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The Matter With Things

Preamble

  1. Important truths must be approached gently, indirectly, in a looping spiral. In ⭕️ Tmwt.
  2. There’s lots we don’t understand. It can feel spooky. It should inspire awe. In ⭕️ Tmwt.
  3. Prefer the bigger, more integrated picture. In 👤 Human, ⭕️ Tmwt.

The Big Idea

  1. We are the cosmos becoming more itself, becoming aware of itself. In 🌘 Nondual, ⭕️ Tmwt.

Reality

  1. Reality is one indivisible whole, in constant motion. In 🌘 Nondual, ⭕️ Tmwt.
  2. Resistance to the flow brings beauty, complexity. In 🌊 Motion, ⭕️ Tmwt.
  3. Opposites co-exist, making something new and taut and harmonious. In ☯️ Daoism, ↔️ Opposites, ⭕️ Tmwt.

Perception

  1. We construct our reality. Perception is active participation. In 📍 Experience, 🌘 Nondual, ⭕️ Tmwt.
  2. Subject and object are distinct, but not separate. In ☸️ Buddhism, 🌘 Nondual, ⭕️ Tmwt,  Waking-up.
  3. Expert consciousness is nondual. The (constructed) boundary between doer and doing vanishes. In ☯️ Daoism, 🌘 Nondual.

Added 2023-05-24.