Adjacency

The philosophical principle of adjacency represents that which is closest to, but which distinguishes itself somehow from, its own simplicity. Humanism is the simple principle of unity amongst those to whom a universe looks for basic universal motivation, and in the context of scheduling that is found here in late-Piscean America. Adjacency is represented very simply by the Christ, the conscientious alter-ego to the Happy Human. Secularism is a defense against some of the principles of adjacent religiosity which might have offended the salvatory rights of the truly simple human. However, Unitarian Universalism integrates humanism with theism very well, and so the principle of adjacency can work with the Unitarian Christ as his own Christly aspect of self, where being a simple human here on Earth (“intra-Solar” is one way of “distinguishing” the cosmologically simpler version of where we are) is the slightly truer business for a good few of us.

Alter-ego relativity is possibly the simplest manifestation of adjacency. Dr. Jones might be an identity adjacent to who Mr. Jones is while at work; many superheros have their alter-egos; it's very common for actors and game players to carry alternate identities for periods of time. Most of us have the idea.

Sexual identity or sexual role might be the next level of adjacency. Femininity is usually partnered with masculinity, and we're all familiar with what it means to have both genders parenting us. This type of adjacency may be protected, created, motivated by the likes of logic, sophistication, government, and ecclesiastical interests.

Another level of adjacency populates our world with animals and plants, minerals and elements. We might consider the continentally definitive (Asian, European, African, etc.) genetic races to give many of us adjacency to one another. Some of us even think of the likes of visionary differences as being a subclassification of this type of relativity, and so much of what employment is has to do with a practical type of adjacency.