JOURNEY IN BEING
The contents of this temporary document have been entered to THE SUPPLEMENT. It functions as CENTRAL PLANNING and OUTLINE while work on THE FOUNDATION and THE SUPPLEMENT, which also have plans, proceeds
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the document status as inactive, and eliminate this document or, at least, this
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comments or plans that will be eliminated in the final version. I may also use Word Comments[AM1] for this purpose
Sequencing foci: 1. Need
– dynamic, parallel-iterative; 2. Concept – by the document outlines,
primarily THIS
DOCUMENT, FOUNDATION, 4.O4 FOUNDATION, and
FNDN.SUPP 9.04 II; and
3. Task – by the following sequence
Foundation ® outline ® supplement. Supplement ®
outline ®
lexicon ®
outline ® supplement. All planning reduced. Work on foundation; then
site
Make outlines: FNDN.SUPP 9.04 II-especially
§4; this is the main source of the revision. FOUNDATION is
the primary target document and 4.O4 FOUNDATION is
secondary; 10 QUESTIONS, and
LTRS TO MDG are
supplementary. Simultaneously, make an outline of key terms from the
first two documents above; list and place them in the outline of the supplement
and the foundation
Identify and outline: relevant portions of
remaining documents in §‘Documents to consolidate’ of FNDN.SUPP 9.04 II. Use
the PROLOGUE in
the introduction to FOUNDATION.
Topics to include from JOURNEY IN BEING:
from the introduction – fundamental principles, the four paths; from the
narrative – the discussions of cosmology and mind and; §2 on experiments –
start with OUTLINE OF EXPERIMENTS;
and, possibly, material from §§3-4
Review titles. In each
case when there are alternative titles, choose one that is brief, bold, and
makes the essential point. In order to retain the functions of boldness and
specificity, a subtext in style, ‘Heading 2’ not-bold may be provided; there is
an example in THE JOURNEY
Locate all occurrences of words-concepts-topics: all these documents
Edit, enhance and consolidate OUTLINES, TOPICS
and TERMS;
merge, primarily to FOUNDATION
using the generated data and the suggestions in FNDN.SUPP 9.04 II,
especially in §§3-6. Paragraph analysis. Use the
external sources from FNDN.SUPP 9.04 II
Work on style: poetry,
flow; simplicity; enhance boldness; narration; readability; inspiration. To
make the essay more readable and narrative-like –like an unfolding, an
adventure, a story or myth or epic– write it as such. As a ‘novel,’ ‘poem,’ or ‘inspiration.’ To make it read as
such, place details, asides in indented paragraphs, smaller print, foot or end notes, or appendices – this permits the rigor, precision
and detail to remain with the dramatization. Occasionally, develop the details
of the logic as a dream
The following system of headings
–with only minimal Level 2 and 3 titles– is good; details need to be
experimented and filled in. Aim for: suggestiveness, boldness, rigor – for depth, breadth,
adventure; appeal to individual and group at all levels – informal and formal. Experiment
with formatting of titles at the different levels
OUTLINE OF JOURNEY IN BEING
Bring
into sync and eliminate excess repetition from:
Introduction | Back cover | Complimentary copy – COVER LETTER
DOCUMENT PROPER –
OUTLINE WITH PLANNING
Planning. Review this
title. Alternatives are ‘INTRODUCTION,’ ‘INTRODUCTION
TO THE JOURNEY IN BEING,’ ‘AN INDIVIDUAL
JOURNEY,’ ‘MY JOURNEY IN
BEING,’ ‘MY JOURNEY AND
ITS RELATION TO BEING,’ ‘THE ORIGINS OF
THE JOURNEY IN BEING.’ I prefer the current
version because it implies an introduction to the journey, its place in being,
and, from the table of contents, the personal version
Planning. Review this
title. Alternatives are: ‘FOUNDATION FOR
THE JOURNEY,’ ‘FOUNDATION FOR A
/ THE JOURNEY IN BEING,’ ‘FOUNDATION: ON
BEING,’ ‘THEORY OF BEING,’ ‘THEORY
OF BEING AND ACTION,’ ‘METAPHYSICS…’ Where the word ‘foundation’ has been omitted, it may be
entered thus – ‘FOUNDATION:’
It is important to implement this section as a hierarchy of
metaphysics with action-embedding as the most
fundamental and the symbolic, if non-embedded, as the peak of thought
Planning. Review this
title. Alternatives: ‘JOURNEY,’ ‘(THE)
JOURNEY IN BEING,’ ‘A SKETCH OF THE
JOURNEY IN BEING;’ the point to the term
‘sketch’ is that it is [a] outline, and [b] in process. Further alternatives: ‘JOURNEY IN BEING:
A MAP (OF THE JOURNEY)’… Is the subtitle, ‘… a
sketch of the journey’ necessary or should there be a comment but no title?
