Alignment ② definity 2.2 so the main point of an alignment is that it includes a point of view
(POV)
As it is the key part of this development of alignment in a worlding the self context, I had better look at usages of language (at least in recent English) of how it relates to similar or associated terms, with thanks to Ben Loomis (of The Gothic World, both/and and Implicate Orders) for asking a very good question.
A point of view refers to the prior partiality life surfs, and to which consciousness or self-consciousness are subsequent elaborations, and thus my use of 'selfing' is also subsequent. That partiality is what seperates life from matter in all it's anonymous commodity. That is, a point of view arises in evolution, and around due to some element of stability, survival and reproductive transmission of that stability (of transmission if nothing else), procesess in which some sense of its partial nature becomes selected for.
This "point of view" might be considered unconscious, but as I said, consciousness is subsequent so defining this more primal point of view in terms of consciousness, is perhaps misguided, if not, mis-wised.
Perhaps even point of view is misguided, but I have no term which might be easily recognised.
Thus self-consciousness, individual-ness or identity, or conscientiousness or soul, and even a "social institution of the individual" are even later in the process of evolution into worlding (of the self among others).
So, currently, until I have a better term, and is still recognisable if not explainable, point of view (POV) is the critical threshold, or fulcrum upon which the levers of our aligning-behaviours pivot us into the world.
How we world unconsciously, or subconsciously, or altered-stately, meditatively, or deep in dissociating zones of flow and habit, we will leave fo rother discussions. (Just 'keep in mind' we have always been the threshold of the cave itself.)
There is also a whole area to discuss with reference to the discovery or invention of perspective.
This is the second part of Alignment ② definity that is also crossposted with all sections at whyweshould.loofs-samorzewski.com
