Workshop Part I // Complexity Thinking & Contemplative Practice
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Complexity Thinking & Contemplative Practice
The world is in flux. Systems are unraveling, colliding, and reshaping faster than we can make sense of them. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed, paralyzed, or unsure about how to respond.
Many of us are looking for ways to understand what's going on, but struggle to find them. The world is full of people trying to sell us simple explanations and quick solutions. But there’s really no such thing. So let’s abandon the search for an easy way out; instead, let’s commit to staying with the uncomfortable messiness just a little longer.
In this two-part workshop, we’ll ask: Who are we? What kind of world is this and how do we experience and make sense of it? What might that have to do with the challenges we’re facing? And how can we respond to them effectively and wisely?
Part I | Ambiguity, Impermanence & Entanglement
In this session, we’ll begin by slowing down. Through meditation, reflection, and shared experience, we’ll explore what it means to be in complexity—not just to think about it. We’ll trace the roots of today’s polycrisis and introduce core concepts like emergence, feedback, and entanglement. But more importantly, we’ll ask: How does complexity live in us? And how do we relate to it?
This session is less about solving problems and more about shifting our stance: cultivating presence, deepening perception, and learning to stay with the tangle rather than cut through it. Together, we’ll begin to see complexity not as a problem to be solved, but as something intelligible that we can sense and respond to wisely.
Sign up
We’re using a platform called Luma to manage signups for this event. That’s because we’re also inviting folks from outside Meetup, and Luma helps us keep everything (including sending out reminders and sharing follow-up materials) organized in one place.
Here’s what you need to do to save your spot: Just head to the Luma event page and click “Attend” to register. It’s quick, free, and you don’t need to create an account.
Everything You Need to Know
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Workshop Part I // Complexity Thinking & Contemplative Practice