You Matter More Than You Think: Quantum Social Change for a Thriving World

The role of agents and their subjectivity (i.e., the so-called “interior” world of beliefs, emotions, identities, perceptions, etc.) in consciously shaping physical and social worlds has long been a source of tension between realists and idealists. Very generally, realists maintain that there is a world out there that is separate and distinct from

Agency, which can be thought of as conscious actions, intervenes in systems by disrupting or transforming patterns and relationships.

“Understanding is an event – it is not merely a body of beliefs (though it includes our beliefs). It is the means by which we have a shared, relatively intelligible world.”

However, Ken Wilber argues that it is the other way around: that the biosphere is actually part of the noosphere. The reasoning here is that in the same way that the biosphere emerged from and includes the geosphere (or “physiosphere”), the noosphere emerged from (and includes) the organizational structure of the biosphere. This evolutionary distin

Feeling safe to talk about feelings, feeling supported when things are hard, being able to safely share about things that really matter when we struggle – these create the sense of mattering that is at the core of PCEs.2

the potential for humanity to reflect, imagine, collaborate, and consciously co-create equitable transformations has not been adequately integrated in sustainability science.

Mattering means being important or significant. It also refers to a physical substance, as distinct from mind and spirit.

Quantum social change does not require us to wait for some remarkable leader or hero to introduce solutions that will save us – it is about each of us acting right now, within our own dynamic context and spheres of influence, to generate new patterns and relationships.

Healing our climate requires we heal and change individually and collectively. In turn, this requires we believe that we matter and can make a difference.

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