Questions of Existence

The 3 Fundamental Questions of Beingness

Who Am I?
[Identity]

Why Am I Here?
[Purpose]

What Should I Do About All This?
[Intention – Will]

            “Know Thyself ” – Ancient Greece

The quest to understand who one really is, is probably older than mankind.

Since these questions reach deep into the very core of being, they are at once the starting point and goal of attainment of the journey into Knowledge, Truth and Wisdom.

To ignore these questions may very well make certain illusions (or games) more “real” – but only leaves one vulnerable to mystery, and its seduction and entrapment. If one is not in charge of an illusion or game, it is left to others to run these for other purposes. In fact, given enough beings remaining ignorant and neglecting responsibility for enough illusions and games, and one finds oneself trapped in what we have come to recognize as a “matrix” [- that which dark forces have long worked to bring about, symbolized by a “hypercube”].

It seems more ideal to be able to enjoy Existence, and at the same time recognize and understand its interactive relationships and transactions, and to be able to enter, play, or leave any of its illusions or games at will. This might be possible if that medium through which we perceive Existence and act upon Existence – the Mind – could be better understood.

All is Mind
Knowledge of Mind is the starting point.

Well, practically speaking; who, what and where one is – right this moment – is the actual starting point. Life is in progress all around. Time waits for no one, and actions, projects and processes are already underway.

Yet in order to bring about as complete an understanding as possible of one’s self – its nature and origins – the best entry point for understanding at the present moment, is the mind.

And where one can develop the ability recognize need for changes and decide to make changes, in one’s own mind, one can assume greater control of one’s mind while coming into greater harmony with Existence – even to greater ability to make improvements to more and more parts of the whole of Existence.

Fractals – The Macrocosm is Reflected in The Microcosm
“As Above, So Below “

The Principle of Correspondence teaches what modern science has been discovering using its own processes – that certain patterns are replicated throughout the Universe. Knowing this principle helps one to observe patterns in the Universal Mind of Creation, and thereby find in it correspondences to self.

The more one can perceive and monitor this communication and interaction between the outer Universe and inner self, the more one can:

• CHANGE THAT WHICH CAN BE CHANGED

and

• ACCEPT WHAT CANNOT BE CHANGED*

by bringing one’s own mind into harmony with Truth.

[* there are things that cannot be changed without violating the freewill and power of choice of other, independent beings – this is the activity of Evil and its war against Truth – and will be covered in FreePhilosophy under the heading: “Understanding Evil” – but for now, a simple decision you can make and that you must make, in order to truly make it all the way down the Path to Truth, is to never harm or violate the free will of another sentient being. In philosophy-based counseling this, on the level of mind, is known as “Invalidation.” It is also very important that you do not force acceptance of reality or “truth” onto another being, which in philosophy-based counseling is known as “Evaluation.” Outside the confines of a counseling session or counseling relationship however, one should never fear to speak the truth or fail to deliver it directly by any effective means not involving excessive force or coercion.]

TRUTH is WHAT IS
Truth is simply all those things which are coming about in present time – That Which Is – as well as the record of events of every moment of time in the past. The past is faithfully recorded in Mind, and can therefore be accessed as memory as experienced in one’s own mind, or by directly observing the record of the Universal Mind. Going back to observe root causes of present-day effects is known as Processing (from the Trivium – ‘Input-Process-Output”) and is one way to either change those unwanted effects or bring about a state of mind in which change is more readily facilitated.

Science (without metaphysics) tends to limit itself to the study of effects. This tends to limit its view into the invisible, or spiritual. Therefore, where it excludes observation of root causes, it limits its scope of Truth to observation of the material universe where things can be sensed, measured and experienced by the many.

Those who can and do perceive spiritual, root causes however, are limited by language in describing them.  Therefore, in order to achieve any degree of certainty for this primal realm of Truth, one must do the arduous work of observation, comparison and recognition of patterns, and take things back to deeper root causes.

