The relatedness through which I feel that my own self and the tree in the field are directly connected is the most fundamental relation that there is.

Entities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.

• The relation between a person's own wholeness and the wholeness of things in their environment is a direct consequence of the nature of wholeness itself.claim0.820
• The self and the tree are entangled; the connection is a real, non-mental entity that exists in the same substance.claim0.815
  The core of the relatedness argument.
• The relatedness we experience with living things is not a psychological illusion but a real, actual material connection between self and matter.claim0.812
  Central thesis of the chapter: the feeling of connection is literal and fundamental.
• There is a direct connection between the living structure of the world and the achieved person-ness we experience in ourselves.claim0.809
• The feeling of relatedness with a dewdrop is more fundamental than cognitive similarity; it is an essential connection.claim0.808
  Direct appeal to reader's experience.
• Why do I feel that my self is more connected to a tree and less connected to a parking lot?question0.800
  The core problem of relatedness.
• There is only one I, a personal universal presence that underlies all living structure and manifests as the feeling of relatedness.claim0.799
  Alexander's core metaphysical proposal introduced in §8.
• Direct Connection Between Person and Wholenessconcept0.794
  The idea that a person's wholeness is directly linked to the wholeness in their environment.