Where Self Meets World (Dan Siegel, M.D.)

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Dec 29, 2022

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ANECDOTE

Falling Off a Horse

Dan Siegel's story of falling off a horse and losing his sense of self became a pivotal point in his book, Interconnected.
Initially absent from drafts, the experience resurfaced through a rhyming fictional story, revealing the self's constructed nature.

INSIGHT

Quantum Physics and the Self

Quantum physics reveals that our relationships can affect matter, challenging the traditional view of a separate self.
We possess an innate ability to influence the external world through energy, blurring the lines between personal and collective reality.

INSIGHT

Chaos and Certainty

The chaos of creation represents the realm of infinite possibilities before they manifest into thoughts and constructs.
A fixed identity seeks certainty and control, resisting the inherent chaotic nature of reality.

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“How do we actually with due speed, cuz this is a timely issue, start to live in modern culture, which is taken over the planet. Basically live in a way that is really about the truth of who we are. That we are a me and we are a we, and that if we live that way, we wouldn't treat each other as enemies, we would treat each other as relatives. You know, you don't get along with every relative the same way, but if they're in your family, they're your family. And if we then saw all of nature as the family of nature, you know, we would treat earth not like a trash can, but a sanctuary. And, and we would do this together. And we are incredibly collaborative, we're incredibly creative and yes, we can use competition, but what we can do in our competition is make it so we're competing to really deal with, you know, diseases and famine and all the problems we face. So when you win the competition, everybody benefits.”

So says Dr. Daniel Siegel, a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and the founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center. As an interpersonal neurobiologist Dan is focused on the creation of self—and his latest book, IntraConnected: MWe (Me + We) as the Integration of Self, Identity, and Belonging takes his lifelong pursuit to understand the Venn diagram between personal reality and collective identity even farther: In it, he explores questions of consciousness, the importance of connection, and the world of quantum physics as it relates to our relationship with the external world. For Dan, the science of energy, which animates us all, is the study of the continuum of possibility to probability.

MORE FROM DAN SIEGEL, M.D.:

IntraConnected: MWe (Me + We) as the Integration of Self, Identity, and Belonging

The Developing Mind: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are

Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation

Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence

The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind

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