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A fish does not know it is swimming in water.
The water is too close.
Too constant.
Too complete.
It surrounds the fish from birth, making itself nearly impossible to see.
Human beings often relate to their world in much the same way.
We see objects.
We see people.
We see institutions.
We see nations.
We see religions.
We see economies.
We see technologies.
Yet we rarely see the larger story that binds them together.
The largest structures are often the hardest to notice.
This is the territory of All ThisAll This — World-SystemAll This names the total symbolic environment that has become so complete it is experienced as reality itself.Read full entry →.
The journey begins simply enough.
First comes reflectionAm — ReflectionAm names reflected presence: awareness embodied or mirrored without yet becoming ownership.Read full entry →.
Then identityThis — IdentityThis names the formed identity: the body, role, image, wound, belief, or story claimed as what the self is.Read full entry →.
Then possession.
Then the outsider.
Eventually theseThese — AccumulationThese names accumulation: possessions, titles, achievements, beliefs, communities, and other extensions gathered around identity.Read full entry → separate pieces combine into something much larger.
A civilization.
A worldview.
A…
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