Drugs and Dharma in the 21st Century In June, please join us at CIIS online in a course entitled, "Buddhism and Psychedelics." We will explore the ideas of many Buddhist and psychedelicpioneers, including Robert Aitken, Richard Baker, John Perry Barlow, Stephen Batchelor, David Chadwick, Lama Surya Das, Ram Dass, Erik Davis, Rick Fields, Joan Halifax, Jack Kornfield, and Terence McKenna. Although this is a for-credit course, you do not have to be a full time student at CIIS to join us. For more info email registeronline@ciis.edu. The following article introduces some of the strands of our upcoming explorations... Two great directions in human thought and activity have recently beencoming into sharper focus. Buddhism and psychedelics share a concern with the same problem: the attainment of liberation for the mind. Recently Ram Dass and Ralph Metzner have released a book about the birth of a psychedelic culture. The drug war leads to cynicism and apathy and, of course, blights thousands of lives.
The 12 Common Archetypes The 12 Common Archetypes By Carl Golden The term "archetype" has its origins in ancient Greek. The root words are archein, which means "original or old"; and typos, which means "pattern, model or type". The combined meaning is an "original pattern" of which all other similar persons, objects, or concepts are derived, copied, modeled, or emulated. The psychologist, Carl Gustav Jung, used the concept of archetype in his theory of the human psyche. Although there are many different archetypes, Jung defined twelve primary types that symbolize basic human motivations. Most, if not all, people have several archetypes at play in their personality construct; however, one archetype tends to dominate the personality in general. Return Home
Thinking like a genius: overview Thinking and recall series Problem solving: creative solutions "Even if you're not a genius, you can use the same strategies as Aristotle and Einstein to harness the power of your creative mind and better manage your future." The following strategies encourage you to think productively, rather than reproductively, in order to arrive at solutions to problems. Nine approaches to creative problem solving: Rethink! Exercise #2 illustrates how famous thinkers used these approaches. Exercise #1: illustrates applications of the nine approaches. Text of exercise:Nine approaches to creative problem solving: Rethink! Thinking and recall series Concentrating | Radical thinking | Thinking aloud/private speech | Thinking critically | Thinking critically | Thinking creatively | Mapping explanation | Make your own map I | Make your own map II | Thinking like a genius: Creative solutions | Famous thinkers | Selected thoughts
.:ESRA On-Line - Bernard WERBER:. Why we need a new word for “lazy” – Julia Galef The other day on Twitter I said: Here’s why this is important. In an ideal world, I claim, the way you would make decisions about how to spend your time would be something along the lines of: – Think about what you like / dislike – Think about the most efficient ways to get the things you like while minimizing the things you dislike – At the same time, consider how tractable it is to modify your likes and dislikes For example, some people really like attention and prestige; other people don’t care for those things and prefer pleasure, or autonomy, or discovery. Some people really dislike pain, or tedium. Other people don’t mind those things as much, but especially dislike risk, or being disrespected, or compromising their principles. And some people find it more aversive to work hard than other people do. But if we only have a morally judgmental word like “lazy” to refer to a dislike of work, then that screws up your decision process.
Radical thinking Are you looking for new ideas? Has your path reached a dead-end?Are your options limited, or just invisible? Often the way we experience the world is built on and bordered by our experiences! Most of the time, these shortcuts serve us well by providing answers based upon how we have solved problems in our past. However, these rules also can lock us into stereotypes, pre-conceived ideas, and uncritical analysis. Perhaps radical thinking may help you generate new ideas? First, briefly summarize your situation or challenge. Situation example 1: My elderly grandmother can’t get to the phone in emergencies. Situation example 2: I talk too much Opposite mode: I will be silent. Situation example 3: I am disorganized. Thinking and recall series
Pourquoi l’ayahuasca ? 1 La recette de la décoction correspondant à ce nom contient des proportions variables de Banisteriop (...) 1Ce texte s’articule autour de deux questions. Comment l’ayahuasca 1 en est-elle venue à se détacher de la multiplicité des plantes psychoactives découvertes lors de la rencontre coloniale et postcoloniale avec les Amériques ? Comment est-elle devenue la porteuse privilégiée de la circulation et la globalisation de pratiques spirituelles et thérapeutiques d’origine amazonienne, désormais emblématisées comme représentantes d’une spiritualité pan-indigène ? 2 Cette réflexion est complémentaire d’un texte récemment paru dans la revue Autrepart : Losonczy A.- (...) 2Par une approche généalogique des usages et des représentations dont les plantes psychoactives tropicales ont fait l’objet dans la culture savante euro-américaine et dans les sociétés amazoniennes, il s’agit de saisir les conditions d’émergence de nouveaux espaces d’interface symbolisés et alimentés par l’ayahuasca 2. 71M.
On the Need for New Cognitive Motivational Concepts: Response to Julia Galef’s Why We Need a New Word for “Lazy” – CogZest On her blog and Twitter, one of my favourite podcast hosts, Julia Galef, argued that we need a non-judgmental term for “lazy”. As this touches upon a key concept of my theory of meta-effectiveness, I thought I should write a quick[-1] response. In sum, Galef takes a relativistic utilitarian moral view: that a rational life is one in which one pursues one’s preferences. She assumes it’s a perfectly legitimate preference to be “lazy”, i.e., to dislike work. I agree there with her that there’s a gap. This calls for conceptual analysis, exploring logical topography, and exploring the space of possible mental designs. More generally, while one has to understand existing concepts and hence folk psychology, one cannot adequately fill these terminological and conceptual gaps without reference to theories developed from the designer stance. Efficiency and Cognitive Miserliness Kruglanski, A. Notice that many theoretical concepts are involved here. An Architecture-based Concept of Effectance -1. 1.
Teaching critical thinking Benjamin Bloom (1956) created this taxonomy or classification system for categorizing "competencies" in educational settings, as defined by skills demonstrated by learner type or intelligence. This breakdown provides a useful, incremental framework of complexity in demonstrating mastery of a subject or topic. The verbs include the skills that demonstrate each: Knowledge:To know something means to be able to remember or recall facts or bits of information, though one can "know" something without understanding it or being able to put it into a higher context. This process is illustrated by recall of sequences and lists, of events and dates; landmarks on a route; pictures and their graphic details; songs and lyrics; titles and names; even memorized definitions and explanations. Verbs include: choose, define, describe, enumerate, identify, label, list, locate, match, memorize, name, quote, recall, recite, recognize, reproduce, select, show, state Curricular guides and resources:
Terence McKenna's Timewave Zero and the Fractal Time software Atomicity Atomicity may refer to: Chemistry[edit] Computing[edit] Mathematics[edit] See also[edit] Topics referred to by the same term dostadning