The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find our Place in the Universe

Jonathan Haidt has suggested that feelings are so much more central to our lives than reason that they dominate most of what we do and even form the basis of our moral judgment.

‘theory of unconscious thought’. Their theory indicates that the more complex the problem, the more you should let your unconscious decide.

The reason a worldview is so important is that it imbues virtually every aspect of the way people think, what they value and how they act – without them even realizing it.

Animals, plants and other living beings spontaneously act according to their te, and because of that they flow with the way of nature – with the Tao.

focuses on spatial patterns between things. It readily accepts an ambiguous or incomplete situation without trying to impose coherent meaning on it. It savors fluid, indeterminate and vague conditions. It’s also more closely connected with internal bodily experience, making its perception of the world more vibrant, filled with smell, sound and sens

The conscious mind, they explain, is limited by how much it can hold. It tends to follow strict rules, and when a problem becomes too much to handle, it gets overwhelmed. At that point, it tends to get swept along by one or more cognitive biases, and then uses its left-brain interpreter to rationalize its judgment.

Ultimately, the direction of history is determined by the dominant culture’s worldview.

The right mind, by contrast, ‘creates a

How you conduct that relationship will affect the quality of your lived experience more than almost anything else.