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fivecontemplations

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our death is inevitable

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our life span is decreasing

continuously

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our life expectancy is

uncertain

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death comes

whether or not

we’re prepared

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when death comes

all the stuff you’ve

accumulated

can not help you

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so what really

matters ?

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meditationof evolution

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transform FEAR

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createSPACIOUSNESS

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discoverAWARENESS

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welcomeCURIOSITY

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embraceGIVING

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thrive

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“ when we are no longer able to change a situation. . . we are challenged to change ourselves.”

~ Victor Frankl Man’s Search for Meaning

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“Much of cultural change arises from the introduction of new metaphorical concepts and the loss

of old ones..”~ Metaphors We Live By

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pathof evolution

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FEAR[disquiet]

Spaciousness

Awareness

Curiosity

Giving

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emotionalresponses

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circuits of emotional responses

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Incoming stimuli processed by amygdalaCentral switchboard

Snap Judgements Influenced by ties to hippocampus [memory]

Reacts before frontal lobes can process perception signals“Jump first, ask questions later!”

Leads primitive reactions to hijack modern, reasoning mindEspecially with history of trauma

the anatomy of reactivity

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FEAR can make you STUPID.

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“Psychologists who study survivors... conclude that the most successful are

open to the changing nature of their environment. They are curious to know what's up."

~ Deep Survival

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ladderof inference

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Real Data & Experience

Selected Data & Experience

Affixed Meaning

Assumptions

Conclusions

Beliefs

Actions

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Affixed Meaning

Assumptions

Conclusions

Beliefs

Actions

Real Data & Experience

Select Data & Experience

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what is yourlife’s purpose?

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purposeexercise

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the meaning of life

a Job....a Career...

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the meaning of life

a Job....a Career...

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the meaning of life

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the greening of life

~ Water

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the greening of life

~ Wind

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the greening of life

~ Solar

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the greening of life

~ Plant / Algae

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~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

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~ Mahatma Gandhi

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“Metaphors create realities for us… A metaphor may thus be a guide for future action…This will, in turn, reinforce the power of metaphor to make experience coherent. In this sense metaphors can be

self-fulfilling prophecies..”~ Metaphors We Live By

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INTENTIONS

PRIORITIES

ACTIONS

PURPOSE

[meaning]

GOALSTRANSFORMATION

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pathof happiness

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PURPOSE[meaning]

BALANCE

HAPPINESS

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domainsof meaning

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domains of meaningmore than a brain

cognitive

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cognitive

domains of meaning

emotional

you and others

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cognitive

domains of meaning

emotionalsomatic

where you are

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cognitive

domains of meaning

emotionalsomaticsocial

love and support

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cognitive

domains of meaning

emotionalsomaticsocialspirit

more than me

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cognitive

domains of meaning

emotionalsomaticsocialspiritintegralall together

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obstaclesto finding purpose

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