End of the Intro to the Arising World
So what are the key ideas that make understanding the arising world model useful and evolutionary?
The Arising World Model provides a new perspective on how the world actually works, and the more we get this the more effective we can be at everything. We will go into these more later, but here is a summary of those key ideas:
- The world we experience arises into being from a vast ocean of potentials. The model helps us to grasp and live the reality that the world emerges from the actions of all actors from all time and from the vast persistent potentials of our species and our planet. We are not in control but contribute potential to that emergence.
- The importance of our awareness to the power of our actions. The nature of action and the state of awareness of the actor are key to the relative value of any action for generating potential for the future and the model provides a basis for understanding these relativities.
- The advantage of finding coherence with the arising potential. The potential of the world contains our history and the preponderance of momentum for the future. Embodying coherence with this arising potential enhances the power of action and engagement to affect future possibilities.
- The need for improved congruence in our actions. We have poor habits with respect to congruence in our beliefs, intents, thoughts, words, and actions, which derives from erroneous beliefs about the potency of our engagement. Aligning our actions in a consistent way improves their effectiveness.
- A sense of the indirection of action in time and space. We can come to understand that what exists is only the emergent reflection of past action, and that we cannot affect what is directly. We must act in the moment to generate the new potential for the future. That is how we cause something different to come into being.
- A new internal model of causality. All of these elements contribute to a new understanding of causality, which can be embodied in a new state of awareness and therefore a new model of engagement.
But more on those details later. Next we are going to talk about “stance”—how are we going to “be” in the world”?
