FG Version: (20) The Factors

Reference: Postulate Mechanics

How Everything Began

Everything started when “stuff” — things you can touch, see, or feel — first appeared.
Whenever there is stuff, there also has to be something that notices it.
So there must be a point of view — like a pair of eyes looking out at the world.
And there must be something out there to look at.
That means there is stuff you can sense and react to.

All stuff moves on its own and resists being pushed around.
Stuff moves in many different ways and sometimes mixes together.
When things mix in just the right way, everything works together nicely — like harmony in music.
That harmony keeps going and stays the same over time.
That is how all living things are connected as one big whole.

But not everyone sees things the same way. Different people have different ideas, and they share those ideas with each other.
People can listen to each other and adjust their thinking. That way, everyone gets along better.
When people share ideas, they build a common view of the world — and that shared world feels very real and solid.
This shared world keeps growing into bigger and more complex things — thoughts, energy, and matter. But sometimes people stop appreciating each other, and that makes it harder to stay connected.
So the world gets more and more complicated, and everything starts to look and act differently from everything else.

As points of view come together, the shapes and movements in the world get more detailed and complex.
Whether something looks beautiful or ugly depends on how well its parts fit together — and noticing that is what art is all about.
When a person gets too attached to their body or their stuff, they start to worry about staying alive.
No body or point of view lasts forever.
When people accept things without really looking at them carefully, they become dependent on those things.

All changes in the universe have to flow smoothly — they must fit together, stay the same rules, and keep going. That smooth flow is what we call TIME.
This is the heart of what the universe is.
The universe is built on the idea that stuff, awareness, and oneness all belong together. Ideally, every point of view blends into one big understanding.
Thinking that one point of view never changes and lasts forever goes against how the universe works. That is where problems begin.
And as long as those problems stay unsolved, living things keep going through cycles of life and death.

Problems happen when things break away from the big oneness. Those breaks show up as pain and suffering.
The main reason life hurts is that people get stuck holding tightly to one fixed point of view.
To feel better, a person needs to find those stuck places and let them go.
The best point of view is one that helps everything flow together again.
Teachers can suggest all kinds of things, but a person will only really work on what bothers them the most. So let’s give people simple tools to solve their own problems on their own. That way, we build a world where people know how to figure things out — and that is something to be proud of.