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PM Chapter 18: Postulates of Life and Self

May 30, 2026 7:24 AM

Reference: Postulate Mechanics (PM)

Postulates of Life

LIFE
Life is perceived as motion which, as it evolves, becomes increasingly sophisticated and harmonious. This requires an intricate modulation of inertia. This modulation is provided by the sophisticated structure of the life organism. There is no separate spirit controlling the life organism. The inertia is inherent to substance of the organism and so is the motion. The life organism is simply a very sophisticated system that also has the ability to reproduce itself.

EVOLUTION
Evolution of life occurs from inanimate to animate, minerals to cells, unicellular to multicellular, and from plants to animals to humans. The form becomes more complex as it evolves, and the inherent motion becomes more sophisticated.

GENETIC ENTITY
Genetic Entity is a term borrowed from Scientology. It is a programming that keeps the blueprint of the body. It is carried forward over the genetic line. It is hard-wired into the body through DNA molecules. It develops the body and monitors all its functions. It is very sophisticated, but it has limited capacity to update itself.

LIFE ORGANISM
A life organism has a form made of substance, which displays inherent motion. The form made of substance is seen as a body. The complex capabilities expressed through the body are seen as the workings of a mind. And, the inherent motion, which makes these capabilities possible, is seen as the spirit. Man is the life organism at the top of the evolutionary chain. 

SELF-ANIMATION
Self animation is inherent to a living form, such as, virus, cells and higher organisms. Since extremely small changes in inertia may produce significantly large and visible changes in motion, life can manage self-animation by controlling the inertia of its parts. The required changes in inertia are so small that they can easily be controlled by thought. Therefore, a thought-motion interface may be postulated for living organisms.

BEINGNESS
Beingness is the individual essence of a life organism. It is the whole genetic evolution that presents itself as a system of body-mind-spirit.

DEATH
Death and birth are natural events that are necessary for the evolution of life. The DNA “programming” passes through reproduction. Death is the total and permanent cessation of all vital functions of a life organism. When death occurs, the system of body, mind and spirit disintegrates. The consciousness of “I” is the first sense to go. Other senses disintegrate in a short interval of time after death. There’s no eternal soul.

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Postulates of Self

SELF
Self is core of the Universe. It consists of the postulates of substantiality, awareness and oneness. It is pure awareness of the substantiality of the universe that is engaged in resolving anomalies to bring about oneness. 

IDENTITY
The self acquires an identity when identification of sensations occurs. The self cannot differentiate itself from the identity. A self can have many identities and not be aware of them. It just acts out according to the identity that gets activated in a situation. Such identities dissolve as assimilation occurs and knowingness comes about.

INDIVIDUALITY
The self has a sense of individuality in that it considers itself to be unique. An identified self can also claim individuality. Therefore, individuality and identity are not exclusive of each other.

EGO
The ego is an introversion into individuality. The more introversion there is, the more irrational it becomes. And, the more fixation there is, the more insane it becomes.

INDIVIDUAL
An individual is a human organism that has the sense of being coordinated from a single control point, and which considers itself to be separate and unique. 

VIEWPOINT
Viewpoint is the frame of reference the individual is using to view from. It is closely tied with individuality. The viewpoint determines a person’s reality, which includes the sense of his location in space, and what he thinks of himself. The viewpoint can become fixed, but a person can always unfix and change it.

SELF-DETERMINATION
Self-determination is a person’s ability to determine something without outside influence, and based entirely on his viewpoint.

FREE WILL
A person’s free will is his ability to make decisions voluntarily. In other words, he can postulate, but subject to the laws of Postulate Mechanics. Free will does not mean that the person can arbitrarily do anything he wants.

SPIRIT
The original meaning of SPIRIT is “breath” or “wind.” Spirit is the animating principle that gives life, energy, and power to living things. It represents the immaterial part of a human, encompassing mind, emotions, and will, distinct from the body. The word, spirit, is also used for an incorporeal being, like a ghost, phantom, deity, fairy, or demon. 

SOUL
The SOUL refers to the animating, non-physical essence of life. In philosophy, this term has been used to refer to the mind. In religion, it is theorized to be that eternal aspect of the person, which separates from the body upon death, and goes to heaven or hell.

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