> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://lifevisor.gitbook.io/book/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://lifevisor.gitbook.io/book/0-4-concepts.md).

# Prominent New Concepts and Practices Developed in This Book

* The methodology of Present-Bounded Rationality (PBR) as an improvement over pure rationality for the purpose of understanding and working with reality
* Engineering as a far more powerful way (than religion or philosophy or even science) to understand and work with reality
* The connection between Present-Bounded Rationality and Engineering
* Meaning-Seeking Entities (MSE)
* The Meaning-Seeking Entities Framework
* The Meaning-grounding Tendencies (8 tendencies in 2 groups: Fundamental and Biological)
* The eight Meaning Orientations as a practical, human-scale compass for daily alignment
* A way to find Meaning in life using evidence and reason alone
* A way to find Purpose in life using evidence and reason alone
* A way to find Hope in life using evidence and reason alone
* The idea that Mindfulness and Active Inference / Free Energy Principle may be related
* The idea of consciousness as a new "virtual" life form that emerges inside complex living entities
* The idea of applying Active Inference to consciousness
* How the concept of and desire for meaning may be shown to emerge from consciousness itself performing Active Inference, in order to keep itself alive
* New practices based on the MSE Framework:
  * Mindful Moments
  * Purposeful Mornings
  * Hopeful Evenings
  * Meaningful Life