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Paths & Constellation

Every piece in the archive as a star, and each collection as the path it was written to be read along.

Each collection on this site is drawn here as a constellation.

The theory takes the shape of Orion: the four journals at its corners, the three companion papers as the belt. The On ——ing series turns outward as a spiral, from its first essay at the centre to its last at the rim. Turning Toward is the Plough, the scientific papers are Cassiopeia, and the short prose gathers like the Pleiades. Dotted lines cross between pieces whose bibliographies overlap — the places where one essay reaches for the same sources as another.

Point to a star, or tab to it, to see its title. Select it to read. Every star is also listed below, in reading order.

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Lines trace each collectionDotted lines join pieces that draw on the same sources

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Toward a Theory of Coherent Existence

The four main journals and their companions

Toward a Theory of Coherent Existence — Journal 1
Toward a Theory of Coherent Existence — Journal 2
Toward a Theory of Coherent Existence — Journal 3
Toward a Theory of Coherent Existence — Journal 4
The Jay and the QuarkA Perspectival Dual-Aspect Monism
Jays and PhotonsA Hypothetical Consideration of the Presence of Light
FaithThe Fractalization of the Same Image

The Turning Toward Series

Philosophy of mental health

Some of these essays speak about depression, addiction and suicidal thoughts. If you are struggling, you are not alone — call or text 988 (US), chat at 988lifeline.org, or find a line where you are at findahelpline.com. If someone is in immediate danger, call 911.

Turning Toward Mental HealthThe Hinge Between Lived Experience and Developing the Keys for Growth
Turning Toward the SubconsciousShining a Light Into the Dark, Asking Why, and Learning to Read the Answer
Turning Toward DepressionBringing a Heartfelt Flashlight Into a Room Shaped by the Dark
Turning Toward AddictionUnderstanding the Desire, Holding the Reality, and Letting Go of the Parts That Don't Belong
Turning Toward Suicidal ThoughtsFacing Life's Biggest Demon, Standing Your Ground, and Winning
Turning Toward AnxietyStanding Outside the Shadows, and the Confusion of Things Still Going Wrong
Turning Toward ADHDRemoving the Persona, and the Shadow You Can Never Quite Pin Down

Scientific Theory

Frameworks & mechanisms

Artwork & Short Prose

Images & short prose

Conscious Cat
Marking the SeamWhat a Sentence Is Doing
ComparisonsAn Individual Perspective on Objectivity, Subjectivity, and Relativity
DirectionsAll the Infinite Places A Mind Can Travel
HomeGrowing and Shrinking the Circle
The Buck Stops Here
Excuse me, Carl.

The On ——ing Series

36 introspective essays + 2 closing

On ArrivingA Resonance Traced Backwards
On AskingOn Questions, Intervals, and the Answer Already Folded In — a discussion of Ramanujan's Question 289 and nested radical
On BecomingThe Two Forces at the Heart of the Matter
On BeingA Reading, Through the Quantum Lens, of What it is to be Oneself
On CompletingThe Late Finale
On ComputingThe Philosophical Gap Between Computer and Medical Science
On CountingOn Number, Proportion, and the Legible Life
On CreatingA Philosophical View of the Power of Creativity in the Human Mind, and the Combination and Separation of the Brush and Artist
On DreamingThe Separation of Mind and Body During a Moment of Rest
On ExistingOn the Ruler, the Sum Over Selves, and What Is Left When the Perspectives Cancel
On ExpandingCosmological Expansion — Dark Energy, the Cosmological Constant Λ
On ExplainingUnderstanding What it is to be Human, From all Sides of the Equation
On FacingAlignment, Time, and the Ripples We Leave
On FeelingThe Resonant Field of Time
On FindingBecoming Coherent, and Feeling the Passage of Jays Through Time
On ForgivingThe Reality of Understanding Coherence, and the Importance of the Duality Mirror
On GravitatingThe One Force Shaped Like the Reaching
On GrowingA Garden, and the People We Plant In It
On JoiningOn the Gap of One, the Binding Third, and What Counting Was For
On LastingA Philosophical Perspective on Humanity Being Everlasting
On LearningThe Super Positioned Layers That Make Us a Person
On LivingThe Importance of Making Life Beautiful and Bearable for Ourselves and Others
On MagnetizingThe Force Shaped Like The Aligning
On MeetingA Mind That Reaches For Coherence and Never Finds It, but Subconsciously Knows It Will
On ObservingThe Power of Timeless Art and Artifacts
On PopulatingA Philosophical Perspective of the Fractalization of Humanity Since the Beginning of Time
On QuestioningNature Exposed to Our Method of Questioning
On RememberingA Point in Time in Which all Perspectives Collapsed Into Reality and Became History — 1990
On RisingA Philosophical Perspective On Becoming Coherent as a Whole
On SearchingThe Jays That Call Us Onward, and the Unknown Reasons We Follow
On SeeingThe Hypothetical Perspective of an Individual Aligned in Time
On ShapingThe Collapsing of All Possible Realities Surrounding The One We See
On TeachingThe Importance of Education, The Impact of Educators, and Outcomes That Stem From Their Resilience
On TestingMeasuring Our Existence Against the Possibility of a Greater Power
On TransmittingOn the Round Trip of a Signal — Emitted, Modulated by Reality, Received, and Returned
On WatchingThe Hypothetical Perspective of Historical Prophets and Their Timeless Coherence
On WitnessingOn Recording, and Being the One Who Records
On Returning (coda)

Banner artwork Andreas Cellarius, Scenographia Systematis Copernicani, from Harmonia Macrocosmica (1660). Public domain or CC0 — full list in the image credits.