The fountainhead: all of Judiasim hence reality (it’s offshoot) is based on three principles 1. The goal of life is greater unity 2. Unity is a function of egolessness ( for the greater I feel I am, the more concerned I am with getting my way, and conversely the less capable of having a meaningful relationship) 3. Ultimately for our ability to a. Have unity and b. Be egoless, we need to enter the Messianic paradigm