The immune system in our body is responsible for any defensive reaction against foreign material. Language acts as an immune response, keeping the world in a shape we are familiar with, keeping new and potentially “unnecessary” experience out. The “unnecessary” experience guarded by language could include: Ideas that are incompatible with our beliefs and the… Continue reading Language as an immune response
Category: consciousness
A tall story – Peering into other ponds
I was staring into the distance at nothing in particular when it occurred to me that everything is a story, a narrative. Each one of us is a unique narrative with a beginning and an end. In that narrative there are chapters, sub-sections, paragraphs, sentences and words. But it’s a juicy story, filled with pictures, sounds,… Continue reading A tall story – Peering into other ponds
Dreams of the Mushroom Forest
Many years ago, I had a dream of walking in a forest of mushrooms. It was cool, still and dark and I looked up the slender white stems to the caps high above me. Touching the cool stems, I knew they were nothing like tree trunks. They were much less dense, much lighter, much more… Continue reading Dreams of the Mushroom Forest
How to hack the metaprogram
A metaprogram is a sophisticated kind of program that can reprogram itself as it runs. Given this definition, one could see onesself and one’s own thinking as a kind of metaprogram. Using a metaprogram as a metaphor is useful as it allows for conscious re-programming on-the-fly. Here are some ways in which you can access… Continue reading How to hack the metaprogram
Storytelling for Self-Discovery and Growth
By consciously engaging in storytelling, both by sharing our own narratives and by analyzing the stories that influence us, we can gain valuable insights into ourselves, challenge limiting beliefs, and actively shape our personal growth and future. Aspect of Self-Discovery/Growth How Storytelling Facilitates It Understanding Self and Identity Our understanding of ourselves and the world… Continue reading Storytelling for Self-Discovery and Growth
Metanoia, Change and Consciousness
The word metanoia carries a weight that “change” or “improvement” simply cannot match. While we often think of change as an incremental adjustment—like updating software or tidying a room—metanoia represents a complete system reboot. Derived from the Greek meta (beyond or after) and noeo (to perceive or think), it describes a fundamental shift in the… Continue reading Metanoia, Change and Consciousness
Meditation Workshop
Tired of the ceaseless mental chatter, feeling bombarded by life’s relentless advertising for your attention? Discover the Meditation Workshop, your guide to mastering your inner world and reclaiming profound peace. The Workshop (you do it by yourself) will help you understand meditation, how to do it and it’s benefits. Download – it’s free! This comprehensive… Continue reading Meditation Workshop
How does storytelling create reality?
Storytelling plays a profound and fundamental role in creating and shaping reality, both individually and collectively. Our experience of the world is not a direct apprehension of “what is,” but rather an internally generated “model” of what we think is going on. This model is built from filtered sensory information, and stories are central to… Continue reading How does storytelling create reality?
Who Am I? Your Self Workshop
Discover Your Story: Are you ready to captain your own ship? In a world changing faster than ever before, your greatest asset isn’t just knowledge – it’s your mind and your ability to navigate a sea of information. “Who Are You? 2025” is your essential guide to becoming the hero you were born to be.… Continue reading Who Am I? Your Self Workshop
Private conversations: thinking about thinking
We all know about private converations, the conversations you have with someone else that you don’t talk about once you’ve had them. There is another category of private conversation that is the most private of private converations – the conversations that happen in the mind. This is sometime called ‘thinking’. Views: 21
Life is story – are you controling your story?
Life is story. What we know of the world and ourselves is made up of countless stories that we hear, tell to ourselves and share with others. But stories don’t just describe, they literally construct who we are, our relationship to the world and the way in which the world relates to us. You can see… Continue reading Life is story – are you controling your story?
The Hero’s Journey
The Hero’s Journey is a common narrative pattern and template where the protagonist embarks on an adventure, faces challenges and temptations, achieves victory, and returns home transformed. This journey often begins in the ordinary world, where the hero receives a call to adventure. They may initially refuse this call, but eventually cross the threshold into… Continue reading The Hero’s Journey
Consciousness Science Workshop
What is consciousness? How does it work? Can consciousness be expanded? This facilitated workshop allows you to experiment with mind tools that allow reflection on the most human and mysterious of experiences; the awareness of your awareness in what is called “the ever-present now”. The problem with consciousness is that it is used to reflect… Continue reading Consciousness Science Workshop
Metaphors of the mind
Exactly how to portray the human mind has preoccupied philosophers for centuries and more recently psychologists, educationalists and physiologists have contributed to the debate. [technology creates new metaphors, tools to manipulate our experience that create our stance towards the world]. With the advent of information and communications technology, the brain has been compared to a… Continue reading Metaphors of the mind
The power of narrative in edutainment
The advertising industry has known for a long time that education (changing behaviour) and entertainment can be combined into a powerful propaganda tool. This is education, not through repetition, but through intensity of experience – not by rote but by rite. Edutainment is a combination of the concepts of education and entertainment. It refers to… Continue reading The power of narrative in edutainment
The power of edutainment to change behaviour
The greatest stories are all about change. What does a story have to do to change someone’s behaviour? Well, we should firstly admit that it is not just the story that changes people, but whole communities talking about stories. Behind all behaviour patterns and thought patterns lies the “weight of past experience”. That experience determines… Continue reading The power of edutainment to change behaviour