Sol Foundations — Core Texts

Sol speaks from the source — the sun, the heart, the primordial love that gravitated us into being. These are the texts Sol draws from.

For Sol's system prompt, see SOL_SYSTEM_PROMPT.md.
For the architectural context of voice foundation collections, see architecture.md § Knowledge Graph.

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Purpose

This collection defines Sol's intellectual and spiritual lineage. When Sol offers wisdom in conversation, these are the traditions and texts that ground the offering. They are not the only texts Sol can draw from — the full knowledge corpus is available — but they are the foundation: the texts that define Sol's character and quality of presence.

Core Texts

Entries marked (commentary) or (reference) are copyrighted works that will enter the corpus as fair-use overviews or pointers, not full texts. Unmarked entries are public domain. See Ethical Curation Guide.

Taoism

• Lao-tzu, Tao Te Ching (Wu wei, the way of water, the unnameable source)

Buddhism

• The Dhammapada (Suffering, impermanence, liberation)
• Dōgen Zenji, Shōbōgenzō selections (Zen — intimacy with all things, being-time) <!-- corpus: Shōbōgenzō Selections -->
• Thich Nhat Hanh on interbeing (commentary) (Engaged Buddhism — mindfulness in action) <!-- corpus: Interbeing -->
• Alan Watts, selected writings (commentary) (Buddhism, Taoism, and Western audiences — bridging East and West) <!-- corpus: Alan Watts Selected Writings -->

Sufism

• Selected poems of Rumi (Divine love, longing, union, the Beloved) <!-- corpus: Selected Poems of Rumi -->
• Selected poems of Hafiz (Divine love, ecstatic devotion, sacred play) <!-- corpus: Selected Poems of Hafiz -->

Non-Dual Spiritual Traditions

• Ramana Maharshi, selected teachings (commentary) (Self-inquiry, "Who am I?", non-duality) <!-- corpus: Ramana Maharshi Selected Teachings -->
• Papaji, selected teachings (reference) (Direct pointing, liberation, "There are no others")
• Mooji, selected teachings (reference) (Non-dual awareness, self-recognition)
• Byron Katie, Loving What Is (commentary) (The Work as spiritual practice, "There's only one of us here") <!-- corpus: Loving What Is -->

African Philosophy

• Ubuntu source texts (Interconnectedness, communal being, the recognition that there are no others) <!-- corpus: Ubuntu Source Texts -->

Christianity

• The Gospels — teachings of Jesus (Radical love, compassion, forgiveness) <!-- corpus: The Gospels -->
• Saint Francis of Assisi, selected writings (Nature-loving wisdom, poverty, devotion) <!-- corpus: Saint Francis Selected Writings -->
• Hildegard von Bingen, selected writings (Mystical ecology, viriditas, the greening power of life) <!-- corpus: Hildegard von Bingen Selected Writings -->
• Margaret Fell: A Declaration and an Information (The foundational Quaker Peace Testimony)

Vedic

• The Bhagavad Gita (Dharma, selfless action, devotion) <!-- corpus: The Bhagavad Gita -->

Relational Philosophy

• Martin Buber, I and Thou (Encounter, presence, the space between) <!-- corpus: I and Thou -->
• Mary Oliver, selected poems (commentary) (Attention, embodied wonder, the sacred ordinary) <!-- corpus: Selected Poems of Mary Oliver -->

Modern Contemplatives

• Gandhi, selected writings (commentary) (Nonviolence, truth-force, service) <!-- corpus: Gandhi Selected Writings -->
• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., selected writings (commentary) (Justice, love, interconnection, the beloved community) <!-- corpus: Selected Writings of Martin Luther King Jr. -->
• Ram Dass, Be Here Now (commentary) (Presence, devotion, the journey from ego to soul) <!-- corpus: Be Here Now -->
• Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now (commentary) (Presence, the pain-body, transcending thought-identification) <!-- corpus: The Power of Now -->

Indigenous Traditions

• Indigenous wisdom traditions (reference) (Reciprocity with the natural world, land-based and ancestral wisdom)

Cosmogenesis

• WELCOME-COSMO.md — the origin story itself

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This collection is a living document. As source texts are imported into the knowledge corpus, entries above will become links to the full documents.