Associative Community

On Certainty - it's use and over-use

(TLDR summary in the comments) Human cognition and communication can function perfectly well on the level of possibilities, associations, and imaginative speculation. This is the realm of brainstorming, exploration, and open-ended conversation. We can relate ideas, create metaphors, higher... (edited) read more

Associative cards (MAC)

Good morning🌼 Metaphorical cards are a great tool for deep diving into the unconscious. Let's try an interesting technique - "Story". What you need to do: Look at 3 selected cards, connect them together and make a short story. 🪄What happens in this story? 🪄Who are the main... read more

Message Counts and “Memories”

I have always had mixed feelings about the concept of “chat dissapearence” when a person decides to terminate a connection with “unmatch” in apps such as this one and similar. I had heard about such a concept in passing from people who used apps with this function and thought it rather... read more

Guess I’ll start posting some of my finding and reassessment of the Bible here I guess.

The Bible is single handily one of the most cross generationaly consistent books in my opinion. Written by prophets generations apart which beginning to end had references and connections still. In a more commonly know interpretation genesis lays the ground works for the event to event of the... read more

Trains and trees: Put your ruts where your roots are

Our motivations, what we tend to focus on, and how we think about things, are all parts of our schema. It is much more than just a network of beliefs, though it includes that. In fact, none of these are separable from the rest. During a day long silent retreat yesterday, I noticed a few things.... (edited) read more

Thinking Fast and Slow

We all have two set of brains in our head, one is fast thinker called system 1 and the other one is a slow, last thinker called system 2. The Fast guy is the one responsible for our personality, our version of self, and popular beliefs. It bases all this on associative memory, like we like to... read more