Teachers and their works can only ever point the way, and you must make these observations for yourself.

These are the invisible patterns and natural laws of Existence and Mind.

There is Truth.

Perceiving Cause and Effect
Cause precedes and creates Effect. A knowledge of cause-and-effect relationships comes about through observation. Observation depends on accurate perception and clarity of mind for its value.

Clarity of mind is hindered by unprocessed harmful causes in the past, yet there are techniques available (including Traumatic Incident Reduction) which can process harmful events at root cause, and restore clarity to the mind.

Certain processes – given adequate focus through disciplined meditation or communication-based, “co-processing” – can enhance the order and clarity of mind even further – with or without the use of Traumatic Incident Reduction, although the two in tandem provide a powerful route to mental improvements such as increased observation and discernment.

Where there is unprocessed past trauma; pain, disturbance and disorder can persist. This can block observation, perception and enjoyment of life. This blocks perception of cause, and eventually produces confusion between cause and effect.

The Most Effective Philosophical Model of All
An ancient model taken from an observable pattern of Existence and woven into language itself is:
BE-DO-HAVE

Discoveries in FreeScientology helped by study of the Trivium, uncovered a fourth area, which is actually a variant of DO in its reverse direction from HAVE back to BE, and explains the renewal of Existence in its upward, progressive spiral:

PROCESS

This gives us a full circle from BE-ing through DO-ing and HAVE-ing, back to BE-ing:

BE->DO->HAVE->PROCESS->BE

It is the basis of all other triangles, trinities and tetrahedrons – which are also the physical pattern of the building blocks of the Universe.

As such, this one has proven to be the most basic and valuable philosophical model of all.

[DRAFT]
FreePhilosophy - Chapter Two - [Draft version - not finalized]


In the Beginning, One Consciousness

There is no real duality at the origin of Consciousness, although there are two flavors/variations.  There are two alternating conditions in Consciousness which generate polarity.  This is the push and pull of energy alternately expanding and contracting with its internal flow of information. This natural flow of motion around a spherical, electromagnetic field is the basic, fundamental pattern of the universe from the photon and proton (or maybe neutron, as well), to stars and galaxies and the pattern of the Universe itself.

This natural flow of motion is captured as a two-dimensional model of its spherical field in the perfectly-balanced Yin-Yang symbol.  At this simplest and earliest stage of existence, pure consciousness is only at motion within and as itself. It is purely mental and is pure potential - containing all the invisible qualities of existence in pure form.  It is pure Quality, and in its mental, theoretical mathematics, contains the potential to manifest a near-infinity of qualities (significances) that can be assigned to quantities (masses & energies) in a beautiful interaction that is the foundation of Existence, itself, and will give rise to near-infinite quantities and a complete, physical universe of non-self with respect to this original, unity Consciousness.

(When Nikola Tesla went deep into the field of Consciousness to develop extraordinary insights into the generation of energy, he tapped into this phenomena and brought it back to our reality as alternating current, developing a way to generate it using the principles of magnetism and polarity to transfer motion energy to generation of electricity which could be communicated by extremely rapid exchange of electrons through metal wire, or, at higher frequencies, through electromagnetic fields.)


Pure Consciousness Is the Static

The Static is pure potential.  It continually creates itself.  It has no mass, no motion, no wavelength.  It has no position in space because it generates space.  It is the center and yet is everywhere, pervading all of space.  It remains at the center because it is the source and generator of the Universe.  There is no other universe.  It is itself the only other dimensions beyond the three dimensions extending from its center.  And when it divides itself it remains that it is still present as the only dimension beyond the three dimensions of space, and the added dimension of time.  It is every "wormhole" and any other sub-universe in the Universe, and the ultimate escape hatch.  It cycles in upon itself.  And until something else is created outside itself, it has no size or object to exist relative to.

