Initial Review

Mystery Removed

The Primal Quest reveals the meaning of your life. It is your route to happiness. So it is a specific answer to a practical question often viewed as mysterious or meaningless.

There is no mystery now. These Primal Quests are observable in any life that is vigorous: mine, yours and others'.

The properties identified so far have been tabulated below to aid comparison. Review any Primal Quest by clicking on its name, then go on to examine the practical issues posed by each.

See the Matrix of Quest Basics

RH'L	Primal Quest	Happiness/Meaning Function	Pre-occupation	Key Feature
7	Spirituality	To connect to divine or Absolute Reality.	Transcendence via divine union	Non-dualistic being
6	Obedience	To fulfil social obligations.	Role, duties, ethical rituals	Scrupulous performance of duties and procedures.
5	Creation	To make something original.	Medium, tools, social context	Willing something new into existence
4	Salvation	To save another from harm or danger.	Human suffering	Compassionate aid to specific individuals
3	Enlightenment	To know what is real, right and true.	Existential mysteries—personal and social	Grasping the human condition in specific situations
2	Meaning	To live a life of purpose.	Worthwhile ideals	Upholding values in social projects
1	Pleasure	To gratify personal and bodily desires.	Wishes and wants	Handling conflict with the need to work

Differentiation

This section commenced the investigative work to differentiate the Primal Quests unambiguously. In this regard, two oscillations in the hierarchy of Primal Quests were identified:

• in the direction of attention (socio- or self-centric) &
• in the creative demands called forth (discovery or development).

See the Matrix of Oscillation

RH'L	Primal Quest	Function (Purpose of Life)	Direction of Attention	Creative Element
7	Spirituality	To connect to divine or Absolute Reality.	Inward : Private Self-centric	Discovery of the spiritual realm.
6	Obedience	To fulfil social obligations.	Outward : Public Socio-centric	Development of rules and protocols.
5	Creation	To make something original.	Inward : Private Self-centric	Discovery of what is to be created.
4	Salvation	To save another from harm and risk.	Outward : Public Socio-centric	Development of ways to rescue and aid.
3	Enlightenment	To know what is real, right and true.	Inward : Private Self-centric	Discovery of psychosocial realities.
2	Meaning	To live a life of purpose.	Outward : Public Socio-centric	Development of worthwhile ideals.
1	Pleasure	To gratify personal desires.	Inward : Private Self-centric	Discovery of what gives most pleasure.

The direction of attention is provisionally identified as the oscillating duality. The rather complex relation of Quests to self and society will become clearer in a summary following the TET analysis.

THEE Note: All THEE hierarchies have odd and even Levels showing a polar opposition. This generates coherence and a sharp discontinuity from Level to Level.

Next Steps

• Discerning Primal Quests: reviewing and recognizing.
• Cumulative expression of the Quests.
• Differentiation from interacting-for-benefit mentalities.
• Quests in practice.

Originally posted: 8-Jun-2012