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Pattern, Meaning, & Integration with Jeremy Lent: A discussion with the author of The Patterning Instinct and Web of Meaning. Podcast posting soon on all platforms. This is a mostly uncut video without introduction. Wishing you all the very best of patterns, meanings, integrations and regenerations in this 2024.
Finding Meaning Through Cognitive and Cultural Patterns | A Conversation with Jeremy Lent
"Join us for an insightful conversation with Jeremy Lent, author of 'The Patterning Instinct' and 'The Web of Meaning.' Jeremy shares his personal journey of seeking meaning through harrowing experiences and intellectual exploration across a breadth of traditions. Learn about his synthesis of cognitive science, evolutionary biology, and ancient wisdom traditions to create a cohesive worldview. We discuss the importance of recognizing cognitive patterns, the distinction between dualism and polarity, and the need for an ecological civilization rooted in interconnectedness. Jeremy also introduces us to his concept of meaningful and dynamic patterns, and the transformative impact of Systems Thinking. This New Year's episode aims to inspire you to see life from a different angle and engage in a continuous dance of understanding and adapting."
00:00 Introduction to Jeremy Lent and His Work
00:20 Jeremy's Personal Journey and Search for Meaning
02:00 The Concept of Polarity vs. Dualism
02:21 The Importance of Patterns in Understanding the World
04:10 Jeremy's Early Life and Influences
08:17 The Turning Point: From Business to Full-Time Caregiver
10:09 The Birth of 'The Patterning Instinct'
20:09 Exploring Cognitive History and Cultural Patterns
30:45 The Emergence of Meaning and Systems Thinking
33:53 The Spectrum of Consciousness
34:41 The Evolutionary Jumps in Consciousness
35:36 The Conceptual and Animate Split
36:03 Western Dualism vs. Eastern Holism
37:10 Morality and Human Distinction
37:51 Plato's Dualistic Cosmology
38:28 The Rejection of the Body in Western Thought
38:56 Chinese Thought and Duality
40:08 Polarity vs. Duality
43:53 Neo-Confucian Integration
47:54 The Web of Meaning
53:58 Patterns and Systems Thinking
01:03:44 The Search for True Happiness
01:05:15 The Hedonic Treadmill
01:10:22 The Path to an Ecological Civilization
01:11:48 Deep Transformation Network
Jeremy Lent's website: jeremylent.com
Deep Transformation Network: https://deeptransformation.network
Towards way-making research, this conversation is especially helpful regarding:
The notion of polarity as not being dualistic. Jeremy's comments are very helpful here as a way to understand how the parts of a whole come to recognize one another, doing so as though they were not part of the same whole even while always being so.
“the patterns between things are often more important than the things themselves”
“the distinction we make between science and spirituality is a false distinction”
"I come up with a way of we can use language to define spirituality from the perspective of system science. And we can look at spirituality itself as really being like, an approach of seeking meaning in the connections between things rather than the things themselves."
Also especially helpful is the talk about dynamic patterns and strange attractors (what Jeremy calls natural attractors).
“Anytime we make sense of something, the best thing we can do is then having made sense of it to let that go and accept the next experience that might slightly shift the way of making sense of it.”
"It is not that the self is a delusion, it is that the fixed self is a delusion."
#pattern #meaning #integration #regeneration #JeremyLent #AndreaHiott #newyears #conversation #podcast #webofmeaning #patterninginstinct #waymaking
For building philosophy together, sign up here: communityphilosophy.substack.com
Love and Philosophy Beyond Dichotomy started as research conversations across disciplines. There was so much I wanted to explore but I was being told I shouldn't explore beyond certain bounds because it didn't fit into this or that discipline, or because this or that idea was too wild or too uncomfortable or too popular or unpopular, but because I study and work in so many, those barriers just no longer made sense. The same felt true relative to passions and love.
So I decided to open myself to all of it beyond traditional distinctions, towards learning and development, so long as love and health were the intentions behind those doing the work I was exploring. This podcast is where those voices gather together in one space as I try and notice the patterns that connect.
It's part of my life work and research, but it's also something I hope to share with you and to invite you to share your perspective and position. Thank you for being here.
