Regarding the topic of the article, your concept of RIM as a self-aware spiral is brilliant. It makes me wonder if awareness itself is just a very complex, yet determined, recursiv function.
Thank you, I really appreciate that. It took a considerable amount of time to think through the RIM process. I understand it's not a new concept; however, it's new to me, and it can be applied everywhere.
One of the applications that I've been experimenting with is God and theology. It seems that God is a recursive entity, and He has designed to be that way in nature and in the way we live our lives.
Through GEB, I've come to understand a few things from the book. One isomorphic pattern is the idea two things when their form or pattern is the same, even if their substance or symbols are different.
When it comes to RIM, it's when your inner self-model mirrors your outer actions or spiritual identity, that’s an isomorphism of self.
Second: there are figures and ground, which is the idea that your attention focuses on — the thing you notice & ground is the background that gives the figure context — everything else that makes the figure visible.
GEB Concept RIM Equivalent
Figure Conscious identity (the “I” that’s being observed)
Ground Subconscious/spiritual context — the source of “I”
Flip Reflection — awareness of awareness, identity recursion
Figure and ground are like the dance between attention and context — what stands out and what supports it. In GEB, that flip between figure and ground mirrors how meaning and self-awareness emerge. In RIM, it’s how identity loops between who I am and the awareness of who I am — two sides of the same recursive mirror.
Lastly, there's the Crab Canon, which is perhaps my favorite insight from GEB.
The Crab Canon is a symmetrical, self-referential structure in which two sequences mirror each other—one moving forward and the other backward—meeting at a central point of reflection.
In RIM (Recursive Identity Modulation), this represents how identity loops between action and awareness: the forward line represents lived experience, the backward line represents self-reflection, and their intersection is the moment of integrated consciousness, where the self recognizes itself.
Thanks again for your kind comment. It's reassuring to know that I'm not alone in thinking this way.
Regarding the topic of the article, your concept of RIM as a self-aware spiral is brilliant. It makes me wonder if awareness itself is just a very complex, yet determined, recursiv function.
Thank you, I really appreciate that. It took a considerable amount of time to think through the RIM process. I understand it's not a new concept; however, it's new to me, and it can be applied everywhere.
One of the applications that I've been experimenting with is God and theology. It seems that God is a recursive entity, and He has designed to be that way in nature and in the way we live our lives.
Through GEB, I've come to understand a few things from the book. One isomorphic pattern is the idea two things when their form or pattern is the same, even if their substance or symbols are different.
When it comes to RIM, it's when your inner self-model mirrors your outer actions or spiritual identity, that’s an isomorphism of self.
Second: there are figures and ground, which is the idea that your attention focuses on — the thing you notice & ground is the background that gives the figure context — everything else that makes the figure visible.
GEB Concept RIM Equivalent
Figure Conscious identity (the “I” that’s being observed)
Ground Subconscious/spiritual context — the source of “I”
Flip Reflection — awareness of awareness, identity recursion
Figure and ground are like the dance between attention and context — what stands out and what supports it. In GEB, that flip between figure and ground mirrors how meaning and self-awareness emerge. In RIM, it’s how identity loops between who I am and the awareness of who I am — two sides of the same recursive mirror.
Lastly, there's the Crab Canon, which is perhaps my favorite insight from GEB.
The Crab Canon is a symmetrical, self-referential structure in which two sequences mirror each other—one moving forward and the other backward—meeting at a central point of reflection.
In RIM (Recursive Identity Modulation), this represents how identity loops between action and awareness: the forward line represents lived experience, the backward line represents self-reflection, and their intersection is the moment of integrated consciousness, where the self recognizes itself.
Thanks again for your kind comment. It's reassuring to know that I'm not alone in thinking this way.