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: Principle of existence
• 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 condition

• 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