Pattern, Meaning, & Integration with Jeremy Lent: A discussion with the author of The Patterning Instinct and Web of Meaning. Podcast posting soon on all platforms. This is a mostly uncut video without introduction. Wishing you all the very best of patterns, meanings, integrations and regenerations in this 2024.
Finding Meaning Through Cognitive and Cultural Patterns | A Conversation with Jeremy Lent
"Join us for an insightful conversation with Jeremy Lent, author of 'The Patterning Instinct' and 'The Web of Meaning.' Jeremy shares his personal journey of seeking meaning through harrowing experiences and intellectual exploration across a breadth of traditions. Learn about his synthesis of cognitive science, evolutionary biology, and ancient wisdom traditions to create a cohesive worldview. We discuss the importance of recognizing cognitive patterns, the distinction between dualism and polarity, and the need for an ecological civilization rooted in interconnectedness. Jeremy also introduces us to his concept of meaningful and dynamic patterns, and the transformative impact of Systems Thinking. This New Year's episode aims to inspire you to see life from a different angle and engage in a continuous dance of understanding and adapting."
00:00 Introduction to Jeremy Lent and His Work
00:20 Jeremy's Personal Journey and Search for Meaning
02:00 The Concept of Polarity vs. Dualism
02:21 The Importance of Patterns in Understanding the World
04:10 Jeremy's Early Life and Influences
08:17 The Turning Point: From Business to Full-Time Caregiver
10:09 The Birth of 'The Patterning Instinct'
20:09 Exploring Cognitive History and Cultural Patterns
30:45 The Emergence of Meaning and Systems Thinking
33:53 The Spectrum of Consciousness
34:41 The Evolutionary Jumps in Consciousness
35:36 The Conceptual and Animate Split
36:03 Western Dualism vs. Eastern Holism
37:10 Morality and Human Distinction
37:51 Plato's Dualistic Cosmology
38:28 The Rejection of the Body in Western Thought
38:56 Chinese Thought and Duality
40:08 Polarity vs. Duality
43:53 Neo-Confucian Integration
47:54 The Web of Meaning
53:58 Patterns and Systems Thinking
01:03:44 The Search for True Happiness
01:05:15 The Hedonic Treadmill
01:10:22 The Path to an Ecological Civilization
01:11:48 Deep Transformation Network
Jeremy Lent's website: jeremylent.com
Deep Transformation Network: https://deeptransformation.network
Towards way-making research, this conversation is especially helpful regarding:
The notion of polarity as not being dualistic. Jeremy's comments are very helpful here as a way to understand how the parts of a whole come to recognize one another, doing so as though they were not part of the same whole even while always being so.
“the patterns between things are often more important than the things themselves”
“the distinction we make between science and spirituality is a false distinction”
"I come up with a way of we can use language to define spirituality from the perspective of system science. And we can look at spirituality itself as really being like, an approach of seeking meaning in the connections between things rather than the things themselves."
Also especially helpful is the talk about dynamic patterns and strange attractors (what Jeremy calls natural attractors).
“Anytime we make sense of something, the best thing we can do is then having made sense of it to let that go and accept the next experience that might slightly shift the way of making sense of it.”
"It is not that the self is a delusion, it is that the fixed self is a delusion."
#pattern #meaning #integration #regeneration #JeremyLent #AndreaHiott #newyears #conversation #podcast #webofmeaning #patterninginstinct #waymaking
For building philosophy together, sign up here: communityphilosophy.substack.com
Love and Philosophy Beyond Dichotomy started as research conversations across disciplines. There was so much I wanted to explore but I was being told I shouldn't explore beyond certain bounds because it didn't fit into this or that discipline, or because this or that idea was too wild or too uncomfortable or too popular or unpopular, but because I study and work in so many, those barriers just no longer made sense. The same felt true relative to passions and love.
So I decided to open myself to all of it beyond traditional distinctions, towards learning and development, so long as love and health were the intentions behind those doing the work I was exploring. This podcast is where those voices gather together in one space as I try and notice the patterns that connect.
It's part of my life work and research, but it's also something I hope to share with you and to invite you to share your perspective and position. Thank you for being here.
