representational inquiry regarding meaning » value » authenticity / valuable for me / my 'ought'
Following the representational logic of the I-phase, the S-node symbol combines a cone pointing down (experiencer) with the color blue (self), indicating experiencer as self.
When applied to the A-phase dealing with value, the logic of S gets interpreted according to actual, practical (self/world) engagement over time, with the past below, the future above, and the present stretched out before us. Since we understand who we are in terms of the possibilities we project for ourselves, the cones pointing down (T, S, and Y) get reinterpreted as cones opening up. Their apexes are in the present, and they're opening up to the possibilities we project for ourselves into the future. These are our "oughts." We ought to engage in our world in a certain way because we ought to be a certain way that we aren't already. That which allows us to become who we are—to become our own (a futural notion)—is valuable. Modes of engagement are valuable insofar as they help us realize our possibilities of becoming who we truly are. So the cones are not so much a being-thrown-under as they are in the J-node, or points of view as they are in the O-phase; here they are being-thrown-forth, pro-jecting possibilities.
The cone opening up thus means valuable, and together with the color blue, the S-node symbol means valuable for self. In other words, the S-node symbol represents that which is good for me.
The letter S is used to represent this node primarily given the relation of its traditional numerical value (300) to the other A-phase nodes as arranged in a magic square. See letter A for an explanation.
