Ep.10 - Process/In Formation

We're at ten episodes! Double digits, folks! Wild. This go-round, Gordon and Rachel explore process and information – not as a noun, but as a verb ("in formation"). Together, they delve into the meaning and movement/workings of process and what it means to be process-oriented. Process is synthesis, is cascade, is reciprocal influnce influencing... what, exactly? Together, R & G explore the process of how things take form, shape, and come to mean something, and how process relates to our understanding of what it is to be human. Covered: self-perception and self as process, the role of the sensing body, developing witnessing mechanics and capacities that deepen our relationship with "in formation." Stick with us - while this stuff can be squishy, it's absolutely fascinating and perhaps foundational to our phenomenology and experience of being alive and relating - intrapersonally, and interpersonally. Also explored: the interplay between information, perception, and the understanding of self (they emphasize the importance of cultivating a conscious and neutral awareness of one's own experiences and responses, and why this matters). Diving deep into choice and attention and intention, courage and fear, self-awareness what that really means. Gordon shares, a story of developing more embodied awareness of witness via process-oriented art therapy, and Rachel shares an experience of walking herself through a panic attack. They round it out with another why - the importance of developing meta awareness and embodied cognition as essential as we navigate an increasingly fracturing reality. Somewhere in there, Rachel introduces her triadic consciousness model, and Gordon is intrigued. Another Chris Farley SNL reference shows up along the way as well. Takeaways Information as "in formation," as a process and a verb Humans as complex processors, body-minds working with infromation and in formation all the time Metacognition redefined as meta awareness - YES Cultivating conscious awareness and why it matters The significance of developing meta awareness and navigating a fracturing reality Chapters 00:00 Engaging with "In Formation" 02:55 The Meaning of Process 06:53 Process Orientation and Self-Perception 10:00 Sensing Body and Perception 15:01 Witnessing and Neutrality 19:59 Metacognition and Natural Intelligence 28:45 Exploring Metacognition & Meta Awareness 29:19 Embodied Semantics and Depth Meaning 30:19 Relationality and Sensing Body 31:33 Internal and External Relating 32:30 Choice and Intention 33:11 Courage and Fear 33:54 Self-Awareness and Witnessing 42:26 Story Time: Process-Oriented Art Therapy, Metawareness and a Panic Attack 57:56 Triadic Consciousness