• So, “where one is at” . . .

I could call that a “life world” now; though I haven’t really thought that way much. But as I think of it now, it seems to be more apropos. Even in just the average context, it seems to be a combination of internal and external factors. Its more than just an idea of oneself, for its situated in other situations like one’s family, social elements, etc. It has an abstract element as well: people are taking on roles, activities, ways . . . whatever. There’s an idea behind these; and people react in ways, whether they agree with it or not. I haven’t heard the idea of this combo in either psychology or sociology; so it looks like I’m being your scientist.

But being true to man’s multi-level nature: beyond the typical physical, social levels, and its ideas, there are another levels.

This abstraction . . . originally, I thought of it as man wearing a set of cognitive googles. We tend to get caught within it. The problem is we tend to be passive, think we are like a camera receiving light, then an image is formed. We do nothing, and the physical world provides it all for us. The truth is, we are active: we “attend to the world.” That is the quality of “intentionality.” The Buddhists who speak of “mindfulness,” and the Yogis of concentration, know. This is how we learn, perceive.

As I thought earlier: . . . “modern man, has an idea of himself. But he’s caught within his head. One of the easiest ways to get out of one’s head, as Aboriginals know, is to get out into nature. Relate to the world as it is. Its real! It exists! “Existence.” There is a Truer reality.
Of course, Natives also know that as one attunes to this reality, one discovers that the world out there is a much more mysterious place than one can understand. A lot of other stuff going on.”

“Intent” . . . this is where our real power and awareness lies. Once one learns to focus, everything pulls together.

And as far as this abstraction goes, it has gained new life for me: I’m seeing the possibility of an interactive orientation of knowledge for this abstraction now. (This is me speaking.) A “life-world,” using figure/ground as a rule of thumb, within a greater consciousness . . . the ground. There are some other orientations and standards here. Intent. Easy to see how there can be other parts, greater parts, the bigger picture and the greater consciousness. Hmmm . . . Enhanced Self.

• Not just humans:

I got to thinking. Those two shining shields, touching, I saw in the sky. An external representation, of the two of us connecting. As I moved towards her house. We were trying for a higher orientation, way. Then one that was the other way, if one looked back, was just average, a pastel pink, with some yellow and red. Not a shield, not lit up. Towards the party house. We were there; but we also had past involvements.

The situation . . .

I was doing what I could do at the time. More of just a person involvement, level. We were trying.

It came near the end of those particular other ways for me. Those selective only ones, competitive. I was going to stop and look at more, whether I could handle it or not. So, not “good” enough. One flew off, looking like a typical orb moving in the sky. When I got home, the other was in the clouds, very large, right above my house, with its light off. Under cover, symbolically speaking, like me going into my house. I could see the symbolism there, now.

That was an external representation, externalization, but from a higher level? But that wasn’t the end for me. There was an experience when I got to own those three personally . . . ? Like those three things swirling within my body. I even moved from the physical to my other self, and they moved with me. Educational.

I wonder. Obviously interested in the people tack. The other ones came in different situations. So, I know who’s who now.

And I can play in different ways now.