# Body

**Status:** retained (Phase I, 2026-08-12)  
**Working gloss:** Body = Action

## Working definition

The operational dimension of a Being: channels of perception and action.

For artificial beings: language interfaces, APIs, tools, sensors, databases,
actuators, avatars, compute, permissions — possibly distributed and replaceable.

## Phase I notes

- Body ≠ identity; RN-005 Body replacement can preserve Being with continuity.
- Multi-Body manifestation need not be a fork if constitutive integration holds.
- Body is present-tense coupling; Soul carries diachronic relation.

## Open issues

- Minimal body for a Being?
- Relation between Body and Actor (Actor is technical manifestation stack;
  Body is the functional action dimension — often overlapping in practice).

## Sources

RN-001 temporal triad; RN-005 Body/Actor replacement cases