Resolving all reality as distinction, we must find meaning and consequence within the one principle of distinction. We observe here that the diversity of a thing being both arbitrary and fixed is in fact the essence of meaning.

In present wings we externalize our internally produced reality to investigate the nature of knowledge, cause-effect and the mind-body problem.

Accepting the irrational sounds contradictory, as it must, but most of us, if not all of us, already understand this and operate within irrationality's strange rules of reason, even while we pretend we don't—as also we must.

Just how strong are we? How free? Can we overcome the limitations on us? We might be tempted to consider all impositions as being of our own making. This would secure for us triumph over all our conflicts, complete freedom.

Life is a contradiction. And this isn't bad, this is explanatory. Understanding this allows us to overcome the biggest contradiction in each of our lives: conflict.