Being Gentle, Not Nice
About becoming someone worthy in social context while staying completely yourself in a most humane way. Words, words, words. Forget for this text the meanings you usually give to the key words used in it. Let’s skip over them. What I mean will be much clearer if you let it be vague. Well, this way, Read the full article…
From Common Factors to AURELIS
If only common factors work, then only common factors should we teach and reimburse. Does this point towards AURELIS? You bet. The science According to a ton of scientific studies, clearly and robustly, psychotherapeutic methods are ineffective. This may be hard to swallow, so I repeat. Lots of studies and even many meta-analyses show no Read the full article…
Only Truth Can Truly Cure
No, I have not suddenly become the most arrogant person on Earth. I only think that science does indeed matter. Of course, to “know the final truth” is to be deluded. Ultimate truth may never be attainable. [see: “What is Ultimate Truth?”] The title is rather an admonition. We can strive for truth, discarding what Read the full article…
Chi: Poetic Energy
As in Tai Chi, as in Chi Gong, as in reiki, as in acupuncture, as in etc. I’m not a believer in ‘Chi’ being physically measurable Not now, neither at any time in the future. My simple reason: It’s not at all what Chi is about. Still, researchers try to prove the physical (materialistic) reality Read the full article…
Leaders’ Meditation
Meditation can play a transformative role in leadership, making for a better and more sustainable leader. Meditation in the broadest sense is the head-on search for deep meaningfulness, which is quite special. [see: “The Meaning of Meaning“] The outer form can be sitting on a cushion, a walk in nature, or a week-long retreat. It Read the full article…
How to ‘Make’ a CEO Sustainability-Minded
Of course, you cannot do that. People are not ‘made’ into anything. The real challenge is much more significant. Are you prepared to take it? If you try to ‘make’ anyone anything, you meet resistance. The endeavor itself makes it more difficult. It’s like trying to climb a wall, and your climbing itself heightens the Read the full article…
Sustainability through Compassion
In order to be more than a buzzword, sustainability needs to be more than itself. Without Compassion, there may not even be sustainable sustainability. Please read [see: “Essence of Compassion“] to get a feel of appropriate un-easiness. That is always a good start towards Compassion. Abstractly Compassion is the connection between people in total-person. Making Read the full article…
Essence of Compassion
Effortless and challenging. Compassion is the most natural thing. Thus, there is no effort needed to get into the Compassionate journey. Rather, it needs a letting-go. The direction is towards harmony in the huge set of mental/neuronal patterns of the mind/brain. [see: “Human Brain: Giant Pattern Recognizer”] The more harmony, the less ‘stress.’ Of course, Read the full article…
Religion and Compassion
Compassion = Open Religion? Please read first [see: “Essence of Compassion“] to get a feel of appropriate un-easiness. That is always a good start towards Compassion. Compassion, the road towards nonbelief A belief in a conceptual anything is not religious in my use of terminology. I foresee a gentle slope towards Open Religion [see: “What Read the full article…
Sustainable Healthcare through Compassion
Without Compassion, it is impossible to see the complex connectivity shaping health and illness. This leads more and more to unsustainable healthcare. Please read [see: “Essence of Compassion“] to get a feel of appropriate un-easiness. That is always a good start towards Compassion. Horizontal, vertical This is one way of looking at health and healthcare. Read the full article…
In Search of Nonbelief
Taking Inner Strength as goal, nothing should stand between it and the person as an individual. Lending much-needed proper support to this is the Aurelian way. In this blog text, the concept of ‘belief’ denotes the result from a continual search for deeper meaning whereby this result doesn’t flow naturally from inside out. Such belief Read the full article…
Lisa Into the Future
Say, 2030. (Hopefully sooner.) “The only defense against bad A.I. is good A.I.” Does this sound like a clear statement? Of course, there is a grain of salt needed when reading the following. Still, it is a possible future, one way or another. Perhaps Lisa will be Jérôme or Annabel or Li Ping. In any Read the full article…
A.I. and Constructionism
Many people, and Western culture (if not most cultures) in general, mainly live in ‘constructed reality.’ In combination with the power of A.I., this is excruciatingly dangerous. Constructionism [see: “Constructionism“] In short, humans mainly live in a ‘constructed reality’ full of group-based assumptions. On the one side, this is an asset. It makes life simpler. Read the full article…
Constructionism
Is reality itself a construction? Not as far as I know. Within reality, however, life carves its specific domain. Within this domain, human beings especially develop their many constructions ― as diverse as incompatible. Some neurophysiology Neurophysiologically, more information goes from the brain to the eyes than vice versa. Multiply honored prof. Semir Zeki introduced Read the full article…
Through Compassion to Compassion
When the means is also the goal, one can foresee a self-enhancing journey towards more Compassion, if only well supported. This is highly hopeful. Compassionate healing A Compassionate stance can have a healing influence in many situations. The Compassionate person does this through closeness in an environment of safety ― including the absence of any Read the full article…
Open Leadership: from Chaotic to Open
Opening chaos may reveal a meaningful core. Leadership grows when this is done to the benefit of many. The world is getting more and more complex. This may appear chaotic, or at least in danger to descend into chaos. A reaction may be an endeavor to avoid chaos by imposing order. Black or white. Or Read the full article…
Sustainable Leadership
Doing well by doing good. Being self-sustainable by supporting the sustainability of the whole organization and, eventually, the entire world. This is a clear choice It is the choice to not focus above all else on one’s position, status, money. Therefore, it is not an egoistic choice. It is also the choice to not forget Read the full article…