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- Aug 2023
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when we step into uncertainty, our bodies respond physiologically and mentally.
- for: transition, uncertainty, uncertainty - neuroscience, ingroup, outgroup, letting go, lifetime student
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- Uncertainty brings
- immune system deterioration
- brain cells wither and even die
- creativity and intelligence decrease
- We often go from fear to anger because fear is a state of certainty.
- We become morally judgmental, an extreme version of oneself.
- conservatives become ultra-conservative
- liberals become ultra liberal.
- because we retreat to a place of safety and familiarity.
- The problem is that the world changes.
- Since we have to adapt or die, if we want to shift from A to B,
- the first step is not B.
- the first step is to go from A to not A
- to let go of our biases and assumptions;
- to step into the very place that our brain evolved to avoid;
- to step into the place of the unknown.
- to step into a liminal space
- Uncertainty brings
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- Uncertainty is uncomfortable
- and can drive us into our familiar, accepted, insular ingroup
- In other words, lead to greater social polarization.
- Adaptation requires us to step into the unknown.
- Big changes in our lives therefore require us to go
- from the familiar and comfortable space,
- to the unfamiliar and uncomfortable
- movement away from our comfort zone, as is happening as the polycrisis we face gains traction.
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If you and I are in conflict, it's as if we're at the opposite ends of the same line. And my aim is to prove that you're wrong and to shift you towards me. The problem is, you are doing exactly the same.
- for: lifetime student, student universalis
- definition: student universalis
- student of life
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- the perspective of the student universalis is:
- I search for truth
- truth through ideas is an ideal that I can never reach
- I only have nearer and nearer approximations to it
- I realize that all my ideas are tentative, provisional and temporary
- I can replace an old idea with a new one through my own discovery or when others share their discovery with me
- I will not be biased in my search for truth, whether it is from the youngest child or a perceived foe
- I will not hesitate to share my truth if it is open to being received by others
- there is no conflict, only the search for truth together
- the perspective of the student universalis is:
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try asking questions that lead the person to question what they believe.
- for: lifetime student
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- we are all students of life
- raising the question helps others to explore in an open manner, and taps into themselves as lifetime studuents
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