Make this section more
‘narrative-like’ i.e. develop the journey as
a story or plot – but without giving up the rigor, comprehensiveness and
detail. To this end, details may be indented, made in smaller print, placed in
footnotes or appendices
Emphasize that while the knowledge phase continues and
that ‘after’ looms and is important, the emphasis is realization by
transformation of what is suggested in the knowledge phase, especially FOUNDATION.
Also emphasize that the phase of transformation is
already begun but is now taken up as the main focus
Emphasize that the goal is the connection
of the present – individual, social, this world – and the ultimate; and the balance of openness and method or dynamics
Planning. Review the
titles, ‘JOURNEY
TO…,’ ‘REALIZATION,’ ‘THE
EXPERIMENTS,’ and ‘DYNAMICS…’ Should the ‘REALIZATION’ title be Heading 1 or 2?
Alternatives are, ‘DOCUMENT,
RESEARCH AND STUDY PLANS,’ ‘PROSPECT,’ ‘FUTURE,’ ‘THE
FUTURE,’ ‘ and ‘THE FUTURE OF THE
JOURNEY.’ The basic concept is that it is the
continuation of the journey including the later phases; the plans for the
document, for research and study are but a part of this.
The section is to emphasize the phase of Experiments
This section may be combined with the sub-section of the same
title in § JOURNEY
Although tentatively placed here, may be placed in introduction
to the document or preface –
or, alternatively, this section may be one of a number of appendices
Emphasize that
the dynamics is ‘method’ so far; however, it is not an algorithm or pre-determined
but is open to learning, to waiting, to patient and incremental action, to
reflection, to risk, to abrupt action, to intuition and the ‘unconscious,’ to
the feeling of failure
Planning. Review this title
The purpose of this section is to
systematically list, in one place, the fundamental problems formulated and
addressed in the text. For the purposes of the essay, the problems fall into
two broad classes that may overlap:
Issues that must be addressed in
order to develop the foundation as consistent, coherent and complete
with regard to certain key issues that arise naturally in the history of
thought; these are primarily in the Introduction and the Foundation. The key
issues are among the problems and include the nature and necessity of being and
the problems of the individual – the nature, identity and being of the
individual and the relation of the individual to the world including the
problems of knowledge and of experience vs. objective being [mind-body]
To systematically touch every
essential problem and issue of being –metaphysics–
including those of HUMAN BEING. Included are
problems that are addressed as significant aspects or illustrations of the
development; these are distributed throughout the text but are concentrated in
the sections on metaphysics and transformation. This set includes an emphasis
on the classical problems of metaphysics, transformation, ethics-value and
philosophy but and considerations of variety of problems of the disciplines
and other endeavors of being
Planning. Review this
title and its purpose and development. Alternative titles include ‘GLOSSARY OF TERMS.’ Combine with the INDEX?
The functions
of the LEXICON
include reference and having the important concepts identified and explained in
one place. In the service of these functions, there is some repetition. Additionally, [1] In the essay every essential idea receives new
meaning – this is inherent in ‘every’ endeavor but especially so here, in fact and
by design; the use of eight point capitals in all caps often distinguishes the
general –e.g. the absolute, most general, most abstract in the one universe or
a coherent phase-epoch thereof– from the immediate and the as-we-experience-it
version of the concept or object. [2] The capital version may mark the
first use in the document, in a section, in a paragraph… its first use in a
context, in a certain sense, or after a significant expanse of text. [3] The
ideas are not independent but constitute a field of
concepts. The field of concepts holds together in a complete but simultaneously
transitional metaphysics. In presenting the field as a field, the LEXICON performs a
suggestive function in the development of the concepts and the conceptual
system. [4] The glossary is a guide but cannot replace the text in bringing out
meaning and significance
Planning. Review this
title and concept. Alternatives are ‘SOURCES OF IDEAS
AND INSPIRATION’ but this is pedantic and long;
‘SOURCES
AND BIBLIOGRAPHY,’ and ‘BIBLIOGRAPHY’ are not pedantic but the latter are rather mundane and,
further, there is a point to its not being –not providing– a bibliography. A
discussion of the absence of a detailed bibliography should be given [the one
that is already there may be modified]
Enter some main documents? If so, comment that the list is illustrative or
representative. If I do decide to list some classic texts
their function will not be essential but will be to guide the reader
The purpose of
this section is as currently outlined in the sub-section of the same name in
the Introduction. The purpose to placing it here is to minimize distractions
from the main development in the three main sections
Planning. Use the new LEXICON
of words to enhance the index. I may also use
the CAPITAL
form to eliminate reference to incidental uses
of fundamental terms. It will be a good idea to capitalize only the first
occurrence in paragraph or other text unit. Exceptions to this may be made when
there is a non-incidental but limited use – especially if it is in the same
paragraph as the unrestricted use. Possibilities include lower and title cases
for the restricted uses
Planning. Alternative
title: ‘AUTHOR’
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