An original pristine mind, then ego differentiates, and takes on the ways of our society, culture, world. So, within this basic internalization, and externalizations . . . a dialectic . . . pretty much on a down to earth, colloquial orientation. The self, here, may have problems . . . pinned down to some generic…

The theme of a unified nature, that existed before man, and represents our current goal, for now we are in a position of being distinct from that . . . ego is only a part of the whole. I was thinking of the figure/ground; but others have stated here, there’s more than just those two…

Perception . . . like a filter . . . “Where one is at” . . . Knowledge, personality, maturity level, etc. More to it as I evolved . . . one can move more into understanding and relating to the situation one is involved in. Enhanced direction “The union with Tao also relates to…

I’ve also said I’m interested in certain kinds of beliefs, people, women . . . then you get anyone trying to apply their one and only system . . . one size fits all, generic. The problem with that is there is also an idea already behind that . . . this is what he…

(I was having experiences in which a square or rectangular image would show up. Ellenberger notes that “The quaternity can appear as a geometric figure of square or sometimes rectangular shape, or it will have some relation with the number four: four persons, four trees, and so on. Often it is a matter of completing…

I got that one generality . . . “our intrinsic nature” . . . one with the universe. The far-east and the mid-east would have no problem with this. I’m from the west; so I had to start from there, using it’s current language. How I had to do the work. Some aboriginals may say…

Representations of the world, internalizations. Ideas. Then comes the more encompassing symbols of the greater worlds, consciousness. Then, full fledged experiences. For that’s how we truly are . . . “A being entwined within an interactive field of meaning and knowledge.” Moving out of the static, separate, mirror image of the world, despite the externalization…

Once I got the understanding of the “interactive field of meaning and knowledge,” actions within the ground, I was on my way. These are the actions of the “enhanced self.” I got the functioning issue going, approach, in my language; now I can consider the personality thing that seems to work for me, in a…