The self-like character of the environment has a direct impact on us: it nourishes us, supports us, and provides freedom.

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• Self can be understood as distributed, distributable, and dynamic rather than singular and enduring.claim0.795
  Core interpretive position synthesizing Buddhist and contemporary cognitive science views; foundational for hypothesis.
• The environment is pleasant, beautiful, humane and people can achieve a true sense of belonging and love for the places where they live.claim0.789
  Overall qualitative evaluation of the planned environment.
• We may then arrive at a picture of the world which includes the self, and which clearly recognizes the personal nature of the universe.claim0.787
  The outcome of using both methods together.
• The wholesomeness and integrity of a person's existence is directly dependent on the extent to which that person can sustain an inner relatedness with the world, which itself depends on the extent of living structure.hypothesis0.787
  Promised for Book 4, chapter 4 (Note 15).
• The impact of the geometry of the environment—its living or not-living structure—has a trace-like, catalytic effect on emotional, social, spiritual, and physical well-being.claim0.784
  Analogy to trace elements and enzymes.
• If living structure impacts inner freedom, then the physical world has impact on the most precious attribute of human existence.hypothesis0.784
  Stated early in the chapter as a conditional.
• The environment is good, or bad, according to the degree that its thousands of centers are pictures of the self, i.e., beings.claim0.779
  The central practical conclusion of the chapter: the being-character is the criterion for life in the environment.
• There is a direct connection between the living structure of the world and the achieved person-ness we experience in ourselves.claim0.779