What Is John Lutz THINKING?!?

This is a reply to @tferriss about his podcast with Stuart Brand . For ME, the best segment was starting about 1h 5min, when you’re talking about experience. I have a degree in engineering, and have been ‘logically’ oriented for much of my life. Recently I have felt unfulfilled, and have been going through a process of self-discovery (with a Therapist, using methods developed by John Gottman). This is intended to allow my ‘true Self’ to guide my life (I have realized I’m overrun with logic). Through this, my realization has been: To be a better human, I must BE more Human. Humans are illogical, and we have certain senses about things. I read a quote yesterday, before I listened to the podcast (Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much Anne Wilson Schaef) :   A POWER GREATER THAN OURSELVES “It is not primarily abstract ideas which affect our spirituality, that is, our experience of and with God.” –Sandra M. Schneiders We cannot approach God or the process of the univ...

Does Election Day Matter? Is a vote a voice? The second Tuesday of November has come and gone. I imagine within a few months we will see sweeping change across the nation, maybe the world. This may sound irrational. It may describe what many people felt last November.  Change is constant. Is it accelerated, or slowed by the political election process? In certain, acute moments it certainly appears to accelerate things greatly. For instance, on election night 2016, financial markets went wild. The frenzy continued the next day, and into the weeks to come. Certain assets or commodities were deemed to be doomed, while others saved. Had one politician or party created this much real change? Only time would tell, but supporters bought the news. Detractors ran, hid and prepared for the skies to fall.  Just after election day 2017 I find myself reflecting on these moments, some of which may be historic. For many jurisdictions, there was little to nothing on the ballot. I...