Our Form, which art information

actualized through the Real

seek communication
to vanquish uncertainty
in our self and in our surroundings.

Supplicate instinct to present's flow

sharpen material acuity
suspending moral judgment indefinitely.

Look not at the symbol

but see through the facade.

For Form is
in the diagram
in flow
and ultimately the blob
for now always on the verge.
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 PAGE | CONTENTS

09 | SYSTEM
11 | INTRO

WHAT IS

17| REAL
23| COMMUNE
25| UNCERTAINTY
29| MATTER
33| IDENTITY

AFFECTS OF WHAT IS

41 | FAITH
45 | SYMBOLISM
49 | TRANSLATION
51 | SALVATION
55 | CRAFT
59 | AESTHETIC
63 | ANALOG
71 | DEATH

77 | GOD
 SYSTEM | MATERIAL + DIAGRAM

A system is a structuring of form. Theoretically, a

system involves material as the form and a
diagram as its structuring device. A system
without material is merely a diagram. A good
description of the diagram is given by Sanford
Kwinter in Atlas of Novel Tectonics:

"The diagram is an invisible matrix, a set of

instructions that underlies - and most
importantly, organizes - the expression of
features in any material construct. The
diagram is the reservoir of potential that
lies at once active and stored within an
object or an environment (or in every
aggregate or section of these). It
determines which features (or affects) are
expressed and which are saved. It is, in
short, the motor of matter, the modulus
that controls what it does."

A diagram can be thought of then, as Kwinter puts

it, a modulator that controls what matter does. So
a diagram can only be experienced through
material. A system without material is just a
diagram. This completely virtual construct does

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not actually exist. A completely virtual system
such as this could be classified as absolute
potential.

The opposite condition is a little different

however. While a system could theoretically exist
without material, there is no system existing,
virtual or actual, that can be said to be without
diagram. There is always something structuring
material. The only case where the diagram is
seemingly absent is in an entity known as a blob.
The blob is a special system where the material
and diagram are exactly the same. The material is
its own structuring device. In a blob, material is
diagram.

The blob is the most simple of systems. It is the

only system with one component. This could be
classified as pure form. Any other component
added to the system transforms the blob.
 INTRO | TOTEM

In the movie Inception, characters transport

themselves between the world experienced while
awake and a world experienced while asleep. As
the separation between the two worlds becomes
less distinct, their minds find it more difficult to
distinguish the waking life from their dream life.
To overcome confusion, these sailors of the
subconscious utilize a totem mechanism to create
a personal link back to reality. If ever the
individual questions the present psychological
status they happen to exist in, characteristics of
their personal totem reinstate semblance to their
mind.

Exploring a dream world is not much different

than delving into the metaphysical world. Some
would even argue that the two are just versions of
the same world. In order to arrive at any sort of
viable conclusion capable of affecting our outlook
on life, it is important not to lose our place during
the explorations into such worlds. With this
particular undertaking we need to allow ourselves
a totem that can be referenced whenever the
need arises. Real is information. This simple yet
extremely powerful sentence is our totem. It is

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the foundation for which the proceeding
philosophical system is built upon. Just like in the
movie, creating a philosophical system requires an
anchor that reestablishes the mind's equilibrium.
If somewhere along the search we lose our way,
this anchor is there to preserve our sanity.

In philosophical parlance, this anchoring concept

can be likened to the Latin idea known as prima
facie. The literal translation is "first face". Think
of this first face as the initial irreducible condition.

Dissecting the structure of our prima facie and

recognizing how it is responsible for shaping our
existence is the subject of the first chapter. After
examining Reality and its relationship with
information, chapter two focuses on the
motivating influence of another familiar concept,
communication. Chapter three goes on to explain
the synthesis of communication and information.
Spawned from the interference during
communication, uncertainty emerges as one of
the most important characteristics of Reality. Not
until Chapter four do we build the bridge
connecting Reality with human life. Matter is
shown to be an interface the human intellect uses
to understand the relationship we have with
Reality. Concluding part one with a discourse on
identification, chapter five proves to be one of the
most obtuse chapters in this story. A radical
exposition on the intellect's methodology for
identifying forms of matter along with the
potential pitfalls serves as an interesting segue
into part two. While the difficulty of this chapter
may prove to be a bit perplexing, the mental
stimulation afforded by its dense material will
leave your mind primed and ready to absorb the
fascinating discussions found in the second part of
the book. Faith, symbolism, and salvation are a
few of the topics included in part two that
promise to provoke a new sense of wonder.

In order to establish coherence, the chapters in

part one are sequentially laid out building upon
knowledge gained in preceding chapters. While
this sort of linear progression is useful in
establishing cogency, this linearity does not reflect
the true nature of Reality.

Reality operates more like a blob of happening.

This blob is not divided into stratified layers within
a hierarchy. It is best to keep this fresh in the
mind as the details of this meshwork blob are
presented in the following chapters. By the end of
part one, this blob will make much more sense.

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However, the main objective of this story is not to
elucidate the blobs nature. Understanding
blobicity is secondary to the central purpose. It
may appear that this blob is a mere abstraction
conveniently created to deliver nothing more than
rhetoric. The blob is not an invention of a mind
but something much more reverent. Regardless
of how mystical the blob appears, it is in fact the
only thing that matters. It is Real.
(blah)b | WHAT
 FORMATION | REAL

Before the truth embedded in the word

information is revealed, something must be said
about the other two words in our totem sentence,
Real is information.

The word Real is merely a placeholder for the

mental image used in our mind to conceive of
everything in existence. The universe and all of
the substance contained within it can be reduced
to the Real. Thoughts, ideas, or any other
ephemeral noumena are not precluded by the
word substance. The branch of philosophy
dedicated to understanding the metaphysical
nature of existence is known as ontology. So
ontologically speaking, Real is the one and only
entity in our world. It will be argued that nothing
exists outside of reality. This entity, known as Real
or Reality is irreducible. Reality is just the nature
of the Real. The two words mean exactly the
same thing and will be used interchangeably.

The verb is, used extensively in the English

language, bridges isolated thoughts in a sentence.
Any subject represented by its corresponding
word exists in a vacuum isolated as ideal. In the
sentence Real is information, the word is provides

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Real with an escape from its word-created
vacuum. In the singular instance of any word, the
subject represented remains stagnant. IS presents
itself to Reality as a catalyst. Through this potent
verb, Real finds its outlet. Using IS in the present
tense has significance by exposing Realitys
temporality. Since the present engenders all other
temporal states with relevance, Reality exists only
in the present. Real is.

