3 Epistemic Attitudes Explained

[ardacigin]

Hi everyone. This is a relatively predictable process of evolution our psyche goes through on this path of actualization.

Here are the 3 epistemic attitudes one can adopt:

#1- Proudly Defending Unexamined Beliefs:

This is the stage where the person heavily identifies with belief systems. Notions such as right and wrong are clear and defended dogmatically. No contextual understanding or empathy is practiced. The individual views life in a black and white way. Rules are followed strictly and authority is never questioned. The individual tends to make decisions based on their self interests and acts irrationally when one’s beliefs are challenged.

#2- Become A Truth Seeker: Linguistic Knowledge

This is the stage where the person values truth seeking more than belief systems. The relative nature of beliefs, ideas and concepts are seen through. Contextual understanding and empathy is heavily practiced. An event is perceived more objectively from multiple angles.  The individual makes rational decisions based on what is good for everyone in the long term. Open mindedness is practiced diligently when one’s beliefs are challenged. Less is taken personally.

#3- Become A Truth Seeker: Direct Experience

This is the stage where the person realizes the limits of thoughts, linguistic knowledge, beliefs ideas, symbols and concepts.  Truth is experienced directly without symbols via mindful awareness and consciousness work. Beliefs are hold very lightly. Self-deceptions are mostly seen through. Reason, logic and science is integrated with spirituality, meditation and mindfulness.

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Each tier has significant depth and breadth.

Much love,

 

Edited August 28, 2020 by ardacigin

[Johnny5]

#4 - End Of Seekerdom: Truth is that which seeks. All direct experience and conceptual knowledge is equally dreamstuff and transient. Everything is just what it is, which is pretend. There was never an individual. All hierarchy and comparison collapses, one thing isn't better or worse than another, seeking is a thought, and infinite intelligence runs the show.

[ardacigin]

1 hour ago, Johnny5 said:

#4 - End Of Seekerdom: Truth is that which seeks. All direct experience and conceptual knowledge is equally dreamstuff and transient. Everything is just what it is, which is pretend. There was never an individual. All hierarchy and comparison collapses, one thing isn't better or worse than another, seeking is a thought, and infinite intelligence runs the show.

Ah yes. This would coincide with a deep stage in #3 as a natural progression. You are right.

Edited August 28, 2020 by ardacigin

[Johnny5]

Yeah, we're both punching a bit above our weight, but it seems like a fair description. No more epistemic attitudes one way or another.

[Leo Gura]

@ardacigin Good stuff.

We'll be talking about this stuff in a lot more depth soon.

[Tonypop100]

Thanks for the post I can see a similar dynamic playing out in my life.

[Adam M]

Is there a source that you got this from?

 

Also, this was posted at 11:11am. ?

 

[WaveInTheOcean]

Great post, thank you! <3

[Mohammad]

Of course the lines between these epistemic stages are blurry. Kinda like spiral dynamics. I feel that I have all of these three attitudes at the same time! but feel mostly at tier 2.

[Nahm]

@ardacigin

Well said. 

[ardacigin]

18 hours ago, Adam M said:

Is there a source that you got this from?

 

Also, this was posted at 11:11am. ?

 

Yeah. The source is my life experiences. But there are similar road maps everywhere. 

 

Edited August 30, 2020 by ardacigin

[Gesundheit]

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#1: ignorance.

#2: suffering.

#3: crumbling down and dying, or integrating and growing, or staying at #2, or regressing to #1.

Edited August 30, 2020 by Gesundheit

[ardacigin]

On 29.08.2020 at 2:59 AM, Leo Gura said:

@ardacigin Good stuff.

We'll be talking about this stuff in a lot more depth soon.

Looking forward to it