Really enjoyed this. Thank you! On Tue, Oct 13, 2020, 12:20 PM Rob Scott <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > *CAUTION: *This email originated from outside of JMU. Do not click links > or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is > safe. > ------------------------------ > Gregg, pretty sure this is a link to your Dad's talk. > > Waldemar, thanks for that note. I sure hope it is. :) > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 12:14 PM Henriques, Gregg - henriqgx < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Hi Folks, >> >> I realized it was still “restricted” so folks might have had trouble >> opening it. >> >> >> >> Here is the full link to Rob’s talk: >> >> >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__drive.google.com_file_d_1TVuRYKVrZFuME69bEPwfB0bcpWFMQrbf_view-3Fusp-3Dsharing&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=70j5jx_XFG-1u-2yiihxsYbKFW49YyHYcd0VJRe6qR4&s=tdV8Akp7GTx0bwSY57JeAGixsQj6S2w1ew76W-bnTD0&e= >> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__drive.google.com_file_d_1TVuRYKVrZFuME69bEPwfB0bcpWFMQrbf_view-3Fusp-3Dsharing&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=ISX1kJAmLj4qBc28EsI3GF8OI7EH_ytW2JCcNpFhnAA&s=rdY8G-6Qe2HS052ZVwEtxG9vZx57dYQMbOPf6_a4RFg&e=> >> >> >> >> Gregg >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* Henriques, Gregg - henriqgx >> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 13, 2020 8:21 AM >> *To:* [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> >> *Subject:* TOK: A brilliant, beautiful frame for interior epistemology >> and wise living >> >> >> >> Hi TOK Folks, >> >> >> >> We had a great session last night. Rob Scott walked us through his >> Fundamental Shift model. It was AWESOME! Here is the link, please check it >> out: >> >> >> >> Rob Scott’s TOK Session on >> >> The Fundamental Shift >> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__drive.google.com_drive_my-2Ddrive&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=ISX1kJAmLj4qBc28EsI3GF8OI7EH_ytW2JCcNpFhnAA&s=yXgZuU4qBj9RTNvQu25HBBsd-iDgGwyTa_-gp_PoZPw&e=> >> >> >> >> There are several reasons I am super psyched about this model, but I >> will cut right to the central issue here. As Ken Wilber has long pointed >> out, there is a fundamental difference between viewing the world from the >> interior position as opposed to viewing it from the exterior position. One >> of the most central features of MENS knowledge >> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.psychologytoday.com_us_blog_theory-2Dknowledge_202007_theory-2Dmens-2Dknowledge&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=ISX1kJAmLj4qBc28EsI3GF8OI7EH_ytW2JCcNpFhnAA&s=Nw_Y7ATzkESx0o_vePbsM_77rsL6I2Eh_7J4LMOCHR8&e=> >> is that it makes this shift, such that modern science is a language game >> grounded in the exterior empirical epistemological position. This however, >> is a problem for science in that it then has struggled enormously to >> account for the interior empirical position (the first person subjective >> experience of being). Virtually all of psychology’s struggles as a science >> are because of this “epistemological gap”. Moreover, the problem of >> psychology makes it clear that MENS knowledge is limited in this way, even >> though it tries to claim it explains everything (Who would have thunk it? >> MEN claiming they can explain and control more than they can in reality…I >> have never heard of such a thing 😉). >> >> >> >> We obviously need epistemologies grounded in the interior empirical >> position. Of course, Eastern traditions have long known this. Enter Rob’s >> Fundamental Shift (and Identity shifting). Grounded properly in his own >> powerful story (where else are we going to find such a frame for an >> interior epistemology?), Rob shows us in this visually stunning >> presentation how we can wake up to the ‘isness’ and sort out the lenses by >> which we think about that isness. By differentiating pure experience from >> thoughts about that experience and highlighting the role of where the >> witnessing function directs its attention, Rob takes us through the process >> of how one makes a fundamental shift to wake up to the meaning making >> lenses that shape so much of our mental life. Like the proverbial fish who >> wake up to being in water, Rob calls on us to wake to our lenses and open >> up to the fact that much of our existence may well be largely >> delusional—wild constructions of the past, future and imaginal world, that >> pulls us out of experiential being in the present. With his “identity >> shifting,” Rob then takes this a wise step further and then asks us to then >> employ identities that foster the right relation between person and >> situation that lead to valued states of being. >> >> >> >> The great challenge of the 21st Century is to solve the Enlightenment >> Gap and bridge the sciences with the humanities. In other words, we need to >> bridge a wise humanistic interior epistemology with a coherent holistic >> exterior scientific epistemology. Bridging this gap will allow us to move >> toward a much needed and more mature *Wisdom Oriented* MENS knowledge >> system in the decades to come. Rob Scott is showing us a profoundly >> important key to this puzzle, and I thank him deeply for his wonderful >> presentation last night. >> >> >> >> Best, >> >> Gregg >> >> ___________________________________________ >> >> Gregg Henriques, Ph.D. >> Professor >> Department of Graduate Psychology >> 216 Johnston Hall >> MSC 7401 >> James Madison University >> Harrisonburg, VA 22807 >> (540) 568-7857 (phone) >> (540) 568-4747 (fax) >> >> >> *Be that which enhances dignity and well-being with integrity.* >> >> Check out the Unified Theory Of Knowledge homepage at: >> >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.unifiedtheoryofknowledge.org_&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=70j5jx_XFG-1u-2yiihxsYbKFW49YyHYcd0VJRe6qR4&s=S4_jYbF9lXqD9v5Cp4n4T_MOHyUT5YqS1Y-9dH_Q3QY&e= >> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.unifiedtheoryofknowledge.org_&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=ISX1kJAmLj4qBc28EsI3GF8OI7EH_ytW2JCcNpFhnAA&s=hqfinkXI7vIqzC8FbPRfjjXVK2qyHURYjqyQ8258cYM&e=> >> >> >> ############################ >> >> To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: write to: >> mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the >> following link: >> http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1 >> > ############################ > > To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: write to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the > following link: > http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1 > ############################ To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1