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JOURNEY IN BEING
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ANIL MITRA
Copyright © Anil Mitra PhD, January 27, 2012—July 30, 2012
Contents
BEING
UNIVERSE
Metaphysics
and Method
Definition
of Metaphysics
Metaphysics
so Far
Method and
Extension of Method and Metaphysics
The
Fundamental Principle of Being
Demonstration
The
Fundamental Principle
Some
Consequences
Doubts
About The Fundamental Principle
Doubt and
Some of its Functions
Other
Proofs
Heuristic
Formal
Logic
Art
Religion
Science
Objects
Method:
Essential Elements and Discussion
Cosmology
Death
Power
WORLD
Essential
Elements
Discussion
JOURNEY
Powers
Ultimate
Mediate
Goals
Program
Ways
Catalysts
A Minimal
System of Experiments
On Design
On Design
On Death
Design
From Death
to What is Important in My Life
Journey in
Being
Life and
Afterlife
Daily
Essentials
Material
Phase of
Being—Ideas
Program
Expression
and Communication
Phase of
Being—Transformation
Psyche
Self,
Culture, Society and Charismatic Action
Nature and
Catalytic Practice
Universal
Special
Phase
Organic-Mechanical
Being
Social
Being
NOTES
Beingº marked by a single distinguishing
quality, i.e. Existence
Object (e.g. a being)º possesses Being
Experienceºsubjective
awareness, e.g., in perception, thought, memory, and their structures
Experience per se is perfectly
known via abstraction in Experience; it is a given, named by
‘Experience’
Experience has Being, is an
Object; it occurs as subject and Object
Some Experience clearly has
the intention of referring to Objects; however a claim that Experience has no
Objects, even if only projectively, is either (1) Relabeling of the world or
(2) The claim that the psyche of the subject has capacity far greater than
all earth-life together; this is either reference to ‘universal mind’ or
mistaken, perhaps delusional. I.e., for Limited—e.g. human—psyche there is a
robust Real World (‘external world’ is a confused label) sometimes called the
external world), i.e. the Object of Experience
The Real World has Being (we
do not similarly know at outset which of the particular apparent Objects of
Experience have Being)
While, in its present meaning,
Experience is not all things, it is the theater of our Being and all significance
It is most directly in
Experience that our Being has significance, that we are animal and human,
that we are agents; Experience is our Real connection to (Being in) the
Universe; and it is through Experience that the abstract metaphysics that follows
is filled out and becomes luminous and has significance to (human) being
Universe (U)º All
Being; so has Being, is an ObjectÉ
all Objects
A Law is a pattern; is an
Object (has Being)
U É All Objects including Laws
No actual Existing Object lies
outside the Universe; there is no other world
The Universe can have no cause
(as outside or prior to the Universe) or creator; for the Universe all cause
and creation is internal
The idea of the possible is
context relative. We say X is possible relative to a context A if it is
consistent with the constitution of A for X to obtain. If a context= earth
with only logic, then it is possible for elephants to fly; if the context is
enhanced to include the physical laws of our cosmos then it is not possible
for elephants to fly (it is regarded as given that earth’s gravity is not
suspended etc). For the Universe, there is no other context—to be possible
some state Y must obtain. However, for any context, if Y obtains it is
possible. For the Universe, therefore, possibility and obtaining (actuality)
are identical
Domain (D)º part
of or whole Universe. Complement (abbr. comp) (C)º C and D = U
All Domains have Being, i.e.
are Objects
Given a D, it has a C (i.e.,
if D is an Object—exists—it has a C that is an Object)
Domains may be causal
or creative with respect to other domains; for Domains other than the
Universe, causality and creation may be external and or internal
Voidº comp
(Universe)Þ the Void contains no
Being—i.e., no Object (or Law)—except itself
Metaphysics of chapter Being = metaphysic of experience
(therefore possible)
In the foll extended by Logic to Universe; conceptual
knowledge founded in perceptual knowledge; deduction vs. perfect induction;
i.e., theory in fact
Demonstration
If the Universe were in a state of nothingess, there
would be no Object, i.e. no Law; that nothing should ever arise from that
state
would be a Law; therefore, from a state of nothingness, manifest Being must
arise
However, that nothingness is ever present even when the
Universe is in a manifest state. It may be identified with the Void; it may
be regarded as ever present with every ‘particle’ of Being
If there were some state that never arises from the
Void, that would be a law of the Void and therefore be a contradiction since
the Void has no Laws. Therefore all states arise from the Void
This is the Fundamental Principle of Being—All
states arise from the everpresent Void. Its name is abbreviated fundamental
principle or FP
Cosmology and Identity
Formulation in terms of Limits to Universe here? Meaning
of Limits. Greatest Universe
Other Proofs
Doubt and Some of its Functions
Tie in to Method above; combine?
