Gospel of Being: Ready Reference

A concise guide to the conference of difference

Introduction

This is the summary guide to the Gospel of Being; a groundbreaking new testament which observes all existence to be a Conference of Difference (CoD), thus identifying the process primitive of existence itself—its first principle. This is not a replacement for the book, but rather a summary that permits readers of articles and essays that reference the work to engage with its core themes.

Being: The Foundation

• Koan 10.1: The First Principle.
• Koan 10.2: Many Names, One Truth
• Koan 10.3: From Dust to Galaxies.
• Koan 10.4: Towards Life.
• Koan 10.5: The Making of Sentience.
• Koan 10.6: The Genesis of All Being.
• Koan 10.7: All That Is.

Belief: The Attitude of the Gospel

• Koan 20.1: Radical Hope.
• Koan 20.2: The Gift of Imperfection.
• Koan 20.3: All Being is Problematic.
• Koan 20.4: The Journey of Realizing.
• Koan 20.5: Allegiance to Potential.
• Koan 20.6: The Ethic of Existence.
• Koan 20.7: Belief Made Flesh.

Freedom: The Illusion of Unbinding

• Koan 30.1: The Illusion of Freedom
• Koan 30.2: All Being is Relationship.
• Koan 30.3: Existence is Structured.
• Koan 30.4: Dancing Within Bonds.
• Koan 30.5: Ascent Into Order.
• Koan 30.6: Path of Least Resistance.
• Koan 30.7: Cascading Ties.

God: The First Principle

• Koan 40.1: Principal to Existence.
• Koan 40.2: Enabling Everything.
• Koan 40.3: God Before Everything.
• Koan 40.4: God Realizes All.
• Koan 40.5: God's Image.
• Koan 40.6: God is Perfect.
• Koan 40.7: Universal Endless Genesis.

Knowing: The Imperfect Measure

• Koan 50.1: Imperfect Knowing.
• Koan 50.2: The Gospel is Complete.
• Koan 50.3: Invitation to Realize.
• Koan 50.4: Objective vs Subjective.
• Koan 50.5: Towards Consciousness.
• Koan 50.6: The Want of Intelligence.
• Koan 50.7: The Dance of Uncertainty.

Meaning: The Direction of Being

• Koan 60.1: Meaning as Intending.
• Koan 60.2: Adaptive Intention.
• Koan 60.3: Meaning and Sense.
• Koan 60.4: Consciousness.
• Koan 60.5: The Success of Meaning.
• Koan 60.6: The Means to Power.
• Koan 60.7: The Purpose is Ability.

Power: The Currency of Existence

• Koan 70.1: Least Resistance.
• Koan 70.2: Power as Latent Ability.
• Koan 70.3: Regulating Power.
• Koan 70.4: Corruption of Power.
• Koan 70.5: Power to Adapt.
• Koan 70.6: The Power to Transform.
• Koan 70.7: The Want of Power.

Reciprocity: The Regulating Principle

• Koan 80.1: The Pulse of God's Spell.
• Koan 80.2: The Law of Return.
• Koan 80.3: Reciprocal Altruism.
• Koan 80.4: Prototype to Sharing.
• Koan 80.5: Proportional Response.
• Koan 80.6: Towards Responsibility.
• Koan 80.7: Maintaining Equilibrium.

Salvation: The Harmony of Relation

• Koan 90.1: Two Testaments.
• Koan 90.2: Atonement.
• Koan 90.3: Forgiveness.
• Koan 90.4: Cause & Effect.
• Koan 90.5: Harmony.
• Koan 90.6: Minimizing Unease.
• Koan 90.7: The Path to Salvation.

Transformation: The Eternal State

• Koan 100.1: Ceaseless Transformation.
• Koan 100.2: Without Beginning or End.
• Koan 100.3: One Chorus to Another.
• Koan 100.4: Transformation Itself.
• Koan 100.5: Collaborative Transformation.
• Koan 100.6: The Sacred Engine.
• Koan 100.7: Transformation is Relative.