Dr. John Vervaeke Ep. 33 - Awakening from the Meaning Crisis - The Spirituality of RR: Wonder/Awe/Mystery/Sacredness
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Apr 3, 2023 Delving into self-transcendence and relevance realization, exploring spirituality's role in shaping consciousness. Reflecting on wonder, awe, and the immersive experience of spirituality. Discussing the concept of sacredness and its significance in confronting existential crises and challenging worldviews.
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Relevance Realization and Spirituality
- Relevance realization (RR) machinery explains core features of spirituality.
- RR integrates problem-solving, insight, categorization, and consciousness, offering a potential natural explanation for spiritual experiences.
Fundamentality of RR
- Relevance realization (RR) is pre-conceptual, pre-propositional, and pre-experiential.
- It precedes belief, inference, communication, and ego, forming a fundamental frame for reality.
Wonder and Significance
- Paul Acosta suggests 'wonder' reveals our immersion in significance.
- We participate in this 'atmosphere of significance', similar to breathing, not creating it from scratch.