Rejecting both theological and zoological definition, Korzybski adopted a natural science, operational approach and defined hu’s* by what they can be observed doing which differentiates them from other classes of life. By way of his observations, he defined hu’s as the class of life who time-binds by way of being able to pass on knowledge from one generation to another, that is, over time. (a paraphrase from Korzybski’s Science and Sanity; the fifth edition preface written by Robert P. Pula 1993)
*hu’s is my refined replacement of the isolating and thus outdated term: “human.”
We can also analyze what’s been passed on and differentiate that from what can be observed (which is often still a result of what has been passed on, i.e. culture) and, even further, we can analyze the difference between what is observed that is what has been passed on, what is observed and judge by way of what has been passed on, and what is a universal experience beyond all conditioned observation, particularly one that can color perception of all else in a nourishing and productively orienting way.
Which, in my sense, is the ultimate necessity for human evolution: seeing beyond what we’ve been taught and conditioned to think real and moving constantly toward and by what we know to be universal and effective towards the cultivation of our integral wellness.
Integral wellness, a wellness that can be experienced on every level and by everyone, is basically my ish, the process of inspiring it, supporting it, and amplifying it globally.
Again, my intention is to do this on every level and for everyone. My fundamental levels are personal, social, global, and cosmic. Of which I orient them all by the “cosmic” interpretation of that preconditioning, nourishing perspective experience we’ve all had of being created within an all-inclusive nourishing wholeness, that is, the general experience we had being created in the womb. Applied on the personal level, this would be doing everything by way of our own authentic and abundant nourishment. What I like to call: being by the wellspring. On the social level this would look like cultivating nourishing conditions together and for everyone as much as we can by way of of our personal processes of wellspringing. And on the global level this would look like directly implementing systems of access to basic needs and relevant wants by way of technical efficiency and restorative sustainability
& to do this I’ve been linking up with people aligning with these ideas, building up a tribe/band/crew, and producing the intentions in the form of multi-modal art expressions, collectively and solely.
On this blog here I share my conceptual meanderings in those aforementioned regards.
& on our website www.ThinkandAct.Earth, with our collective projects, you can find many many seeds to support your own conceptual meanderings, many that could take it a few steps further and support relevant building - all towards our integral home.
So thanks for reading, and if you like my intentions and are curious about the many dynamic approaches I’ll be taking throughout this blog then I hope you’ll stick around awhile ;)