What whole, exactly, was guiding the work, pulling the work forward, guiding the next step towards some greater whole?

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• A whole makes its parts, rather than the idea that a whole consists of parts.claim0.795
  Alexander's foundational assertion inverting conventional understanding of composition; central to understanding centers and the Fifteen Properties.
• Wholeness can be felt; using feeling to grasp the whole is a move towards precision.claim0.781
• It is always the whole which governs in a living process; even when only latent, the greater whole is the driving force controlling the shaping of parts.claim0.775
  Central principle distinguishing structure-preserving from structure-destroying processes.
• At every step, the process does its utmost to enhance the structure of the whole, and shapes its parts to make this enhancement happen.claim0.772
  Central normative statement of the living process; defines the correct unfolding.
• The wholeconcept0.772
  The overarching coherence and unity that must be enhanced at every step; the target of all living process.
• Everything comes from the whole.claim0.767
  First principle of the unfolding vision.
• The pursuit of wholeness, pure and simple, was at odds with virtually every institutional and social reality of the 20th century.claim0.763
  Alexander's summary of his forty-year experience that acting for wholeness inevitably brought him into conflict with existing processes.
• If we do one thing at a time, and if what we do is wholesome and sound, then whatever comes next will work.hypothesis0.763
  A predictive statement encapsulating the confidence of living process.