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Relatedness

The direct, felt connection between a person and living structure in the world, which Alexander claims is the most fundamental relation.

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Concepts (5)

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  • Genetic Relatedness
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    Kin-selection basis for cooperation; shown insufficient to explain all ETIs, especially those with genetically unrelated components.
  • living structure
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    A built or natural form that possesses life, arising from morphogenetic adaptation, as opposed to blueprint designs.
  • the self (or 'I')
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    An eternal, impersonal yet intensely personal core within each person, also called the Void, the ground, or the great Self; the core of every living center.
  • the ground (ground material of the universe)
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    The ineffable substrate of all things, identified in many mystical traditions as what artists reach in devotion; synonymous with the Void, God, and the self.
  • Identity with nature
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    The strongest version of relatedness, where one feels actual identity with a natural entity, not mere identification.

Chapters (1)

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  • Chapter 2: Clues From The History Of Art
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    This chapter of 'The Luminous Ground' examines historical art to find clues for a cosmology that fuses self and matter, emphasizing that profound living structure consistently arises in a mystical-religious context and that we need a new vision of relatedness for our time.

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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.