Fairness is one of the four cardinal ideas. Along with hierarchy, symmetry, and significance, these cardinal ideas represent foundational, overarching concepts that play a significant role in shaping how we perceive and interact with the world. Fairness, in its essence, is about equality and individuality. It’s not necessarily about justice or injustice in the human sense because those are often subjective terms—what one person deems just, another might deem unjust. But fairness, as an idea, is a fundamental pattern that seeks balance, equality, and symmetry between individuals or within a system.
Fairness as a Cardinal Idea
As we’ve previously discussed, cardinal ideas are specific individuated aspects of the divine, emerging from the masculine, unknowable future. They represent precise, unchanging thought patterns, much like a particular hue of color after light passes through a prism. Fairness is one such hue—a distinct, unalterable pattern. It is not a product of your imagination; it exists independently of you, intersecting with your subconscious pattern when realized.
Fairness has its own biases and prejudices, much like the other cardinal ideas. It sees the world through its own lens, pushing for equality and balance whenever it perceives an imbalance. When fairness intersects with your subconscious pattern, it can cause a profound shift in your reality. This shift is often experienced as a powerful emotional reaction—one that propels you to demand justice, fight for equality, or act on behalf of fairness.
However, this doesn’t mean that fairness is always aligned with objective truth. As we know, two opposing sides in a conflict may both claim to be fighting for justice, yet their interpretations of what is fair can be completely different. This disparity arises from the idea of orientation, something we’ll delve into later. But for now, it’s important to recognize that the concept of fairness is fixed, unchanging, and specific to how it perceives equality, balance, and justice.
Fairness and the Hyperbolic Geometry of Your Reality
If you think back to the hyperbolic geometry we discussed earlier, you’ll recall how your reality swings between moments of euphoria and moments of despair. Fairness, as a cardinal idea, has the power to push you to either extreme. When fairness intersects with your subconscious, it can propel you into a state of intense emotion—whether that’s a fight for justice, an overwhelming sense of equality, or a deep conviction about what is right or wrong.
In this state, your experience of reality shifts. You might have been calm and centered just moments before, but now, driven by the influence of fairness, you find yourself swept up in an emotional storm, demanding change or action. If we were to plot this moment on the hyperbola of your reality equation, we would see you shooting off toward one of the arms—elevating towards a peak of intense emotion or plunging into the depths of frustration and confusion.
This shift in your experience is not caused by the external situation itself. You might be pointing at an event, a person, or a situation and declaring it unjust or unfair. But remember, the object or situation you’re reacting to does not possess these qualities inherently. It is not “unjust” in any objective sense. Rather, it is the idea of fairness, realized in your subconscious, that is giving rise to this reaction. You are experiencing fairness through the lens of your subconscious pattern, and it is shaping how you perceive the world at that moment.
The Subjective Nature of Fairness
As we discussed, fairness doesn’t always manifest in the same way for everyone. Imagine two individuals on opposing sides of a political debate. One person might be arguing for justice, while the other believes the same issue is an injustice. Both are motivated by fairness, but their orientations differ. This doesn’t mean that fairness is inconsistent or subjective. The idea itself is fixed, but it manifests differently depending on the orientation of the individual experiencing it.
This variation in experience is important to understand. You and another person may both have fairness intersecting with your subconscious patterns at the same time, but your reactions could be entirely different. One person may be propelled to action, while the other might feel completely at peace with the same situation. This is the nature of how ideas interact with our subconscious, shaping our perception and creating ripples in our reality equation.
The Power of Fairness in Your Reality
The influence of fairness can be profound, particularly when it intersects with your subconscious pattern. Just as we discussed with other realized ideas, fairness causes a warp or ripple in your reality, creating an emotional response that feels deeply personal and important. However, it’s essential to remember that this reaction is temporary. The influence of fairness will eventually fade, allowing your subconscious pattern to settle back into its stable, malleable state.
But during that moment of intersection, fairness feels all-consuming. It takes over your reality, and you find yourself compelled to act, to demand equality or justice, to restore balance where you perceive an imbalance. This is the power of fairness as a cardinal idea—it doesn’t just influence your thoughts; it changes how you experience reality, even if only for a short time.
As we continue, we’ll explore more about how these cardinal ideas, including hierarchy, symmetry, and significance, shape your reality. Each of these ideas plays a role in how you perceive the world and how your reality equation unfolds. Understanding the nature of these ideas, and how they interact with your subconscious, will help you better navigate the hyperbolic geometry of your experience.