Not-separateness simply means that a thing which is whole will be made, in the end, only by the genuine desire, on the part of the maker, not to be separate from the world.

Entities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.

• Not-Separatenessconcept0.855
  The property that a living whole is at one with the world, not separate from it; the center melts into its surroundings, the boundary is fragmented or incomplete, and there is a profound connection rather than isolation—perhaps the most important property of all
• I cannot make a thing which has this not-separateness, unless I honestly want it.claim0.853
  The necessity of sincere desire for not-separateness on the part of the maker.
• Not-separateness is evident in the deep interconnectedness of all things, as suggested by Mach's principle and Bell's theorem.claim0.843
• Not-separateness is finally perhaps the most important property of all—without it even a center with the other fourteen properties can be strangely separate, lonely, too egocentricclaim0.838
  Claim that connectedness to surroundings is the culminating property; without it, beautiful centers shout 'look at me' rather than healing
• ECHOES and NOT-SEPARATENESS are two of the properties which most strongly tie things together, and create this inner unity in them.claim0.804
  Two specific properties from the 15 Properties framework are identified as primary drivers of felt unity.
• A whole makes its parts, rather than the idea that a whole consists of parts.claim0.776
  Alexander's foundational assertion inverting conventional understanding of composition; central to understanding centers and the Fifteen Properties.
• Wholeness is a neutral structure that simply exists; its degree of life or beauty follows from its internal cohesion without reference to opinion.claim0.776
  Posits that wholeness provides an objective foundation for aesthetics.
• Paradoxically, in the moment where this absolute identity and not-separateness is attained in a thing, it stands out shining with an extraordinary power.claim0.773
  The central mystery that true oneness produces maximum individuality.