Existence & Goodness

Existence

In examining the nested Hierarchies and Trees within RL6-Purpose, the structures and dynamics of existence have been uncovered: personal, communal, for humanity.

• Personal existence. This is the base found in the use of Will for endeavour, confirming that «we are here to do». The L4-Centre is Experience and the dynamic duality is personal autonomy v social constraints—with social constraints dominating at the higher Levels. Review image.
• Humanity's existence. The purposes of life define our Primal Quests and these provide for an imaginative definition of model beings and Planes of functioning built on creativity and ethics. The L4-Centre is Cosmic Consciousness, and the dynamic duality is: good v evil with good dominating at the higher Levels. Review image.
• Communal existence. The awareness that generates a better Self via Primal Injunctions shapes our relationship with ourselves and others so as to prevent harmful egocentric intrusions. At the L4-Centre is Care about Others, and the dynamic duality is: personal milieu v social milieu with the personal milieu dominating at the higher Levels. Review image.

 

Goodness Depends on Freedom

The foundations of personal existence and survival appear to lie in freedom and the assertion of autonomy, not goodness—or at least not directly.
Why?

Goodness is the spiritual energy that values carry and which drives purposes that determine all endeavour. (Perhaps it is instinctual.) However, values that guide endeavours are not invariably judged good by all, and they may not even be judged good by the person involved. This applies when social or survival pressures dominate. So your freedom of choice is primary.

Based on these frameworks, the emergence of goodness in practice appears to depend on:

• free use of ultimate values, especially the primal values
• willing restraint of inappropriate intrusive egotism
• personal dreams and character-development
• creative development of endeavours
• positive participation in a community.

An experience of freedom commences with using the Will-R, and freedom is also the foundation (RsHG1) for creativity. Goodness emerges within Purpose-RL6 and becomes the main focus of primal injunctions, especially their elaboration as a Structural Hierarchy. See diagram below.

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Human Energy: Goodness in its purest and most abstract form is proposed here as positive energy, spiritual energy or will energy (as distinct from physical energy). This is the energy state that we sense as we go about our life. When we are full of energy we can do a lot. When we feel drained and disconsolate, we can achieve little. The effect seems to be magnified in groups. The emergence and application of this energy is subject to disruption.

Primal Values

Good and evil are a preoccupation and an illusion. We have to live with our illusions, and make the best of them.

The etymology of good does not appear to relate to the etymology of god; nor does the etymology of devil have any relation to evil.

This framework, and indeed all the frameworks in the Better Self series, exist within Purpose, the 6^thRoot Level. Looking more deeply into Purpose-RL6 reveals both identity-based values and action-based objectives in the emanated PH6 Hierarchy.
See Table.

L	Purpose	Characteristic Quality	Orientation to Good(ness)	Orientation to Bad(ness)
7	Ultimate value A universally accepted and eternally pursued state of being.	is an experience.	Generator of goodness	Generator of badness
6	Value System Interlinked-valued ideas ordering understanding within a social domain.	is a deep belief.	Rationale for goodness	Rationale for badness
5	Social Value A freely shared need-based value serving a specific community.	is a personal need.	Potential for good	Potential for bad
4	Principal Object An activity defining the identity of an endeavour.	is the core activity.	Achievable good	Achievable bad
3	Internal Priority A degree of emphasis among valid values or actions for immediate use.	is a brute assertion.	Preferred good	Preferred bad
2	Strategic Objective A desired and feasible outcome which maximizes impact.	is a desired outcome.	Actual goods	Actual bads
1	Tactical Objective A precise tangible time-targetted result which is a step to a desired outcome.	is a pure means.	Means to make goods	Means to make bads

Purpose is one side of a three-sided coin, and its two poorly understood aspects come to the fore in these frameworks.

1: Purpose itself—a statement indicating a future state of affairs that functions as an attractor for fulfilment or achievement.

2: Responsibility—to hold a purpose or value goes with being responsible for affirming and pursuing it—otherwise in what sense is it genuinely your purpose or value?

3: Motivation—a genuine purpose produces feelings of energy that create a sense of aliveness and drive us to take some action on its behalf.

Originally posted: 31-Aug-2013