I begin from my place as a pragmatist, someone oriented more to problem-action-solution and yet open to the abstract. I have lightly explored Mindfulness in the past and will turn to my simple understanding of the practice in moments of anxiety. While the theme of coherence resonates with me, I admit to struggling with the applicability of this to action and as Arun suggested, "readability for folks who wouldn't otherwise take a look". I accept that I may be too close to the ground in my approach yet I worry that actions are happening on a timescale that will yield systems which will dramatically affect humanity. Influencing a coherent world, or even a representative percentage, seems to be a very long term play while other less benevolent forces are acting on much shorter time horizons. I love the conceptual thought but worry about the pragmatic action timeline.
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