This opens a lot for me, as a non-academic seeker. The perspective of constructionism expands my viewpoint of psychological/metaphysical possibilities and coincides with my recent experiments in self-healing. Watts' "The Wisdom of Insecurity" and Eastern thoughts and religions have been mainstays in my experiences to contradict Hoffer-described "The True Believer." Adding 'constructed change' means a lot to me. Thank you.
Hi Mike, I appreciate your comment. Yes, constructionism is just a modern version of the mystical/eastern insight that freedom arises from awareness about what is real and what is socially constructed. Whether we are shooting for the liberation espoused by eastern approaches or the "redemption of the world" seen in the west, we are all united by the knowledge that we are more than what is allowed by conventional thinking and standard ideas about the self.
This opens a lot for me, as a non-academic seeker. The perspective of constructionism expands my viewpoint of psychological/metaphysical possibilities and coincides with my recent experiments in self-healing. Watts' "The Wisdom of Insecurity" and Eastern thoughts and religions have been mainstays in my experiences to contradict Hoffer-described "The True Believer." Adding 'constructed change' means a lot to me. Thank you.
Hi Mike, I appreciate your comment. Yes, constructionism is just a modern version of the mystical/eastern insight that freedom arises from awareness about what is real and what is socially constructed. Whether we are shooting for the liberation espoused by eastern approaches or the "redemption of the world" seen in the west, we are all united by the knowledge that we are more than what is allowed by conventional thinking and standard ideas about the self.