Realism
Realism is a constraint on our knowledge and not on the
Universe
Conceptual or Internal Realism
Empirical or External Realism
Truth and Existential Realism
Logic
The Universal Metaphysics
Foundation. Substance
Implicit Representation of All Objects
Ultimate Character of the Universe
Deduction and Interpretation
Art
Order… Should the order be Logic® Science® Existential
Attitude, Faith… then art, religion etc
Religion
Science
Cosmology
Death
Powers
Knowing, reaching to, and becoming the ultimate—via
abstraction of meaning (and Experience); Vision Search; Jnâna (the ultimate
and the instruments of meaning); Raja Yoga (psycho-physical preparation,
practice, and action)… Chöd (Being in Being by embrace of fear, disgust, and
transitoriness)
Mediate
Individual—psyche (all aspects including spirit and
body), and action
Society—persons; culture and tradition; secular and
religious institutions and functions—religious, political, economic, material
and technological
Process— ®Experience
and enjoyment (patience is the state of enjoyment of the present and action
toward goals without distinction)®
Idea (Imagination, Realism—e.g., criticism) including knowledge of actuality
and alternative… value and choice, goal, means, and execution® Act (Execute)® Review outcome compared to goal, estimate its source,
learning regarding these elements® …
Goals
Shared knowledge and action in enjoyment and service of
All Being—present, and directed to and being in the ultimate
Ways
Ideas and action—dynamics—The metaphysics, tradition;
experience, experiment, learning (knowledge, choice, intention, action,
outcome, comparison with intention, estimation of source of difference,
correction), reflex… recognition and cultivation of transformation
(transformation is not an action but is the result of knowledge… action…
etc.)
Practice, Action, and Practice in Action—knowledge
of the ultimate in Experience (metaphysics)… Vision Search (quest)… Jnâna
(mediate and ultimate knowledge and its instruments especially of meaning)
and Raja Yoga (psycho-physical preparation, practice, and action)… Chöd
(embrace of Being by embrace of fear, disgust, transitory being…)
Catalysts
Action. Action toward the goal, especially in
nature and the cultural milieu—and failure, familiarization, and
improvement—is self-catalytic. Charismatic action. (1) Action, risk, word,
drama as catalytic (2) Practice for encounter, develop psychic and physical
energy (3) Care for and insight into others (4) Magic as the use of words and
ideas for action and deep understanding… Acting and drama—acting as if
(e.g. there is immanent power, assumption of charismatic personality) as
catalytic of self and other
Significant catalytic activity. Rhythm, dance,
march, and breath… Exertion, exposure, and dedication… Presence, fear, crisis
sense, and opportune action… Altering perspective—nature, cultures,
micro-cultures, handedness, risk… Fasting, diet, psychoactive substances
Awareness of Death and Crisis Sense. (1)
Existential orientation as a Limit of all reaching beyond; and in acceptance
(acceptance is not acquiescence) (2) As catalytic (galvanizing) of awareness
and action—intrinsically and via contemplation of the nature of death and
crisis (e.g. the tranquil life as delusion)
Place—nature… chaos… culture. Place, especially
nature as (1) Ground and Gate to the universal (2) Meditative (3) Place of
catalytic practice and action (4) Beyul—map of psyche. Chaos etc. as (1)
General practice (2) Chöd.
