Abstract

What follows is going to be an exercise in elemental metaphysical observation and reflection. No special mystical, devotional or intellectual powers will be required: merely the ability to think slowly and carefully and clearly. This short series is for anyone who wants to explore some simple lines of thought based in objective and sceptical self-observation at the most elemental level possible. Some paragraphs might occasionally be written in formal philosophical language, but if so these will always be followed by explanations in the plainest of everyday terms such that anyone with an interest in the subject will be able to understand them.