One of the most important relationships I ever got to understand was that of the finite with the infinite, especially as it relates to our minds. Descartes used it to explain how it is that we humans make mistakes (by operating outside of finite knowledge via an infinite will), but I think the ramifications of this distinction are far more wide reaching. Once you realize that our understanding is finite in nature, it not only relieves us of the pressure to understand everything (which we never will) but it explains how these 'flows' states exists, as you put them, and how we strive for them without being able to explain them.
So true- it's why the models of the world I am most drawn to: Taoism, the hemisphere model, mythology and emergence, ALL point beyond themselves to something larger and possibly unknowable.
Just really re-iterate the concept that sometimes the thrill of reaching a goal was actually the process of reaching the goal, and not the goal itself.
One of the most important relationships I ever got to understand was that of the finite with the infinite, especially as it relates to our minds. Descartes used it to explain how it is that we humans make mistakes (by operating outside of finite knowledge via an infinite will), but I think the ramifications of this distinction are far more wide reaching. Once you realize that our understanding is finite in nature, it not only relieves us of the pressure to understand everything (which we never will) but it explains how these 'flows' states exists, as you put them, and how we strive for them without being able to explain them.
So true- it's why the models of the world I am most drawn to: Taoism, the hemisphere model, mythology and emergence, ALL point beyond themselves to something larger and possibly unknowable.
Thanks Tom,
Just really re-iterate the concept that sometimes the thrill of reaching a goal was actually the process of reaching the goal, and not the goal itself.
Yeah- aim for processes you can sustain for a lifetime, not a goal.