It is Infinity (theoretical mathematics navigates this infinity) and Zero (no motion, no wavelength, no vibration) all at once, in Unity.

All is Mind, and yet at this stage of Existence, it is Nothing.  No thing.

Its primary, highest and strongest qualities go beyond language, but they can be experienced as Love, Freedom, Life, Help, Truth, Integrity (Authenticity), Process (Tao = "The Way") and Karma (balance, justice).  "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life" live here.

All beings seek their way home.  Source Consciousness is Home.


The Universe is Inherently Good

There is no evil inherent in creation.  There is no need for evil in the Universe.  It is no quality or purpose of Consciousness to require or have uses for evil.


Outward Motion; Inward Flow

The push-pull, yang-yin of the internal motion of Consciousness is not yet in terms of matter or even energy.  It is the flow of infinite thought, in terms of invisible numbers (quantities) which sweep through a near-infinite range of unchanging interactions between Quality and Quantity.  These interactions are the master matrix of Natural Law.  All these quantities are perfect in nature and relationship and are known to Consciousness.  All of these source quantities (mathematics) that derive from and interact with its source qualities can be perceived, and although invisible to physical universe perception, their effects perceived and, traced back to source, thereby understood.  They are beyond language but can be described by individual units and viewpoints of Consciousness to some degree, and this is one effort to do so.


The First Creation

The first creation is duplication.  Consciousness places a model of itself outside of itself.  Consciousness attempts to copy or mirror itself.  This will become the basic pattern.  This act of creation is the first time, space and distance.  Time is not measurable here.  For pure consciousness, Time could only be SEQUENCE.  Intervals between any two actions in a series of actions or changes, in the absence of masses in motion, would be virtually immeasurable. 

Size is also not measurable in the absence of actual material in space.  Consciousness has no size, and pervades any quantity of space.  Space is the near-infinite spherical projection of the electro-magnetic field around the center of Consciousness.  This is the Universe.  It is an invisible field, but will become populated with matter, energy, space, and relative time measured by motion.

Because size is relative, it may be a surprise to some that the first creation would be relatively speaking, so small in relation to the expanded, near-infinite Universe of Creation.  Consciousness simply expands to near-infinity.  Although infinity is a quality inherent to Consciousness, infinity is not a quality of the outer, physical universe of matter, energy, space and time.  An equilibrium of its own perfection maintains limits in all things.  Space-Time does indeed curve as an equilibrium force pulls all of matter and light energy around the circular limits of the near-infinite physical universe as in its electro-magnetic torus, like the energy pattern of an apple, pulls back around into its center, a perpetual motion set for infinity (the only quality external to Consciousness that is truly infinite is Time).

What scientists are looking at within the limited parameters of perception by super-telescope, does indeed look like infinite expansion from a source point.  We live somewhere in this field of near-infinite expansion, eventually to curve back around its origin, in the stem area, as it were, of the apple.  All we can perceive is this portion of the field emitting from the white-hole center of the Universe, atop, as it were, the black-hole pulling all matter in circulation to eventual compression and recycling over unimaginable time spans.  The Universe is here to stay.  Everything within it must change except the fundamental patterns and natural laws that give it structure, alignment and order, in balance with the random chaos of matter in its pure form.

Consciousness is eternal.  And in the sense that renewal of material restores fresh material from a state of decay, the physical universe is designed in perpetual motion, to be eternal.

Consciousness is nowhere and everywhere.  But when it places a copy of itself - outside itself - withdraws from it and and perceives it, it finds the copy of itself is faithful in all respects except for one.  The copy of itself does not itself have consciousness.  It can be postulated to persist by Consciousness, which finds, by making more copies, natural laws and patterns of interactions between these particles.  With the duplication of the balance of Consciousness in its own realm, various particles appear as the complete array of building blocks (mapped out in the Atomic Table of Elements) with their own non-living interactions. 

