The Record of Reality

The structured journal of this discipline. Sixteen fields carry one event from first impression to appropriate action. Everything here is private, for your eyes only, and persists between visits.

The Event

Situation

What factually happened. Camera language only.

First impression

The immediate thought that appeared, uncorrected.

Preference

What I wanted or expected.

Inner protest

Which reality I still refuse to acknowledge.

Emotional response

What I feel, and where in the body I notice it.

The Given and the Chosen

Given circumstances

What can no longer be undone.

Agency

What is directly choosable, influenceable, and out of reach.

Causes and the Whole

Causal map

Which causes, conditions, and choices played a part.

The whole

Who and what are touched by this situation.

Time and Impermanence

Time perspective

How this looks in a week, a year, and a lifespan.

Impermanence

What changes, ends, or becomes visible as temporary.

Role and Virtue

Role

Which role or duty now lies before me.

Four virtues

What wisdom, justice, courage, and temperance ask.

Acceptance and Action

Acceptance statement

Which reality I now acknowledge without romanticising it.

Appropriate action

The next right step, concretely.

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