Ish
@ish
Guiding consciousness into a deeper experience of self, love, and life.
Ish
@ish
Guiding consciousness into a deeper experience of self, love, and life.
We always look for meaning outside of what we do. But the real meaning of anything we do, or anything we are, is not something imposed from outside. It’s not an explanation. The meaning is the thing itself.
It was at this point, in front of the picture of chromosomes painted by Australian Aborigines, that I sank into a fever of mind and soul that was to last for weeks, during which I floundered in dissonant mixes of myths and molecules.
Murphy’s Law — “Anything that can go wrong, will.” (related: Hofstadter’s Law, “It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter’s Law.”)
Change must be possible if you want to reach the next stage.
You need either the skill acquisition, resources, or environment that allows you to see the potential for change.
This corresponds to the concept of “horizontal development” in Susanne Greuter’s ego development theory.
In order to move up vertically (to new stages) one must acquire a
... See moreThree key lessons I have learned are: (1) the work is about relationship; (2) everyone has loving ancestors; and (3) relating to our ancestors is entirely normal.
Wei Wu Wei can be translated as ‘doing, non-doing’ or rather ‘doing until we reach the stage of non-doing’.
The single most important thing a boss can do, Scott has learned, is focus on guidance : giving it, receiving it, and encouraging it. Guidance, which is fundamentally just praise and criticism, is usually called “feedback,” but feedback is screechy and makes us want to put our hands over our ears. Guidance is something most of us long for.