This brings us to, perhaps, the most integral piece

of this entire story. Information is a word
widespread in our vernacular. Globally dispersed
in various applications, its truth has been diluted.
In fact, through repetition and redundancy
information has not only become trite but applied
ineffectively. Information technology, knowledge
transfer, and information management systems
are just a few concepts that unjustly relegate
information to mere compartments. To mend our
relationship with this abused word and return it to
its proper stature we must take a detailed look at
the words linguistic structure and how it
operates.

Three elements comprise the word information.

There is a root attached with a prefix and a suffix.
Each plays a significant role in the emergent
profundity created by their synthesis. "The whole
is greater than the sum of its parts" is exemplified
in the word information.

Form is the root. In general, form can be thought

of as any materialization of some abstract
virtuality. In regards to our story, we can equate
this virtuality with Reality. If Reality is virtual, then
form is a materialized instance of Reality. Form
shapes the blob into specificity. Recalling the
previous discussion regarding isolated words, this
specificity of form is stagnant in its isolation.
These forms exist in our mind as object
singularities. In Reality, however, forms do not
exist as they do in our minds. It would not be a
stretch to say that forms, as individuated objects,
are not Real.

Form begins to realize itself with the addition of

the suffix-ation. Combining -ation with form, the
static understanding in the mind is put in motion.
Formation is the process of form. Do not be
misled by the conventional usage of formation as
an identity. Formation is not a thing. It is a
process responsible for forming the blob of
Reality. When the root combines with the suffix,
static form morphs into dynamic formation. In

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spite of its capability to form Reality, formation is
not Real. Almost. But not quite.

The prefix -in reifies formation. Reification, quite

simply, is a process for bringing "stuff" to life.
Think of life in this case as animation.
Personification, an example of reification,
animates non-living objects with qualities
displayed by living forms. Forming could be
described, then, as a process waiting to be reified.
Formation, along with being non-real, is dead
information. When attached to formation, the
ordinary prefix -in provides extraordinary results.
This new combination is the animation of an
ultimate truth.

If the process of forming is constant and

continually at work, then this ongoing process can
be referred to as in-formation. Reality is an
ongoing process of forming. It is always in this
process. This is the truth encoded by the word
information. Before information can be a material
substance, it behaves diagrammatically structuring
Reality. Real is information employs the
information diagram to convey understanding.
When associated with more specialized topics,
information evolves from a diagram to a material
substance.
Regardless of its logical validity, this conclusion is
the secret to existence. I would not deny its
appearance as just a clever manipulation of word
usage. But to argue validity in a system, such as
logic, where the ambiguity of words can never
totally be eliminated seems trivial. Instead of
forcing words to submit to our arbitrary systems
of knowledge, we should allow them to speak for
themselves. After all, words are just
representations of something that came before. If
we can allow the something being represented to
present itself more genuinely, then we can
comprehend its historicity more accurately.
Representations by themselves are not Real. But
what they have come to represent must have
been Real somewhere along the way. Finding this
somewhere is our mission.

This completes the foundation. The words form

and information will continue to be discussed in
an ongoing attempt to understand Reality. Form
in terms of identity will be the subject of chapters
four and five. Transporting information is the
topic of the next chapter. Here, information is
material for the communication diagram.

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 PROCESS | COMMUNE

The word communication can be broken into two

elements. Depending on the interpretation,
commune or common is the root. Regardless of
this ambiguity, common and commune
underscore the same linguistic construct. To seek
commune (or commonality) is to seek a bond
establishing relationships. These relationships
should enlarge ourselves by enlarging the network
for which our selfs can be extended. Individual
units unify into greater assemblages. These
greater assemblages provide the units an
opportunity for growth. In return, a member's
unitized purpose must transform into a common
purpose. The commune achieved should be more
than the sum of its discrete parts. Just as with the
word information, the suffix -ation transforms
commune into a process full of potential. To
continually seek commune is communication.

Transporting information (as material) is the

diagram embedded in communication. As the
present progressive form of the verb transport,
transporting is the ongoing action of relocating
substance. In this case, information is the material
being relocated. Normally, an act of
communicating information is referred to as a

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transmission. Transmission is just an instance of
the transportation diagram.

One such device dedicated to transmitting

information is the internet. The two main
elements in the transportation diagram are ports
and connections. Ports are where the connections
join. A network is the articulation of ports and
how they are connected. The material being
transported dictates the articulation. Ports and
connections must be equipped with the necessary
capabilities to handle this material. Personal
computers, phones, and other electronic devices
are the type of ports accessed by the internet for
its transmissions.

The transportation diagram embedded in the

internet is universally applicable. Communication
is defined as transporting, not transmitting,
information because using transmission leads to a
tunnel vision. The idea of information and
communication existing solely in virtual
datascapes is the myopia we need to avoid. To
avoid this myopia and comprehend
communication totally, transportation is used. It
is the universal method for relocating substance.
This allows us to engage communication in a
dialogue much larger in scope.
 INTER | UNCERTAINTY

If the self-portrait of Reality is information, where

does communication paint itself into the picture?
How do the two enliven the spirit and conquer the
demons? Central to this exorcism is the need for
the Real to communicate. Reality is constantly in a
process of forming itself. The need to continue
this process can be attributed to uncertainty.
Operating with a certain degree of uncertainty,
the Real engages in its material investigations to
diminish this spell of doubt. The motivation is also
the obstacle. Through communication, the
process of seeking commune, Reality addresses all
of its multi-form instances. To state it more
precisely, the Real is information to seek
commune with itself in the attempt to alleviate
the effects of uncertainty. The more effective the
communication, the less uncertain Reality is.

To avoid any confusion or apparent

contradictions, I must restate the main hypothesis.
The Real is the one and only entity that exists.
Participation in communication by the Real does
not contradict this hypothesis. There is only what
is Real. The negation or null state, non-Real, does
not exist. When we speak of Reality

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communicating with its different forms, it may
suggest that Reality is somehow divided into
distinct entities awaiting some sort of gathering.
Conceptually, we use this suggestion to present
mental imagery. As long as it is understood that
any separation of Reality into parts is just an
illusion, the imagery in the mind is salutary. The
Real is not divided. It is the source of primal
unification. Reality is just a blob of happening.
There exist no division gaps to be bridged. The
need for bridges is a mirage. These mirages are
perpetuated not by what is Real, but by the paths
Reality chooses as its avenues for communication.
To imagine how self-imposed gaps are white
noise, permit a metaphorical illustration.

