Friday, January 6, 2012

Rock Logic & Water Logic

Edward de Bono has a book out called "I am Right, You Are Wrong: From Rock Logic to Water Logic".  In it he makes several observations about our very logical, solid, hard world, that declares:   "this is how it is". 

We really live in a world so dynamic and changeable that our minds can barely come to terms with it.  So much so, that the very nature of the changeableness evokes in some fear, anxiety, acting out, getting what is 'ours', and all sorts of behaviors.

Our traditional logic has trapped us with the righteousness of absolutes, and for the most part has trapped us in a limited world view. 

What I have here is a picture of grains of sand.  Beautiful, distinct, with different colors, shadings, and remarkably unique.  I don't know about you but I take for granted the sand on the beach, It all 'looks' the same to me.  I was wonderfully surprised to see the beauty of each grain of sand.  It was a reminder of the difference that Edward de Bono asks in his book; look beyond your first assumptions, your first look at something and look deeper, enjoy the delight of discovering something you have known and see the newness of it once again.

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