Much of what we understand about change is colored by our acceptance of 19th Century models of experience. >>

The 18th and 19th Century philosophical tradition have a surprisingly strong foothold on 21st Century thinking. The predominant framework still maintains a hard separation between reality and experience.

Accordingly, events which occur in the world happen "outside" of us. We register their occurance through perception, which acts as an information conduit from the world to our brain.



In similar fashion, to generate a change in the world, we begin with an goal. Our intention is translated, through behavior, into an outcome, manifested in the world. When in question, we look for evidence of its manifestation.

 


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GAME #2

Cover your left eye and stare at the cross with your face about 10 inches from the monitor. After awhile, the dot will dissapear from your view. Experiment with different distances; or try drawing the cross and the dot on a piece of paper, and experiment with differently-sized dots.

This is referred to as the retinal blindspot. Question: how come we don't go around with a hole that size all of the time?

(from Tree of Life, by Maturana & Varela)

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