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Great list of ways to think more critically. Much of what you've highlighted here is core to the work I do as a therapist. When we become aware of our own experience of taking in information, and how that experience has been shaped by our past the more empowered we are to find balance, comfort and true understanding of the world and how we relate to it.

This line made me laugh out loud in the cafe I'm in. Thanks for that.

"These people all poo and wipe their butt."

I'm really curious, "Mastering The Art of Critical Thinking" sounds like the work I do with my therapy clients.

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Jan 16Liked by Joe Martino

Caught this from your Instagram post on Collective Evolution, so glad I found you guys are writing here! More people need to know about your work.

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Jan 14Liked by Joe Martino

I just came across this today and boy was it helpful. Thank you so much for taking the time to eloquently describe these observations and the solutions! 🙏

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Oct 25, 2023Liked by Joe Martino

very much needed advice

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Apr 14, 2023Liked by Joe Martino

I found the last 2 very helpful for myself personally. Sometimes I find myself wanting something to be true, and I can notice that it sort of pulls me in to some sources vs others to confirm what I want. Such a tricky thing to look out for.

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Experts-shmexperts. Getting any group of highly educated eggheads to agree is rare at best.

When the big “reveal” report came out a few years back that 90% of scientists agree that climate change is the greatest existential threat to mankind today came out, further inquiry showed that only 30% of the scientists invited to weigh in on the study agreed to participate. Of those, only 90% were in agreement. I imagine that those most likely to want to weigh in had a strong leaning toward the studies outcome to begin with. It is anything but a settled scientific conclusion. Most sane people would agree that continued research and development of non-carbon based energy sources is more than just a good idea. Ruining the lively hood of millions of people world wide is an unimaginably bad idea. But I digress. It’s just an example of “listening to the experts” and how it can be manipulated to inspire a preferred outcome.

I so enjoy your essays. It sent me to the dictionary again. Thanks for that and your efforts to elevate the consciousness of those around you.

Keep it going. The world needs some perspective and integration of thought.

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Apr 5, 2023Liked by Joe Martino, The Pulse

I enjoy how you interweave presence and consciousness into the process. Next level stuff. Keep it comin.

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An extremely naive perspective on the Psycho-physical relationship to stimulus.

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Apr 5, 2023Liked by Joe Martino

Thanks again Joe and Madhava (in video). Something I came up with 2 yrs ago, while explaining that I’d been a conspiracy theorist (or conspiracy researcher, as Derrick Broze would say) since waaaaayyyy before the C19 episode, was that we all (?) have *some* degree of critical thinking, and we tend to hold a « delusional threshold », a line beyond which « it just can’t be », « that’s nuts ». And that threshold or line is different from topic to topic, depending on how well versed we are in a given domain, it can also be more or less rigid, depending on a number of things, our belonging circles being one of them (let us remember the power of the fear of rejection!).

All in all it’s a continuum that I work on staying flexible in and remaining curious, sitting with a “willingness to shift” as we say in Nonviolent Communication.

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Apr 5, 2023Liked by Joe Martino

What a great post, thank you.

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Apr 5, 2023Liked by Joe Martino

Firstly, this article is helpful for me. I find myself in that final bullet list. It is taking me decades to grok those four gems. Thank you, dear Joe, for your pondering and writing.

I have circumstances that cause clarity of thought to be somewhat diminished in my thinking. I also have 'energetic issues'. I manage all that by vetting and studying people I can trust. I vet them by looking at their education, how they earn their living, how they speak (observational is the sweet spot), etc.

I have had to depend on my intuition maybe a bit more than what you are proposing here. My mind and it's programming, because of trauma and PTSD, has had it's issues. I think learning how to be kind and turning that into a light I shine on self observation and self honesty are the muscles I have built.

I am not disagreeing with you. I believe in depth and nuance.

I have limitations and I can work around them if I use my creativity. I release my creativity by 'seeing what is, from an observational view' and then remembering that I can't know with my mind what it is. My body knows. And something else knows, too. Ha ha. And that is another article.

I hope you find all the encouragement and connection you need this day! I am sending you love, dear Joe!

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This is a powerful essay because it clearly and comprehensively describes the big challenges and offers solutions too. Well done

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Apr 5, 2023Liked by Joe Martino, The Pulse

Excellent article and very timely!

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Apr 5, 2023Liked by Joe Martino, The Pulse

Loved this, great insights. And as you aptly point out often, we must understand the scope of the problem in order to provide answers. These insights help dig towards the scope of the problems we are seeking to grasp. 🙌

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Apr 5, 2023Liked by Joe Martino

Excellent review of aspects of being in truth.

After my return from wokeass Ottawa and Trudeau’s military bashing of peaceful protestors, i made a list of “Characteristics of a Lie”.

It grew to 26 items!

Mama raised me well. Her humble and wise Christian approach to life and its suffering taught me all of this; she wasn’t even trying.

Sadly most of my siblings were unable to grasp the wise simplicity of truthseeking, and live lives of either quiet or noisy woke desperation.

I can’t be in a room full of those who use the subverted church doctrine to virtue signal their commitment to social justice. Their pathetic and putrid swamp of lies stinks too much for me to bear.

Happy Easter!

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