Territory
Reality
The world that exceeds every map and gets the final vote.
If this is active: outcomes overrule story.
Orientation map
You are somewhere on this map right now.
When things feel unclear, it’s usually not because everything is broken — it’s because you’re moving through different layers of understanding at once.
1
Seeing
Attention, salience, framing, perception, language, and lenses.
If this is active: attention shapes truth.
2
Knowing
Belief, evidence, explanation, compression, prediction, revision.
If this is active: belief updates shake identity.
3
Self
Identity, continuity, agency, memory, fragmentation, integrity.
If this is active: disruption shakes identity.
4
Meaning
Value, purpose, beauty, symbol, narrative, sacredness, love.
If this is active: significance outranks facts.
5
Collective Reality
Culture, ideology, institutions, legitimacy, coordination, authority.
If this is active: group narratives steer judgment.
6
Error and Corruption
Self-deception, mimicry, false clarity, moral vanity, despair, coercive certainty.
If this is active: false certainty erodes coherence.
7
Becoming
Learning, transformation, grief, discipline, integration, continuity-through-change.
If this is active: discomfort signals growth.
Outcome
Lived Conduct
Action, speech, relationship, responsibility, and correction in the world.
If this is active: repeated action reveals alignment.
Next step
Once you’ve located yourself, follow the thread.
Start with regulation if needed, then dialogue, then diagnosis.