Document: Journey in Being describes an exploration in being in four phases – metaphysics, experiments, variety of being, action and influence which exist also as separate documents

The journey is an exploration into ultimate being and knowledge

Further work

[For details, see Design for a Journey in Being]

Refine Journey in Being and its style, logic and elements

Direct experiments in being

Experiments with variety; and with action and influence

The foundation of the journey is in knowledge and action understood through metaphysics. There is no given at which it is necessary to start or found the journey. However, it is convenient to start with knowledge as a key to what is possibility and how the possible may be achieved

Topics include the possibilities of being and of human being, the feasibility and ethics of transformation. While the only impossibilities are those that are contradictory, not all possibilities are equally feasible or good. The concepts of knowledge, being, mind, universe, possibility and necessity receive a logical foundation. The foundation is logical or necessary in that it is founded in [the concept of] nothingness and is, therefore, not contingent. There is a foundation of cosmology with possibilities for foundations of the theories of theoretical physics

Further work

[For details, see Design for a Journey in Being]

The work required for Metaphysics [and Knowledge and Action] is substantially similar to that for the Journey in Being

Further work is needed on feasibility, ethics

Experiments in the Transformation of Being

The second phase takes up the actual transformations of being. Acquisition of knowledge is itself a transformation but the experiments go beyond that to consider all transformations of the being itself. A number of classical disciplines are considered: science and the modern academic disciplines; the shamanic vision-quest; dreams as a source of vision, hypnosis; and yoga, meditation and mysticism. These systems are bound together in the Dynamics of Being that is developed in the text. The dynamics is an original and general approach based in insight into and experiment with the limits and the nature of limits. The arenas for the experiments include home and wilderness and are taken up in a part on the Journey. A detailed list of experiments is given and a complete but otherwise minimal set of experiments is described. The set is complete in that it covers the range of possibilities of being

Further work

[For details, see Design for a Journey in Being]

In addition to execution of the minimal set of experiments, further work on the nature of limits and the dynamics of being is necessary

Variety of Being

The Variety of Being

The variety of being is considered in the third phase. The greater the variety, the more secure is our actual understanding. Understanding is actual when it is based in actual being[s] in contrast to necessary but conceptual understanding. In this phase I consider possible and hypothetical being and take up machine being / mind and intelligence. There is a brief outline, enhanced by the understanding of mind / being developed earlier, of the concepts of machine or artificial intelligence. Some actual developments and their uses are described

Further work

[For details, see Design for a Journey in Being]

Review and development kinds of being and implications for possible experiments

The section ends with a program for further development – see Implementation of Objectives [in the document, Journey in Being]

Theoretical possibilities, theories and science of computation and intelligent machines, applications, modeling of mind, intelligence, life and being

Action and Influence

The main arena of influence, taken up in the final phase, is society which may be considered to be a kind of being. Here, I discuss influence, charisma and patriarchalism – charisma is influence based in the individual while patriarchalism is influence that is based in established institutions. I take up, first, kinds of change in society and the affairs and existence of nations. The theaters and platforms of change are considered next. Some developments are listed and links to detailed documents given

Further work

[For details, see Design for a Journey in Being]

A system of networking and contacts over select theatres of influence

Further considerations for general change – the nature of change and influence and areas of focus in relation to values and the state of the world

Considerations for specific interests in change: foundation work and establishment of Horizons Enterprises™, an institution whose general purpose is to further the Journey in Being – particularly as described in the possibilities and needs for further work for all phases above

Proposal for Horizons Enterprises™

Horizons Enterprises™ will be an institution for the development of the Journey described above

The Main Functions

Sharing the vast amount of work of the journey

Mutual inspiration

Provision of resources such as library, computation, office space, support staff, grant writing, expedition planning and support

Communication and distribution of information e.g. the Journey in Being Website

General application as described in the Introduction

Special applications such as communication as described above and provision of research services in the areas of interest

Benefits

Distribution, continued development and application of the foundation for knowledge and being of Journey in Being

Details are described in the Introduction, in Journey in Being and related documents [Website, Site-Map] and in Design for a Journey in Being

Plans

Design for institutional structure and finance [use the XP link if Microsoft Office Web Components are installed]

Projected financing: Horizons Enterprises Structure and Finance

Plan: starts with step 3, below; refer to planning: Design for a Journey in Being

Details

Submit proposal, grant application

Advertise, [initial] hire, purchase / acquire / rent

Continue work, steps 1 – 4, ongoing development, the four phases of the Journey, review and adaptation

Resource Documents

Bibliography: Research Management

Design

Design for a Journey in Being

Engineering Education

Evolution and Design – for planning, go to the topic new version of destinations

Modern Engineering

Research Proposals

Technical Resources

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