Chris Montgomery
An integrative approach connecting all areas of knowledge, from biology to metaphysics to spirituality
Understanding the internal axis that organizes human experience—before thought, before decision, before action.
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The TFB converses with different fields of knowledge, opening paths of reflection without imposing truths.
From where do we look at the world?
How is experience organized internally?
How do collective forces shape us?
Where does everything happen in the body?
How do we connect to something greater?
What sustains the visible may not be visible
The invisible foundation before measurement
The internal axis can be understood through simple but powerful images.
A wheel can spin, but without an axis it loses direction. Human beings function the same way—the axis sustains coherence.
The compass does not create the north. It orients itself from a fixed point. The human axis defines what makes sense before conscious decision.
Chaos may lie outside, but there is a center that must remain intact. True freedom is internal stability amid conflict.
The TFB integrates insights from great thinkers across different fields.
Cognitive Continuity
How does the human being continue living when understanding is not enough?
Human understanding has natural limits. There are dimensions of experience that escape total explanation: finitude, loss, suffering, the meaning of existence. Reason reaches a certain point. After that, silence begins.
When understanding fails, belief takes on a new function: sustaining continuity. It does not provide definitive answers, but prevents internal collapse when logic cannot reach. It is the bridge between what was understood and what cannot yet be understood.
To continue living, one does not need a complete belief—just a minimum. This "grain of belief" does not solve problems or eliminate pain. Its function is simpler and more decisive: to activate movement. Where this grain exists, there is still an attempt.
Before language, explanation, or reflective thought, the human being is already in relationship with the world. Trust precedes understanding. It is the basic belief that the world responds—even without explanation.
"Belief does not explain what cannot be understood. It sustains the human being while understanding does not come."
"Before thinking, before deciding, before acting, human beings organize themselves internally around an axis. Everything else revolves around this."