Introducing the ISIT Contruct

The ISIT Construct is a modern approach to the fundamental concepts of Duality and Polarity. Instead of relying on ancient metaphors like Yin|Yang, God|Devil, Order|Chaos, Male|Female, and all the others that evolved over the centuries in ancient religions and philosophies, the ISIT Construct establishes a new Prime Duality based on the words/symbols: IS and IT. 

In this model, the words serve as symbolic representations. The symbol IS represents the animating force that makes everything go. IT reflects the invisible, inert medium through which IS flows. From this starting point, the ISIT Construct provides a path to map all of Reality, from the highest level of abstraction to as much detail as we choose to explore. 

What is the special significance of the symbols ‘IT’ and ‘IS’ that makes them a better representation of the Prime Duality than Yin/Yang, for example? Or Masculine/Feminine, or Real/Ideal, or Prickles and Goo? 

Ultimately, we are simply trying to establish two symbols to represent the essential nature of the Prime Duality that people can agree on, and that lend themselves to application to a broader philosophical framework. 

We could choose any set of symbols that make sense to most people. 

So why IS and IT?

We will expand further on this in future writings, but for now, here are three key reasons:

1. 1. The meanings of these two words clearly express the essential nature of these two aspects  in a highly abstract yet accurate way. 
   2. Beyond the meaning of the words, the morphology of the letters, words, and the sentence itself reflect and reinforce the nature of the duality 
   3. It is a new and original representation, so it is not distorted and cluttered with cultural baggage 

Rather than passively accepting the flawed representations that have been passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years, we will establish a modern conceptualization through contemporary consensus.

With a Prime Duality established by consensus, the ISIT Construct will enable us to associate highly abstract concepts to the model, such as numbers, geometry, physics, colors, music, alphabets, language, archetypes, and others, analagous to the way binary numbers relate to Hex, ASCII, machine language, assembly language, etc.

In this way, we will collaboratively develop a semantic taxonomy of our society, or civilization, our world, and all of Creation, extending from the highest levels of abstraction down to the deepest levels of derivative details we choose to explore.

This taxonomy will provide us with a mechanism by which to logically map our shared Reality.

The ISIT Construct is based on the concept of Objective Reality, which holds that everything in Reality can be abstractly defined as an Object that exhibits at least 10 Immutable Laws, starting with the First Law — that all Objects ultimately consist of IS and IT. 

IS does not exist in the physical reality with which we are all familiar, other than as it relates to some ITistic form. And IT can not exist in reality without being animated to some degree by an ISish action.

We exist in a relative, 3-D Reality, and the majority of people seem to be firmly rooted in their belief that this is the ultimate reality. Even a large percentage of religious people perceive Reality in this way, seeing God as a being with various attributes and preferences, and Heaven as a place where He and his many followers can dwell together, away from the many others who go to a different place. 

This isn’t intended as a criticism of religions or their adherents. It simply is what it is. We are embedded in this relative reality, and it seems extremely real to us. 

This mindset is expressed perfectly by none other than the fictional character, Conan the Barbarian: 

“Let teachers and priests and philosophers brood over questions of reality and illusion. I know this: if life is an illusion, then I am no less an illusion, and being thus, the illusion is real to me.”

— Conan the Barbarian

Precisely! 

And the fact is, most people don’t even give the concept as much thought as Conan. They are absorbed in the particulars of their own lives and don’t see the forest for the trees. 

But that’s not how they see it. From their perspective, it is the woo woo spiritual people who are living in a fantasy world. They don’t take all of this talk about enlightenment and awakening seriously. And their position is validated every day by cold, hard, undeniable facts, (at least as far as they know). 

The ISIT Construct is a tool designed to lead people who are inclined to think in terms of logic and science inexorably to the conclusion that, even though their materialistic mindset is indeed valid, (at least from the perspective of Conan the Barbarian), there is an Absolute Awareness underlying it all, and that understanding this Truth is the most direct path to more peace, joy and love in their life.