Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
Integration of meaning is important to Middle Way practice, because it provides us with the resources we need to draw on (in the development of synaptic links in our brains or associative awareness in our minds, to consider new alternative beliefs. To be able to think differently from the absolute assumptions we may have fallen into, we need to develop the capacity to think differently by understanding and relating to alternative symbols.
It is likely that we already engage in some practices that help to integrate meaning – for instance the arts, education, reading. However, recognising their role helps us to value these practices sufficiently, and see how they inter-relate to other aspects of the process of integration.
This talk and ensuing discussion was recorded from the Middle Way Network meeting on Zoom on 11th October 2020. For more information about the Middle Way Network meetings, please go to middlewaysociety.org/events/middle-way-network
Integration of meaning is important to Middle Way practice, because it provides us with the resources we need to draw on (in the development of synaptic links in our brains or associative awareness in our minds, to consider new alternative beliefs. To be able to think differently from the absolute assumptions we may have fallen into, we need to develop the capacity to think differently by understanding and relating to alternative symbols.
It is likely that we already engage in some practices that help to integrate meaning – for instance the arts, education, reading. However, recognising their role helps us to value these practices sufficiently, and see how they inter-relate to other aspects of the process of integration.
This talk and ensuing discussion was recorded from the Middle Way Network meeting on Zoom on 11th October 2020. For more information about the Middle Way Network meetings, please go to middlewaysociety.org/events/middle-way-network