Cultural institutions as conducive to reception and action (1) Churches (2)
Minimal-Aesthetic living space (3) Architecture for civilization
A Minimal System of
Experiments
Design and planning are essential because we inevitably
come back to the beginning
The elements of planning are those of method (Mediate powers
and Ways)
Regard it as given that death is final. Its significance
includes (1) In having aspirations, Human Being feels and is therefore
incomplete in itself. It is unrealistic, even absurd, to aspire for oneself
beyond death. Therefore death may provide closure when we orient toward it so
that we have no aspiration beyond. In this death may show us existential
light (2) That is not to say that we have no aspirations for after death; but
these aspirations are not for ourselves or our egos but for the world… which
too, however, may have its own death (3) In the ‘normal’ circumstance of a
timely death, it is Existentially realistic to think toward closure of
personal aspiration and projects at death. Death and lived through crises are
‘teachers’ in this regard; they show us the essence of our temporal and
physical Limits; and they may galvanize us into appropriate action (4) Death
is often ‘untimely’; and therefore its time is not known. This too provides
opportunity for Existential orientation. This is courageous only on the
account that we have thought that death would be timely and painless or that
death is a gate to the unlimited (5) Except for the foregoing, it may be
untimely in youth to have too great a concern with death. ‘Youth’ may be a
time of experience of infinite horizons. (6) There are circumstances in which
it is appropriate to determine the time and nature of one’s death
In my life, we face death and crises. From these we can
gain learning and leverage on our lives. The following are not held:
regarding a crisis ‘it was meant to be’, ‘everything has a purpose’, or
‘there are no accidents’ (or that everything is accidental). And if I live
successfully through crises I need not think ‘It is my great power of
anticipation and attitude toward Being that got me through that’; in fact
these thoughts are defeating of the potential in crises. Crises and knowledge
of death may have the following significance (a) That we learn about self,
world, opportunity, and the value of the remaining time, i.e. the rest of our
lives (b) That we are galvanized; crisis may feel devastating but is critical
opportunity (c) Presence to the world and action become galvanized (d) In
post-view we learn to learn and we learn to cope (imperfectly in all
likelihood)
From the Universal Metaphysics we know that death is not
the end of our being. However it remains a significant transition. It is
perfectly reasonable to think that we do not take our bodies, our
possessions, our egos beyond death. Even though the soul is eternal, death
retains most of the significance above. It is just as life: regardless
whether we have just ‘this’ life or life without Limit, this—the present—life
is paramount
I am not about to die but—at my present age—I know that I
have left a very finite number of ‘rodeos’ left to accomplish my ambition.
The following are paramount
1. Dedication to
Journey in Being, this life and universal life
2. Pare my
ambition to the essential and my possessions to the minimal and optimal. The
essential ambition of ‘Being in realization’ is unchanged; I will minimize / optimize
on too much concern with foundation and addressing all concerns
3. Action over
ideas, now. Minimize, place and property… e.g. nature-spirit,
culture-bicycle-spirit tour
4. Essentials from
Phase of Being—Ideas, Institute for
Fundamental Research and for Development. Publishing
5. Focus on Phase of Being—Transformation;
concern with this world-this life «
the Universe-universal life (experiments and ideas)
6. Special Phase—Organic-Mechanical Being (study,
research, design, software implementation and programming / programming
language, construction) and Social Being
(Ground—our world, problem and opportunity, value, action; Universal
aspect—from ground to Being, dynamics and sharing, civilization… charisma,
participation, immersion, Institute for Fundamental Research and for
Development, publishing)
7. This life—Pure
Being. Place for space, inspiration, sharing (also: Tantric Chöd). Ideas, nature, travel, people.
Enjoyment of the loveliness of the world, America, family, friends, and new
friend / relationships especially those who would share my interest
8. Afterlife—the
relevant item under ‘Journey in Being’, immediately above
Practice; Practice into Action—see Practice and action
Ideas, Action (write, experiments, transformation)
Health and insurance
Place
Transportation
Finances and useful / enjoyed work
Celebration—Farmer’s Market, birthdays, May 5, July 4,
Fall Fair Arcata, Oct 31, Christmas
Phase of
Being—Ideas
The metaphysics—development of the foundation,
method, and character (depth, breadth, equivalence to Logic, endeavor and
action), elaboration and application (Logic, System of Endeavor including the
Disciplines. Art, Religion, Science, Objects, Method, Cosmology and Death,
Power, Applied Metaphysics and World, and Journey)
Scientific method and the sciences—consequences of
the metaphysics (especially cosmology and physics, biology, science of
psyche, science of social systems)
Art—expression and communication of what is deepest
in human being and capability… Practice—goal—seeing, absorbing,
representing, communicating… and, especially, development of intuition
Religion—as the deployment of all modes of being of
individual and group in realization of All Being (and Value and its meaning)
Journey—concept and action
Narrative form. Clarity, poetry of precision,
presentational form (vs. discursive)
Writing. Integrate journey—experience,
transformation—to narrative
Speaking. Formal—venues. Informal—exposure,
anticipation and practice, critical sense
Networking. Informal—practice and action.
