Cool Post! So being conscious and "possessing a healthy mental ecosystem" is much like being a gardener; you can take account of what idea plants shoot up and select which to encourage to shoot up and grow and which to cut, but you only have indirect control of what you will discover in the next generation of your garden. Self-awareness …
Cool Post! So being conscious and "possessing a healthy mental ecosystem" is much like being a gardener; you can take account of what idea plants shoot up and select which to encourage to shoot up and grow and which to cut, but you only have indirect control of what you will discover in the next generation of your garden. Self-awareness is the conscious gardener's taking inventory of his visible garden ecosystem, but there are sub-surface processes below the ground and inside the plants that he cannot directly observe, these are the subconscious subset of ideas that the gardener may discover soon.
Thanks and well said! I think the gardening metaphor is an apt and important one, it shifts the perspective from generation of ideas to caretaking. From this perspective, it makes a lot more sense to treat ideas as separate identities that deserve proper treatment as opposed to tools that we create and can do with as we please.
Speaking of gardening, check out Seeds of Science if you haven't already - https://www.theseedsofscience.org/. We are always looking for more gardeners to vote/comment on submitted manuscripts - see the gardeners page for instructions on how to sign up. If you enjoyed this article, then you probably have the right mindset for the job!
Cool Post! So being conscious and "possessing a healthy mental ecosystem" is much like being a gardener; you can take account of what idea plants shoot up and select which to encourage to shoot up and grow and which to cut, but you only have indirect control of what you will discover in the next generation of your garden. Self-awareness is the conscious gardener's taking inventory of his visible garden ecosystem, but there are sub-surface processes below the ground and inside the plants that he cannot directly observe, these are the subconscious subset of ideas that the gardener may discover soon.
Thanks and well said! I think the gardening metaphor is an apt and important one, it shifts the perspective from generation of ideas to caretaking. From this perspective, it makes a lot more sense to treat ideas as separate identities that deserve proper treatment as opposed to tools that we create and can do with as we please.
Speaking of gardening, check out Seeds of Science if you haven't already - https://www.theseedsofscience.org/. We are always looking for more gardeners to vote/comment on submitted manuscripts - see the gardeners page for instructions on how to sign up. If you enjoyed this article, then you probably have the right mindset for the job!