PHILOSOPHY DISCUSSION GROUP FOR 50+ FOLKS

What: Philosophy Group Meets
When: Tuesday, August 26th 3 to 4:30pm
Where: OASIS Senior Center, Room 1
Yo Peeps!
Our next discussion group meets this coming Tuesday from 3 to 4:30 pm. THEN afterwards we will go to happy hour at El Cholo, just down the street from OASIS.
For our discussion, we are still deep in the metaphorical bowels of Zen Philosophy. This time, we will be talking about this Zen statement:
“In the beginner’s mind there are many opportunities, In the expert’s mind, there are few.”
But first, we will have some appetizers, accompanied by the questions we will discuss.

1. Failure: just for losers or stolen by winners? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZZjFVZ5N14 2min
   a. Is failure a more authentic teacher than success?
   b. Can failure be a form of awakening?
2. God of the Gaps Fallacy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KruHu-2u37o 2min
   a. Has your view of God changed over the years?
   Now our main course
3. The beginner’s mind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssqclf52ZpY 3 min
   a. “In the beginner’s mind there are many opportunities, in the expert’s mind, there are few.” Thoughts?
4. The concept of natality https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZZ8-IZRNiA0 2min
   a. What does it mean to “begin again” at our stage of life?
5. The most creative people in the world https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE9lI1MMrM4 3min
   a. The beginner’s mind: does this explain why more creativity occurs in younger people?
   b. Do you believe 5-year-olds are more creative?
6. Creativity and age: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYn_jyQw0Wk 7min
   a. What do you think of the proposal: experimental vs conceptual innovators?
7. Creativity doesn’t diminish with age: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdl5jAxAeLg 4min
   a. Is there a kind of wisdom that only older creators possess? What does it look like?
8. Nurturing creativity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ_peeloxAA 2min
   a. Can you nurture creativity?

Even though few MeetUp people sign up, we typcally get 20-30 people in the discussion group. Here's the scoop. When you are over 50 years old, lots of weird and strange things happen and it's a great time to think about WHAT IT ALL MEANS.

In this discussion group, we will discuss a variety of philosophy topics, and try to understand how they affect our lives.

This will be low key: lots of talking, not much lecturing, and the concepts will be made easy. It will be FUN! I promise or your money back! Except it's free anyway!

We'll talk about cool things like Plato's allegory of the cave, the Myth of Sisyphus, and ALL SORTS of topics. Ovens will be available so we can BAKE OUR OWN PHILOSOPHY! I mean, conceptually.