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The Way of Being
Path templates

Contents

About the templates

The templates

Everyday template (printable)

About the template

First things

Dedication

Realization

Realization (continued)

Other activities

Planning

Universal template (printable)

About the template

Being in the world

Ideas

Becoming—immersive and instrumental

Being in the universe

Planning

The Way of Being
Path templates

About the templates

The templates are in-process—so far, they are templates for the templates—further concrete options are to be incorporated; see planning for the templates.

They are designed as an improvement on the older templates, templates and dedication.

They are a supplement to a plain version of the way of being, which grounds and explains the templates and their form.

Currently, the templates reproduce the templates in the plain version; later, at least one of the following will be done (i) eliminate the templates in the plain version and refer to this document (ii) change the templates here to be tailored to use, with automation.

The templates

The every-day template begins on the next page (in the printable docm version).

Everyday template (printable)

About the template
Main activities Numbered main options Details of the options
The template is designed to be adaptable to life situation, interest, being at home vs away, and choice of activities

First things (preparing for the day) On waking Set attitude for the day+—limitlessness, dedication and affirmation, relationships Dedication “We dedicate our lives to (the way of) being, To living in the immediate and ultimate as one; To its shared discovery and realization, Under the pure and pragmatic dimensions of being; To shedding the bonds of limited self, So that so the path is flow, relative to force; To realizing the ultimate in this life and beyond.” Review the day, life, path of realization Rise before the sun Greet others Coffee in nature Set times for optional activities Breakfast Short walk

Realization (activities especially for the way of being) Foundation For realization—study, experience, reflect, critique, synthesize, write, publish, advertise For living—ground, below Ground Material—finance, place to live, place to retreat Discipline—balance moving forward with waiting for aware readiness, flexible routine, minimize diversion Relationships—attention to others, shared attention to all activities of mutual need and interest Empowerment—self (attitude, meditation), engage with the world, consultation on needs School—school is a focus, yet energy of youth through early retirement may make it possible to include other activities Work—see comments in the previous item Retirement—an opportunity to focus on relationships with persons, nature, society, and the universe Late retirement through death—continuation of retirement activities at a level that matches lesser capacity balanced with an awareness of the magic of being, awareness and acceptance of death as real but not necessarily as absolute (for those—but not only those—who regard death as absolute, an existential attitude may be adopted) Adaptability—adapting and learning how to adapt to changing circumstance of self and world, e.g., in relationships, school to work to retirement to late retirement through death, and the losses and gains involved Note—of course existential and learning-from attitudes to death are appropriate at all aware phases of life Realization (continued) (activities especially for the way of being) Directed realization The day—physical yoga; meditation – emptying; mindful – on awareness, living, the real, realization Immersion, home—nature, societies with culture (languages), meditation as portals to the universal Immersion, away—items above – travel, journey, exploration; solo and shared Instrumental—science, technology (AI), politics, economics, communal spirituality as universal portals

Other activities (though labeled ‘other activities’ these, too, are elements of realization) Tasks Daily—check and resolve needs, cleanliness, lunch Weekly (plus)—shop, clean, prepare food, appearance Exercise Excursion, 2 hours—for exercise, exploration, and photography Evening Review—the day, plan next day next day – items, times, exercise route, review the way, meditate Network—friends, relationships, share the way; create opportunities for publication, publicity, and funding Last things—relaxation, snack, entertainment, music, and simple enjoyment Sleep early

Planning Select activities Set up a daily schedule, perhaps in the form of a table Enhance the schedule by introducing flexibility. Given access to software with programming capabilities, automation of the schedule may be introduced (Microsoft Word is just one example of such software)

Universal template (printable)

About the template
Dimension of being Dimension or main aspect—activity Other related activity
The template is designed to be adaptable to life situation, interest, being at home vs away, and choice of activities Kinds of activity have a basis in the dimensions of being in the way of being. In the template, the (name of the) dimension or other important aspect is underlined.

Being in the world Pure being—yoga, meditation, immersion , ideas to action Community—education (general, paradigm, ways of life), retreat to the real, renewal, development-reemphasis of paradigm

Ideas Relation—knowing as relation to the world, reason, art; acting—effective creation of the real Means—reason, imagination, meditation and yoga, and the real metaphysics

Becoming—immersive and instrumental Nature as catalyst to the real Animal being and devolution—observation, situational empathy, defocus, reason Society—civilization as vehicle and path to the real Transformation via psyche—by immersion in social groups as place of being and catalyst to the real Artifact—civilizing the universe (especially technology as enhancing being in the universe) Universe as peak consciousness via spread of sapient being with agency Universal, incompletely known The common way from self to Being (Atman to Brahman), via the block universe and extended secular worlds consistent with experience of and in the world

Being in the universe Universal—realizing Peak Being (Brahman) in the present Said to be rarely achieved in ‘this life’ which is a beginning that is continued beyond death Outcome of previous items, being in the world, ideas, and becoming—immersive and instrumental The means are in the previous dimensions, the everyday templates above, and are further open to discovery The open life may be chosen (or natural to the person) at any phase of life, but may be most natural to the phases of ‘retirement’ and ‘late retirement through death’

Planning Review phases of life, reflect on possible emphases for life and the phases Asses current phase and select activities of focus Review and plan daily, short, and long term aims and possible activities Include time frame to execute and then review, assess, renew, and alter plans Build these elements into everyday planning