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Atlas
Reality Mechanics
00 Ground
Dependency Order00 Ground / Dependency OrderGround00 Ground / GroundGroundedness00 Ground / GroundednessInvariant00 Ground / InvariantNatural Order00 Ground / Natural OrderOrder00 Ground / OrderPassage Condition00 Ground / Passage ConditionPrimitive00 Ground / PrimitiveRoot Order00 Ground / Root OrderStructural Disorder00 Ground / Structural DisorderTerm00 Ground / Term
01 First Order
Absorb01 First Order/Resolution Conditions/AbsorbAnd01 First Order/Carrier Mechanics/AndApparent01 First Order/Carrier Mechanics/ApparentAsymmetry01 First Order / AsymmetryAvailability01 First Order / AvailabilityBearing01 First Order / BearingBoundary01 First Order / BoundaryBounded Asymmetry01 First Order/Asymmetry Conditions/Bounded AsymmetryBut01 First Order/Carrier Mechanics/ButClearance01 First Order/Relation Conditions/ClearanceDivisible01 First Order/Carrier Mechanics/DivisibleEmergence01 First Order/Asymmetry Conditions/EmergenceEmergent Condition01 First Order/Asymmetry Conditions/Emergent ConditionFailure01 First Order/Resolution Conditions/FailureFirst Order01 First Order / First OrderHold01 First Order/Resolution Conditions/HoldIn01 First Order/Carrier Mechanics/InIndivisible01 First Order/Carrier Mechanics/IndivisibleInvisible01 First Order/Carrier Mechanics/InvisibleNo01 First Order/Carrier Mechanics/NoNot01 First Order/Carrier Mechanics/NotOperation Carrier01 First Order/Carrier Mechanics/Operation CarrierOperational Condition01 First Order/Boundary Conditions/Operational ConditionOrientation01 First Order/Carrier Mechanics/OrientationOut01 First Order/Carrier Mechanics/OutPolarity01 First Order/Carrier Mechanics/PolarityPrimitive Carrier01 First Order/Carrier Mechanics/Primitive CarrierRead01 First Order/Carrier Mechanics/ReadRelation01 First Order / RelationRelation Read01 First Order/Relation Conditions/Relation ReadRelease01 First Order/Resolution Conditions/ReleaseResolution01 First Order / ResolutionResolved Asymmetry01 First Order/Asymmetry Conditions/Resolved AsymmetrySpace01 First Order/Relation Conditions/SpaceStop01 First Order/Carrier Mechanics/StopStrain01 First Order / StrainStrained Asymmetry01 First Order/Asymmetry Conditions/Strained AsymmetryStructural Carrier01 First Order/Carrier Mechanics/Structural CarrierThreshold01 First Order/Boundary Conditions/ThresholdThreshold (First → Second)01 First Order / First Order CrossingTime01 First Order/Relation Conditions/TimeTrace01 First Order/Carrier Mechanics/TraceTransfer01 First Order/Resolution Conditions/TransferVisible01 First Order/Carrier Mechanics/VisibleWith01 First Order/Carrier Mechanics/WithYield01 First Order/Resolution Conditions/Yield
02 Second Order
Acceleration02 Second Order/Carrying Conditions/AccelerationApparent Bearing02 Second Order/Closure Conditions/Apparent BearingBe02 Second Order/Presence Conditions/BeBearing Read02 Second Order/Closure Conditions/Bearing ReadBearing Relation02 Second Order/Coupling Conditions/Bearing RelationBecome02 Second Order/Presence Conditions/BecomeBeing02 Second Order/Presence Conditions/BeingBoundary Loosening02 Second Order/Coupling Conditions/Boundary LooseningCapacity02 Second Order/Carrying Conditions/CapacityCarrier Polarity02 Second Order/Presence Conditions/Carrier PolarityCarrying02 Second Order / CarryingChange02 Second Order/Closure Conditions/ChangeClosure02 