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concept:egoless-effort

Egoless Effort

The mode of making in which personal search for the true self and objective construction of living structure coincide.

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  • The I (eternal self)
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    Central metaphysical concept of the chapter: the universal ground of selfhood that living centers reflect and connect to; what makers must yearn toward to produce living structure.

Related by similarity (8)

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

  • The state of mind required to produce genuine roughness and life; the product of no will, where the maker is deeply relaxed and free, doing only what is essential without contrived desire to be interesting
  • Egoless Stateconcept0.777
    The state in which one sees the structure perfectly and makes the perfect structure-preserving response; paradoxically reached through the deeply personal act of pleasing oneself.
  • Selfless Selfconcept0.760
    Model of agency in which self is constituted by dynamical patterns of care and goal-pursuit rather than permanent substance or essence.
  • Ego-free Processconcept0.758
    Creation without imposing personal concepts or ego, allowing the wholeness to guide unfolding.
  • abandonment of egoconcept0.739
    A common essential in mystical teachings: the need to lose concern with one's own ego to reach the ground and see wholeness.
  • The apparent paradox: the 'it' can only be found by being egoless, yet the prescription is to please yourself.
  • The maker's impulse to draw attention to self, which blocks the creation of not-separateness and living structure.
  • Selfingconcept0.715
    Process of reifying one's identity as an independent self; meditation practices aim to decrease selfing.