The Groundwork
Which came first, the seed or the fruit? (Hint: It's a trick question)
In this section we cover the groundwork for our inquiry. The main questions being: Who are we? How did we become who we are? How do we re+create who we are? To answer these questions we're looking at both, how any human society instills it's beliefs in it's members and what beliefs did a particular society instill. In this "Earth" section we address the how.
Covering the groundwork in this "Earth" means we share a number of tools and techniques that are used throughout this inquiry to help us find answers to these questions: how we might re+create who we are and how we became who we are...
In this section we cover the groundwork for our inquiry. The main questions being: Who are we? How did we become who we are? How do we re+create who we are? To answer these questions we're looking at both, how any human society instills it's beliefs in it's members and what beliefs did a particular society instill. In this "Earth" section we address the how.
Covering the groundwork in this "Earth" means we share a number of tools and techniques that are used throughout this inquiry to help us find answers to these questions: how we might re+create who we are and how we became who we are...
System, Society, & Core Beliefs
These are the most fundamental concepts to this inquiry. In later sections we look at the connections and interactions between system, society, and core beliefs. For now we'll look at them as separate components. To understand how any human society instills it's beliefs in it's members we must be clear on:
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System: an organization that consists of interrelated and interdependent elements (components, entities, factors, members, parts, etc.), continually influencing one another (directly or indirectly), maintaining their activity and the existence of the system, in order to achieve the goal of the system.
Society: a group involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or social territory, typically subject to the same principle authority and dominant cultural expectations.
Core Beliefs: a principal principle, proposition, idea, etc, accepted as true; opinion; conviction
the very essence of how one sees the past, present, and future, the world, other beings, and themselves.
- organization: an arrangement into a structured whole
- interrelated and interdependent: two or more things related, connected, and dependent on each other.
- continually influencing: constantly having an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something
Society: a group involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or social territory, typically subject to the same principle authority and dominant cultural expectations.
- persistent: continuing to exist or endure over a prolonged period
- principle authority: the main influencer, the originator, or creator
- dominant cultural expectations: most powerful or most prevalent beliefs of a society
Core Beliefs: a principal principle, proposition, idea, etc, accepted as true; opinion; conviction
the very essence of how one sees the past, present, and future, the world, other beings, and themselves.
- principal principle: the first or main fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning
- accepted as true: not necessarily true, but generally believed or recognized to be valid or correct.
- very essence of how one sees: vision, a mental image of what the future will or could be like, perhaps leading to a self-fulfilling prophecy, in which behavior, influenced by expectations, causes those expectations to come true.
Tools, Principles, & Contents
How will we conceptualize the fundamental ideas? The Tools section covers the strategies we use to conceptualize and connect ideas:
- Tree Model
- Ebb & Flow
- Venn Diagram
- Many Paths Principle
- Integral Principle
- Repetitive Principle
- 3-D Principle
- AAA Principle
- Assumptions, Agendas, & Appeal
- Means, Methods, & Manners
- Lifeforms, Lifestyles, & Livelihood
- Language, Customs, & Ideals
- Architecture, Arts, & Achievement
- Identity, Distinction, & Specification
ToolsA discussion on what core beliefs are and their importance.
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Guiding PrinciplesA discussion on how core beliefs can be instilled
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ContentsA preview of how we'll delve into identifying core beliefs
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Second Warning!!
It's said that a mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions. There's still time to stop. It's not too late for you to turn back.