Such a copied particle itself is a little universe, but of great magnitude of quantity of information.  It contains in itself a universe of motion, energy and information (mathematical potentials).  It is both the greatest and smallest item ever created, since it is the first item.  Is it a photon or a proton?  Are there two variations?  Perhaps the variations correspond to the Reach and Withdraw of Consciousness away from and upon itself.  Perhaps the proton-neutron-electron formation is the 'Yin' version of a copy of Consciousness and is destined to be the basic building block of all elements found in the physical universe.  Perhaps the photon is the 'Yang' copy of Consciousness and is destined to flow and carry energy throughout the physical universe.  In any case this original creation is itself easily and rapidly copied to near-infinite quantities.

Here we must delineate the two primary dimensions of Consciousness existing before time and space.  Quality (significance) residing in Consciousness, and Quantity (energy mass) separated from Consciousness and making up the physical universe from its origin guessed at above through application of the Natural Law of Correspondence (fractals throughout the universe, and correspondence of properties of Consciousness to observable patterns in the material universe).


The Four Qualities

Although the two qualities which will manifest as what we know as "Yin" (water - contraction) and "Yang" (fire - expansion) are already present in Consciousness before first creation, it is not until first creation do they become such and manifest as Gender.  And then with two or more particles created, other qualities will now manifest themselves as Natural Law: Vibration, Rhythm, Gender and Duality.  Thus Consciousness has divided into four primal qualities: 
* Time - at first as sequence, rhythm and vibration inherent in Consciousness, then as particle flow, rhythm and vibration
* Space - at first in the mind, between concepts, and then in the external world, between particles
* Energy - at first as flow of thoughts, and then externally, forces and flows through space and material
* Matter - at first as concepts and structures of mind, and then becoming condensation of energy flows as solidities

In its transformation from Spirit (Consciousness) to Mind (internal creations and collections of perception) to physical universe manifestation, this becomes the elements:
* Spirit (Consciousness)
* Intuition (Cosmic Mind)
* Air (Heaven/Sky - a mental space of Thought)
* Water (receiver and conductor of Intuition and Emotion)
* Fire (energy - power source - Willpower, Intention, Effort, Action)
* Earth (material, structure - Manifestation)


Introducing the Unknown Quantity - Free Will

At the point in which Consciousness has created non-self in an attempt to duplicate itself, it now has event information for the first time in its observation of non-self.  A near-infinity of particles swirls around the electromagnetic field, colliding, attracting, collapsing, combining (into elements) these into random patterns interacting with aligned particles and collected masses moving in alignment through the field, and Consciousness calculates with new observations, the development of near-infinite quantities of material until the pattern is optimized.  Space will accommodate galaxies with tremendous distances between, in all directions with relative sizes (to that first particle) calculated perfectly as optimum to consciousness.  Inherent in this Creation is an optimum balance between attractions and dispersals and alignments (order) and randomity.  It is a Universe calculated to be optimum in such balance, and provide a near-infinity of space in an infinity of time (Eternity).

This is the Universe.  And the Universe has given Consciousness a problem.  This is in fact the Core Problem of Existence.  The purpose and balance of Creation is to Experience.  And in order to experience this created Universe, Consciousness must develop points to view from.  These points of view are to remain connected to Unity Consciousness and to each other.  Communication is the connecting link.  Where two or more units of consciousness enter into communication, there emerges this strengthened, additional dimension of consciousness in communication.

Consciousness copied itself to initiate creation of a physical universe playground space for consciousness to experience. Now it will "copy" (the Natural Law of Correspondence at work) back from the other direction of flow.  The "near-infinity" of particles which are scattered over the universe has given consciousness the idea that if it can disperse and aggregate a near-infinity of particles, stars and planets, then it can, in a reverse direction, copy this by dividing itself in a similarly near-infinite quantity of separations.  

Consciousness has itself no time and space (nor energy nor matter).  These separations, in order to remain separate from Consciousness, will have to be given two additional qualities that will involve them eternally in the most minimal way possible in order to interact, with Matter, Energy, Space & Time ("MEST").  

