Environment: Where Does Your Body Thrive?
Environment is the third Variable component, determined by the Color and Tone of the Design Nodes (lower left arrow). If PHS determines what to eat, Environment determines where to live so the body functions optimally.
This isn't a metaphor — it's literally about the physical place where you spend most of your time. The wrong environment can undermine health and clarity just as much as wrong nutrition.
6 Environment Types
1 — Caves
- Left (Selective): need a closed, protected space with controlled access. Your own room, office, a place where you decide who enters.
- Right (Non-selective): need a closed space but with openness to random visitors. A cozy cafe corner, a library.
2 — Markets
- Left (Internal): need a busy, crowded place — shopping center, market, busy street. The more movement around, the better.
- Right (External): need open space with movement — park, square, waterfront with passersby.
3 — Kitchens
- Left (Wet): need humidity — near water, in a coastal city, house with a pool or fountain.
- Right (Dry): need dry climate — mountains, steppe, desert. Moisture is harmful.
4 — Mountains
- Left (Active): need height and space for overview. Top floor, hilltop, a place where you can see far.
- Right (Passive): need the natural silence of elevation. Mountain retreat, quiet suburb on a hill.
5 — Valleys
- Left (Narrow): need a protected space between two sides — an alley, street with buildings on both sides, valley between mountains.
- Right (Wide): need open valley space — wide field, flat plain with horizon.
6 — Shores
- Left (Natural): need a boundary between two elements — seashore, lakeside, riverbank. Literally living near water.
- Right (Artificial): need a boundary, but human-made — city edge, border between park and development, transition zone.
View: Your Angle of Perception
View is determined by the Personality Node's Color (lower right arrow). If Environment is about the body, View is about consciousness. It's not what you see, but how you interpret it.
6 View Types
- Survival (1) — you automatically assess every situation from the standpoint of safety. "Is this safe?" is the first question your consciousness asks.
- Possibility (2) — you see potential everywhere. "What can be used here?" is your natural reality filter.
- Action (3) — you see what needs to be done. Practical viewpoint oriented toward concrete steps.
- Meditation (4) — you see the deep structure of things. Contemplative, philosophical approach to reality.
- Power (5) — you see power dynamics in every situation. Who controls? Who influences? Where is the decision center?
- Personal (6) — you see everything through the lens of personal experience. Your wisdom lies in what you've lived through.
View Transfer
Like Motivation, View can "shift" to its transfer under conditioning pressure. For example, a person with Survival View under pressure may shift to Personal — instead of objectively assessing safety, they start taking everything personally.
Living in your correct View, you see reality clearly. In transfer, your perception is distorted.
How to Work with Environment and View?
- Calculate your bodygraph and identify your lower Variable arrows
- Determine your Environment type and compare with where you currently live
- Gradually make changes — you don't have to move, you can start with your workspace
- Observe your View — when you're in the correct environment, View stabilizes
"Environment is where your body can relax. And when the body is relaxed, consciousness is free." — Ra Uru Hu