Visualize two mountain peaks belonging to the

same mountain range. At the top of each peak
stands a person. There would be little trouble
convincing you that the two are separated by
space.

Suppose the need arises for the two people to

exchange words. The distance between the two
peaks is too great for the human voice to travel.
Staying atop their respective peaks disables
effective communication. The division gap
remains intact as long as the two remain ignorant
to the fact that their separation is merely
perceived. Any sort of successful communication
results from knowing that the mountains connect
at the base. Trekking back down to this tectonic
merger, these intrepid mountaineers can relay
their messages successfully eliminating the
interference.

Extending this metaphor to the hyper-ambiguous

zone of Reality, different forms actualize into
corresponding mountain peaks. The more these
peaks formalize, the further they stray from their
base of unification. If this ascension continues and
forms forget where they come from, isolation
ensues. The perceived communication gap
widens.

As much as our screams yearn for an audience,

the attempts to connect are futile. The gap is too
great. If we are not careful, we will lose ourselves
completely and with it our ability to communicate.
Before this happens, we must traverse back to our
original voice and re-learn to speak. No matter
how much we seek reception there exist certain
frequencies that remain undetectable.

Since the Real is everything, our self is just one of

the forms of Reality. Being just another unique

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form of the Real, we face the same motivating
obstacles. We seek commune with ourselves just
as the Real seeks commune with itself. Falling
victim to the illusion that we are individuated from
our environments causes a discomforting friction.
We feel separated.

Just as the mountaineers ascend towards

isolation, we too can become over-extended
decreasing our own ability to communicate. To
overcome this, we must embrace uncertainty as
motivation. The Real needs us to understand the
irreducible partnership we share we each other. If
we are to reduce friction then we must accept
Reality's ever-flowing stream. Supplication to this
flow creates true novelty. These novel insights
deliver us to ultimate truth.
 FACE | MATTER

The substrate of communication is matter. Used

in Physics as the basic building block of the
universe, matter can be thought of as the
interface for Reality. It is the entelechy of the
Real. Through matter, the Real envelops itself into
communicable forms. Matter is not necessarily
the concrete stuff we usually think it is. It is more
of an interaction. It is the interactive agent
employed by the Real to handle reification. Using
the simple definition given earlier for reification,
we can see that Reality brings itself to a version of
life that is communicable. Life is a form of Reality.
It is just another product of Reality's quest to
communicate with itself. Matter, then, is the
canvas in which the Real communicates most
effectively within the form of life. Nothing that we
know or think or speculate about is unrelated to
matter. Nothing that we experience is immaterial.
Matter is extremely sophisticated in the forms
envisaged by the Real. Our intellectual capacity to
sift through this sophisticated material soup is not
powerful enough to master it. To try and
quarantine material into typologies is counter-
productive. This leads to dead ends because
matter is just the interface we use to connect. It
cannot be objectified.

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Accepting matter as an interface allows us to
break down apparent complexities. Obscurity is
nothing more than a filter used for security.
Because we are of the same mold, we know this
instinctively. This primal knowledge is our escape
from the maze. To make our way through the
labyrinth, limits of knowing must be investigated.

As we scratch the surface and attempt to indulge

in epistemology, keep in mind that human
knowledge is based on a limiting dogma. With
these limits come choices. Every finite system
requires sacrifices so that resources may be
distributed optimally. Parameters in a closed
system dictate inevitable choices. Until we have
the ability to access everything instantaneously,
decisions are unavoidable.

The choice you have to continue reading is

constant. You can continue to entertain these
thoughts or you choose to discard them and focus
your energy on something else. We must all
choose which battles we want to fight. Regardless
of the nature of the battle, whether it is a
philosophical investigation or a contest of brute
physical strength, the choice to participate is
voluntary.
These limiting parameters provide insight into the
methods used by our biological systems to acquire
knowledge. Information receptors operate in a
specific manner tailored to the unique needs of
any given form. Humans acquire knowledge
differently than rocks do. An evolutionary product
such as intellectuality exists as a tool humans
utilize in order to communicate. It is part of how
we know. The other part attempts to
approximate the knowledge not acquirable by the
intellect. This is known as instinct.

Instinct is an art. Any true art form deserves to

exist unadulterated without words attempting to
represent its essence. As such, instinctuality is
beyond the scope of our search and has only been
mentioned to emphasize the limitations on our
knowledge. Instinct is understanding the
possibility of knowing something without
knowledge of how we know it. The instinct picks
up where the intellect leaves off. As important as
the instinct is, it is not our direct focus. Instinct
will be discussed indirectly at appropriate times.
For now, the intellectual system of identification
deserves our undivided attention. Building an
identification framework to understand how our
minds process formations is essential.

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 AXIS | IDENTITY

In mathematics, there are two coordinates that

locate a point on a plane. For any given function,
values for dependent and independent variables
are represented on this graph as a point.
Considering the intellectual interface as a
function, the Temporal Sequence can be thought
of as the independent variable. This is the value
that is manipulated externally and used to
generate the independent variable through the
rules of the function. In our system, this
dependent variable is called the Spatial Scale.
Acting as the complementary axis to the Temporal
Sequence, the Spatial Scale completes the
identification process for any given objective
point.

TEMPORAL SEQUENCE. Any computational processing

diagram requires specific requests in order to
begin computation. In our minds, a question is
one such request. A question is a solicitation for
knowledge. When attempting to provide an
adequate response to any given question, there is
more than one way to retrieve the necessary data.
When the question seeks to know what something
is, the mind can take one of two paths. One of
these paths leads to understanding how the

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subject under consideration is made up.
Examining the whole of the subject by breaking it
up into smaller more localized parts provides
answers into the history of formation. This
historical record helps the mind expand the
subject's present form into a larger global context.

Take the question, what is paper? Breaking down

the subject, Paper, into its constituent parts, we
can provide a suitable answer. Paper is a
homogenized pulp made from wood particles
utilizing a chemical adhesive as a bonding agent.
By addressing the subject in terms of its forming
process as well as its subordinate components, we
begin to discover its historical record. The
historicity of the subject up to any particular
moment is encapsulated in a singular event. This
is an identity. The infinitely many identities
comprise, what I have termed, the Temporal
Sequence axis. Any identity can be extracted from
the sequence as an initial state for separate
investigations. In our example, we communicate
with this particular historical record at one specific
point through an ongoing formation known as
Paper. Paper is just a snapshot image we can use
as an input for other intellectually manufactured
systems in our minds. Although these identifying
labels are not real as such, the value they hold as
placeholders in our mind is substantial. When
coupled with Reality, these mental shortcuts allow
the creation of novel systems to transpire.
Remember, systems are composed of material
and diagram.