These two qualities are: 1) an individual "time-track" (again based on SEQUENCE, fundamentally, but with the ability to perceive and synchronize with, physical universe time as measured by rhythm and vibration and motion of physical universe particles and bodies moving through space in cycles; and 2) ability (and restriction) to locate in one place.  In this second quality, the being has the inherent ability to locate anywhere.  It is, however, restricted to one location from which to generate energy, even if it also retains the ability to perceive and communicate at any remote location desired.  (Beware of stories of operating from two locations at one time, when the simple explanation is that communication ability allows for remote perception and communication, but not generation of energy.  So where remote influencing has occurred, this would be evidence that actual location of the being has changed, if only for an instant.)

Both qualities taken together impose and restrict individuation on these units of consciousness.  They have all the qualities of Consciousness itself - the ability to conceive and believe, to create universes (their minds are universes - which, combined, can make local matrix universes, such as we find on Planet Earth) and to exert some influence on the created Universe within Natural Law (even if not always restricted to physical universe laws - which we can rightly recognize as "miracles").

Consciousness is inherently self-determined by Natural Law.  In choosing to divide itself in order to experience the physical universe of its creation, Consciousness yields free will to each and every individualized unit of consciousness - a near-infinity of beings - unconditionally (within the bounds of fundamental Natural Law already established by the fundamental matrix of Quality multiplied by mathematical Quantity).  Each of these trillion-trillion beings have their own time-track of existence, assume location in the physical universe, and retain free will to choose location and direction of those things within its reach and ability to direct.

The range of free will choice is practically infinite, but becomes seemingly less so as range of motion and perception is restricted by the bodies in its care.  Regardless of restrictions, there is always at least one choice and that minimum choice is its "response" to its experience in the universe - if not in the moment of great sensory overload - in the moments that follow immediately afterward when it does find opportunity to respond.  In this response the being also has a choice of attitude and decision.  It may formulate decisions in a moment of great overwhelm that make sense as self-defense actions that, carried out too much later on a similar (but not the same) being, can constitute an unmotivated harmful act. The being can wrongly - but still under its own responsibility - conclude it was overwhelmed by a certain class of beings that now deserve "retaliation."  This can go as far as blaming all Creation.

It is this response - remember always it remains a free will choice and thus a responsibility - and this response -only- that brings about what we recognize as "Evil."

Because of the random element of physical matter, and the misperceptions and miscalculations of various beings involved, traumatic collisions between beings and the force inherent in the universe, or pointed at one by others can occur.  The physical universe is neutral and is not an inherently fair or forgiving field to play on.  Other beings get messed up on this, too, and may further the confusion and may even contribute to additional, harmful force.

There is no other source for Evil than a freewill choice by a freewill being - usually a response to trauma - but regardless of such an unfortunate loss - the responsibility for actions and responses always comes back to the being itself.

It is the fundamental, Natural Law right (and duty) of a being to Defend From Harm.  This means that a being is not accountable to Existence for justifiable self-defense - no matter how much force was required in defense.

Therefore be relieved of any notion that the Creator created or "needed" harmful actions or the presence of Evil in the Universe.

Evil is the aggregate of individually chosen harmful acts as responses to problems and traumas or even uncontrolled urges nestled in energy patterns of old traumas in an animal body struggling for its genetic survival.  It is a force to be reckoned with, and tests the ultimate character and destiny of any individual being.  It is alleviated by prayer but does not permanently and completely disappear by doing so.  It only truly disappears when the underlying trauma holding the decision to harm others is processed at its source on the track of time at its location in space.  It is not hard to do, but only rarely and in a very limited way is it processed out without directed focus on the original, traumatic incident, barring a huge act of redemption and grace initiated by the being in acts of help and comparable restitution.

