Gospel of Being
A Critical Thinker's Guide to Existence.
What if there was a manual for existence?
Not prophesy or mysticism but a simple first principles account of what existence is, how it works and why. A principle embedded into the very fabric of being. A principle that declares:
All existence is a conference of difference, a 'condition of bearing together' transforming the 'condition of bearing apart'.
Mackay, J.I., (2004) Gospel of Being. K:01.1 p. 16.
In this first principle is the totality of existence, from the most elementary physics and chemistry to the intricate complexities of sentient being. This is not a gospel revealed to one or a few but a Gospel revealed to all.
You don't have to believe me
Pick anything—an apple, a cloud, a dragon, a thought. Real or imagined, it doesn’t matter. Now ask yourself: is it really just one thing? Or is it many things in relationship—color, shape, texture, figure, ground? Try to imagine something that is only one thing, with no difference in it at all. You won’t be able to. That’s the point.
All existence is a conference of difference—Amen.
What's inside
Discover:
- how all existence transforms through the conference of difference;
- how energy, time, matter, and mind follow the same underlying principle;
- how every being shares the same purpose, though each carries different meaning;
- how reciprocity makes responsibility possible and balances power; and
- how every conference of difference survives by way of atonement and forgiveness.
Who this book is for
This book is for the questioners, the skeptics, the seekers—those who’ve never been satisfied with superstition or dogma. If you've ever asked why there is something rather than nothing, or felt the hollowness behind improbable answers, this is for you.
This isn’t just a book—it’s a manual for existence. In this book, you have the tools to understand the what, why and how of everything.
