1. 1
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2. five
contemplations
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3. our death is inevitable
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4. our life span is decreasing
continuously
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5. our life expectancy is uncertain
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6. death comes
whether or not
we’re prepared
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7. when death comes
all the stuff you’ve accumulated
can not help you
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8. so what really
matters ?
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9. meditation
of evolution
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10. transform FEAR
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11. create
SPACIOUSNESS
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12. discover
AWARENESS
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13. welcome
CURIOSITY
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14. embrace
GIVING
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15. thrive
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16. “ when we are
no longer
able to change
a situation. . .
we are challenged
to change ourselves.”
~ Victor Frankl
Man’s Search for Meaning
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17. “Much of cultural change arises
from the introduction of new
metaphorical concepts and the loss
of old ones.. ”
~ Metaphors We Live By
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18. path
of evolution
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19. Giving

Curiosity

Awareness

Spaciousness

FEAR
[disquiet]
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20. emotional
responses
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21. circuits of emotional responses
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22. the anatomy of reactivity
 Incoming stimuli processed by amygdala
Central switchboard
 Snap Judgements
Influenced by ties to hippocampus [memory]
 Reacts before frontal lobes can process perception signals
“Jump first, ask questions later!”
 Leads primitive reactions to hijack modern, reasoning mind
Especially with history of trauma
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23. FEAR
can make you
STUPID.
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24. “Psychologists who study survivors...
conclude that the most successful are
open to the changing nature
of their environment. They are curious
to know what's up."
~ Deep Survival 24
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25. ladder
of inference
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26. Actions

Beliefs

Conclusions

Assumptions

Affixed Meaning

Selected Data & Experience

Real Data & Experience
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27. Assumptions
Conclusions
Affixed Meaning
Beliefs
Select Data &
Experience
Actions
Real Data &
Experience
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28. what is your
life’s purpose?
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29. 29
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30. 30
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31. purpose
exercise
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33. the meaning of life
a Job....a Career...
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34. the meaning of life
a Job....a Career...
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35. the meaning of life
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36. the greening of life
~ Water
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37. the greening of life
~ Wind
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38. the greening of life
~ Solar
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39. the greening of life
~ Plant / Algae
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40. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
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41. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
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42. “Metaphors create realities for us…
A metaphor may thus be a guide
for future action…This will, in turn,
reinforce the power of metaphor to
make experience coherent.
In this sense metaphors can be
self-fulfilling prophecies..”
~ Metaphors We Live By
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43. PURPOSE
[meaning]
TRANSFORMATION
GOALS
ACTIONS
INTENTIONS
PRIORITIES
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44. path
of happiness
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45. HAPPINESS

BALANCE

PURPOSE
[meaning]
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46. domains
of meaning
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47. domains of meaning
more than a brain
cognitive
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48. domains of meaning
you and others
emotional
cognitive
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49. domains of meaning
where you are
somatic
emotional
cognitive
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50. domains of meaning
love and support
social
somatic
emotional
cognitive
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51. domains of meaning
more than me
spirit
social
somatic
emotional
cognitive
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52. domains of meaning
all together
integral
spirit
social
somatic
emotional
cognitive
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53. obstacles
to finding purpose
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55. 55
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57. YOU have
to transform
its ENERGY.
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58. “We draw inferences, set goals,
make commitments, and
execute plans, all on the basis of
how we structure our
experience, consciously and
unconsciously, by means of
metaphor..”
~ Metaphors We Live By
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