What is this?

A human being is a complex, self-reflexive, creative agent - a living and embodied being of immeasurable vitality and possibility. Drawing on our faculty for agency and abstraction, we are capable of creating, interacting, and forming relationships with our environment, others and ourselves. Not some static, predetermined entity, but an organism continually unfolding and growing, we co-create our lives in synergy with our surroundings. Whether we step in and out repeatedly of our own definitions and boundaries or appreciate ourselves in a wider, non-dualistic context, these moments of self-realization are opportunities to affect meaningful change in our lives, affecting our personal and collective destinies.

See also: living system, complex system, relationship, conversation, love

Nora Bateson -- On Gregory Bateson and Lynn Hoffman 2,596

Nora Bateson and Gil Friend: Inner Ecology—Thinking Through the Mess 2,399

Body and Soul: An Ecology of Communication w/ Nora Bateson and Diane Musho Hamilton 2,289

Stages & Development Series - ft. Nora Bateson, Maimunah Mosli, Jon Freeman [Mutations Panel 1] 2,047

Deep Code Dialogos: Session 4 w/ Jordan Hall, Nora Bateson, Greg Thomas, Rich Bartlett, and more 2,046

3 - Nora Bateson - Intersubjectivity - 7th Annual CPH Open Dialogue Meeting - March 6, 2015 1,173

How can we make relationships that build life? w/ Nora Bateson 1,035

Peter Hawkins Nora Bateson Interview v1 843