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A pre-conference day about science,
Some differ, some shrug in compliance.
There were brilliant quotations,
Some great conversations,
And one patriarchal defiance.

Here are my takeaways from the IEA 2016 Pre-Conference Day with Russ Hudson, Mario Sikora, and Jack Killen.

• Belief vs. inquiry
• Interested is a heart quality.
• Actively receptive in your mind. It transcends and includes discernment and openness.
• The head center is the least developed. Count gyms vs. philosophy clubs
• “Real reason has heart in it, but the two aren’t divorced.”
• Enlightenment is a head thing. It’s illumination.
• Mental chatter is like static when the radio is not tuned correctly. The right solution is to tune it, not to turn it off.
• The quiet behind that static is where thinking comes from.
• Mario: naïve intuition vs. expert intuition
• Jack: don’t be too enchanted by your models.
• Russ: Look for the paradox. What transcends and includes both?
• Use the right knowing tool for the right knowing task.
• Fast thinking vs. slow thinking
• What if there are ten types? The nine we know and people for whom the enneagram doesn’t apply?
• “All genuine development is uncomfortable.” -Russ
• “Spirituality is often usurped by the ever-popular desire to become a happy baby.” -Russ
• “Science advances one funeral at a time.” -Max Planck
• Russ: don’t identify with your type
• With a scientific perspective, finding out you’re wrong feels like a gain instead of a loss
• “The heart won’t settle for anything less than the truth. ” -Russ
• Russ: calculus is a useful language to describe classical physics. Statistics is a useful language to describe quantum physics. What is a useful language to describe subjective experience? Tears of truth!
• The body creates the space for head and heart to meet.
• The enneagram is the circle of the unitive mind, the triangle of the discursive mind, the hexad of dynamism.
• Polarity: “I am my enneagram type” vs. “I am beyond all types.” Try both on at the same time.

List of cognitive biases on Wikipedia
usualerror.com

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