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I am seeing God, the glowing of all things, shining out from that old brick wall, or from that bush, or from that face, or from the flowers in a vase.

Alexander equates the faintly glowing quality with an immanent God shining through matter.

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The Blazing One
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Chapter 6 of Volume 4, The Luminous Ground, by Christopher Alexander. The chapter introduces the I-hypothesis, the plenum of I, and the Blazing One as the ultimate source of life in architecture.

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We see only one I, the same I, shining out from every part.quote0.796
The closing line of the chapter, summarizing the thesis that true unity reveals a single self in every part of the work.
This quality, when it appears in things, people, in a moment, in an event, is God.claim0.792
The central theological claim that the quality without a name is not an indication of God but God itself.
When I look at a thing which has a living quality, sometimes I am aware of it, almost as if it is faintly glowing.quote0.781
Alexander's direct experience of the luminous quality in living things.
The more it is alive, the more it seems faintly to shine.claim0.777
Alexander's introspective observation about the qualitative appearance of life in things.
When I eat, eat. When I walk, walk. I am trying to find those aspects of sight, sound, smell, the sandwich eaten on the back of the truck, the sun's rays on the bedroom floor, which will illuminate existence.quote0.769
Closing passage invoking Basho as the spiritual model for finding essential centers that illuminate eternal life
It becomes visible when the structure of a strong field of centers gently raises the lid, lifts the veil, and through the partial opening, we see, or sense, the glow of the Blazing One beyond.claim0.769
Description of the experiential effect of a strong field of centers.
"Close your eyes and tell me what you see. Imagine that it is wonderful in your own terms. You didn't know that it was there... What is it that you found?"quote0.766
The prompt Alexander uses in visionary interviews to draw out authentic, universal visions from individuals
I SAW MY LORD WITH THE EYE OF THE HEART. I SAID 'WHO ART THOU?' HE ANSWERED, 'THOU.'quote0.763
Epigraph from a 10th-century poem by the Sufi saint Hallaj, setting the theme of identity between self and the divine that runs through the chapter.