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concept:there-was-the-hills-and-there-was-me-and-we-wasn-t-separate-no-more-we-was-one-thing-and-that-one-thing-was-holy"There was the hills, and there was me. And we wasn't separate no more. We was one thing. And that one thing was holy."
Steinbeck's Casy from Grapes of Wrath; Alexander uses to exemplify non-technical, sacred relationship to land that morphogenesis should recover.
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- Sustainability as WholenesssupportsAlexander's proposed alternative: sustainability rooted in beauty, adaptation, spiritual connection to land, and iterative morphogenesis rather than technical optimization alone.
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- A direct quotation from the Tao Te Ching, used to illustrate the perennial reference to an ineffable ground.
- Hisae Hosoi's description of the experience when flags were placed on the Eishin site.
- Opening quote from Abraham ben Samuel Abulafia, used to frame the combinatorial nature of creating novel life.
- The closing line of the chapter, summarizing the thesis that true unity reveals a single self in every part of the work.
- Epigraph from a 10th-century poem by the Sufi saint Hallaj, setting the theme of identity between self and the divine that runs through the chapter.
- Mr. Murakoshi's summary of what Alexander's architecture brought to the community.
- Diagnosis of the modern condition: the confusion between being modern and being true reflects a deep disconnection from the self.
- Sufi poem by Hallaj illustrating the unity of self and the divine I.