What, physically, is this unity which seems to speak to us of I?

Opening question of the chapter, seeking the physical nature of the experienced unity.

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The I exists physically, there is some plenum, not part of the physical space and matter as modeled in Cartesian science, but nevertheless there in fact.
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Core assertion of the plenum model: the I is real, not a metaphor.

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The Blazing One
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Chapter 6 of Volume 4, The Luminous Ground, by Christopher Alexander. The chapter introduces the I-hypothesis, the plenum of I, and the Blazing One as the ultimate source of life in architecture.

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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.

The unity is not merely a unity in the surface, in the appearance of things — it is a unity of the most fundamental kind, which goes to the raw reality and which has, when it occurs, a highly unexpected, sometimes rambling, sometimes ferocious, sometimes friendly, even sometimes absurdly crude or comfortable character.claim0.821
True unity is not about conventional beauty but about a raw, messy, everyday reality that resonates deeply.
unityconcept0.793
The indivisible oneness, meltedness that is the source of life; it cannot be described as a structure because it is pure one.
Above all, this unity comes about because of some quality within. And it is here that the idea of the pervasive I, in every living center, begins to tell us something.claim0.791
Beyond the properties, there is an inner essence (the I) that unifies the work.
The I, in some form, exists.claim0.783
Minimal conclusion that at least one of the two versions of the I-hypothesis must be true.
The I is at once the most personal, intimate thing and a single universal entity — it is personal-of-you and of-me but there is only one of it.claim0.779
The three qualities of the I: personal, one, suffused with relatedness.
The I itself—this thing which seems so rarified, so philosophical and which somehow has a religious origin—is also entirely personal in nature.claim0.778
The claim that the transcendent ground of existence is accessed through the most direct, childish, personal making.
There is only one I, a personal universal presence that underlies all living structure and manifests as the feeling of relatedness.claim0.776
Alexander's core metaphysical proposal introduced in §8.
Pure unityconcept0.765
The ultimate condition of living structure where the whole becomes a single, undivided entity made of beings, all rooted in the same I.