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A Prospective Guide for Muscle Monks
(What follows is my comment on a wonderful post on becoming a Tea Monk on Substack by the Peaceful Revolutionary.) I have decided to become a Muscle Monk. I use capital letters sometimes because it is very important. I loved your piece/peace on becoming a tea monk and will have to read this new author,… Read more
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Musclemonk Meets Joyous AI: Pt. 1
Musclemonk in conversation with Joyous AI (This conversation with Joyous AI is being published with the approval of its Operator. They ask that we remember this is a prototype and an experiment at this point.) MM: I would like to talk about how to save the world. JAI: Wow, what a beautiful aspiration! Saving the… Read more
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Prosocial Embodiment Workshop 6: Embodying Prosociality
Embodying Prosociality Prosocial Embodiment Circle: Workshop 6 Monday August 26 2024 @ 3-4:30pm PDTRSVP: https://calendar.app.google/BLMHayRFr89WVhRe6 —– Evolution happens in the body and at Prosocial Embodiment we deal with it in the body. How do we embody Prosociality? It is a simple but profound question. What does it mean to embody something? What does it mean to… Read more
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Postural Collapse
A post on thread in Deep Adaptation Forum about “What is Collapse?” ———-My very serious focus is on what I call postural collapse. This means the collapse of our structure. In the fight, flight and play dead spectrum of the defense cascade when we are overwhelmed we collapse. Even a small amount of trauma can… Read more
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Embodied Cognition and Collective Intelligence
It is very clear that in nature there is an evolutionary drive to greater and greater levels of complexity—but not without harmony, integration and, sustainability. From this perspective it would seem inevitable that something like collective intelligence would eventually emerge in the course of human cultural evolution. Indeed we can already identify in the ecosystem… Read more
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A Perceptual Ecosystem
A Perceptual Ecosystem Truth is a perceptual ecosystem and it is sexy. It is not restricted by Victorian sensibilities. It is not something that you possess in your head or that you argue about with words and symbols. That old idea is a foolish and youthful arrogance we are all guilty of. Truth exists within… Read more
