Notes by Carlos Mota Margain

Assumptions that are killing us

Unconsciousness of our assumptions
Definition of freedom – with no constraints
Absolute assumptions
Human separation /superior from nature
Separation from other human beings
Separation from spirit
We are stuck with he economic/money system we have
Self made humans
Believe in scarcity
We can function without discussing our assumptions
Humans are at the top of evolution
Power over
The love of power
More words
Human nature is unavoidable
Being stuck with our assumptions
Evolution is linear, science is neutral
Having a solution is the problem
No limits to growth
Engineer/design linear
Those with more have the answers
Either or
God is outside and is in charge of everything
Time is killing us
Right/wrong

Assumptions that foster evolution

Freedom within context
Inquiries support evolution
Evolutionary thinking – inquiriy into what I don´t know
Actions - not any kind of action
Growing edge
Belief of abundance
Systemic view of scarcity/abundance
Cooperation
Becoming/we are work in progress
Power to/Power with
The power of love
Silence
Responsibility for my own human nature
Unstuck ourselves
If we understand what is wrong we know how to do it
We are gardens and gardeners
Both and
Feeling and engaging as living beings not just as human beings
Multiple realities
Dynamic nature of life

Insights

There is not a separate list of assumptions but a set of stories
We might explore what helps us be aware of assumptions that kill us and what help us bring the new assumptions  into being
We need a coherent story – there is room for multiple stories that amplify our vision and power to act
Our assumptions are part of what structure?
How to challenge limiting assumptions or change them?
Let’s not be in a space of stillness where we are certain of things.
Let us practices of collective reflections
We talk about things but where is the creativity-as evolutionary edge-?
It is not enough to slow destruction, what do we do to increase the rate of creation?
There are new tools we need to master
Helping people to create believe systems that enable them to evolve
Identification and transformation of limiting believe systems
Increasing my/our capacity to transform through collaboration
The problem is that we don’t see the good stories
Different stories that we tell ourselves and the time we take to reflect on them and ask what our assumptions every day
There is power ins spiritual/religious practices that help us reflect
The change is possible and we are what we think we could be; instead of what is
Assumptions are not inherently bad
How can be contemplative of the world at 100%
We need a vision and a new mythology
We are here not to have a conclusion but to imagine
More than the lists is the recognition of the patterns in which we engage in the act of a reflective dynamic
We don’t make space for reflection
A sense ability how our assumptions/patterns are in line with evolutionary dynamics
We can be meta reflective how con we engage in intentions in line with evolutionary dynamics
What attractors can we create
We need new practices
New institutions