November 1st, 2021
- notes from GeoTer convo
- Questions for teasing apart the concept of commitment (as a dialectic way commitment/choice is a confused way to relate to stances/mindsets)
- why do you feel you need to commit?
- what would happen if you didn't commit?
- are all of your parts committed?
- (case study of a country or company committing to something)
- how does your whole/Self commit on behalf of your parts?
- if you have a commitment to caring for your parts, do they trust that?
- what happens if you discover you don't seem to be acting the way you intended when you made the commitment?
- how do you think about competing commitments?
- their model
- Commitment (/ promise / vow / choice / …)
- Prescribed / future-oriented
- To make a sacrifice about certain possible futures
- "I commit to choosing to do everything I can towards..."
- Trusting or betting that that—the leaving of these moments (on the edge—what's "everything I 'can'?") to grace & not-knowing—will be enough
- Descriptive / present&past-oriented
- Intention (/ orientation / …)
- Care-about (/ value / …)
- T > sorry as apology being more like the sorry after someone dies
- feeling sorrow with