Second Order / ClosureClosure Scope02 Second Order / Closure ScopeCoherence02 Second Order/Presence Conditions/Produced Distinctions/CoherenceCollapse02 Second Order/Presence Conditions/Produced Distinctions/CollapseCompatibility02 Second Order/Carrying Conditions/CompatibilityCondition02 Second Order/Closure Conditions/ConditionConstraint02 Second Order/Carrying Conditions/ConstraintContact02 Second Order/Coupling Conditions/ContactCoupled Asymmetry02 Second Order/Presence Conditions/Coupled AsymmetryCoupled Boundary02 Second Order/Coupling Conditions/Coupled BoundaryCoupling02 Second Order / CouplingCurrent02 Second Order/Carrying Conditions/CurrentCycle02 Second Order/Participation Conditions/CycleDecay02 Second Order/Carrying Conditions/DecayDecision02 Second Order/Presence Conditions/Produced Distinctions/DecisionDecoupling02 Second Order/Coupling Conditions/DecouplingDelayed Availability02 Second Order/Presence Conditions/Produced Distinctions/Delayed AvailabilityDependency02 Second Order/Carrying Conditions/DependencyDependency Disorder02 Second Order/Presence Conditions/Produced Distinctions/Dependency DisorderDifference02 Second Order/Presence Conditions/Produced Distinctions/DifferenceDigress02 Second Order/Closure Conditions/DigressDimension02 Second Order/Presence Conditions/Produced Distinctions/DimensionDisorder02 Second Order/Presence Conditions/Produced Distinctions/DisorderDivisible Bearing02 Second Order/Closure Conditions/Divisible BearingDrag02 Second Order/Carrying Conditions/DragEvaluation02 Second Order/Closure Conditions/EvaluationExist02 Second Order/Presence Conditions/ExistFlow02 Second Order/Carrying Conditions/FlowForm02 Second Order/Presence Conditions/Produced Distinctions/FormFrequency02 Second Order/Carrying Conditions/FrequencyFriction02 Second Order/Coupling Conditions/FrictionFunction02 Second Order/Carrying Conditions/FunctionGrip02 Second Order/Coupling Conditions/GripGrowth02 Second Order/Carrying Conditions/GrowthHeat02 Second Order/Carrying Conditions/HeatHertz02 Second Order/Presence Conditions/Produced Distinctions/HertzIdentity02 Second Order/Presence Conditions/Produced Distinctions/IdentityIncoherence02 Second Order/Presence Conditions/Produced Distinctions/IncoherenceIndivisible Bearing02 Second Order/Closure Conditions/Indivisible BearingInfluence02 Second Order/Participation Conditions/InfluenceInformation02 Second Order/Presence Conditions/Produced Distinctions/InformationIntake02 Second Order/Carrying Conditions/IntakeInterval02 Second Order/Closure Conditions/IntervalInvisible Bearing Read02 Second Order/Closure Conditions/Invisible Bearing ReadKnow02 Second Order/Readability Conditions/KnowLive02 Second Order/Carrying Conditions/LiveLoad02 Second Order/Carrying Conditions/LoadLocal Evaluation02 Second Order/Closure Conditions/Local EvaluationMeasure02 Second Order/Presence Conditions/Produced Distinctions/MeasureMedium02 Second Order/Carrying Conditions/MediumNested Relation02 Second Order/Presence Conditions/Nested RelationNesting Read02 Second Order/Presence Conditions/Produced Distinctions/Nesting ReadObservation02 Second Order/Readability Conditions/ObservationOverload02 Second Order/Carrying Conditions/OverloadPace02 Second Order/Participation Conditions/PacePair02 Second Order/Coupling Conditions/PairParticipation02 Second Order / ParticipationPattern02 Second Order/Presence Conditions/Produced