The dividual self

The self is a “dividual”, as described by Deleuze, a transpersonal self. I am not the voice in my head, I am all that arises; you create me as I create you, we are not sealed containers, we are often more transparent to one another and controlled by one another than we are to/by ourselves. We co-emerge, we are just bodies and fictional stories; consciousness is transformable and all stories can be developed.

Metamodern ideology: The mission is to help humanity and other creatures develop in a harmonious and sustainable manner. You strive for solidarity with all beings and their perspectives. This means that you don’t judge people because of their opinions. The metamodern mind is trying to stimulate development into higher stages and manage the ongoing relations between existing stages. All creatures have the right to be who they are. But for the sake of all sentient beings, long-term transformation towards higher stages should be supported in nicest and least painful manner possible. Avoid both “game denial” and “game acceptance”, work for “game change”. Create a proto-synthesis serving all perspectives by managing their interrelations and helping them evolve together in the most harmonious manner possible.

Metamodern ontology: Potentials and potentiality, rather than facts and actualities, constitute the most fundamental or “more real” reality. What we usually call reality is only “actuality”, one slice of an infinitely larger, hypercomplex pie. Actuality is only a “case of” a deeper reality, called “absolute totality”. Realdialektik: History develops in certain directions for logical reasons. Perspective, physics and consciousness are inextricably intertwined, neither one of them constitutes the ground of reality.

— The Listening Society, Hanzi Freinacht