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title: Relational World
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description: The relational world is the dramatic surface of life — it holds all
  the volatile, contagious patterns and possibilities of feeling for others,
  ourselves, and the world. Here, we find cultural norms, traditions, fashion,
  stories, dance, ecstasy, revolution — any spark or tie that binds our hearts.
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# Relational World

The **[@link(open=reference) relational world](/essays/the-war-harmony-between-the-relational-conceptual-worlds-part-i/index.md)** is the dramatic surface of life — it holds all the volatile, [@link(open=reference) contagious](/essays/how-mimetic-patterns-form-our-identity-relationships/index.md) [@link(open=reference) patterns](/concepts/pattern/index.md) and [@link(open=reference) possibilities](/concepts/possibility/index.md) of *feeling* for others, ourselves, and the world. Here, we find cultural norms, traditions, fashion, stories, dance, ecstasy, revolution — any spark or tie that [@link(open=reference) binds our hearts](/essays/a-path-from-relational-order-to-chaos/index.md).

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<related-reading title="Further reading">

- [Everyone believes in personality types](/essays/everyone-believes-in-personality-types)
- [Welcome to Cultureland](/essays/welcome-to-cultureland)

- [In the Guide](../../index.md#relational-world)

</related-reading>