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Here you’ll find explanations of terms and phrases.

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

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