Before moving on to the complementary Spatial

Scale axis, a clarification is needed. Just like any
point along a continuum, these identities have no
substance. To understand an identity, such as
paper, intervals along the identity's
respective Temporal Sequence, must be studied.
Nothing is the only thing that exists in vacuum
singularities. This is the reason that the Temporal
Sequence is termed as such. Events of happening
make sense only through the sequencing of other
events. The dynamics of flow prevent singular
instances any sort of sovereignty. Since time is a
flow, any intellectual capture of time exists
through our identification processes. As artificial
as it may be, we choose where to stop this
temporal process catering to our own intellectual
needs or requests.

SPATIAL SCALE.
Consider the original question, what
is paper? Extracting paper from its Temporal
Sequence and using it as the input to create a new

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system, a different answer may be elicited. Paper
is a substrate used to display graphical symbols in
order to transport meaning from one mind to
another. This answer does not focus on the
substantial make up of Paper. Instead, it
anticipates relationships with other forms to
supply some purpose for the identity known as
Paper. The supposed relationships depend on
interactions taking place at a given scale. This, of
course, is the reason why this axis is named
Spatial Scale. When engaging this axis, the Paper
(as form) is not under consideration. Paper is the
fundamental axiom in this new system of
exploration.

To a human being the above answer provided

makes sense. However, paper does not make
sense as a substrate for writing to a bird. To a
bird, paper may be fodder for building a nest. In
both cases, however, the purpose of paper is
variable, not the form. The form, extracted from
the Temporal Sequence, is constant. Depending
on the scale that the form is engaged, there may
be numerous purposes all predicated on how the
Temporal Sequence input is defined.
Predator/prey, symbiosis, parent/child are all
examples of trademark spatial relationships using
static identities extracted as inputs from the
Temporal Sequence.

These two axes, Temporal Sequence and Spatial

Scale, when utilized in conjunction with Reality's
material systems provide the intellect with a
method to acquire knowledge. The resulting
identities produced by one sub-system become
inputs for the creation of other sub-systems. The
mind creates these systems to control the
inevitable chaos encountered when order is
absent. How we choose to identify a particular
form of matter is how we "see" it in our minds. In
order to communicate more effectively
sometimes we must choose to change the
coordinates that point to a position of an identity
stored in the memory reservoirs. More often than
not this choice is not instinctual. It must be
practiced. Designers, artists, and craftsmen all
thrive on seeing Reality differently. To trace a
Temporal Sequence for any given identity back to
its original state is to arrive at the ultimate prima
facie condition.

Just before the Real is information, its null-state

exists as void. The void is not ontologically
different from Reality. It is a state lacking
formation. Asymptotic to the moment of

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information, this state is Real. At this state, the
Spatial Scale is undefined. Every point along any
given Spatial Scale is the same value regardless of
the value of the independent variable. This is
ultimate potential. Pure diagram.

We have reached the conclusion to the first part

of our story. The remaining inquiries are intended
to inspire rather than educate. Comprised of
ethical scenarios existing in the course of life,
these inquiries build upon the foundation laid in
this first part. As with any doctrine of ethics, the
behavior of the self within a system of Reality is a
major thesis.
(blah)b | AFFECTS
 ESCAPE | FAITH

Uncertainty has already been ascribed as a

motivating force spurring the Real into action. As
a form of Reality, uncertain conditions affect our
lives in the same manner. The present is always
uncertain and the method we have created to
manage the unknowing is called faith. Devised as
a mechanism for coping with effects stemming
from an inability to ascertain prospective events,
faith is our anti-future. The future exists as a
mirror reflecting fears into our present. Implied
by this metaphor, the future is not Real. It is
reactive in its nature valid only as a placeholder.
Filling a void created by future's irrelevance, faith
substitutes value in the place left vacant by a
fleeting future.

Narrow in scope, most of the conventions

associated with faith lead to misinterpretations.
While visions of spiritual worships, such as church,
are inextricably linked to faith, these are just
consequences defected from faith. Notions of
God and belief in supernatural beings are only
manifestations of faith. What may seem as the
antithesis to faith, science as a system is actually
an integral component built to manage

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unforeseen contingencies. Empirical observations
lure us to dispel our faith-based understandings
and accept scientific conclusions as Real factual
moments of tangible knowing. Conclusions of this
sort do provide a sense of security but should be
put into proper perspective. Like any system,
science operates within a set of parameters. As
long as "facts" stay within these artificial
boundaries, there is no need to reference faith as
a relevant contributor. In mathematics, 2+2=4 is
an impossible statement to refute as false. This,
however, is not an inherent truth found
organically. Allowing such systematic conclusions
to transcend Reality decreases our ability to
communicate. To counter this, fabricated systems
must be relegated to their proper place in Reality.
Absence of faith, while required within such
systems to produce valuable insights, is self-
defeating. Negotiating system-produced insights
with Real knowledge is only achieved through
faith.

It is important to emphasize that systems

operating as vacuum ideals are significant.
Controlled environments protected from variables
difficult to account for in Reality potentially lead
to innovation. Hypothetical scenarios, such as
thought experiments, utilize idealistic constraints
to gain perspective about specific phenomena.
Assuming the limitations are known in advance,
vacuum ideals are very productive exercises.
Most of our cherished luxuries come out of these
hypothetical processes. Insurance companies
could not provide risk aversion commodities
without actuaries modeling contingencies in a
simulated world. By-products spawned from
scientific and industrial experimentation usually
find a spot on the shelf in retail outlets.

The creation of knowledge is one such product. In

this case, true novelty happens. So to ignore the
significance that simulations have would be a
mistake. In fact, some have gone so far to suggest
that our whole system of Reality is a mere
simulation. In these theories, axiomatic
conditions approximate ultimate truths isolated
inside a fabricated milieu.

Ignorant to this fact, we take these

approximations as Real. If this is actually the case,
and we live in a simulated Reality, faith is much
more pertinent than originally thought. To escape
the prison built upon our ignorance facilitated by
our intellect, faith may be the most essential tool
at our disposal. It is our direct connection to
Reality.

