Connectedness to the I

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

• Social Connectednessconcept0.782
  Increase in sense of connection to others; associated with decreased selfing and extended identity.
• Each of us, as we are, is connected to the world. We are connected to it in a concrete way.quote0.764
  Clear statement of the central claim of real entanglement.
• There is only one I, a personal universal presence that underlies all living structure and manifests as the feeling of relatedness.claim0.763
  Alexander's core metaphysical proposal introduced in §8.
• We are cut off from ourselves, and cut off from the I, to a very great degree.claim0.755
  Diagnosis of the modern condition: the confusion between being modern and being true reflects a deep disconnection from the self.
• The I is at once the most personal, intimate thing and a single universal entity — it is personal-of-you and of-me but there is only one of it.claim0.749
  The three qualities of the I: personal, one, suffused with relatedness.
• Relatednessconcept0.744
  The direct, felt connection between a person and living structure in the world, which Alexander claims is the most fundamental relation.
• When this is achieved, or touched, to the extent that it is achieved, then, that is what I mean by reaching and touching the I, the blazing one.claim0.740
  The final definition: achieving sadness in a work is the act of touching the I.
• A great work of art makes a permanent connection with the I.claim0.739
  The highest works of art open a enduring window to the ground.