduction (a) Setting the stage ® Introducing the way of being (b) New title ® Why being? Answer—When we want to know who / what realizes the ultimate, we have various thoughts; but whatever those kinds are they fall within being. This is one reason to develop a theory of being. The metaphysics of the way is available to make the foregoing instrumental. This is also an occasion to explain what METAPHYSICS is and why it is significant.

§         A division This world (which will include elements from System of human knowledge.

§         Under Experience, emphasize (a) variety (already mentioned) and (b) that it is ‘everything’ and explain in what sense. Therefore the importance of meditation. But this brings up the question of what meditation is or may be. If experience is everything then meditation is exercise of the mind to expand to full consciousness of ‘everything’ with maximum freedom consistent with realism and creativity at all levels. Initially distinguish meditation the exercise and contemplation regarding content and action. But then note that as mind expands exercise and purpose become one. At this level meditation is everything including action and science. Meditation is not its technique (e.g. one pointed mind is a means—but as just noted also an end) but in the end techniques and process merge. Then MEDITATION is process, means, and end of maximal mind.