The Relativity of Being: Outline
The
Relativity
of
Being
Reflections of a Lonely Soul
By John Ahrens
Introduction
Book One: Relativity
I The Relativity of Relativity
A. Introduction
B. Einstein's Theories
1. General theory of relativity
2. Special theory of relativity
C. Quantum Mechanics
1. The theories... the religions of QM
2. Problems and paradoxes
3. Observer created reality
4. Many-Worlds Theory
5. Other interesting stuff
a. Schrodinger's cat
b. the Heisenberg principle
c. the particle/wave dual nature of light
D. Chaos Theory
1. Chaos gives me butterflies...
2. Butterflies give me El Nino!
E. Picking up the Particles
1. Summary
2. From physics to philosophy
II The Relativity of Philosophy
A. Introduction
B. Motorcycle Mechanics
1. The Tao of Physics
2. The Tao of Pooh
3. Zen and the Arts
C. TheTheories... Religions of the world
1. The family trees... a history
2. The branches... cultural differences
3. The roots... finding common ground
D. Mother Nature meets Frosty the Snowman
1. Born Again Pagan
2. The Greenhouse Effect
3. Mommie Dearest
E. Picking up the Pieces
1. Summary
2. From philosophy to culture
III The Relativity of Culture
A. Introduction
B. A relativists geography
1. Digging a hole to China
2. Down under?
3. Backward and Uncivilized?
4. Pinko-Commie-Scum
5. Europe: The Pallid Continent?
C. East Meets West
1. In this corner... The West
2. And in this corner... The East
3. Come out fighting...
4. How the West has won... or has it?
D. Africa
1. The playground
2. The battleground
3. The losers
E. United Nations
1. United?
2. Nations?
3. Interdependant Ethnicities!
F. Tribalism
1. The Tribes of Africa
2. Europe's Tribes
3. Tribal Americans
4. A tribal tribunal
G. Picking up the Peaces
1. Summary
2. From Cultures to Individuals
IV The Relativity of Being Part 1: The World and the Individual
A. Introduction
B. Taking apart the whole
1. The Masses
2. More than the sum of the parts
C. The In Crowd
1. The latest Fashion
2. The trend of the Future
3. Evolution of the Human Being
D. In the Face of Race
1. Race
2. The Rat Race
3. The Human Race
E. Uniformity and Diversity
1. The Aryan Race
2. The Iron Curtan
3. The Great Wall
4. The Salad Bowl (aka The Melting Pot)
F. Politically Correct? Anatomy of an Oxymoron
1. The Politics
2. The Definition of Correct
G. Picking up the Parts
1. Summary
2. From Relativity to Being
Book Two: Being
V On Being and Being Alone
A. Introduction
B. Relative Being
1. All, One and Self
a. All Being
b. One Being
c. Self
2. If a Tree Falls...
a. Alone in the Woods
b. Seeing the forest for the trees
C. Philosophical Being
1. One God
a. Polytheism
b. Monotheism
c. One Love
d. One
2. One Self
a. Still The One
(as in still mind)
b. The Levels of The Self
c. The Conscious Self
d. The Unconscious Self
e. The Deepest Self
f. The One Self
3. Personal Jesus
a. Losing One's Way
b. Seeking Guidance
c. Your own personal Jesus
4. Finding The Way
a. Forks in the road
b. Choosing your own Path
c. Finding The Way
5. The Way Not Taken
a. The Other Paths
b. Other Worlds
c. The Many Worlds Theory revisited
D. Cultural Being
1. (Your Nationality(s) Here) -American
a. German/Polish/Scottish/Czech/Welsh/Hebrew-American
b. Still an American
2. Ethnicity: Cultivating the Family Tree
a. Know yourself
b. Be Yourself
c. Express yourself
3. Full House, Races High
a. Black White Other
b. Two Individual Perspectives
E. Being Alone
1. The Window Seat
2. Living in a vaccuum
3. Time to Think It All Over
4. Nobody Understands
F. Being as One
1. Summary
2. From Being Alone to Simply Being
VI Simply Being
A. Introduction
B. The Being of Life
1. The Living
2. Being Alive
3. Life and Being
C. True Being
1. Knowing Thyself
2. To Thyself be True
D. Being Positive
1. Negativity
2. Positivity
3. A Positive Environment
4. Affirming the Positive
E. Simply Being
1. Live Simply
2. That Others May Simply Live
F. Being at One
1. Summary
2. From Simply Being to Being in the Crowd
VII The Individual in the Crowd
A. Introduction
B. Individual Being
1. Understanding yourself
2. The Individual in You
3. Staying true
C. Lonely Being
1. Alone in the crowd
2. Alone in the World
3. All Alone
D. Moral Being
1. Your Neighbor The Antichrist
2. Morality and Religion
3. The Atheist Morality
E. Ethical Being
1. Individual Being
2. Individual Responsibility
3. The Ethics of Being
4. Relative Existance
F. Being the One
1. Summary
2. From the Parts to the Whole
VIII The Relativity of Being Part 2: The Individual and The World
A. Introduction
B. A part of the whole
1. Being A Part
2. The Sum of the Parts
3. The Greater Whole
C. Alone In The Crowd
1. Lonliness is Relative
2. Seeking other relatives
D. Individuality
1. Being Yourself
2. The Right to be You
3. Individuality
E. Brotherhood and Unity
1. The Group as the Individual
2. The Collective Good
3. All for One, One for All
F. Being One
1. Summary
2. From Relative Being to the World
Book Three: Relativity, Being and Nothingness
IX Being and Nothingness: Beyond Existentialism
A. Introduction
B. 19th Century Existentialism
1. Kierkegaard
2. Dostoyevsky
3. Early Existentialism
C. 20th Century Existentialism
1. Camus
2. Heidegger
3. Sartre
4. Modern Existentialism
D. Existential Basics
1. Free Will
2. Responsibility
3. The insanity plea
E. Existential Non-Essentialism
1. The Failure of the Existentialist
2. Cutting the Non-essential
3. No Respect
F. Beyond Existentialism
1. Post Modernism
2. Information Society
X Beyond Being: The New Relativism
A. Introduction
B. A Brief History of Relativism
1. Roots in Science
2. Social Extensions
3. Early Players
C. Relativism Today
1. The Information Age
2. The Age of Innocence
3. Society and Personal Responsibility
4. R-E-S-P-E-C-T!
D. The 21st Century and Beyond
1. Turning on the Headlights
2. Seeing beyond the speed of light
3. When the lights go out
4. Utopia?
E. The All of Relative Being
1. Being the Relative One
2. Death of a Lonely Soul
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