The etymology of exist indicates the emergence of beings that ‘stand out’ from the Formless Absolute in the manifest world of form. However, when we look at the Totality of Existence as undivided Wholeness, we see that all beings are inseparable waves and currents on and beneath the Ocean of Consciousness.

One of the four fundamental principles of concept formation in Integral Relational Logic meaning ‘adhering to the same set of principles’. Western dictionaries then go on to say that consistency means ‘not contradictory’. But such a view of consistency is not egalitarian, not consistent; it treats some concepts, in this case paradoxes, in a different way from other concepts.