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Abstract rationality
a form of reasoning which assumes discontinuity between material things and space and so divides or integrates reality into isolated units or portions or isolated units
Abstraction
a mental process that isolates naturally occurring forms from their spatial context in order to consider them independently as self-contained objects
Actual
adjective
present in Nature as more than an imaginary occurrence
Adaptation
abstract concept in which something is required to change in order to conform to constraints imposed by something else
Agape
unconditional, welcoming, nurturing, receptive acceptance of life in all its guises by world soul
Analysis
process of distinguishing amongst and between the basic characteristics of a complex natural phenomenon or occurrence
Atomism
analytical philosophy which posits that all larger entities can be assembled and interpreted through analysis of discrete, separable, and independent elementary constituents
Attunement
shaping of different kinds of natural occurrence in each others’ influence – for example a river system simultaneously shaping and being shaped by landscape
Becoming
coming into form as a continuous process of energy transformation
Being
existing; the outcome of becoming between and around local regions of the infinite space
Binary
based on two alternative, mutually exclusive possibilities, most fundamentally ‘presence’ or ‘absence’, often represented digitally as ‘1’ or ‘0’
Body
a co-expression of space and energy in local gravitational form
Boundary
an energetic interfacing between one occurrence and any other occurrence serving to distinguish one locality from another locality as containers and conduits
Causality
presumptuous abstraction whereby a system or process as a whole is contained within a fixed boundary and its behavior can be predicted with complete certainty so long as the initial conditions are known precisely
Chance
fluid possibility
Change
departure from stasis, ultimately through the inclusion of space throughout figure and figure in space
Collectivism
abstract belief in the autonomy of a group or groups
Community
opportunity of interplay amongst diverse organisms and/or people in common place
Competition
perception of the eliminative relationship between autonomous individuals or groups striving for possession of the same resource or position
Completeness
abstract notion of absolute containment within a discrete boundary limit
Connectedness
linkage of one tangible form to another, often regarded abstractly as synonymous with ‘continuity’, ‘unity’, ‘oneness’, ‘wholeness’ or ‘togetherness’
Connectivity
variable ability to establish tangible connections between distinct localities
Conservative organization
minimization of boundary surface exposure in response to internal receptive influence through integration into packaged, unbranched and storing structures
Context
what any local form arises from and is included within
Continuity
quality of existing without actual definitive beginning or ending
Contradiction
a statement that asserts the falsehood of another and the truth of itself
Cooperation
abstract perception of autonomous entities working together in a common cause
Darkness
intangible presence
Darwinism
unnatural belief of evolution by means of the selectively eliminative mechanism of natural selection
Death
opening for renewal of life
Definition
the imposition of definite limits on any object or collection of objects
Determinate
having a fixed boundary limit
Determinism
limiting belief that destiny is entirely defined by present or ‘initial’ conditions
Development
progressive transformation of one form into another, such as the transition from egg to embryo to adult of a plant or animal
Dialectic
exposition juxtaposing each and other in mutual contradiction
Differentiation
developmental individuation into distinctive, dynamic identities
Discrete
unnatural condition of being isolated, discontinuous, and definitively bounded
Dissapative organization
maximization of boundary surface exposure in response to external receptive influence through differentiation into particulate, folded and branching structures
Distance
tangible length of travel between one locality in space and another locality in space, pooled in space everywhere
Distinct
distinguishable but not necessarily discrete
Diversity
the intrinsic and naturally fluid variety arising from the relationship of receptive space and responsive flux without the intervention of central or external administrative agency
Dualism
isolation of tangible from intangible presence suggesting solely third-person or objective perception
Duration
tangible interval elapsing between one locality in time and another locality in time
Dynamic
incorporating change
Electromagnetic radiation
radiant energy
Embodiment
inclusion or manifestation within a body
Energy
mobile presence
Energy flow
circulatory and directional distribution of energy
Entity
a ‘thing’ naturally occurring as a flow~form
Environment
what includes and is expressed by an inhabitant
Eros
responsive, passionate, living spirit of natural energy flow around and between all natural forms
Everything
all tangible presence
Everywhere
limitless space, including its tangible contents
Evolution
continuing creative exploration in a pool of ever-changing possibility; any process of cumulative transformation, whether this is understood in terms of natural inclusion or abstract, Darwinian selection
Evolutionary
descriptive of any process of cumulative transformation
Expiration
out-breathing or out-flowing; releasing what has been received through inspiration
Expression
manifestation; utterance; outward representation
False dichotomy
impositional fallacy of discontinuity between mutually inclusive occurrences, most fundamentally between tangible and intangible presence
Field
radiant energy
Flow
continuous energetic reconfiguration of space
Flow~Form
matter, without definitive beginning or ending, arising naturally as a co~expression of mobile, energetic presence and non-mobile, spatial presence
Fluidity
continuous reconfigurability of form
Force
abstract concept of the physical quantity that ‘does work’ either by changing the motion of a body, by imparting acceleration to it, or by deforming the body
Fraction
abstract concept of a specific amount as ‘part of a whole’
Framework
definitive structure
Framing
fluid structuring
Freedom
absence of definitive restriction by other due to intangible presence of receptive space
Future
what emerges continually via present from the becoming(s) of the past
Gap
space between one locality and another, viewed naturally as continuous with space around and space within; a dynamic locality
Generative
relating to the assimilation and distribution of external energy sources into dissipative growth and reproduction structures
Geometry
mathematics of shape and form
Gravity
receptive influence of space within a locality
Hate
fearful opposition
Hole
intangible presence within tangible presence
Holism
unnatural belief that the fundamental principle of the universe is the creation of complete and self-contained wholes
Honesty
being truthful; communicating and acting in good faith to self and others
I
local identity
I-opening
loosening of self-definition, allowing receptivity to other(s)
Imagination
ability to play with possibilities
Immaterial
spatial
Impartiality
comprehensive consideration from all possible points of view
Inclusion
incorporation of and/or by another
Independence
unnatural notion of absolute freedom from the influence of others, associated with the autonomy of ‘one’ as a complete, self-contained entity
Indeterminate
dynamically bounded; developmentally fluid
Indigenous wisdom
the sense of what it means to be an inhabitant of Nature
Individual
dynamically distinct local identity
Individualism
unnatural belief in the absolute autonomy of individuals
Individuation
process of becoming a unique, but not necessarily autonomous, local identity
Inferiority
abstract perception of lower worth or status
Infinite
without limit and so beyond quantitative definition; a quality of space, not a quantity of matter.
Infinitesimal
adjective spatial
Infinity
outward influence of receptive space
Influence
effect arising from inflow of energy towards and around localities of receptive space
Information
local embodiment of energy between and around localities of receptive space
Inhabitant
in-dweller
Inspiration
in-breathing; enlivening inflow
Instantaneous
unnatural condition of existing or measuring at a particular instant which separates time from dynamic localities
Intangible
frictionless; incapable of being detected directly by an excitable surface
Intangible presence
space, the limitless depth/openness/slipperiness, which permeates everywhere and lacks any resistance to movement; continuously present aspect of reality we are aware of from first-hand personal experience even though it lacks substance and so is incapable of being cut, displaced or imposing resistive pressure upon or from a material body
Integration
coalescence of individuated forms