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Definition

The ability to be, experience, or play a role in the world


Also Known As

Be (Be, Sense, Home; BSH)


Summary

This is your ability to be. How you exist is expressed on a scale between mind and body. If you are too far on the extreme, you begin to lack in the other. There is a balance to be had, but don’t think of balance as neutral stillness. It’s more like a glass sliding on a bartop in a sea-going pub.


Invisiblock

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Components

Physical Existence
This is where things exist as matter. Physical Existence includes real things that can be measured with senses.

Psychological Existence
This is the existence of thoughts. Psychological Existence is the interpretation of facts.

Metaphysical Existence
This is the union of thought and fact, but it’s more than that. Metaphysical Existence is also the confrontation with death paired with a comfortable reconciliation.


Conclusion

This is not a black-and-white scale where you are either physical or psychological. Everyone has both parts, and some have a deeper spiritual sense. To what degree they are used or not used is a measure of one’s state of existence. The goal here is to be open-minded to being wrong about everything, even what you hold to be true for yourself.

A person who leans into Physical Existence lives in the material world: a hyper-focused CEO, a high-performing pop star, or an ambitious politician. At their best, they are masters of real-world action and results. At their extreme, they can become detached from emotion and driven purely by their own accomplishments.

A person who leans into Psychological Existence lives in the internal world of feeling and meaning: a reflective drifter, a spiritual seeker, or an empathetic caregiver. They seek less meaning behind riches or status and instead try understanding what it means to be alive. However, without remaining grounded to physical reality, they risk becoming dissociated with life itself.

Instead, use the depth of your inner world to guide your actions in the outer world with the added comfort of being confident through death itself.


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