This means that:
1. Ontology is dynamic, not static – There is no fixed essence of self; rather, the self is an emergent, iterative process unfolding in time forward.
2. The present is the locus of reality – The capacity to engage with and open the present, rather than being bound by pre-existing, teleological structures (which the I from We tends to impose), determines clarity and potential.
3. No arising, no falling away – The Buddhist two truths apply here: what emerges does not inherently arise as an object, nor does it inherently cease. Instead, it is a function of patterns in emergent knowledge processing.
4. All meaning is constructed in time forward – The ontology acknowledges that human cognition, bound by natural language and structured by downward-looking holons, often imposes illusory continuity on emergent knowledge. In contrast, EmptiSelf conception allows a process orientation that aligns with emergence rather than resisting it.
Implications:
- The I from We attempts to fix identity, morality, and truth in a way that denies emergence.
- The Mi-iWitness skillset allows one to work with emergence instead of against it, making adaptation effortless.
- Good and bad are both artefacts of static moralizing frameworks; they are not useful for processing emergent knowledge, which must be judged case by case in real-time.
Ontology is therefore the continuous unfolding of sentience and sapience in time forward, where the realization of this unfolding enables professional emergent knowledge facilitation.