About monoreality

One reality, manifold

The term "mono" from Latin signifies "one" or "solely," giving rise to monism—the philosophical view that reality consists of a single, unified substance. While monism seeks unity, there's an inherent paradox: to understand wholeness, we must first create distinctions.

When we distinguish between "one" and "other," we aren't imposing artificial divisions on reality. Rather, these distinctions reveal the structure through which we naturally perceive and understand our world. Making these distinctions isn't an ideal we strive for—it's a necessary foundation for all knowledge and communication.

Our understanding develops through dialectical processes—the interaction between different or opposing perspectives. However, when we attempt to synthesize opposing viewpoints or integrate fragmented knowledge, we inevitably create new paradoxes and contradictions. True unification isn't achieved through simple synthesis but through an ongoing cycle: we approximate unity, make necessary distinctions, critique our understanding, and then approach unity again from a new perspective.

This cycle never truly ends. Our experience of reality continuously unfolds through this knowledge-seeking process—a perpetual dance of separation and integration, distinction and connection.

Inner workings

Digital gardens are a possibility to cultivate those connections and share knowledge in a community of curious and open-minded people. I will attempt my best to find a middle-ground between my seeds of thoughts and ideas, and turning them into trees, all in public, without writing static, linear, SEO-optimized content. Ideas and connections will grow organically across the garden’s network.

On every page you will find an interactive local knowledge graph. These graphs display all linked connections of a given page. You can increase the depth, meaning that the links will extend further, up to three degrees. Additionally, the page’s backlinks are listed—meaning every other page that mentions it.