Distinctions/PatternPeriod02 Second Order/Closure Conditions/PeriodPresence02 Second Order / PresenceProceed02 Second Order/Closure Conditions/ProceedProcess02 Second Order/Closure Conditions/ProcessProgress02 Second Order/Closure Conditions/ProgressRate02 Second Order/Carrying Conditions/RateReadability02 Second Order / ReadabilityReal02 Second Order/Presence Conditions/RealReality02 Second Order/Presence Conditions/RealityRecognition Read02 Second Order/Readability Conditions/Recognition ReadRecurrence02 Second Order/Participation Conditions/RecurrenceRecursive02 Second Order/Carrying Conditions/RecursiveRecursive Regulation02 Second Order/Carrying Conditions/Recursive RegulationRegress02 Second Order/Closure Conditions/RegressRegulation02 Second Order/Carrying Conditions/RegulationResistance02 Second Order/Carrying Conditions/ResistanceRetrace Read02 Second Order/Readability Conditions/Retrace ReadReturn02 Second Order/Closure Conditions/ReturnRhythm02 Second Order/Participation Conditions/RhythmScale02 Second Order/Presence Conditions/Produced Distinctions/ScaleScope02 Second Order/Closure Conditions/ScopeSecond Order02 Second Order / Second OrderSecond-Order Disorder Effects02 Second Order/Presence Conditions/Produced Distinctions/Second-Order Disorder EffectsSequence02 Second Order/Closure Conditions/SequenceSpeed02 Second Order/Carrying Conditions/SpeedStability02 Second Order/Presence Conditions/Produced Distinctions/StabilityStrategy02 Second Order/Presence Conditions/Produced Distinctions/StrategyStructural Gathering02 Second Order/Presence Conditions/Structural GatheringStructure02 Second Order/Presence Conditions/Produced Distinctions/StructureTempo02 Second Order/Participation Conditions/TempoThreshold (Second → Third)02 Second Order / Second Order CrossingThroughput02 Second Order/Carrying Conditions/ThroughputTraction02 Second Order/Coupling Conditions/TractionTraversal02 Second Order/Closure Conditions/TraversalUnit02 Second Order/Presence Conditions/Produced Distinctions/UnitVelocity02 Second Order/Carrying Conditions/VelocityVisibility02 Second Order/Readability Conditions/VisibilityVisible Bearing02 Second Order/Closure Conditions/Visible BearingWear02 Second Order/Carrying Conditions/WearWithin02 Second Order/Presence Conditions/WithinWorld02 Second Order/Presence Conditions/World
03 Third Order
Accommodation03 Third Order/Fields/Relational Participation/Bearing Relations/AccommodationAI03 Third Order/Domains/AI/AIAI Atlas Grounding03 Third Order/Domains/AI/AI Atlas GroundingAI Availability03 Third Order/Domains/AI/AI AvailabilityAI Confident Correction03 Third Order/Domains/AI/AI Confident CorrectionAI Coupling03 Third Order/Domains/AI/AI CouplingAI Drift03 Third Order/Domains/AI/AI DriftAI Misrepair03 Third Order/Domains/AI/AI MisrepairAI Reply Drift03 Third Order/Domains/AI/AI Reply DriftAlive03 Third Order/Fields/Life/AliveApology Without Repair03 Third Order/Fields/Relational Participation/Bearing Relations/Apology Without RepairApplied Read03 Third Order/Path Reads/Applied ReadArchitectural Boundary03 Third Order/Domains/Architecture/Architectural BoundaryArchitectural Carrying03 Third Order/Domains/Architecture/Architectural CarryingArchitectural Constraint03 Third Order/Domains/Architecture/Architectural ConstraintArchitectural Documentation03 Third Order/Domains/Architecture/Architectural DocumentationArchitectural Resolution03 Third