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question:does-it-create-feeling-in-me-does-it-make-me-feel-more-whole-within-myself-when-i-confront-itDoes it create feeling in me, does it make me feel more whole within myself, when I confront it?
The fundamental question to ask during the process of creating order; the operational test for living structure.
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- Pleasing Yourselfassociated_withThe core prescription of the chapter: making what truly pleases you at the deepest level, which Alexander argues is the key to creating all living structure and the path to the I.
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- The experience of encountering a work where the I shines through is an encounter with genuine life.