At the Highest Level of Abstraction the Ideal is One.
Yet to Perceive and function in Reality, we must differentiate out the highest order unity into Categories.
There are other places in the books that discuss the Hemispheric Specialization, and the functions of Right Hemisphere and Left Hemisphere.
At the Center of each Category is an Ideal that defines the category.
Around the Ideal is a diverse array of manifestation.
What determines the Value of any individuated aspect of Creation is its relative conformance to the Ideal of the Categories it inhabits.
For example, there is a Category of Creation that in English we call "dog". The Category dog holds space for a wide array of different manifestations, so we create additional Sub Categories of dog that we define as "breeds". Just as there are Sub Categories of "dog", "dog" itself is a Sub Category of other Super Categories such as "mammal" and "animal".
To each breed of dog, we assign a set of characteristics that in aggregate make up the Ideal manifestation of that category. Humans then actually have "dog shows" in which panels of judges compare specific manifest dogs to the transcendent Image of the Ideal in its Category, and celebrate the Most Ideal dog with awards.
So therefore we could say that the Value of any dog lies in the degree to which it conforms itself to the Ideal dog.
The entire structure of Reality is inherently One, which we perceive primarily with our Right Hemisphere. To function and interact within Reality we break it down into Categories with our Left Hemisphere. At the Center of each Category is an Ideal representation.
These Categories array themselves out across a Total Nested Hierarchy of Abstraction by Depth so that in aggregate they constitute a Total Nested Hierarchy of Ideals.
This Total Nested Hierarchy of Ideals, processed and understood through a Narrative Framework, is essentially the Map of the universe we use to Perceive and Navigate.
At the Absolute top of the Total Nested Hierarchy of Ideals is One. At the bottom is All. In between are the categorical structures we use to Perceive and Navigate through Reality, and at the Center of every Category is an Ideal.
The relative Value or Worth of any individuated aspect of Creation depends on (something like) three primary aspects:
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