Humanity's pursuit of the origin of life, its meaning and its purpose, has gone a long way. Any single truth which the world would agree on remains to be found. Mankind uses knowledge to explore the possibilities of life, but as life evolves, more questions arise, making life appear more and more complicated. The truth is that while life may be complex, it is in fact not complicated. WHAT IS LIFE AND WHO AM I: fundamental principles of the Primordian Philosophy walks the reader through the basic fundamentals of existence. It attempts to unravel the mysteries of life by presenting life in its basic form, thus providing the reader with a fresh and uncomplicated perspective of what life really is. By understanding the mechanics of life and the true essence of identity, the reader will regain a more active control over the direction which their life takes. This book also attempts to restore a sense of purpose and of beauty to the life we live and the universe we live in. While life can often seem chaotic and uncertain, in truth it is really quite marvelous and wonderful. In our day to day lives we can lose sight of this fact. This book seeks to restore life to its true wonder by reminding the reader that we are all a living part of a living universe, and that the meaning of life comes down to one simple axiom -find your truth, live your truth.

What is Life and Who am I?

Fundamental principles of the Primordian PhilosophyBy J.T. Owens

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Copyright © 2011 J.T. Owens
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ISBN: 978-1-4634-0337-9

Contents

Dedication....................................................viiForeword......................................................ixWhat Is Life and Who Am I?....................................xiWhat is life?.................................................1Polarities....................................................2The Middle Ground.............................................4Active Life...................................................6Causality.....................................................6Consequential Momentum........................................8Consequential Interference....................................9Passive Life..................................................13Mind Under Matter.............................................13Equivalence...................................................14The Zero Dimension............................................16True Life.....................................................17Natural Order.................................................20Who am I?.....................................................23Domestic Identity.............................................24The Creation of Man...........................................24Family........................................................26Society.......................................................30Religion......................................................41The Three Walled Cell.........................................49Primal Identity...............................................53From Monkey To Man............................................54The Evolution of Religion.....................................60Hyper-Qualities...............................................65From Man Back to Monkey Again.................................68Man's Place in the Grand Scheme of Things.....................73The Primal Personality........................................79True Identity.................................................84Meaning of Life...............................................87Glossary of Terms.............................................90Glossary of Persons...........................................92

Chapter One

WHAT IS LIFE?

The topic of life is a complex issue indeed. This is because life itself is quite complex. Yet, for all its complexities, life itself is not complicated. Quite the opposite. Life is, in truth, fundamentally simple. The trick is in looking beyond all of the surface details and seeing what lies beneath. Once you see life in its pure, fundamental form, the simplicity of it is quite profound. The problem is that we, as humans, tend to equate simplicity with inferiority. Thus we assume that the more grandiose a topic is in scope and meaning, the more complicated it should be. Life, being supremely grand in scope, must necessarily also be supremely complicated. But the truth is far more simple than we have been led to believe. In fact, it seems that the human mind alone is responsible for making life so seemingly complicated.

Life is a natural phenomenon which has two distinct aspects. One aspect is of an active nature, and one is of a passive nature. These two aspects give life both its form and its essence. They underwrite our reality whether or not we are even aware of their existence. Becoming aware of these aspects of life restores a sense of responsibility and control over our actions, and subsequently, over the very course of our lives. This control is of a level rarely imagined, let alone experienced, in our modern day lives. It is, however, the level of control which is our natural right as living, sentient beings.

Polarities

Perhaps the most fundamental concept within this philosophy is that of polarities. Most traditions view life in terms of dichotomies. Right/ wrong, good/bad, God/devil, up/down, left/right, and so on. The list is endless, for everything has an opposite—two sides of the coin, as it were. This is the view of life commonly accepted by most forms of conventional wisdom. But how true to life is it, exactly? Is life really that fixed, that rigid? Are there only two sides to everything? And if so, how does that work?

The tradition of dichotomies looks good on paper, but if you look to nature you see that it doesn't really hold up that well. Perhaps the reason for this is that there are no light switches in nature. In order for something to change in nature a certain progression must occur. A perfect example of this—perhaps the most perfect example possible, is the transition from day to night. If we are to believe in dichotomies, then day and night must be fixed. As such, day would be the equivalent of the sun being on, and night would be the equivalent of the sun being off. Simple enough—but, in fact, that is not how it works. Instead, we see a dynamic transition from the complete darkness of midnight to the complete brilliance of noon, and then back again. The sun does not suddenly turn on, then turn off. It goes through the progressive stages of dawn to sunrise, to zenith, to sunset, and finally to dusk. Dusk, then, transforms into night, and then night, in turn, transforms back into dawn. Instead of a fixed, rigid sense of events we get a sense of motion, of fluidity. The static light switch is not to be found. Rather, a dynamic process is at work. The opposites of day and night are very much real. But instead of being two sides to a flat reality they are two ends to a reality with substance. After all, ours is a three dimensional world, not a two dimensional one. Thus, if a concept is to be found which explains the relationship between opposites then it too must be three dimensional, and not two dimensional as in the case of dichotomies.

Perhaps it is not even enough to say that we live in a three dimensional world. Progression, whether it is physical or conceptual, is dynamic. It is an event in motion. Thus it crosses over from being two or three dimensional to being fourth dimensional. It is not about form, but it is about direction. It is when we look at direction that things become much clearer. Up/down, left/right, these seem like dichotomies. The same can be said of north/south and east/west, but we never consider these to be fixed. They are relative to the position of the observer. They are not two sides to a flat reality, but rather they are polar extremes—two opposite ends of a polarity. And it is here that we find the model for the true relationship between opposites. Opposites are not fixed locations. They are directions. Where an observer stands is neither north or south—it is the direction which he or she faces which is north or south. If you are driving north on a freeway, the mile that lies ahead is north. Once you travel that mile, then it has become south, as it is now behind you and you are still traveling north. Direction is relative to the observer. And the motion of the observer affects that relationship further still. In this way polarities not only represent the opposites themselves, but they represent the relationship of the observer to those opposites.

Thus, polarities, not dichotomies, are a truer way to view the opposites of life. For between the opposites of good and bad, right and wrong, young and old, stands the observer. This person is always standing in a space which is...