The Bopian Philosophy

Let me go out and say that not all Bopians in the world have the same philosophy. There are myriad Bopians in the world with myriad reasons and justifications for their existence. There is even what is known as "forced inflation", that is, people who are forced to become like Bopians against their own free will. However, this post is meant to be a general framing of the commonalities between the lines of thought of all Bopians and the reasons for all embiggening, inflation, and ensphering of beings in existence. And believe it or not, when you look at the myriad justifications for embiggening of Bopians it often boils down to something or other in this philosophy, or you can find various common lines which do boil down to this one. This general philosophy, forgoing all specifics, is what I will attempt to lay out as clearly as I am able in this post.

We will begin by saying that the Bopian philosophy starts from the foundation of classical confederacy. That is, that there is such a thing as a "confederate", which can also be called a "subaltern", which plays the role of a complement or simulacra of an original type of thing, and the confederate presumably is created to serve the purpose of the original type of thing. It is assumed that complex beings have complex wishes, and thus, rather than performing all these wishes themselves, it may be simpler and easier to delegate these tasks to a being more simple than them. The Bopian idea of confederacy, however, has a different "flavor" to that of classical confederacy. Bopians believe that all confederates are by nature (1) smaller than the original type of thing, and (2) more active than the original type of thing. Classical confederacy does not enforce rigorously such restrictions, yet we will see that such restrictions on confederacy are surprisingly logical and harmonious with physical laws.

As a being in existence gets bigger and more complex, it will tend to eject confederates from itself to which tasks of the original being are delegated. Thus the original being performs less tasks the more confederates are existent to perform these tasks. These statements arise from classical confederacy. Bopians will add that confederates are by nature simpler than the original being, because they are called upon to perform a single task from the complex arsenal of this original being. Simplicity for a being implies smallness, and complexity for a being implies largeness. Let us assume that confederates must be spacially larger than the original type of thing. This is popularly known as an "Inverted subservience based confederacy chain", or ISC for short. Under this model, "gods" would be the confederates of "men" which would be the confederates of "dogs" which would be the confederates of "bowls" and so on and so forth. This is true in the sense of dependence (and I will explain later how everything depends, covertly, on the smallest and most active), but false in the sense that bowls have literally created dogs as confederates and so on. There is no way for a bowl to fashion a dog as a confederate, because a being of lower complexity simply does not have the necessary complexity within itself to create such a being. However, a dog could fashion a tool for itself to drink. We observe that this tool is smaller than the original type of dog as well as more active, as the entire existence of the bowl is devoted to providing a place to drink for animals and this purpose is permanent. After the bowl is created, it is available every moment, without repose, for its use. That is, it exists solely for its purpose and devotes every moment to this purpose. The dog, rather, has cycles of sleep and times to perform other duties. If a confederate were less active than the original type of thing, there would be no reason for creating it as it would not serve its purpose. The dog is a complex being which is not available a hundred percent of the time for activity, thus it may fashion a bowl to act as a confederate which is more active than the dog with regard to its purpose. The increase in activity from the original being to the confederate serves as the sole reason for its creation. If the confederate is not more active than the original, it is generally discarded by the original being, because this means the original being would be more effective in performing this activity. This may be counter intuitive to classical notions of "activity", however this definition is seen with great consistency in Bopian philosophy. "Activity", in the Bopian philosophy, is defined as "The degree of intensity or percentage of time that is devoted to perform the task one was created for". This is important to keep in mind for non-Bopians especially when communicating with Bopians and mentioning words such as "activity".

According to the Bopians, in order for any object to move, it must be moved within something. This is logical because it is impossible for an object to move unless there is space for that object to move in. Furthermore, in order for motion to occur, there must also be an agent of this motion. For example, when you throw a basketball into a hoop, the basketball is moving in the air and the agent is you. However, the Bopians pose the question: What is all of existence moved by and moved within? If you took every single world and universe that exists, and titled this aggregate "existence", what is this existence moved within? Also, what is the agent of this motion? What is the nature of this agent and the space utilized? The Bopians understand that the agent, by its nature as defined, must encapsulate all "existence". They recognize that this agent, which encapsulates all "existence", by its very principle cannot move, because there is no existence left (which we take to consist of timespace) for this agent to move within. This agent, that is, exists on the very edge of timespace and thus no timespace exists for the agent to move in. The agent then must be in repose and cannot perform external actions. For this agent to move is a contradiction, because there is nothing for the agent to move in or be moved by. If this agent is what existence is moved by, then what is existence moved in? The Bopians respond, within the agent, and more specifically within the belly of the agent. The only actions performable by the all-encapsulating agent are thus internal, and can be represented as "grumbles of the stomach" of the all-encapsulating agent. Contrary to popular belief, we also notice that such an agent cannot by nature eat food or drink water, as there is no timespace for such sustenance to be received by the agent. So mistaken are all the non-Bopians who believe that the eternal goal of the Bopians is just eating. Eating is not an end for the Bopians, but merely a means to reach the likeness of the Agent. The Bopians make a distinction between external actions and internal actions. External actions may only be performed by confederates of the all-encapsulating agent. The Agent can only perform internal actions, and thus internal actions are viewed as in sync and in line with the Agent.

