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Reference: Postulate Mechanics

Universe = Substance + Awareness + Oneness

The Beginning

1. Everything starts when substance comes into existence.
2. Wherever there is substance, there is also awareness — the two always appear together.
3. Awareness means there is a viewpoint (something that sees).
4. And that something is being viewed.
5. So from the very start, there is substance that can be perceived and responded to.

The Oneness of Life

1. Substance naturally moves and resists change.
2. Over time, these movements diversify and blend back together.
3. This interplay produces harmony.
4. Harmony persists as consistency and continuity.
5. And that is what we call the oneness of life.

Oneness as a Goal

1. Many viewpoints exist, each with its own perspective, and they exchange views with one another.
2. Viewpoints can adjust and adapt to each other, creating a shared, common reality.
3. And that reality feels solid and real.
4. This shared reality grows into larger structures of thought, energy, and matter. However, when admiration — open, appreciative attention — is lacking, oneness breaks down.
5. And reality fragments into increasingly complex individual objects with their own separate characteristics.

Individuality and Free Will

1. As viewpoints come together, the forms they produce become finer and more complex.
2. Whether something appears beautiful or ugly depends entirely on how a viewpoint perceives its harmony — this is the essence of art.
3. When a viewpoint becomes attached to a particular form, concern about survival arises.
4. Yet no form and no viewpoint lasts forever.
5. When viewpoints accept forms without fully examining them, they become dependent on those forms.

The Universe

1. All change must be harmonious, consistent, and continuous — this is dynamic oneness, and when regulated, it becomes what we call Time.
2. This is the essence of the universe, which rests on three inseparable foundations: substantiality, awareness, and oneness.
3. Ideally, all viewpoints are absorbed into this oneness.
4. Whenever a viewpoint tries to hold itself fixed and unchanging, it violates dynamic oneness — and that is the root of all anomalies.
5. Unresolved anomalies are what keep the cycles of life and death going.

Anomalies and Their Resolution

1. Anomalies are breaks in the oneness of the universe, and they show up as suffering.
2. The root cause of suffering is attachment to a fixed viewpoint — a fixation.
3. Freedom from suffering comes from spotting these fixations and dissolving them.
4. The best viewpoint is one that supports the dynamic oneness of everything.
5. Rather than prescribing solutions, the most useful thing we can do is give people tools to resolve their own deepest concerns — building a culture where people solve problems for themselves.

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