Our ways of perceiving shape the world we perceive. Drawing from Alan Rayner’s idea of Natural Inclusion, this discussion explores how perception, whether focused, circumferential, relational, or comprehensive, affects not just our understanding but our very being.
We’ll explore how the dominance of third-person, distanced awareness has limited our capacity for empathy, relational intelligence, and ecological attunement. What would it mean to shift toward a participatory, co-creative awareness that sees self not as a separate entity but as a dynamic expression of context?
Join us in a journey through first-, second-, and third-person awareness, and toward the fourth-person comprehensive situational awareness.