� Background (early schooling, internal development)
� My compatibility with various philosophies from http://www.smartselect.com/
9/17/2006: I found a website linking to Whitehead's "Process Philosophy", which bears at least a superficial resemblance to my Unity Project. So far as I can tell I'm more a stickler for absolute truths, even if I allow that personal truths can be created. The categorical foundations for those truths are best appreciated from certain angles, angles which the creator of the system is more likely to grasp. By creating a personal system, those who have engaged with other systems come into an awareness of the open spaces and even certainties which can be produced by engaging thoughts categorically. Moral truths produced by categorical thinking are not literally objective automatically, but have literal objectivity as a consequence of a consistent perspective, founded in the logical amelioration of axial categories, which provides a foundation for symbolism.
7/5/2005: Pan-objectivist--all perceptions are objects, and what is not perceived is not real. Matter's reality consists of a resistance to the good and an obedience to power. Aspects of the world that are depended upon but not perceived directly by sight are still perceived aspects of reality, because they interrelate with our expectations, and are accounted for in any system of rules governing human behavior and the nature of the world (these rules are patterns with manifold manifestations in the human mind). Surprise is a kind of determination about whether something is expected, and reflects a level of perception. It is useless to believe that anything is meaningless or unintentional, except in the case of reserving internal resources (cases of weakness). Thus it is important to have a measure of power proportional to ones ability to find meaning. It is important to understand that what is perceived is meaningful; the only alternative is to believe that all meaning is meaningless, which is the same as being resigned to the notion that words have no meaning. To me, this simply reflects ignorance and laziness or misunderstanding (and to cause any kind of damage is to be evil or helpless, which are both weaknesses in relation to happiness and ultimate good).
Ethics: until we accept that we are responsible for what occurs in our perception, there is no way to determine how to achieve the good. All judgments should be made with the intention of avoiding harm. All efforts should be made to avoid the kinds of perceptions that victimize. People often victimize one another by fixating on a specific aspect as though it were all-important. It is important to recognize ignorance when it comes to the totality, but at the same time individual experiences only have ethical portent in relation to the significance of the perceived totality. If everyone were less attached to the (physical or proscriptive) laws of life, everyone would be free to take spiritual action by participating openly in the world community.
Religious Stances Philosophy & Writing
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