[Paul]

Hi Tom

That is an absolutely fascinating and rewarding reference. Many thanks for digging it out and sharing.

[Tom Huntington]

Thank you Paul . . . I bet you’ll also find this recent (and apparently very rare) talk he gave at The Nature Institute . . . Gestures of a Life – talk by Stephen L. Talbott

[Paul]

Well, that’s now near the top of a long list of things I must listen to. Thanks very much Tom

[David Baum]

Hi! Thanks for this reference!

One great thing about Dr. McGilchrist’s philosophy is that it can be comprehended in a flash, right-hemisphere style. I think it’s interesting that Talbott has to *argue* — left hemisphere style — for not treating
organisms as machines. Once the difference has been pointed out, it
seems like it should be obvious.

But it’s not obvious to many people, and that’s our whole problem, isn’t it? The same sad dynamic applies to the widespread view that “humans are separate from nature,” a view characteristic of the left hemisphere apprehending the world in parts rather than as a continuous flow.

The consequence is that we (humanity) treat the entire world as a “machine,” with predicable, disastrous results!

[Don Salmon]

I’ve always loved Stephen’s writings. I do find that many (I would say most of us) benefit from this kind of detailed unfolding of science and assumptions underlying materialist science.

At the same time, a wholly “heart based” approach is just as much if not more powerful. By “heart” I don’t mean “emotion” as much as direct experience.

What is here now?

That’s a question that comes to mind throughout the day. it’s immensely helpful, I find, in “dropping” the story of “me” and coming into a more immersed, holistic awareness of the Divine.