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question:if-there-is-such-a-thing-such-a-feeling-of-relatedness-between-you-and-the-dewdrops-what-might-it-be-caused-byIf there is such a thing, such a feeling of relatedness between you and the dewdrops, what might it be caused by?
The causal question that motivates the hypothesis of the I.
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- There must be some relation between the ultimate nature of a living center and the nature of the I.gatesThe hypothesis that the deepest aspect of centers is identical with the I-like presence.
Related by similarity (8)
cosine ≥ 0.65 · no typed edgeEntities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.
- Direct appeal to reader's experience.
- The search for the name and nature of the presence.
- Central thesis of the chapter: the feeling of connection is literal and fundamental.
- Load-bearing statement of the primacy of relatedness.
- The causal claim that deep connectedness creates the sensation of universal harmony.
- Rehabilitates animistic and premodern worldviews as reporting genuine reality.
- First numbered assertion about deep liking.