Reification and the birth of totalities

pp. 33-61

in: William Horosz, Search without idols, Berlin, Springer, 1987

Abstract

Having stated the intent of this volume, to arrive at a bimodal theory of transcendence and its application to man's search for wholeness, I will still insist, for sake of clarity and simplicity, to use Self-1 and Self-2 as the two terms of the self in conversation with itself. Self-1 is positive transcendence, quite reliable since the self has directional awareness and control of this awareness. Self-2 is negative transcendence, quite unreliable but free as a separate awareness having no attachments to Self-1. The self will manifest the unity of its being but it will be bimodal in its behavior. We assume, of course, that human awareness is broader than the ego's control of transcendence. But it's also true that a broadened self- awareness or even a total human awareness may not necessarily be a human awareness.