Thank you Sophie for the inspirational metaphor. Although technology offers us to opportunity to unite, the opposite is also true. We seem to be connected, intellectually, mentally, we are not in our 'aura' so to speak. Everything on earth and universe is connected. You don't need to travel to the dark side of the moon. During meditation activities people experience that on earth. I had that experience so many times, even traveling out of my body. Being for a long time in (exponential) technology space I've seen a lot of good things from it. However, at the same time it fragmented us. In te development of humanity, progressing, if you will, we started to put things in 'buckets'. You belong to whatever 'bucket(s)'. Often (or better: all the time) we are not aware of that. Losing the connectivity with that 'unity'. The few moments of meditation in a day (conscious exercising in the now) are disrupted with the things that have to be done, often because people expect us to do this or that. Etc. Lots of thoughts here. Regarding the growth mindset... I think that is complete BS... Our mind is not 'set' .. can't be 'set' ... is fluid... In the limited possibilities that some people have they seek constantly for moments to change.... I've experienced that even with people in bad psychiatry disorders, where that 'mindset' even broke through the strong medication they got... Our indigenous ancestors had hardly anything, but through their connectedness they understood and saw solutions for things around them... that is what we still do... some more, some less. The progress of our society created buckets for everything including one where the 'mindset' reside. Minds grow always, organically... unless you have a brain damage.. The few examples that Carol Dweck describes are so superficial and coined that 'mindsets'. If you don't have to worry about money, food, health... talking about mindsets is easy like talking about hunger with a full tummy.. Next time you hear someone using the word 'mindset' let that sink in for a moment... I've turned in the more explorative route to learn from opposite ideas. Read e.g. work from Jason Hickel (his oeuvre) , Brett Scott (Cloud Money... could be interesting, given your financial background) , Mustafa Suleyman (the coming wave), Nietzsche (also sprach Zarathustra), etc... Critical thinking, systemic thinking and living is damn hard work... You feel like a rock in the very strong current of a big river... Sorry for the lengthy comment... I appreciate your work and articles also on ExO insights sparking moments of personal insights... Love! Paul
Thank you Sophie for the inspirational metaphor. Although technology offers us to opportunity to unite, the opposite is also true. We seem to be connected, intellectually, mentally, we are not in our 'aura' so to speak. Everything on earth and universe is connected. You don't need to travel to the dark side of the moon. During meditation activities people experience that on earth. I had that experience so many times, even traveling out of my body. Being for a long time in (exponential) technology space I've seen a lot of good things from it. However, at the same time it fragmented us. In te development of humanity, progressing, if you will, we started to put things in 'buckets'. You belong to whatever 'bucket(s)'. Often (or better: all the time) we are not aware of that. Losing the connectivity with that 'unity'. The few moments of meditation in a day (conscious exercising in the now) are disrupted with the things that have to be done, often because people expect us to do this or that. Etc. Lots of thoughts here. Regarding the growth mindset... I think that is complete BS... Our mind is not 'set' .. can't be 'set' ... is fluid... In the limited possibilities that some people have they seek constantly for moments to change.... I've experienced that even with people in bad psychiatry disorders, where that 'mindset' even broke through the strong medication they got... Our indigenous ancestors had hardly anything, but through their connectedness they understood and saw solutions for things around them... that is what we still do... some more, some less. The progress of our society created buckets for everything including one where the 'mindset' reside. Minds grow always, organically... unless you have a brain damage.. The few examples that Carol Dweck describes are so superficial and coined that 'mindsets'. If you don't have to worry about money, food, health... talking about mindsets is easy like talking about hunger with a full tummy.. Next time you hear someone using the word 'mindset' let that sink in for a moment... I've turned in the more explorative route to learn from opposite ideas. Read e.g. work from Jason Hickel (his oeuvre) , Brett Scott (Cloud Money... could be interesting, given your financial background) , Mustafa Suleyman (the coming wave), Nietzsche (also sprach Zarathustra), etc... Critical thinking, systemic thinking and living is damn hard work... You feel like a rock in the very strong current of a big river... Sorry for the lengthy comment... I appreciate your work and articles also on ExO insights sparking moments of personal insights... Love! Paul