Index: The Path to Understanding
To make the Path to Understanding a more enjoyable journey, please add your own comments and rate the postings as you go through it.
Getting Started
A is for Awareness (which so often grows out of Anger):
Introduction
(Why care, who benefits?)
B is for Basis:
The Role of the Model
(Used wisely, it can be the glue of humanity)
Understanding’s 12 Aspects (and occasional obstacles)
C is for Creation:
The Starting Condition
(In the beginning…)
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E is for Environment:
The Supporting Environment
(Without support, gravity eventually wins)
F is for the Fire burning inside
Need – The Force Behind Understanding
(Without need, who cares?)
G is for Gobbledegook
Language – The Currency of Understanding
(Is there meaning behind the words)
H is for “Halt!”
Limits – The Reality of Boundaries
(What is my understanding capable of, and not?)
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J is for “Just right!”
Scale – When Size Really Matters
(Can my knowledge move mountains, or just the pebbles on top?)
K is for “KISS” – Keep it Simple (but please don’t make it)… Stupid!
Simplicity via Symbols
(In simplicity, what do I give up?)
L is for Labyrinthe
Dimensions, a sign of complexity
(But in complexity, do I have what it takes to navigate the maze?)
M is for ”Materials and Means of Construction”
Money, Materials and Methods
(In what physical form does my understanding manifest itself?)
N is for “Next!”
Time: Friend, Foe or Casual Observer?”
(Does my understanding age like a fine wine?)
O is for “Over there!”
Leadership Matters
(What does it take to keep everyone focused on a common path?)
P is for Power
Power
(Who gets to have it, how they use it, how they maintain it)
The Uses of Understanding
Q is for the Quest
The Battle Against Hate (BAH!)
(an impossible dream?)
R is for Recycling
Recycling, a human tradition
and the reason that conservatism is so prevalent
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T is for Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
(the path out of unhappiness)
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W is for Wisdom
Wisdom – a Consequence of Living
(a story of how it is transferred from one generation to another)
X is for the Sweet Spot
Does anybody really care?
(When you do what your heart and brain agree on, without expectation of
accolades, fame or feedback, then you are very close to zen)
Z is for Zen
The Pit
(a poem that summarizes it all)
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By Maud, May 11, 2011 @ 5:58 am
What a joy to find such clear thnkiing. Thanks for posting!