Order/Domains/Architecture/Architectural ResolutionArchitectural Visibility03 Third Order/Domains/Architecture/Architectural VisibilityArchitecture03 Third Order/Domains/Architecture/ArchitectureBearing Relations03 Third Order/Fields/Relational Participation/Bearing Relations/Bearing RelationsBearing Source03 Third Order/Fields/Knowledge/Bearing SourceBehaviour03 Third Order/Fields/Relational Participation/Bearing Relations/BehaviourBelong03 Third Order/Fields/Place/BelongBetrayal03 Third Order/Fields/Relational Participation/Bearing Relations/BetrayalBinding03 Third Order/Path Reads/BindingBlack Hole03 Third Order/Fields/Natural World/Black HoleBody03 Third Order/Fields/Body/BodyBody Field03 Third Order/Fields/Body/Body FieldBranch03 Third Order / BranchCancer03 Third Order/Fields/Life/CancerCare03 Third Order/Fields/Relational Participation/Bearing Relations/CareCare Without Bearing03 Third Order/Fields/Relational Participation/Bearing Relations/Care Without BearingCaring03 Third Order/Placement Modes/CaringCarrying and Coupling03 Third Order/Fields/Relational Participation/Bearing Relations/Carrying and CouplingCasimir Plates03 Third Order/Fields/Natural World/Casimir PlatesCognition03 Third Order/Fields/Cognition/CognitionCognition Field03 Third Order/Fields/Cognition/Cognition FieldCognitive Carrying03 Third Order/Fields/Cognition/Cognitive CarryingCognitive Reads03 Third Order/Fields/Cognition/Cognitive ReadsCommunicating03 Third Order/Placement Modes/CommunicatingCompetence Boundary03 Third Order/Fields/Knowledge/Competence BoundaryConsent03 Third Order/Fields/Society/ConsentConstrained Resolution03 Third Order/Fields/Relational Participation/Bearing Relations/Constrained ResolutionControl03 Third Order/Fields/Relational Participation/Bearing Relations/ControlControl After Harm03 Third Order/Fields/Relational Participation/Bearing Relations/Control After HarmControl Drift03 Third Order/Fields/Relational Participation/Bearing Relations/Control DriftCosmic Polarity Read03 Third Order/Fields/Natural World/Cosmic Polarity ReadDark Energy03 Third Order/Fields/Natural World/Dark EnergyDark Matter03 Third Order/Fields/Natural World/Dark MatterDiagnosis03 Third Order/Applied Diagnosis/DiagnosisDocumentation Gap03 Third Order/Domains/Architecture/Documentation GapDomain03 Third Order / DomainEmotion03 Third Order/Fields/Body/EmotionEnchantment03 Third Order/Path Reads/EnchantmentEngineered Coupling03 Third Order/Fields/Relational Participation/Bearing Relations/Engineered CouplingExchanging03 Third Order/Placement Modes/ExchangingExpressing03 Third Order/Placement Modes/ExpressingExpression03 Third Order/Fields/Expression/ExpressionExpression Field03 Third Order/Fields/Expression/Expression FieldExternalised Cognition03 Third Order/Fields/Cognition/Externalised CognitionFaith Boundary03 Third Order/Fields/Faith/Faith BoundaryFaith Field03 Third Order/Fields/Faith/Faith FieldFaith Read03 Third Order/Fields/Faith/Faith ReadFatigue03 Third Order/Fields/Body/FatigueFatigue Boundary03 Third Order/Fields/Body/Fatigue BoundaryFeeling03 Third Order/Fields/Body/FeelingField Availability Pattern03 Third Order/Fields/Natural World/Field Availability PatternField of Participation03 Third Order / Field of ParticipationField Relationships03 Third Order / Field RelationshipsGesture03 Third Order/Fields/Expression/GestureGlamour03 Third Order/Path Reads/GlamourGoverning03 Third