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What Is Is Already Whole
- The core of the message is that 'what is' is already whole, unspeakable, and timeless rather than an object to be attained.
- Jim Newman emphasizes the paradox that the individual seeks what is already present, creating a stuck loop of wanting to know what is unknowing.
Knowing Arises From A Bodily Contraction
- The sense of 'I am' arises from a bodily contraction that generates knowing and a perceived continuum through time.
- Newman maps how that initial contraction creates a persistent longing and the illusion of a personal need for completion.
Getting Wants Often Deepens Unhappiness
- Getting what the individual wants usually increases dissatisfaction because the person seeks an absence of the individual, which the individual cannot seek.
- Newman and Hale note that fulfillment for the person deepens the existential problem, not resolves it.