The Principles of “I and I” (Part II)

#2: Energetic pattern = energy + will This principle was lifted directly from the title of Part Two, “Soul = Dust + Breath,” with the terms converted to a layperson’s vocabulary. The translation “soul —> energetic pattern” was covered in the first principle.  The next part, “dust —> energy,” could also be “dust —> material,” […]

The Principles of “I and I” (Part I)

#1: The body is water; the soul is the wave Thanks to dualistic thought, there is a widespread misconception that the soul is something added to a body, in the words of Wendell Berry, “like a letter into an envelope.” Western religion has done as much to complicate this concept as to clarify it, suggesting […]