1 0:00:00 --> 0:00:09.200000 We talk about the work we're doing to become enlightened craftsmen. 2 0:00:09.200000 --> 0:00:14.640000 We want to talk about how that plays out in two kind of distinct domains. 3 0:00:14.640000 --> 0:00:20.440000 Those domains are just like we discussed in the former episode, largely artificial, but 4 0:00:20.440000 --> 0:00:26.200000 they're useful as sort of ways for us to calibrate the things we're driving towards as we 5 0:00:26.200000 --> 0:00:27.920000 grow. 6 0:00:27.920000 --> 0:00:36 And those two perspectives are roughly described as freedom or agency in a psychological context 7 0:00:36 --> 0:00:41.520000 and fullness or depth of sort of quality of experience. 8 0:00:41.520000 --> 0:00:52.160000 And as we grow in those directions and domains, we expect to get both a more capacity to create 9 0:00:52.160000 --> 0:00:59.480000 change in the world or respond to the world as it is and act appropriately. 10 0:00:59.480000 --> 0:01:05.240000 And for that experience to increase in significance and capacities and all sorts of good stuff 11 0:01:05.240000 --> 0:01:10.480000 that comes with a richer, more powerful experience. 12 0:01:10.480000 --> 0:01:15.760000 When we grow in these ways, when we drive towards agency or we drive towards the quality 13 0:01:15.760000 --> 0:01:22 of experience, what's going to happen is it fuels our ability to grow even 14 0:01:22 --> 0:01:24.120000 faster and stronger and better. 15 0:01:24.120000 --> 0:01:32.280000 So subtle increases in agency open the door to more diverse experiences, which in turn create 16 0:01:32.280000 --> 0:01:38.720000 essentially a more effective scaffold to work against in terms of self development. 17 0:01:38.720000 --> 0:01:44.480000 The same thing is true in the fullness side of the conversation as you work towards from 18 0:01:44.480000 --> 0:01:49.640000 a kind of a fairly shallow interpretation of experience or a shallow awareness of what's 19 0:01:49.640000 --> 0:01:54.560000 going on to a deeper awareness of what's going on and a deeper appreciation for the way 20 0:01:54.560000 --> 0:01:56.520000 things work. 21 0:01:56.520000 --> 0:02:04.360000 That will also allow you to essentially grow more strongly, more, more capable towards 22 0:02:04.360000 --> 0:02:07.720000 a richer and better experience. 23 0:02:07.720000 --> 0:02:13.800000 What's going to happen as these capacities grow in general in broad sweeping terms is that 24 0:02:13.800000 --> 0:02:21.480000 you will also increase in scope your ability to change and adapt and work will allow you 25 0:02:21.480000 --> 0:02:27.720000 to work in bigger and bigger frames of reference towards a future objective, whatever that might 26 0:02:27.720000 --> 0:02:28.720000 be. 27 0:02:28.720000 --> 0:02:32.680000 So in the beginning, when you have limited agency, the only thing you can really work towards 28 0:02:32.680000 --> 0:02:35.840000 is perhaps some level of self control. 29 0:02:35.840000 --> 0:02:41.640000 When you have a broader level of agency where you're able to be more actively responsive 30 0:02:41.640000 --> 0:02:48.040000 and capable, you can now start working on your family and your community and your municipalities 31 0:02:48.040000 --> 0:02:53.560000 what have you and on and on and higher in scope and higher in capacity as well. 32 0:02:53.560000 --> 0:03:01.320000 So these kind of two perspectives or two objectives of our personal development are great ways 33 0:03:01.320000 --> 0:03:09.200000 to evaluate where you might start developing had you been stuck. 34 0:03:09.200000 --> 0:03:15.240000 That's not uncommon to wake up and say, you know, my life's going fine, but I really wish 35 0:03:15.240000 --> 0:03:24.480000 it felt better to do X, Y, or Z or that subjective experience was more full or more rich. 36 0:03:24.480000 --> 0:03:29.800000 The thing that's important about understanding both of these things is they're not necessarily 37 0:03:29.800000 --> 0:03:31.960000 even though you can be framed as opposites. 38 0:03:31.960000 --> 0:03:33.440000 They're not necessarily opposite. 39 0:03:33.440000 --> 0:03:39.840000 As you increase in your level of kind of craftsmen like enlightenment for lack of better way 40 0:03:39.840000 --> 0:03:45.640000 to say it, you will find that they start to overlap that the the freedom and the fullness 41 0:03:45.640000 --> 0:03:51.840000 are essentially both the same textures of the same awareness. 42 0:03:51.840000 --> 0:03:56.720000 As that sort of synthesis starts to occur, you really become a powerful change agent in 43 0:03:56.720000 --> 0:04:00 your world and you really can start to make a meaningful difference. 44 0:04:01 --> 0:04:03.440000 For each of these developmentally and how does that work? 45 0:04:03.440000 --> 0:04:04.120000 What does it mean? 46 0:04:04.120000 --> 0:04:05.520000 What do we do? 47 0:04:05.520000 --> 0:04:12.480000 It's a great thing to do to start thinking about using those as perspectives, right? 48 0:04:12.480000 --> 0:04:17.880000 So sit down and say, hey, listen, I feel more of a victim in my own life than I should. 49 0:04:17.880000 --> 0:04:21.080000 How can I increase my agency and what does that look like? 50 0:04:21.080000 --> 0:04:22.080000 What is it? 51 0:04:22.080000 --> 0:04:24.280000 Where do I feel stuck and constrained right now? 52 0:04:24.280000 --> 0:04:26.880000 And what can I do to sort of improve that? 53 0:04:26.880000 --> 0:04:29.880000 The same thing is true on the fullness side. 54 0:04:29.880000 --> 0:04:31.720000 You know, my life is not lack. 55 0:04:31.720000 --> 0:04:37.760000 It doesn't have the depth that I'd like or not having the sort of emotional resonance 56 0:04:37.760000 --> 0:04:43.920000 with the people in my neighborhood or with my community or with my partner. 57 0:04:43.920000 --> 0:04:48.120000 I'm not getting that kind of depth of experience that I'd really like to have. 58 0:04:48.120000 --> 0:04:51.320000 What can I do to improve it? 59 0:04:51.320000 --> 0:04:56.640000 Using these perspectives, you can again, start to build a better quality of life, 60 0:04:56.640000 --> 0:04:59.200000 increase your scope, and increase your capacity. 61 0:04:59.200000 --> 0:05:03.120000 And we'll talk a little bit more about how that works in future episodes.