Steve: Nice to hear from you. Thank you for your kind words and encouragement. I value your perspective! Your comment seems ever so pertinent to The TOK Society: What contributions can we make to an evolving cosmos (culture)? Best regards and Happy Holidays, Waldemar Waldemar A Schmidt, PhD, MD (Perseveret et Percipiunt) 503.631.8044 Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. (A Einstein) > On Dec 15, 2018, at 11:05 AM, Steven Quackenbush <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hi Waldemar, > > This is indeed a wonderful blog entry. You effectively situate human reality in an unfolding narrative with a past the stretches back to the beginning of Time and a future that remains undetermined. > "The Unified Theory...provides perspectives which are forward and backward in time." > "Looking forward through time, it explicates the origins, needs for, and functions of the over-arching concept of “Culture” (as opposed to the myriad and diverse human “cultures”). As well, the Unified Theory explains Culture as an evolving rather than static structure." > Looking backwards in time. "The Unified Theory places human beings in a context of an evolving wave of energy and information which started at the big bang." (emphasis added) > Whatever physicists might have to say about the origins of the universe, pictorial images of the Big Bang effectively remind me of our perpetual obligation to participate in (rather than simply observe) the act of creation. For this reason, I've long viewed the Big Bang as a metaphor for Eriksonian generatively: What contributions can we make to an evolving cosmos (culture)? > > ~ Steve Q. > > > > On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 6:13 PM Waldemar Schmidt <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > Chance: > > Thank you for your kind and thoughtful words. > As you might suspect, my writing was benefitted by Gregg’s editorial expertise. > It is reassuring to know that you see, in your patients, expression of existential confusion. > > Best regards, > > Waldemar > > Waldemar A Schmidt, PhD, MD > (Perseveret et Percipiunt) > 503.631.8044 > > Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. (A Einstein) > >> On Dec 14, 2018, at 3:07 PM, Chance McDermott <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: >> >> Waldemar, >> >> I throughly enjoyed and benefitted from reading this blog post. Thank you for sharing your time and perspective with us. >> >> I noted right away your observation that there has been an increase in existential confusion among patients. Your paragraph about the expansion of our scientific knowledge in relation to the destabilization of adaptive belief structures felt like an eloquent summary of this dynamic. >> >> Your clear writing and expertise lend a powerful endorsement... >> >> Warmly, >> >> -Chance >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Dec 13, 2018, at 8:11 AM, Henriques, Gregg - henriqgx <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: >> >>> Hi List, >>> I know I am biased but I am happy to be sharing with you what I think is a truly fascinating and helpful blog by Waldemar. 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