Order/Placement Modes/GoverningGravity03 Third Order/Fields/Natural World/GravityHarm03 Third Order/Fields/Relational Participation/Bearing Relations/HarmHope03 Third Order/Fields/Faith/HopeIllusion03 Third Order/Path Reads/IllusionInheritance03 Third Order/Fields/Our Story/InheritanceInherited Term Drift03 Third Order/Domains/Language/Inherited Term DriftInjury03 Third Order/Fields/Body/InjuryKnowing03 Third Order/Placement Modes/KnowingKnowledge03 Third Order/Fields/Knowledge/KnowledgeKnowledge Field03 Third Order/Fields/Knowledge/Knowledge FieldLanguage03 Third Order/Domains/Language/LanguageLanguage Domain03 Third Order/Domains/Language/Language DomainLearning03 Third Order/Domains/Teaching/LearningLearning Pace03 Third Order/Domains/Teaching/Learning PaceLife03 Third Order/Fields/Life/LifeLife Field03 Third Order/Fields/Life/Life FieldLight03 Third Order/Fields/Natural World/LightLoad-Bearing03 Third Order/Domains/Architecture/Load-BearingLocating03 Third Order/Placement Modes/LocatingMaintained Coupling03 Third Order/Fields/Relational Participation/Bearing Relations/Maintained CouplingMaintained Coupling Failure03 Third Order/Fields/Relational Participation/Bearing Relations/Maintained Coupling FailureMaking03 Third Order/Fields/Making/MakingMaking Field03 Third Order/Fields/Making/Making FieldMemory03 Third Order/Fields/Cognition/MemoryMisrepair03 Third Order/Fields/Relational Participation/Bearing Relations/MisrepairModelling03 Third Order/Fields/Knowledge/ModellingMoving03 Third Order/Placement Modes/MovingMusic03 Third Order/Domains/Music/MusicNatural World03 Third Order/Fields/Natural World/Natural WorldNatural World Field03 Third Order/Fields/Natural World/Natural World FieldNeglect03 Third Order/Fields/Relational Participation/Bearing Relations/NeglectNested Coupling03 Third Order/Fields/Relational Participation/Bearing Relations/Nested CouplingNesting03 Third Order / NestingNeutrino03 Third Order/Fields/Natural World/NeutrinoNourishment03 Third Order/Fields/Sustenance/NourishmentOrganic03 Third Order/Fields/OrganicOrganic and Organised Organisation03 Third Order/Fields/Organic and Organised OrganisationOrganic Field03 Third Order / Organic FieldOrganised Domain03 Third Order/Domains/Organised DomainOur Story03 Third Order/Fields/Our Story/Our StoryOur Story Field03 Third Order/Fields/Our Story/Our Story FieldOver-Treatment03 Third Order/Fields/Life/Over-TreatmentPace Mismatch03 Third Order/Domains/Teaching/Pace MismatchParenting03 Third Order/Domains/Parenting/ParentingParenting Boundary03 Third Order/Domains/Parenting/Parenting BoundaryParenting Repair03 Third Order/Domains/Parenting/Parenting RepairPath Reads03 Third Order/Path Reads/Path ReadsPhysical03 Third Order/Fields/Natural World/PhysicalPhysical Field Conditions03 Third Order/Fields/Natural World/Physical Field ConditionsPhysical Space03 Third Order/Fields/Natural World/Physical SpacePlace03 Third Order/Fields/Place/PlacePlace Field03 Third Order/Fields/Place/Place FieldPlacement Mode03 Third Order / Placement ModeProtective Control03 Third Order/Domains/Parenting/Protective ControlReality Check03 Third Order/Fields/Knowledge/Reality CheckReciprocity03 Third Order/Fields/Relational Participation/Bearing Relations/ReciprocityReciprocity Breakdown03 Third Order/Fields/Relational Participation/Bearing Relations/Reciprocity BreakdownRecovery03 Third Order/Fields/Body/RecoveryRelational