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To perpetuate acceptance of this simulation,
security from uncertainty must be offered as a
substitute for what is Real. Avoidance of
uncertainty, however, is in direct contradiction to
the motivating principle of existence. Embracing
uncertainty, not avoiding it, disintegrates the
symbolic control of simulation. Our lives need not
be symbols for what is Real. Representation of
this kind is a shortcut appropriated by ignorance
to incarnate itself symbolically. Acknowledging
the nature of language and symbolism is the first
step. Recognizing forms of symbolism is a much
more difficult obstacle to overcome.
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Language is symbolic. From the conclusions of the

last chapter, it may be deduced that language is
ignorance. In some cases, this proves to be true.
When a metaphor is mistaken as a substitute for
Reality, ignorance is perpetuated. We can avoid
these ignorant practices as long as metaphors and
other symbolisms exist in their proper places.
Metaphorical systems, such as language, are
agents of ingression when generating Real forms
instead of supplementing them as empty centers.
This is an important distinction. Problems arise
when metaphors are stripped of their material
historicity. Allowing symbolic metaphors
independence from their material ancestry, gross
representative degradations replace the Real
historical record. Granted, it is difficult to
differentiate between Reality and its alluring
representation. The line is thin. When walking
this line, the task is knowing which side to fall on
when we lose our balance. Practicing this stunt is
how we grow. Just knowing that representation
comes from Reality is a good start.

Words are no different. As representations, words

have come to stand for their material origins.

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Actually, through the process of evolution, words
have found their own material form. It may seem
absurd to suggest that a linguistic construct is
nothing more than a material incarnation. At the
most basic level, words and the paper they are
written on are made of the same stuff. Everything
is Real, but lines of the evolution of Reality find
different forms.

Materiality is not wholly enveloped inside

tectonics. Yes, tectonics is a landscape that
matter has traversed. From tectonics, however,
matter has entered into a genetic state of
existence. The genetic age is how matter exists
now. As evolution of Reality continues, matter
seems to seek linguistic outlets for its forms. The
Real, acting through matter, finds novel forms of
communication in its developing linguistic face.
These forms, not substantially different than
previous forms, do exist as paradigm-shifting
assemblages. Culture is a precursor to the coming
age shift. Matter now replicates itself not only
genetically but within mimetic interchanges.
Memes are a cutting edge form of replication
resulting from the genetic/linguistic transition.
More will be said about how these different ages
affect interpretations of beauty in a following
chapter.
These various examples of material form illustrate
the sophistication of Real evolution and its
overarching scope. The eons spent milling about
through countless bifurcations has refined Reality
beyond comprehension. This sort of refinement is
only made possible through generations of
experience. In an effort to shortcut this process
and plunder the Real for its priceless wisdom, the
delinquent form known as symbolism burrows
itself into Realty's hide. Branching off of the main
evolutionary progression, this parasite latches on
to its Real brethren to take advantage of its
toilsome labor. Symbolism, disguised as Reality,
blends in to disrupt communication. This form of
Reality is an enemy to those that seek ultimate
truth. Detecting the enemy is just as troublesome
as defeating it. Take a thought for example. Its
complexity is embodied by its extreme
intangibility.

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The mind exists in its own fluid medium as

thoughts float around aimlessly. The almighty pen
saves these nomadic drifters from purgatory.
From one fluid to the next, each with a greater
constitution of material, thoughts find viscosity in
translation.

Thoughts aren't affirmatively Real. To materialize

a thought requires a process. Take the ink on this
page. This is the beginning of a life. In a world
where Reality counts for everything this material
birth is most crucial to a thought's development.
A single pen stroke may seem simple enough, but
complexities begin to mount at a dizzying rate. At
first, this innocent mark is just a stain reminding us
what happens when a liquid medium mixes with
an absorbent substrate. Not soon after, this stain
vectorizes itself with data evolving into direction
shaping a line. Genetic texture emerges out of
this tectonic interplay. Our sensory receptors
anticipate something greater inherent in these
harmless ink happenings than mere physics. All of
a sudden, these lines assemble themselves into
linguistic modules escaping the genetic tyranny of
mere sensation phenomena.

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There is meaning here. Letters grow from these
arbitrary shapes. Language, as the cultural
precursor of our own evolution, happens. Still,
this language is not Real. The effect it has on
matter, however, is intensely relevant. The
pressure for adaptation causes our present
situation to participate in this culturally dynamic
current.

Trees and rocks become shade and projectiles.

Shade and projectiles become homes and war-
machines. Houses and tanks become nostalgia
and decadence. Feelings of abandonment and
escapism become poems and revolution.
Everything seeks higher ground when water
comes to collect.

Just as this black-ink seeps into its wood-pulp

substrate, our thoughts solidify into the
mountains of our children. Liquid materialism has
no bounds devouring everything ephemeral
eventually. When the tides descend, new
treasures spark novel contemplation.
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Symbolism is not evil, per se, but its infectious

allure to bypass the Real process of
materialization is highly deleterious and must be
cured. The ability to realize ultimate self-forming
potential resides in our commitment to evade
compromising obsolescence. There is something
greater at stake than just our happiness or
satisfaction. In this battle for liberation, our
salvation hangs in the balance.

Saving our self is an arduous task. Escaping this

prison will test our fortitude. Before attempting a
prison break, however, we must ask our self if the
consequences that come with freedom are
agreeable with our dispositions. Do you want to
exist outside of the parameters a prison offers?
The answer may seem obviously affirmative. No
one would willingly live in a place called prison.
This place, where there is no time for leisure, is
scary. Mental images of dark dirty dungeons and
rats scurrying to and fro along the edges of the
confines remind us that prison is no place anyone
wants to live. Even more civilized prisons, ones
with bare white walls inside an institutional
kennel, don't induce a pining for such a habitat.

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This may just be an illusion protected by the word
itself.

Whatever picture is painted by the word prison, it

is only a linguistic construction. As we digress
from the severity of the word prison to less
abominable names such as bondage, the concept
of slavery morphs into more agreeable
confinement. The modality of enslavement
changes with the words used to represent it.
Purely tectonic barriers utilized in correction
facilities morph into apparatuses less physical in
substance. Even words like obligation and
commitment imply slavery. Its just that the
shackles used to coerce its victim into
subservience are more covert binding devices.
The more tectonic the chains, the more we know
we are slaves. As prison chains transform
linguistically into duty or determinism, the
sanctions imposed on our freedoms become more
self-generated.

This is what I suspect is meant by the term

salvation. Knowing the consequences of our own
self-impositions and deciding how to define
imprisonment is the method that must be
cultivated in order to escape our self. Allowing
our shapes to fit properly and discovering the very
nature of the institutional wardens holding us
against our truth is crucial. Salvation is the
genuine acquisition of knowledge so primal that
ignorance, preventing us from jumping in the
flowing river of Reality, dissipates.

