E106| Enlightenment & Economics w/ Guy Sengstock in dialogue with Tim Adalin
Guy Sengstock is a philosopher, founder of Circling and a master of dialogic practice. He returns to the podcast for a deeply generative dialogue which drew on themes of generativity, instability, beauty, power, relational intelligence, the cultivation of attention, and the relationship between enlightenment and economics.
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Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
03:06 - Exploring Generativity and Instability
13:45 - The Role of Self-Disclosure and Humility in Intimacy
29:40 - Deepening the Quality of Communication and Connection
35:32 - The Complex Relationship Between Enlightenment and Economics
41:23 - Power in the Economy
44:52 - Attention and Participation
55:57 - Spirituality and Philosophy
01:11:52 - Ideology and Relationship
01:16:10 - The Role of Beauty in Value Cultivation
01:19:07 - The Education of Desire and the Cultivation of Beauty
01:44:06 - The Messiness of Beauty and Choking Moments
01:49:31 - Birthing New Distinctions and Network Philosophy
Keywords
generativity, instability, enlightenment, economics, communication, connection, self-disclosure, humility, intimacy, personal needs, service, value flows, coherence, dissonance, power, economy, attention, participation, surrender, confrontation, giving, receiving, self-correction, self-perception, spirituality, philosophy, economic reward, value generation, beauty, value cultivation, desire, education of desire, artists, generative conversations, paradigmatic shifts, network philosophy, internet, mycelial structures
AI Summary
The conversation explores the themes of generativity, instability, and the relationship between enlightenment and economics. The speakers discuss the importance of deepening the quality of communication and connection, and the role of self-disclosure and humility in fostering intimacy. They also touch on the challenges of balancing personal needs with the service to broader contexts, and the significance of enlightened modeling in understanding energetic patterns and value flows. The conversation explores the themes of coherence and dissonance, the role of power in the economy, the importance of attention and participation, and the relationship between ideology and relationship. It delves into the concept of surrender and confrontation in the context of giving and receiving, and the significance of self-correction and self-perception. The conversation also touches on the need for spirituality in philosophy and the challenges of navigating economic reward and value generation. The conversation explores the concept of beauty and its role in value cultivation and the mediation of desire. It delves into the idea that beauty transcends self-enclosure and reveals a deeper mystery. The discussion also touches on the education of desire and the role of artists in pointing to where nutrition and beauty can be found. The conversation highlights the importance of generative conversations and the potential for paradigmatic shifts in cultivating new formations of beauty. It concludes with a reflection on the power of network philosophy and the parallels between the internet and mycelial structures in fostering exchange and growth.
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Guy Sengstock is the founder and creator of the Original Circling® Approach. He has been facilitating transformation for individuals, groups and corporations internationally for more than 20 years. He has a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and is the co-founder of The Arête Center for Excellence and the Bay Area Men’s Circle, which is still thriving today. He is an artist, philosopher, poet, body-worker, and visionary.
Many refer to Guy as a genius in both his depth of thinking and in his way of working with clients. His humor, depth and quality of attention allows people to see and hear those things which have always been present yet have never occurred for them.
He wakes up every day with an insatiable craving to discover the source of life’s novelty and can’t help himself but to attempt to awaken this thirst in everyone he encounters.
Personal Website: www.guysengstock.wordpress.com
Circling Institute: www.circlinginstitute.com
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Tim is the founder of Voicecraft and a philosopher with a focus on the relation between participation and transformation. You can connect with Tim individually @ https://www.timadalin.xyz
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