Participation Field03 Third Order/Fields/Relational Participation/Relational Participation FieldRelationship03 Third Order/Fields/Relational Participation/Bearing Relations/RelationshipRepair03 Third Order/Fields/Relational Participation/Bearing Relations/RepairRepair Mismatch03 Third Order/Fields/Relational Participation/Bearing Relations/Repair MismatchRepresentation03 Third Order/Domains/Language/RepresentationResolution Polarity03 Third Order/Fields/Natural World/Resolution PolarityRestraint03 Third Order/Path Reads/RestraintSafety03 Third Order/Fields/Relational Participation/Safety/SafetySafety Boundary03 Third Order/Fields/Relational Participation/Safety/Safety BoundaryScene03 Third Order/Path Reads/SceneSelf03 Third Order/Fields/Cognition/SelfSelf-Bearing03 Third Order/Fields/Cognition/Self-BearingSelf-Control03 Third Order/Fields/Cognition/Self-ControlSelf-Harm03 Third Order/Fields/Cognition/Self-HarmSensing03 Third Order/Placement Modes/SensingSociety03 Third Order/Fields/Society/SocietySociety Field03 Third Order/Fields/Society/Society FieldSpell03 Third Order/Path Reads/SpellSurface Patch03 Third Order/Fields/Relational Participation/Bearing Relations/Surface PatchSustaining03 Third Order/Placement Modes/SustainingSustenance03 Third Order/Fields/Sustenance/SustenanceSustenance Field03 Third Order/Fields/Sustenance/Sustenance FieldTeaching03 Third Order/Domains/Teaching/TeachingTeaching Boundary03 Third Order/Domains/Teaching/Teaching BoundaryTechnology Domain03 Third Order/Domains/Technology/Technology DomainTerm Drift03 Third Order/Domains/Language/Term DriftThird Order03 Third Order / Third OrderThought03 Third Order/Fields/Cognition/ThoughtThreshold (Third → Higher)03 Third Order / Third Order CrossingTimescale03 Third Order/Fields/Natural World/TimescaleTool03 Third Order/Fields/Making/ToolTransforming03 Third Order/Placement Modes/TransformingTranslation03 Third Order/Domains/Language/TranslationTrust03 Third Order/Fields/Relational Participation/Bearing Relations/TrustViolation03 Third Order/Fields/Relational Participation/Bearing Relations/ViolationWonder03 Third Order/Path Reads/Wonder
04 Higher Order
Consciousness04 Higher Order/ConsciousnessHidden Bearing04 Higher Order/Hidden BearingHigher Faith04 Higher Order / Higher FaithHigher Learning04 Higher Order / Higher LearningHigher Order04 Higher Order / Higher OrderHigher Recognition04 Higher Order / Higher RecognitionHigher Retrace04 Higher Order / Higher RetraceInvisible Bearing04 Higher Order / Invisible BearingNested Carrying04 Higher Order / Nested CarryingRecursion04 Higher Order / RecursionSource Drift04 Higher Order/Source DriftThreshold (Higher → Atlas Practice)04 Higher Order / Higher Order Crossing
99 Atlas Practice
Atlas Note Standard99 Atlas Practice / Atlas Note StandardAtlas Practice99 Atlas Practice / Atlas PracticeAtlasing99 Atlas Practice/AtlasingDiscipline99 Atlas Practice/DisciplineParticipant99 Atlas Practice / ParticipantPractice99 Atlas Practice/PracticeReality Mechanic99 Atlas Practice / Reality MechanicReality-Bearing Connection99 Atlas Practice / Reality-Bearing ConnectionRetrace Practice99 Atlas Practice/Retrace PracticeRetracing99 Atlas Practice/RetracingRoot Resilience99 Atlas Practice / Root ResilienceRoot System99 Atlas Practice / Root SystemSelf-Modelling99 Atlas Practice/Self-ModellingSelf-Regulation99 Atlas Practice/Self-RegulationTracing99 Atlas Practice/Tracing