Relationality & Interdependence: Inviting Universal Truth into Relationship
After ten months of researching, writing, editing, and refining, I feel now that Universal Truth is ready to meet the light of day.
And if writing this book has taught me anything, it’s that knowledge is participatory, and that meaning arises through relationship.
In the model explored through Universal Truth, growth moves through recurring stages of differentiation, limitation, relationship, and reintegration.
For me, differentiation came in the form of upheaval: leaving behind a life and identity I had spent decades building, only to find that a truer and more authentic life I thought I had abandoned was still patiently waiting for me.
But I couldn’t fully accept that second chance until I had worked through the limitations I had placed upon myself. Boundaries, self-doubt, and wider life constraints all tried to pull me back, and at times they almost succeeded. Yet by opening myself to relationship from a place of honesty, rather than the carefully maintained self I had presented for so many years, I began to find the strength to keep moving forward with this creative endeavour.

Patterns emerge through relationship.
Image: Detail from 03 reflection house,
Escher X nendo | Between Two Worlds,
NGV International, 2019. Installation by nendo, inspired by M. C. Escher. Photograph by Kim Goldsmith.
Personally, I am moving from a state of limitation into the field of relationship.
So too, Universal Truth – a work that explores resonance, coherence, and shared patterns of meaning-making – can no longer be refined in isolation. It now requires an act of relationship between writer and reader, work and world.
And so, the next step for Universal Truth is to move into its own initial field of relationship.
This is where I call to you, however you came across this space.
If the themes explored on this site resonate, and you are genuinely curious to learn more about how a small set of underlying principles may form the scaffolding behind the many ways we come to know truth, I invite you to become part of this first relational field by completing the Advance Reader Expression of Interest form via the link below.
Advance readers will receive a free PDF ARC of Universal Truth: Mapping the Architecture of Existence, with private feedback requested. There is no obligation to provide public reviews once Universal Truth is published, and any reviews submitted by advance readers should reflect honest opinions.
The model Universal Truth is based on does not require wholehearted agreement. Instead, it is strengthened by the addition of varied perspectives.
– KG