Comments for Wayne Moses Burke

Comment on Life is a Balance. by wmburke

wmburke — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:32:01 +0000

Thanks, Arasmus.

I agree this is one of the complexities of understanding ourselves – the duality of being the same and different simultaneously. We definitely desire to determine which is which, but it may be a useless pursuit at the end of the day.

It hadn’t occurred to me before, but as we innately prefer a black and white (or categorized) view of the world, perhaps these questions hint at a need to move beyond this. Let me rephrase – we define the world based upon our experiences within it, but there is so much more going on than we personally experience. Our capacity is limited in this way. Similarly, the information that we do receive, we primarily parse into categories – initially confirming the views that we already hold, and only when all of our current models completely break, do we create a new model. However, the reality is that we are still stuck within the need to view the world through a paradigm that we define – a paradigm that enables us to comprehend, define, classify our experiences.

What if we could stop classifying and simply experience with new eyes. Ha!! Now that I’ve gotten here, it’s all quite Buddhist, isn’t it? Live in the moment, no judgements, etc…

Ah life, where everything new is old…

Comment on Life is a Balance. by Arasmus

Arasmus — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:37:56 +0000

Let me start by asking this question: is the solution to this problem in any one instance, transferable to other instances? Does one person’s solution enlighten another? Are we solving a disease, which has a single answer, or a virus which mutates as it passes from one individual to the next? The answer need not be either/or. If it is not, then to what extent does solving the problem for one help another? Maslow has his hierarchy of needs, with self-actualization at the top. Does the bottom of that triangle then represent those solutions which are useful across human beings and the top, self-actualization, involve factors unique to each individual? Thus, then, with respect to this triangle, there remains the requirement, documented in books such as Joseph Campbell’s The Hero Has A Thousand Faces (http://bit.ly/VQd22), that the individual sets off in search of his Existentialist Holy Grail, taking the risk that he may never find it.

Comment on Number 39. by sis

sis — Sat, 01 May 2010 03:23:03 +0000

do the teriyaki nuggets really smell like puppy chow? we thought Chris would like the authentic teriyaki flavor. who do you think you’re callin crappy?

Comment on Blessed Ignorance. by Mahdi Gharavi

Mahdi Gharavi — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:13:55 +0000

Hey Wayne,
How’ve you been?
I’m glad I came across your blog. I enjoy the way you write. I particularly liked the insight in this post. In hindsight, I can see the “blessed ignorance” principle at play when I’ve worked with the managers who helped me excel the most. Though some were fully aware of my flaws, they didn’t harp on them, but rather gave me direction and let me prove myself capable and competent.

I see a parallel with how, in football, if a player fumbles the ball, the best coaches make sure to call their number in the very next play. Choosing to ignore the player’s flaw and instead giving them the opportunity to rise above it.

Great stuff. Keep in touch!

Comment on Humbled by $3500 in 3 days. by $3500 in 3 days. « Open Forum Foundation

$3500 in 3 days. « Open Forum Foundation — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:28:47 +0000

[...] I’m still having a hard time believing this. I have been so humbled by the outpouring of support that it has fundamentally changed my perception of what the Open Forum Foundation is and who it belongs to. (If you’re interested in all of my sappy discussion of why this is so humbling to me, you can also read my personal blog post.) [...]

Comment on Life. by hypnosis guy

hypnosis guy — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:02:18 +0000

always good to read interesting points of view

Comment on Obfuscation. by Wayne Moses Burke / Blessed Ignorance.

Wayne Moses Burke / Blessed Ignorance. — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:27:04 +0000

[...] the same book that I referred to last post, Gut Feelings by Gerd Gigerenzer, there is a section titled ‘Not Knowing the Rules Can Change [...]

Comment on Trying or Being? by PreachainGod

PreachainGod — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:21:10 +0000

You know who said it better? Yoda.

“Try not. Do or do not, there is no try.”

Comment on Rough day. by Wayne Moses Burke / Can I see?

Wayne Moses Burke / Can I see? — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:26:23 +0000

[...] I told you before, I think I over did it on my first day. The second day I wore my new glasses for an hour and even [...]

Comment on Trying or Being? by Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:56:51 +0000

To be is to do.
To do is to be.
Do be do be do.