paying attention to the wholeness

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• seeing wholeness accuratelyconcept0.840
  The perceptual capacity to grasp the structure of wholeness directly, without interposing categories; very difficult to learn but essential for structure‑preserving making.
• Wholenessconcept0.826
  Alexander's core concept rejecting the idea that a whole consists of parts; instead, a whole makes its parts (called 'centers').
• What exactly, then, is wholeness?question0.811
  Central question of the chapter, answered by defining wholeness as the structure of nested centers.
• To get wholeness, you must try instead to strive for a perfection where the things which matter less are left more rough, and the things which matter more are given deep attention.quote0.804
  Core principle of wabi-to-sabi in building.
• To get wholeness, you must strive for perfection where the things which matter less are left more rough, and the things which matter more are given deep attention.claim0.804
  Roughness in non-essentials allows concentration on essentials.
• Observation of a person's inner state of wholeness can give reliable and objective information about the objective living character of systems in the external worldclaim0.802
  Central claim of the chapter: what appears subjective (inner feeling) is actually an objective measuring instrument for external reality
• In order to make buildings by unfolding, it is necessary to pay attention to the wholeness in the world. This 'paying attention to the wholeness' is essentially synonymous with love of life.claim0.802
  Connection between process, perception, and love.
• unfolding of wholenessconcept0.802
  The process by which new centers emerge naturally from existing ones without forcing; the essence of morphogenetic sequences.