I really enjoyed this piece, but you almost lost me at your mention of DEI. Equity & Inclusion are not one sided barbaric ideas reflective of ignorant people putting them in place. That’s what they are being presented as for SURE, but a focus on holding up people who have historically been held down to level the playing field is a GOOD thing by all measures. The only threat inherent in a system like this is the outright/irrational FEAR of a loss of power, but there is no actual danger…….because power is not a finite resource.
Great read! Ken Wilber also talks about this idea of ‘transcend and include’. You cannot skip stages, each one is valid, necessary and neutral. At each stage there is something to learn and realize that needs to be integrated and included. Awareness and consiousness is what runs through all of them.
Humans' greatest strength is adaptability (neuroplasticity). I like to think of learning as the act of collecting different perspective, or 'hats', so that in the right context, one (or multiple) of these hats will come in useful. The moment we stop collecting perspectives is the moment we become dogmatic, believing only our stance is right.
This model seems to map out the world of ego and mind very well. I like to think about levels of consciousnesses as an infinite spiral (visualized like a DNA strand). Dr David Hawkins maps out the levels that can physically reside in a human body on a logarithmic consciousness scale from 1 to 1000 with the 1000 being the consciousness of the great avatars like the Buddha or Christ.
He describes the worldview of each level as it relates to how that level perceives God - whether as a punishing entity, a neutral or benevolent entity, etc.
Our consciousness is not always identified with the mind. In Dr Hawkins’ map the 400 levels is the level of the intellect and scientific thinking but what I find fascinating is that the “higher” level of the 500’s is about love. That goes to your idea that “stupid” people are not always dumb. In fact, people in the 500s of consciousness often have incredible magnetic power even without the intellect. One thinks of characters like Forrest Gump or Count Mishkin in Dostoyevsky’s “The Idiot”
Mapping the mind and ego is interesting and useful but it can’t explain the great mystics. I also find that it’s inherently not as comprehensive as our ego would like us to think.
Goethe once said that knowledge is power.
In today’s world clarity and discernment make you powerful.
This post is a masterpiece. Thank you Dan!
I really enjoyed this piece, but you almost lost me at your mention of DEI. Equity & Inclusion are not one sided barbaric ideas reflective of ignorant people putting them in place. That’s what they are being presented as for SURE, but a focus on holding up people who have historically been held down to level the playing field is a GOOD thing by all measures. The only threat inherent in a system like this is the outright/irrational FEAR of a loss of power, but there is no actual danger…….because power is not a finite resource.
Dose of Dan. Always an uplifting and encouraging remedy. So appreciated. 🙏
Seriously appreciate you introducing me to Ken Wilber, working my way through that list of three you shared
I love how he can look at something from so many different viewpoints, and I think you do that so well in your writing too!
Love your stuff Dan, thank you!
Watch me become capable of getting an internship at cortex. You will see.( I will get to maybe see you😭)
(InshaAllah)
This post probably changed my life, but I’m sprinting through the timeline like it owes me rent.
Restacked. No notes. No regrets.
Great read! Ken Wilber also talks about this idea of ‘transcend and include’. You cannot skip stages, each one is valid, necessary and neutral. At each stage there is something to learn and realize that needs to be integrated and included. Awareness and consiousness is what runs through all of them.
https://open.substack.com/pub/ayonhasan650/p/sick-of-netflix-and-noodles-5-hot?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=23ekmu
Humans' greatest strength is adaptability (neuroplasticity). I like to think of learning as the act of collecting different perspective, or 'hats', so that in the right context, one (or multiple) of these hats will come in useful. The moment we stop collecting perspectives is the moment we become dogmatic, believing only our stance is right.
insightful. got me thinking.
mind thoroughly blown 🌀
This model seems to map out the world of ego and mind very well. I like to think about levels of consciousnesses as an infinite spiral (visualized like a DNA strand). Dr David Hawkins maps out the levels that can physically reside in a human body on a logarithmic consciousness scale from 1 to 1000 with the 1000 being the consciousness of the great avatars like the Buddha or Christ.
He describes the worldview of each level as it relates to how that level perceives God - whether as a punishing entity, a neutral or benevolent entity, etc.
Our consciousness is not always identified with the mind. In Dr Hawkins’ map the 400 levels is the level of the intellect and scientific thinking but what I find fascinating is that the “higher” level of the 500’s is about love. That goes to your idea that “stupid” people are not always dumb. In fact, people in the 500s of consciousness often have incredible magnetic power even without the intellect. One thinks of characters like Forrest Gump or Count Mishkin in Dostoyevsky’s “The Idiot”
Mapping the mind and ego is interesting and useful but it can’t explain the great mystics. I also find that it’s inherently not as comprehensive as our ego would like us to think.
Great article!
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