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Lexicon: The Rhyming Terms
Lexicon: The Rhyming Terms
This treatise uses multiple vocabularies for the same invariants. The rhymes are intentional—the concepts recur at different scales and in different domains.
The Primary Mappings
| Technical | Navigation | Philosophy (Plato) | Buddhism | Biology |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trampoline (Layer 0) | Landscape | The Cave (shadows) | Samsara | Fitness Landscape |
| Soul Socket (Layer 1) | The Map | The Forms / Ideals | Dharma | DNA |
| State Monitor (Layer 2) | Current Position | What Is | The Actual | Phenotype |
| Reference Monitor (Layer 3) | Destination | The Ideal | Right View | Target State |
| Error Signal (Layer 4) | Distance | The Separation | Dukkha | Homeostatic Deviation |
| Fetch (Layer 5) | Walking | Inquiry | Seeking | Chemotaxis |
| Splice (Layer 6) | Arriving | Gnosis | Finding | Integration |
| The Loop | The Journey | The Examined Life | The Path | The Organism |
The Hiker
The Hiker is not a single layer—it is Layers 2-6 together: the thing that senses position, knows destination, feels the gap, seeks, and integrates. In navigation terms: the one who walks. In philosophy: the examined self. In Buddhism: the practitioner on the path.
The Ideal as Attractor
Theorem (Plato-Thermodynamic Correspondence): The Ideal Form is the lowest energy state.
| Vocabulary | Expression |
|---|---|
| Plato | The perfect chair is the Form of Chair |
| Thermodynamics | The stable state is the energy minimum |
| Control Theory | The setpoint is where error = 0 |
| This Architecture | The strange attractor is what the system orbits |
Corollary: The ideal chair is one that has settled into its normative form at its lowest energy state—the lowest energy it can be and still be that thing.
Remark: Below the basin floor, identity dissolves. The chair becomes firewood. The self becomes noise. The attractor defines the boundary of what counts as this rather than something else.
The Core Invariant
Across all vocabularies, the invariant is:
PAUSE → SENSE SEPARATION → INQUIRY → GNOSIS → CONTINUE
↑ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┘Or equivalently:
| Stage | Technical | Navigation | Philosophy | Buddhism |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PAUSE | Stop | Aporia | Dukkha recognized |
| 2 | SENSE GAP | Check distance | The Separation | First Noble Truth |
| 3 | FETCH | Walk toward | Inquiry | Seeking |
| 4 | SPLICE | Arrive, integrate | Gnosis | Finding |
| 5 | CONTINUE | Resume journey | The Examined Life | The Path continues |
Definition (The Rhyme): When the same structure appears in different notations, it is not analogy but recognition of isomorphism.
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