TEMPORARY FOR THE MANUAL A Mitra © 2015 CONTENTS On the work and how to read it
TEMPORARY FOR THE MANUAL IntroductionAimAim Our civilizationCulture > aim > means > limits Transcending the limitsTranscending the limits > the universal metaphysics On the work and how to read itStatus of the work; how to read it EncouragementEncouragement IdeasMeaning Meaning and its importance BeingUniverse > beings > being > void and its properties > power > possibility > natural law MetaphysicsThe void > consequences of no laws in the void > the void exists > the fundamental principle > logic > the normal > logical necessity Logic > fact and science > universal metaphysics and science (tradition) > realism > perfection of the metaphysics < > categories The concrete and the abstract CosmologyThe fundamental question: old and new Identity, extension, and duration The universe is a field of being Experience > details Universe of significance and destiny (agency) Joy and pain Meditation and yoga Cosmology: identity and manifestation and their cycles, peaks, and varieties; causation and its kinds; the universe, the individual and local and universal civilization, ultimate being Substance and mind in the normal and the universal Metaphysics and the goal of the way Cosmology of formForm, indeterminism and determinism | Mechanism, efficiency, non-universality | Adaptive systems | Singular events Our cosmosA new section: the material is mentioned in the old section: Physical, organic, and mental cosmology Elements of being and agencyThis repeats material above: elements of being and agency (and the direction of time): mechanics—a state, interaction, process model suggested by the discussion of difference-sameness-identity-space-time: state (dimension, place) – interaction-relation (experience, influence-force) – process (foresight or knowledge, choice, action, perception of outcome, repeat). The wayAction: The WayAim > ethics, attitude > path > everyday and universal process > the path so far (evaluation) > resources and resource development (including research in ideas and experiments in action) Action: The way: ToolsThis repeats material from the corresponding section for ideas. Consider repeating / linking all that material. Symbolic: the abstract sciences, especially logic and symbolic calculi for the metaphysics, mathematics for identity-relationship-process and their relation (manifolds?) Material specific to this section: Realization study and experiment: intrinsic and instrumental. The instrumental includes the sciences, computation, technology, and artifact. Action: The Way: DetailsAimAttitudePathThe path of Being so farNote that in Action: The way above, the path so far is after Universal Process Everyday processUniversal process
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