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This selection is no longer being offered, as its content has been superseded
much more effectively by The New Paradigm
collection of essays. Other works, however, refer to the "Preliminaries" essay in You;
and the "Resources" section may be of interest to some.
Table of Contents
- Preliminaries: It is
recommended that You read these sections in the order presented, but You may branch to any of
them with the click of a mouse. [12 kB]
- Knowledge: "How do You know that You know what
You know?" is the challenge of this section. Upon examination, it is evident that there is
a significant difference between knowledge and belief. [26 kB]
- Existence: Someone has remarked that "We
don't know who discovered water, but we know it wasn't the fish." To You existence
may be something like water to fish: i.e. taken for granted and never examined. Here You
have an opportunity to examine the cosmic fact that You exist. [22 kB]
- Games: "A game ... is an artificial
environment in which a certain set of rules apply. The rules of the game apply only within
the game domain, and do not refer to anything outside that domain." Matter of fact, that's
a fair description of what passes for reality in human society. But the defining
benchmark for reality is existence; and existence is something You
know about, because You know You exist. This is not something You
learned at school, or read in a book: it is undeniable, incontrovertible cosmic
knowledge, in Your possession at all times. There is nothing "wrong" with playing
games; but You gain an incalculable advantage when You are able to distinguish a game
from reality, which is a rare ability in human society. [50 kB]
- Governance: Governance is a game with a very
long pedigree, which has been played by a wide assortment of rule books. Here the focus is
upon the game as played in the United States of America, and the rules as delineated in the
Declaration of Independence (1776), the U.S. Constitution (1787) and the Bill of Rights
(1791). [76 kB]
- War: War has been called many things:
"diplomacy by other means," "hell," etc. But viewed from the perspective established
in prior sections, war is also a game. A provocative question about this game is:
"Who benefits from playing it, and what are its costs, a) to humanity, and most
significantly, b) to You?" [58 kB]
- Vision: A vision of what life could be like for
You, if only You were to believe what You know to be true. [26 kB]
- Resources: A collection of information sources
which share a certain relevancy, some more tangential than others, to the instant discussion.
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