Comparable to the art of the samurai swordsmith,

acquiring salvation is never perfected only
practiced. The craft undertaken is where
exaltation is found. The practice of our life is a
forging process requiring attention and respect for
the forces at work. We can neutralize opposing
forces by mobilizing the beneficial forces of craft.
When any action is performed repetitiously
enough to transcend monotony, meditation
generates craft. Carving a piece of wood or
striking a golf ball countless times on a range
indulges a sense of unity, taming our anxieties. We
find willingness to let go. No longer trying to be,
we just are. Saved from obsolescence.

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Not all monotonous action translates into

meditation, however. Voluntary cooperation
stripped of end-based rewards is necessary as
primary motivation. Rewards are used to appease
ambition. In this way, ambition is antithetical to
craft. Rewarding behavior is a means to distract
us from communicating with Reality. There is no
Real connection between goals and rewards. The
stimulation used to procure anticipated treasures
is superficial. Superficiality is a dangerously
binding contract; one that may require excessive
litigation to annul. Therefore we can never free
ourselves from the bondage created by ambition.
This lack of connection is the major distinction
between reward behavior and craft behavior.
Prestige, money, fame, sex are all parts of a
sophisticated plan meant to mis-form the Real.

So, again, we see that the Real is its own enemy.

It must continually refine the search for itself.
Even if we are fortunate enough to find craft that
excites true passion, we must still be weary of
what lurks in the shadows. Extremely vulnerable
to false passion trails, the intellect, built upon its
own evolution, yearns for identity encapsulation.

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This is why we latch on to "objects" of our
affection. To say, "I am passionate about music,"
is insecurity embodied by hope in a purported life
craft. Filled with doubt, hiding behind these
identities, we are scared that our fraudulent self
will betray us.

Individuals spend their entire lives building

fortresses to ward off doubt. Doubt is a powerful
agent of construction. Promulgation of the self
results from the monuments we build to honor
the self's projection. As these promulgating
campaigns garner more attention, deeper the
doubt burrows into our being. Always on the
fragile brink, catastrophe inches closer with each
additional brick. Craft is the anecdote to
catastrophe. By practicing craft, our life starts to
craft itself. The Real flourishes.

As a blank canvas, Reality paints its beauty. Living

through craft, the consciousness wanes as we
transcend the limiting mechanisms of
understanding. The intellect is no longer relevant.
The future no longer exists when nowhere is our
destination. Surprisingly, the escape is not a
departure but an arrival. Here we find an eerily
familiar freedom. The prison of enumerable
temptations once holding us captive is still present
but operating much differently. No longer is there
a slave/master dynamic to contend with. This is
more like a fluid/form dichotomy. In this
intermediary state, we broker viscosity and its
restriction to flow. The perfectly fluid automaton
allows its own uninhibited form. Limits and laws
govern our shape no longer. This is not freedom.
This is beauty. Revealed by craft, this beauty is
the Real aesthetic.

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 AGE | AESTHETIC

Is it how we see or what we see that is beautiful?

Neither. It is more primitive and irreducible than
can be captured by any intellectual system. The
experience of beauty is un-objectifiable. It exists
beyond our self. Due to an inextricable link to
what is sacred, beauty transcends relationships
between forms. As we venture away from
sacrality, experience becomes more profane.

These are two polar extremes providing an

aesthetic dynamo. Both poles acting in
conjunction as a beauty battery also mark out the
boundaries between adjoining aesthetic ages. Any
particular age is a macro-form of matter governing
our actions in the aesthetic realm. The current
Genetic Age is sandwiched between the Tectonic
and Linguistic Ages. We can only know where we
came from (Tectonic Age) and where we are
headed (Linguistic Age). Before or after the
adjoining ages, characteristics of beauty are
unknown. Within each age, there is a scale of
aesthetics ranging from both extremes, sacred and
profane. Once only a virtual sponge, the age
existing between two poles begins to soak up
forms. As the number of forms increase, the level

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of profanity increases. Approaching a critical
saturation threshold, sacrality becomes less
abundant dissolving what is Real. Nearing the
inevitable bifurcation where a new age of
aesthetics emerges, nostalgia is substituted in
place of sacrality to ease the transition.

Each of the two polar extremes exists as both

sacred and profane depending on the current age
and the direction from which it is approached.
What is considered absolutely profane in one age
transforms into absolute sacrality at the time of
bifurcation. The new age finds beauty in what the
preceding age sees as ugly. While we can never
know the exact moment of bifurcation, its
consequences make us aware to its happening.
Through examination of what is held sacred in our
current age, we can trace the transition back to its
origin. The phenomenal sunset is one such clue.

Experiencing a sunset unleashes primitive sacrality

upon our being. No longer do we feel
disconnected with our environment and its
surrounding truth. We are not in our environment
but realize that we are our environment. This is
the sacred truth of where we come from. This
understanding of the sacred in our current Genetic
Age allows us to extrapolate assumptions about
the prior Tectonic Age. This preceding age must
have found utter profanity in the sunset
experience. The same beauty we see in the sunset
was seen as ugly. This ugliness in the universe
eventually resulted in the age shift. The increasing
level of profanity within the sunset and everything
else surpassed the saturation threshold. The
Tectonic Age evolved into the Genetic Age. At
once, the sunset no longer contained ugliness. It
is now a link to Reality for the Genetic Age
formations. As an artifact of our historicity, the
sunset is now extremely beautiful.

Another beautiful experience is sex. As an act of

supreme regeneration of life, the sacrality in
sexual reproduction is profound. This, however,
will not always be the case. As the need for sex
becomes obsolete, so will its sacrality. It is
absorbing profane qualities constantly along a
common trajectory. From its sacred origins as a
generator of life to a profane sophisticated
manipulator, its trajectory is becoming evident.
Tracking this trajectory can help predict an age
shifting bifurcation.

From scantily-clad models to subtle instigations by

advertising firms to brand products, sex
manipulation could be an indication of a critical

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saturation in profanity. Everything that is sacred
and Real transforms into cultural representation.
With enough power and energetic influx into this
aesthetic system, the threshold will be crossed
into the Linguistic Age where subliminal sexual
innuendos are held as absolutely sacred. All that
will be left is an undeniable nostalgia for the
Genetic Age where sunsets were beautiful, not the
perverted photographs of them.