"The Agent" may also be referred to as the "Perfection of the Form of the Perfected Sphere of the Crystallized Perfect Formness", or simply as the "Spheremother", or the "Fatfather", or the "Fatmother", or the "Spherefather", or the "Eternal Fatbody", or the "Eternal spherewomb", and myriad other names present in the myriad ideologies of the Bopians. The sphere is important to all Bopians because of its encapsulation of the greatest amount of area than any other shape. I will not go into the specific ideologies of specific Bopians, as I promised to only cover the general commonalities of thought in this overview. However, there is a symbolism to this "Eternal Fatbody" which I will go into. You see, often-times in artistic portrayals of the fatbody, numerous slabs of fat are drawn as protruding from his belly and going downwards. These are seen as "Gifts" to all beings from the Eternal Fatbody, which are referred to as "The Seven Slabs Of Fat Hanging Down From The Belly Of The Eternal Fatbody". I will describe the symbolism, as generally regarded, of these slabs and how they are regarded as different types of gifts to Bopians and other beings.

The First Slab symbolises "The Gift Given To All The Up-Aspirers".
The Bopians believe that the life-purpose of Bopians is to become as the eternal Agent who is in eternal repose, who is the fattest being in existence, and who cannot externally move. In this philosophy, the direction of "Up" signifies expansion, embiggening, and ensphering. It signifies inflation, which is improvement of oneself to become more akin to the Agent. The universe or "existence" is viewed as a hierarchy where those that are higher perform more internal movements and less external ones. The lower beings are smaller, move active, deeper in the confederate chain, and more often than not exist inside the bellies of one of these larger beings. Advanced Bopians usually hold confederates inside of their bellies rather than outside of their bellies. The goal is to become a closed system as the Agent, who has no capacity for external movement. All actions that are taken for the aim of becoming a sphere, inflated, and a closed system are viewed as products of this gift. This gift is commonly thanked by Bopians when successful actions of self-improvement are taken.

The Second Slab symbolises "The Gift Given To All The Down-Aspirers".
Contrary to popular belief, there is nothing wrong with down-aspiring -- that is, making things that are smaller and thinner. In fact, it is good and necessary, because if the Eternal Fatbody had not decided to down-aspire, there would be no confederates at all in creation, therefore no Bopians would exist at all. Many advanced Bopians are very dedicated to inventing and fashioning confederates, either internally or externally. This is the framework out of which the universe hierarchy is fashioned. Of course, the most spherical and inflated Bopians are most proficient at this task of creating confederates. These confederates may be ejected outside of oneself or even injected into oneself to copy the internal confederates of the Agent. This gift is commonly thanked by Bopians when successful internal or external mechanisms are created which are smaller than the original being and succeed in being more active than this being.

The Third Slab symbolises "The Gift Given To All Sideways-Aspirers".
This gift is generally regarded as given to all non-Bopians. For example, the cockroaches, who often aspire to be "alpha" or "beta" or "abstract" or "concrete". These qualifiers have no bearing on the sphericity or fatness of the being who bears them, therefore aspiration in such a direction is viewed as "sideways". Sideways-aspiring beings can be obstacles to Bopians who are upwards-aspiring or downwards-aspiring, as they can block the way up or down. However other times, a Bopian must sideways-aspire when he finds the upwards-or-downwards path in a specific location to be nonexistent. For example, let's say a Bopian is upward-aspiring and he is inside an elevator. The elevator is an enclosed space, so it will block his path to upwards-aspire. For further aspiration to occur, the Bopian must sideways-aspire by rolling or waddling out of the elevator -- this action is sideways, as it is unrelated to sphericity -- and when the sideways-action is completed, the upwards-aspiration of the Bopian can continue. Sideways actions thus are like a sharp knife -- an artifice that can be used for various purposes, whether creation or destruction, embiggening or shrinking.

The Fourth Slab of Fat hanging from the Eternal Fatbody symbolises "The Gift Given To All Diagonal-Aspirers".
This gift is the most mysterious, as diagonal-aspiration is uncommonly seen. It normally manifests in various magical events which cause a being to enbiggen even if they did not voluntarily desire to. This can be viewed as the patron gift to all forced inflation, and all accidental inflation and inflation that occurs outside of upwards-aspiring. This also includes all confederate-creation which is accidental, magical, or comes from an external source, for example if a confederate is given to someone rather than them creating it.

The Fifth Slab symbolises "The Gift Given To All Creation".

The Sixth Slab symbolises "The Gift Given To All Destruction".

The Seventh Slab symbolises "The Gift Given To All Maintenance".

(I may go into these later).

Other Bopian Symbols

the seven stages of formation of the all-encapsulating bopian from nothingness
1 nothingness
2 somethingness
3 everythingness
4 formness
5 perfect formness
6 crystallized perfect formness
7 form of the sphere (perfect bopian)

Bopian Practical Training Regimen
Basically this entails eating a ton of food and keeping track of it inside your body to try and form "confederates" inside your body.
External influences are later removed to help one become a closed system.
Streams of food material are often provided to alleviate the necessity for movement (rolling around).