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title: "Start Here — Onboarding & Orientation"
heading: "Start Here — Onboarding & Orientation"
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updated: "2026-03-19T00:00:00+00:00"
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url: https://ananda.icu/start
description: "Looking for the basic bearings? Yes there's a bunch here — and it may look a bit overwhelming. It's all connected when you get it — we're cultivating an ecosystem of insight, a broad spectrum prism into the essence of life and awareness."
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**Looking for the basic bearings?** Yes there's a bunch here — and it may look a bit overwhelming. It's all connected when you get it — we're cultivating an ecosystem of insight, a broad spectrum prism into the essence of life and awareness.

**This page is the launch pad** for your journey into the outer inner space. Onboarding and orientation, a starter map to help you wrap your head and heart around the strange pools of essence we've collected from the many roads of life.

**When you watch and read** the content in this resource, please remember: it's not a presentation of information, not a bunch of answers. It's a buffet of perspectives, a stir of questions, an adventure to stimulate your own process of discovery.


## Primer Videos ⁘ What's Here? Why? And Who? ¶

	### [In Strange Pools of Essence · Seek & Find Perspectives (BTS004) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/behind-the-scenes/bts004-in-strange-pools-of-essence-seek-find-perspectives)

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			[**⊂ talks**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/talks) [⊆ behind-the-scenes](https://ananda.icu/cat/talks/behind-the-scenes)
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			**2026-03-23** 
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		- Welcome to our Strange Pools of Essence. What you find here isn't a dead set of teachings or doctrines. This is an ecosystem of free insight — we look together through a prism of perspectives. Perspectives into "what is", as it is. Our manifold series are organized into seven thematic islands — Kernel, Basic, Quest, Retro, Maker, Yonder, and Harvest. Featuring... [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/behind-the-scenes/bts004-in-strange-pools-of-essence-seek-find-perspectives)

	### [Into the Loom of Creation · Ecosystem of Awareness (TSC006) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/thus-spake-the-creator/tsc006-into-the-loom-of-creation-ecosystem-of-awareness)

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			[**⊂ talks**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/talks) [⊆ thus-spake-the-creator](https://ananda.icu/cat/talks/thus-spake-the-creator)
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		- The creator creates the creations for the creatures — right? But how is this fabric of creation — and where does it lead us? First: Existential basics on the Creator and Witness planes of Consciousness. Gazing at the canvas of potential patterns. Into the interplay of Seer and Seen — Dynamic Awareness and Formative Substance. A creation unfolds. Then a tour of the eight primary realms for humans. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/thus-spake-the-creator/tsc006-into-the-loom-of-creation-ecosystem-of-awareness)

	### [The Creator Entity Definition · A Formal Introduction (TSC002) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/thus-spake-the-creator/tsc002-the-creator-entity-definition-a-formal-introduction)

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			[**⊂ talks**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/talks) [⊆ thus-spake-the-creator](https://ananda.icu/cat/talks/thus-spake-the-creator)
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			**2026-01-20** 
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		- For your convenience — to help you relate to the vastness of themes we share — here, a formal creator entity definition for your prime aggregator. Pioneer of cognitive evolution and liberation. Broad-spectrum recompiler of beneficial axioms and essence. Reflective broadcaster of the fullness of life. Please friends — cast me not into your isolated buckets. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/thus-spake-the-creator/tsc002-the-creator-entity-definition-a-formal-introduction)

... — _Walk-through below landing in shortly! Stay tuned!_ — ...


## At a Glance — In this Repository ¶

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## A Clear Start: The Primer Series ¶

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## Classic Wisdom & Fantastic Legends ¶
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## Deeper Dives & Harvested Essence ¶
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## Next Steps — As We All Evolve ¶
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