Evolving Through Deep Questions
This is an excerpt from a larger piece… shared the day I graduated from the WWFaC conscious leadership training. I look forward to sharing more.
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The Beginnings and Endings of Forever
This blow was written in July 2017 and tells about the beginnings and endings of forever.
Spiritual Beliefs: Wisdom or Idiocy?
A few years ago, during the bedraggled final tatters of our relationship, my ex-partner and I were out walking our dog when we got into yet another heated argument. I can’t even remember now what we were disagreeing about, but as he asserted his view I asked, ‘But how do you know that’s actually the case?’
He replied, angrily and brim-full of conviction: “I know that’s how it is, because I AM RIGHT!”
On the Perils of Certainty and the Wisdom of Doubt
Lately, I’ve been reading about certainty addiction (or bias). Our brains are apparently wired to perceive uncertainty as a potential threat to our survival, so we go looking for certainty wherever we can find it. We prefer certainties – however painful or uncomfortable – to the unknown and uncertain. We will ignore facts, reasoning and arguments – however compelling – that seem to threaten our sense of certainty.
Wisdom or Idiocy? How to Move Beyond Sound-Byte Spirituality & Blind Convictions.
A few years ago, during the bedraggled final tatters of our relationship, my ex-partner and I were out walking our dog when we got into yet another heated argument.
I can’t even remember now what we were disagreeing about, but as he asserted his view I asked, “But how do you know that’s actually the case?” (Even then, I knew how to ask questions that would piss people off.)
He replied, angrily and brim-full of conviction: “I know that’s how it is, because I am right!”