It may be hard to imagine an age when

pornography is esteemed as monumentally sacred
enjoyed for its spiritual awakenings. If the
evidence supporting this trajectory is accurate,
this is where we are headed. Once this new age is
reached, we will know no different. This reaction
to our new sacrality will be organically visceral.
Just as impossible it is to imagine an age where
sunsets are considered profane, it will be
impossible for whatever receptive entity existing
in the coming Linguistic Age to imagine how
pornography and consumer manipulation could
once have been considered anything but
absolutely sacred. The ones to receive these
aesthetic codes know only beauty by its affects,
not its method.
 CODE | ANALOG

Whether these receptive entities are human or

something yet to exist, there seems to be a digital
mapping in the works. The values of sacred and
profane may just be the 0's and 1's for which some
universal code is being written. If we are not
already, we may become robotic code readers
processing aesthetic informations. As a result of
this processing, higher level forms of Reality
emerge to tackle larger codes. The codes being
written are not digital, however. Strictly material
in origin, these codes are substantially analog. All
we can do is decipher them.

When speaking of analog and digital, we must

understand their relationship in regards to matter.
Analog and digital are often viewed as opposite
methodologies. This is not entirely accurate.
While digital and analog methods do differ
significantly in technological and industrial
applications, the two are not diametrically
opposed. In fact, digital is just a product of
analog. Analog is a way of classifying matter into
intervals of value. Matter generates its own
threshold boundaries by its internal parameters
and structuring diagram. A digital system is just

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the representation of these values using abstract
categorizing placeholders based on given indexical
rules. The binary system, utilized by computers, is
one such example.

Computers use the two binary digits, 0 and 1, as

indicators for the corresponding physical states off
and on. Using predefined intervals, these digits
concentrate amounts of energy into single
codexical triggers. The code triggers physical
switches to shut, completing the circuit, or stay
open, killing the circuit. All of these localized
switches perform a symphony of motion in order
to arrive at some particular computational output.
This is fueled materially by a flow of electrons
through transistors. Certain measurements of
energy, such as voltage, are cataloged into these
predefined intervals. Each interval is given either
a 0 or 1 based on the operational needs of the
computer hardware. The digits become the
language we use to interact with this materially
energetic field. The flow of electrons provides
digital programs the energetic field necessary to
fulfill its organizing schema. This electronic flow
along with our ability to modulate energy using a
series of valves is an analog process. Digital
programs are spawned from this process to allow
us to interface with matter. A digital program is
not some entirely different entity. Digital is just a
more linguistic form of matter emerging to
facilitate and stabilize its own evolution. The
more of these digits that enter the equation, the
more complex digital structures seem. Linguistic
evolution complexifies digital systems and appears
to exist as some new form of Reality. This is an
illusion. Regardless of how complex digital
systems become, it still comes down to matter
and our ability to regulate its flow.

Analog and digital systems are not exclusive to

industrial applications. The presence of their
relationship is noticeable in something much more
personal than technological gadgets. Our own
bodies exhibit analog/digital dynamics. The
prevailing theory regarding the growth and
development of an organism assumes the
presence of some sort of code found inside the
DNA structure. This code is said to be a blueprint
providing a sort of instruction manual for
assembly. Using proteins made of specific
combinations of amino acids along with this
magical DNA coding device, our bodies build
themselves by following a digitized algorithm.
While the accuracy of this theory is not under
assault, it is not complete. It is too digital in its
appearance. The question, then, is not if the code

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exists but what is it really made of. Since there is
sufficient evidence to support the existence of this
process as a biological fact, there needs to be a
different approach to overcome established bias.

How do our bodies exist outside of ourselves and

read a code for its own assembly? It seems purely
ideological and somewhat mystical to assume that
ephemeral codes can be foundationally
responsible for life. To understand the code and
its substance, the origin of its digitality must be
uncovered.

This is no small feat. Perhaps, this is the

fundamental direction biological investigation will
take in the coming decades. Already, there is
exciting theories being put forth that may help
bridge this analog/digital gap. Just as binary digits
in a computer program act as an interface,
perhaps the genetic code is a sort of interfacing
agent matter uses to communicate with its forms.
As already established, there must be an analog
base that spawns its digitized representation. This
is exactly what has been purported by scientists
studying embryogenesis.* Instead of relying on a
highly abstract digital coding explanation of
organism development, these scientists dig
deeper and find truth in purely material analog
coding. Evidence supporting this new theory
suggests that there is an actual analog code
embedded within the flesh of our bodies.
Processes of development are organized through a
series of folding prescribed by textural mappings
found on the inside walls of cellular membranes.
Folding, a universal shaping mechanism, has been
shown as a possible cause explaining a variety of
forms of life regardless of specie type. A toroidal
membrane emerges as the isomorphic shape
found within subsequent nestings of several
iterations of the process. A torus, the necessary
shape governing the matter, is responsible for the
self-organizing capabilities of embryogenesis.
Materially imbued with the diagram of growing a
life form, the flesh is its own creator.

Without delving further into the fascinating

details, the self-forming potential exhibited by
toroidal membranes suggests that a creator is not
needed for life to flourish. Flows of energy within
a material field supply internal logic to not only
form its present state but also provide
opportunities for novelty under unpredictable
circumstances. Following the textural (not
representational) map, Reality can propagate
organically. When maps are devoid of digital
artificiality, they become the territory being

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mapped. In this case, the analog topography
along the membrane walls, mapping the folding
process, is the Real territory of life. Analog coding
of this nature is not a new phenomenon. It is
ubiquitous throughout Reality. The codes are
simply causes of unplanned outcomes. Since the
outcomes cannot be planned, there is no reason
to assume the codes are pre-meditated. Even to
refer to them as written codes is misleading.
These are not retroactive interactions with the
past. Instead, these codes use an apparatus
provided by previous discarded codes in an
ongoing writing process. Regeneration of material
forms allows a present full of potential.

Take for example the TV series, The Price is Right.

Plinko, a popular game using a board with an array
of metal pegs, is one such material field formed as
a potential outlet for analog coding. The metal
pegs work in association with variable forces to
formulate novel coding existent on the verge of
the present. Air friction, gravity, player's whim,
etc., all contribute to the coding synthesis of an
event. The final resting state of the Plinko disk is
the most anticipated of these events. This
outcome dictates how much money the
contestant wins for participating in the writing of
the code. Good luck may just be another means of
expressing that a code has been successfully read.
As we allow ourselves to become more natural
code-readers, we become sharpened tools for
Reality to work with. Refining the tools we
become afford us new message decoding
opportunities.

