Being sharp, keen, and penetrating is the essence of being incisive. Most people think they do not have time to consider issues carefully. They are sloppy thinkers. We value the cultivation of ... Read More about Being Incisive
Week 21: Awakening
Blossoming – Expanding Horizons – Extending Reach
As we grow, our world expands. *** Having assimilated the techniques and methods of responsibility, the curious soul seeks to know more, do more and feel more deeply. If you are curious about ... Read More about Blossoming – Expanding Horizons – Extending Reach
Symbolic Thinking; Abstract Reasoning
Numbers are symbols. Every building plan is a symbolic representation. At another level, there are abstract and realistic forms of art - fundamentally, both are abstract. Artists have a unique ... Read More about Symbolic Thinking; Abstract Reasoning
Novelty
Because all dynamic systems evolve, novelty is present everywhere. However, the distinction of “novelty” is reserved for things that are remarkably so. Nothing is more dangerous than a dogmatic ... Read More about Novelty
Making Distinctions
By making distinctions, we identify things in contrast to other things. . . . the distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. [Albert Einstein] I ... Read More about Making Distinctions
Cultivating Insights
An insight is an awakening to a particular point or fact. *** ... Read More about Cultivating Insights
Awakening
When we awaken, we see the world in a new way. *** The development of responsibility tempers us and facilitates progress to the next levels of development. Having explored the second ... Read More about Awakening