Formal—research, practice, and action
Publication. Self, specialty, mainstream
Phase
of Being—Transformation
Mediate—ultimate
Includes spirit, body, Being; emphasizes—begins
with—local action, Spirit, Body / Being
Emphasis—the world and the ultimate
Practice and action—Ways,
e.g., yoga, meditation…(see Ways) as training in focus
(1) In being present to the world and self (2) In action in action (3) In
transformation and transition to transformation
Catalytic practice—see Catalysts
above (1) Emphasize presence, crisis sense, exertion (nature), inaction
(breath and meditation) over entertainment (2) Death and Critical Sense (3)
Place (4) Tantric Chöd (5)
Meanings in Sacred Texts (i.e. textuality; select the greatest
examples) (6) Charisma—(a) Practice expression and motivation in action;
repetition (b) Practice encounter (c) Insight into motivation (d) Cultivate
psychic and physical energy (7) 12 Step logic
Emphasizes action in society; see also Special Phase—Social Being
Self. Right living in relation to self;
thinking and activity in relation to others; place of society and culture in
the ultimate (social engagements not connected to the ultimate and realization
are secondary until this phase matures). Physical health; endurance;
flexibility; strength; diet for these purposes and to cleanse
Charisma. Charisma is risk, energy, generosity and
patience… also see immediately prior and earlier sections… and acting and
drama (above)
Action toward the following ends. Human Endeavor—Realization
Is and Requires Distribution and Immanence of Power. Areas—Knowledge
(immediate, ultimate), and organization of action (political, economic). Local
material self-sufficiency in balance with globalization
Preliminary—the idea of nature. Here, nature is
seen as source, ground, and contact (to the universal)
Planning… and plan—Act on, review, and reformulate
the following… define intentions
A list of approaches
1. Be-ing
2. Contact
with the Real; elements—places, earth, earth forms, water, weather, elements,
plant, animal; ground, gate to, image of the ultimate—sacredness of place:
conducive to receptivity, engagement
3. Attunement—body
and psyche
4. Source
of ideas
5. Reflection,
review
6. Catalytic
activity—walking, rhythm, repetition; environment inducement; alterations
from exposure, extremes in environment, exertion and depletion of internal
resources; fasting, isolation
7. Ways and
practice—shamanic vision search; Chöd (Tantra); places (Beyul),
animals, and other elements (see Contact with the Real, above) as
gates (portal is an overused word) to and maps of inner and ultimate reals
8. Contact,
catalysts, yoga (meditation—Raja Yoga, Jnâna Yoga)
A role for reflection on and being in abstraction,
abstract action, and inhabiting abstract Objects
Special Phase
Also called ‘focused phase’
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Currently open for the future—during / after / as
transformation; see Focused
Phase for information
Organic-Mechanical
Being
Modes of Being and Process. Psyche—powers and
modes—and Soma; Ideas and Action
Range. Cell to organ; Organism and Individual;
Individual to Society and Civilization; Earth to Cosmos; Universe
Modes of Mimesis. Construction—material,
organic (organism, ecosystem, and world in evolution)—analog and emulation. Iconic
and symbolic simulation and emulation. Science, art, metaphysics. Mathematical
modeling: qualitative, quantitative; exact and approximate; numerical. Digital
modeling (e.g. based on mathematics and other symbolic models) and digital
emulation; programming. Acting—as if; emulating—inhabiting
Design and Development
Study—AI and artificial
life or ALife, robotics, adaptive and self-replicating systems, ontology,
physical eschatology, theology, cognitive science...
Sources—develop this
topic, e.g. physical and metaphysical eschatology (Frank Tipler, Freeman
Dyson, Paul Dirac, Aquinas, Nietzsche, Tillich, Plato… see, e.g., List of
Christian theologians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) here is a start
(AI—Artificial
intelligence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, Artificial life -
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, Robotics - Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia, Adaptive
system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, Complex adaptive
system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, Self-replicating
machine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, Ontology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia,
Ontology
(information science) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, Cognitive science -
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Research, development,
experiment and experimental systems, construction, and deployment
Social Being
1. Social and
group dynamics—concepts and theories; charisma, participation, and immersion
2. Preparation,
planning, action, sharing
3. Universal
aspect—sharing; ideas—metaphysics, dynamics, journey; from ground to Being
4. Ground—our
world, problem and opportunity, value, action
5. Universal
aspect—civilization
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