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quote:i-love-my-lord-with-the-eye-of-the-heart-i-said-who-art-thou-he-answered-thouI love my Lord with the Eye of the Heart. I said 'WHO ART THOU?' He answered 'Thou.'
Sufi poem by Hallaj illustrating the unity of self and the divine I.
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- The Blazing OnecitesChapter 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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- 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.
- John Donne's lines used to illustrate each person's participation in the I.
- The prompt Alexander uses in visionary interviews to draw out authentic, universal visions from individuals
- Opening quote from Abraham ben Samuel Abulafia, used to frame the combinatorial nature of creating novel life.
- Mr. Murakoshi's summary of what Alexander's architecture brought to the community.
- First numbered assertion about deep liking.
- Alexander claims that true pleasing oneself is identical to the path intended by the greatest religious teachers.
- Alexander equates the faintly glowing quality with an immanent God shining through matter.