The above does not invalidate in any way the Christian idea of redemption and grace.  It sheds light on how and why such a process works as a Natural Law, but more importantly, that the Creator is inherently good.  Creation is inherently good, and, despite the hardships of the Universe, such grace may be available at many points and should be inevitable to the one who reaches for it.


The Evil Myth of "Who Made You?"

Individuals beings are the one microcosmic reflection of the Creator itself.  There is no such entity as a being created by any other beings than Source itself, and at the place and time of origin (lest any being should claim superiority by prior existence to any other).  Without going into why that is or what kinds of things dark sorcerers think they can create, one can look over the preceding definitions and relationships and should realize that every being in Existence, including you, has made at origin point, their own self-determined decision to exist as an individual being, so that no one could ever say it was a forced decision or wonder who their creator was.  

It's simply not possible to create an eternal being in the time stream of the physical universe.  All were created simultaneously at the beginning of time, all began with an equal range of ability to create from the zero-point field of Creation, and all beings are therefore self-created while co-created in partnership with their Creator at origin.

What accounts for the difference in awareness, attitude and ability of beings is solely traced to their going in different directions outward from such an origin moment at the dawn of time, running into differing experiences, responses, thoughts and decisions.


The Way Out

A lot of bad, upsetting and unfair events have happened to all beings in the Universe.  Nevertheless, the fact remains that personal responsibility and establishing in ones own way, the most direct relationship with the Creator and all of Creation that one cares to, is the key to a more pleasant existence until such time as enough beings in a critical mass of consciousness can exert positive control sufficient to thwart evil establishments set up with the evil purpose of keeping beings small, ineffective and enslaved for as long as can be accomplished by those who have become devoted to such a sad state of affairs for their own selfish benefit.

The way out of the traps of these matrix realities that would enslave all of us starts with a personal decision to take full responsibility for ones condition and return to ones journey to greater and higher consciousness.

It is a tragic reality that a small amount of destructive force applied in the right place and time can destroy tremendous quantities of good work and the good faith of those beings involved.  Realize that this is a natural fact as much as the good side of things being that all beings are basically, fundamentally good, and the vast majority of beings in the universe operate that way most of the time, survival improving in proportion to alignment with Natural Law.  One such Natural Law is that Freedom is enjoyed in proportion to Morality (defined as refraining from doing harm to other beings). 

The majority of beings in the universe remain basically good.  This is still the case even after half an eternity.  It is awfully hard for Evil to hold on in any one place where beings of goodwill exist for very long unhindered by its interference.  But unfortunately, it remains true that such a quality of existence is easily disrupted by just a small critical mass of evil beings, because what is built over long periods of time can with far less time and effort be suddenly destroyed.  Therefore, Evil is bound to persist until sufficient self-transformation has taken hold in sufficient quantities of beings to establish a critical mass of restored consciousness drawing on its original qualities of Courage, Care, Love, Freedom, Wisdom and Understanding. 

The way to a Universe where evil stays small and tragedies few and far between, is to establish the voluntary process ing of beings (the currently good ones) so that all of their accumulated formulations of evil purposes (responses to trauma) are deleted by close inspection focused (as in a session) on such an inspection, after building the person up sufficiently in self-improvement therapy, thereby proofing one other from our susceptibility to Evil, and thereby closing the door on attracting, permitting and condoning evil anywhere in our vicinities.  Eventually, even those trapped in evil would find therapy.

The return to native Consciousness can only be brought about by restoring communication, can only be brought about by the healing of trauma and the inspection of the evil each one of us has allowed to enter in during the height of pain and confusion in our traumas.  This requires awareness of and dedication to, effective Inner Work.

It can be done.  It must be done, if we wish to escape the entrapment Evil presents by using its personal, spiritual powers against others for harmful purposes.


[Draft not yet finalized - SG - composed 29 Dec 2023, and posted with minor typo corrections on 14 March 2024 - minor edits 27 Jun 2024]