Extending this metaphor a step further, suppose

that there are higher order assemblages using
these tools (our self) to craft their own Reality.
Just as a craftsman uses a hammer to fulfill a
purpose, these assemblages use us and our
creations for some higher level purpose. All of
what we do and all of what we create are just
layered chunks of codes fractally dispersed
throughout our datascapes. The buildings we
build and the movies we make are examples of a
higher level language comprised of syntax and
meanings we can never comprehend. While the
yearning to learn this systemic language is
present, all we can hope to achieve is successful
readings of the codes we have been equipped to
untangle. The more fluid and less viscous we are
as actors in this giant codex theater, the closer we
get to selfhood.

The purpose intertwined in selfhood has not been

written. It is not a static code. Actually, it is in the

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process of being written and ever-changing. In its
naked state, the truth shows us that we are
writers just as we are readers of this code.
Discovering how to read and write simultaneously
removes certain filters that distort Reality and its
underlying truth. Removing these filters reveals a
more sincere form of purpose, one that can only
be reserved as a revelation.

One strange characteristic with any revelation is

the requirement of a finite duration. Time, as an
ultimate parameter, affords relevance to ultimate
purpose. Such a finite parameter is exhibited
beautifully in an all too familiar eventuality.
Acting as both motivator and contextualizer, death
becomes an integral, yet peculiar, piece of the
code. Death is peculiar in that it has the capacity
to complete its own form.

*On the Origin of Form

Stuart Pivar
 VIA | DEATH

No critical thinking must be undertaken to figure

out why this verse was planned as the last in my
song. Aptly named, this concluding verse unites
this brief survey of ethical anecdotes. Intended to
inspire further thought, the original intent of the
story was mapped out using key ideas I felt closest
to.

Identity, selfhood, representation, materialism

were some of the parameters used to focus and
complete activity. While it may be true that
nothing is ever complete, there do exist moments
of rest offering opportunities to enjoy reflection.
Fulfilling this promise to myself, I feel satisfaction
in my ability to stay the course. Whether or not I
have actually said anything useful is not for me to
dwell on. There are an infinitely many ways to say
something, but only one way to do it.

The experience of doing is unique to the moment

it is done. That is as close to control as we can
get. Ignoring this and seeking control through
judgment narrows an already myopic vision. The
longer we can suspend judgment, the bigger the
picture we can see. Regardless of how the

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execution of this story will be perceived, capturing
these thoughts was, more than anything, an
exercise in living.

Through living we experience benchmarks along

the way. Whether these are natural or artificial,
they remind us of our finity. Artificial deadlines
we impose on our duration serve as catalysts for
action. These are the games within the game.
Without these temporal boundaries, nothing
would be the only thing that is relevant. To avoid
nothing as ultimate relevance, these parameters
infuse our existence with meaning. This is the life
I have known and with no other frame of
reference, this is all I can know. Living a life of
temporality, I must accept death with an utmost
respect. It is our meaning. Without death, there
is no relevance. Life would cease to be potential.

Just as this story was crafted under parameters,

death provides the same impetus for life. As a
fulfillment of life, death is a self-fulfilling
prophecy. In many dialogues, a self-fulfilling
prophecy is worthless. To me, there is nothing
wrong with an attempt to fulfill the self. After all,
this is what is strived for, right? The map of self-
fulfillment only leads to such an ultimate truth if
the map is the territory. It must be this way.
I could have quit after writing the totem, Real is
Information. That is all that needs to be said, if
anything. Everything to follow is an attempt to
confirm this statement. Needless to say, I didnt
stop there. I must continue on in an effort to
eliminate uncertainty. I am just a form of Reality
that abides by this principle of uncertainty. The
urge to go on thinking, experiencing, and living
until I die is a testament to the power of
uncertainty. I will proceed with knowledge I have
known all along. The same knowledge that has
been known throughout history will always find
novel outlets to be known eternally. Everything is
really the same in some form or another.
Communication of this self-fulfillment is realized in
our own unique attempts at truth.

To be afraid of death is to be afraid of life. If we

are afraid of what we do not know, the truth in life
escapes us. Suppose we already knew everything.
How could fear exist? Only through uncertainty
and its catalysis of all forms do we experience fear
and its subsequent un-fulfillment.

Death is the cipher that cracks the code. The word

death may be too potent a sentiment, but there
must be a reason for that. Perhaps, this death I
speak of is not literal but some kind of allegory.

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Words have a secret life of their own that existing
beyond our control. When unleashed, their power
is limitless. We become victims to undeniable
consequences. The words associated with death
deserve the same respect that the event itself has
earned. Otherwise, our fear of death will shield us
from salvation. Meanwhile, purpose remains
locked away until death unlocks the door. Until
this time, our life is un-acquired. We have not
truly lived until we die.
Thriving at the seams of Reality's
aperture a battle wages on. Punic in its
essence, lines of this battle draw an
ominous mindscape. Once this mental
imagery is witnessed opportunity to
concede vanishes. We must go all in at
this point. For the required payment
must be made in full. No more bets to be
hedged or portfolios to be diversified.

The safety afforded by these risk-

dispersing tactics is a beguiling refractor.
Chimeras sparkle in the waters skewing
our present vision. With astigmia, we
catch only cartoon fish. Lacking
substance, this diet of safety leads to
susceptibility to future's venom.
Ironically it was the future that so
spurred the initial trappings of safety.

To neutralize this cycle of deception,

vision must terminate its relationship
with the eyes. To lose sight is a small
price to pay if we can keep our vision. It is
better to be blind than to wear safety
glasses.
 SPONTANEITY | GOD

There is no denying the similarity or possible

equality between God and the Real. God and Real
are just names and may be used interchangeably
as long as the meaning is not skewed by
traditional ideas of God. If we are to allow the
two terms such equality, certain criteria must be
met.

God is not transcendental. What is Real allows

nothing to transcend its operations. Reality is
everything. To assume some possible
transcendence would be in direct contradiction
with our prima facie condition.

God is not Creator. An entity known as creator

implies a creator/created relationship.
Hierarchical power structures form within this sort
of system. Reality is a blob of happening. Any
hierarchical levels attributed to reality are
intellectual fabrications allowing us to capture
knowledge. At times these can be helpful, but
possibly misleading.

God is not omniscient. Since the future does not

exist, and the verge existing on the edge of the

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present disallows entire real-time knowledge of
the system, uncertainty cannot be vanquished
completely.

God is made of the same stuff that we are made

of. The Real or God works through us as much as
we will allow. This does not require us to fold.
This does not require us to kneel. Salvation is not
contingent on our submission. How can it? We
are the same as God. We are God. We are Real.
The understanding of ourselves and our
relationship to the Reality within ourselves is the
path to salvation.