The Ontological War

The war to define the human self and human existence

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Entries from December 2006

The Four Main Ontological Groups of People

December 13th, 2006 · No Comments

As one goes through life, listening to what others say and reading what they have written, one sees that most people fall into one of four groups when they are judged by their ontological sensitivity and insight.
The first group, which is probably the largest, is made up of people who are not sensitive ontologically. It [...]

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Tags: Bad Alienation · DECREASING DEGREES OF BEING · Defending Alienated Life · Good Alienation · Hating One's Inner Self · INCREASING DEGREES OF BEING · Ontology Trumps Everything · Realself Life · The Culture War · The Transition

What Are “Degrees of Being”?

December 5th, 2006 · No Comments

Someone asked me what “degrees of being” are, and the best way to describe them is to show them in action—to show them as a person actually experiences them.
(A short definition of “degrees of being” is in the Glossary above, and much more on degrees of being is in Being and Life . Also, in [...]

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Tags: Ego-boundaried Beliefs · Good Alienation · INCREASING DEGREES OF BEING · Loss of Self · Mental Illness · Ontologically Lost · Ontology Trumps Everything · Realself Life · Socialself Life · The Transition

The Two Main Reasons for This Blog

December 2nd, 2006 · No Comments

I started this blog for several reasons, but there are two main ones. The first is to show many of the ways that ontological emotions and ideas are expressed, discussed, and fought over in day-to-day life. These emotions and their ideas are passionately debated, but very few people are conscious of their own realself’s (being’s) [...]

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Tags: Bad Alienation · INCREASING DEGREES OF BEING · Ontologically Lost · Realself Life · Socialself Life · The Transition

What the Heck Is the Ontological War?

December 2nd, 2006 · No Comments

Even though very few people have been conscious of their realself’s existence, we humans have been fighting ontological battles of one sort or another for thousands of years. These battles have been fought within each of us over the self we should be, how we should relate to others, and how we should relate to [...]

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Tags: Bad Alienation · Defending Alienated Life · Ego-boundaried Beliefs · INCREASING DEGREES OF BEING · Ontologically Lost · Ontology Trumps Everything · Realself Life · Socialself Life · THE ONTOLOGICAL WAR · The Culture War · The Transition