Basisophy
The Steps
Ten chapters. Chapter one has one premise, chapter two has two, and so on, each one standing on the last.
The big questions have all been asked before. What is new here is answering them in order, in the light of one another, so that each answer earns the next. Start at the bottom. The first four chapters are free.
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Chapter 1 · Premise 1
The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth
Existence is relative, and that is a paradox. Two things that look contradictory can both be true.
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Chapter 2 · Premises 2–3
Stuck Between a Rock and a World View
Plato said the parts exist because of the whole. Aristotle said the whole exists because of the parts. Both are right.
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Chapter 3 · Premises 4–6
Formed In "Its" Image
We sense before we perceive, and the space where the two overlap, sensception, can work for you or against you.
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Chapter 4 · Premises 7–10
Go Fourth and Prosper
We live in four realms, body, heart, mind and soul, and each runs on a different mix of sensation and perception.
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Chapter 5 · Premises 11–15 In the workbook
Circles of Influence
Nobody grows up alone: family, village, province, nation and the globe all shape who we become.
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Chapter 6 · Premises 16–21 In the workbook
Needs of Our Existence
Every need starts with the need to avoid pain, and it plays out in all four realms.
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Chapter 7 · Premises 22–28 In the workbook
Dynamic Spectrums
Pain is not the opposite of pleasure. The best place to stand is the middle.
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Chapter 8 · Premises 29–36 In the workbook
Eight "Behavioral Octants"
Eight broad ways of meeting the world, from where we all begin to where we all could end up.
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Chapter 9 · Premises 37–45 In the workbook
Nine Principles for Baselining Your Life
Nine old questions lead to one principle, "I am the problem", and to peace built from the bottom up, with nobody on top.
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Chapter 10 · Ten questions In the workbook
Ten Bonus Questions
Ten questions the book leaves open on purpose. Their answers will be published here, one at a time.