November 27th, 2023
- religion that is not a religion - book reco James' The Varieties of Religious Experience
- #2tweet Perspectival. Procedural. Propositional. Participatory. Long ago, the four ways of knowing lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when propositional knowing attacked.
- Perspectival. Procedural. Propositional. Participatory. Long ago, the four ways of knowing lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when propositional knowing attacked.
- "Water. Earth. Fire. Air. Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the Avatar, master of all four elements, could stop them, but when the world needed him most, he vanished. A hundred years passed and my brother and I discovered the new Avatar, an airbender named Aang. And although his airbending skills are great, he has a lot to learn before he's ready to save anyone. But I believe Aang can save the world."
- #2tweet some people think that if you think you're a bodhisattva you're pretentious...
and... with the recognition that this may sound even more pretentious, as far as I can tell that's because they don't understand what a bodhisattva is- some people think that if you think you're a bodhisattva you're pretentious...
and... with the recognition that this may sound even more pretentious, as far as I can tell that's because they don't understand what a bodhisattva is - I will note that *calling yourself* a bodhisattva (different from seeing yourself as one) is gonna end up being mostly a status bid in many contexts, but I don't think that's what my friend was pointing at in the convo where this came up
- John Vervaeke - ep32, minute 45 - 4P cognition
- perspectival knowing - salience landscaping
- procedural knowing - affordance obviation - knowing how to interact