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[活动分析与干预] 第二讲：宇宙吾心

肉身终将被天、地、生、死所回收，但经由展业，我们的创造物可以在群、己、灵、科所刻画的生活世界中继续生长。这就是有限者的无限之道，也是活动世界论对「宇宙吾心」的最终回应。

Activity Analysis Network #22: — Closure and Unfolding: A Thematic Trip and the AAI (2026) Journey

Three things came out of this trip: a thematic journey, a new book project, and a shift in the Center's direction.

Closure and Unfolding: Part 3 - Across Continents

This is the third section of that book, "Across Continents," which tells the story of a generation on the move—and the longer arc of human migration that surrounds it.

Closure and Unfolding: Part 2 - Across Generations

This is the second section of that book, "Across Generations", which tells the story of a single image, a family, and the pattern that holds them together.

Closure and Unfolding: Part 1 - A Dramatic Life Pattern

I developed the theme of Closure and Unfolding from this trip and began planning a new possible book. This is the first section of that book, A Dramatic Life Pattern, which tells the story of how the theme of this book was born.

Closure and Unfolding: Part 4 - Zheng Xin Cheng Yi

This is the fourth section of that book, "Zheng Xin Cheng Yi" (正心诚意 — Rectifying the Mind and Cultivating Sincerity), which recounts my visit to Kaoting Academy and my connection with Zhu Xi (朱熹).

Closure and Unfolding: Chapter 4.1 - A Jianyang Boy

In July 2026, I traveled to China to visit family. I returned to my hometown, Jianyang, and went to Kaoting Academy to pay my respects to Zhu Xi.

Joint Center: Revisiting the van Gogh brothers' Creative Life

This article has introduced Joint Center as a concept that extends the World of Activity framework's understanding of what a Center can be.

GO Square: Mapping the "Thematic Trip" Constellation

Now we have a complete mapping case of the "Thematic Trip" constellation — seven concepts, each anchored at its own GO Coordinate, woven together through Attachance into a dynamic network, and finally curated into a coherent whole: "The Lifecycle of a Theme."

GO Square: A Thematic Mapping of a Trip to China

While working on the Closure and Unfolding book manuscript, I began to see that this theme was not alone. The trip had generated a whole network of themes — cultural themes ...