Using the three elements of awareness, engagement and detachment, the individual would utilize the life experience to some degree greater than the normal, mundane existence. Each would be said to be equal in their validity, and each perhaps even considered a necessity to the full function of enhanced cognizance.
The Ego represents the Interpretive Context of the body and is conceived of as continuously present-time cognizance of the here and now. The province of the Aware-I, body and Ego is Consequence, which gives reality a sense of believed actuality to sensory experience. The mind or Thinking-I can believe or disbelieve anything without being tested in reality.
The Positive Dimension, as the realm of Ego and body, requires volition, and through choices made, a reflection and indicator of one's true and empirical personhood is revealed, and not a false sense of self, as only conjectured in the mind. He always thought he would be great at rescue, but when the real situation happened, it was another story altogether.
The province of the Thinking-I is the Negative Dimension as memory,
wherein all imagery, feeling, thinking or imagining is the manipulation of
what is in the mind or memory. Since the memory is abstract and non-physical and by itself unreal, the Consequence of the Positive Dimension puts the test and verifies what is contained in the memory.
If the Ego is the Interpretive Context of the singular body, the Thinking-I can create any number of identities, like various aliases for varying Email accounts, and the individual may create varying Identities as characters created and used by the Thinking-I. Any sort of character can be created that can be imagined. These Identities can then be assumed in the real world as context and perspective for interpretation of reality, which one may believe and become attached, to a greater or lesser degree. One is sure in their role as housewife but less certain of themselve when taking a job in fashion design.
The Metaphysical-I represents volition and free will, and offer choices and opportunities not otherwise possible, since it will be assumed that these alternatives may originate from another level called the Metaphysical Dimension. The Metaphysical-I represents the future. What is past is past and the present is present. Only in the future may it be possible to envisage the capability of alternatives to what already exists in the present. The future is generally projected by the Thinking-I based on what is already in the memory as an alternative to present conditions, as
one will wear a warmer coat this afternoon, since the day has become cooler. The future in terms of the context of the Metaphysical-I means alternatives or what is to come, which cannot or will not be forseen by the Thinking-I. The Metaphysical-I might be thought of as like a scout out front in terms of time, reconnoitering the future as a kind of clairvoyant forethought.
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