Abstract

For philosophers interested in a dualist model of reality, this book clearly demarks the two 'halves of the sky' and describes the fundamental flaws and risks in any world view that, however understandably, tries to reduce and simplify reality to a single realm/perspective. For philosophers who are already self-positive, self-aware, this book offers useful insights into our power and responsibility to self-manage, to self-define. For philosopher who have been uninterested, even repulsed by considering themselves in general, this book presents a defended treatise, defining the axiomatic existential surety of the self, and that it is just as important in general knowledge as physical relativity is important to physic. From the author's perspective, philosophy (the search for knowledge) has two main focuses; the external objective universe, amply covered in our burgeoning success in physics. This book therefore focuses much more so on the other half of reality, the subjective, the *self*, where the observer fits into the world-view he creates, exposing and delineating the necessary relativity. Very briefly, physics is covered, at least in the edges and starting points, such as the beginning of time, to demonstrate full awareness of the arena and it's limits. So this book is about self discovery, self awareness, and self definition. It is about seeing the whole of reality and clearly seeing what, where, and that you are, and what contribute to reality. It is about what can and cannot be known, in what degree of certainty or faith. This book is about self determination, self confidence, and self support. It delineates your powers and responsibilities in such areas as morality and social contracts, and describes the trade-offs inherent in the human condition, such as the trade-off between freedom and insecurity, bonding and being bound. This book is about knowing yourself and more.