RE: virus: Re: level 3 minds
zaimoni@ksu.edu
Mon, 28 Oct 1996 20:22:31 -0600 (CST)
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> >From: zaimoni@ksu.edu[SMTP:zaimoni@ksu.edu]
> >Sent: Friday, October 18, 1996 9:53 PM
> >To: Richard Brodie
> >Subject: RE: virus: Re: level 3 minds
> >
> >On Fri, 18 Oct 1996, Richard Brodie wrote:
> >
> >[CLIP]
> >
> >> At this point, you may be wondering which level you're in. Again, most
> >> people are in Level 2. No one comes along and taps you on the shoulder
> >> saying it's time to move up to Level 3. In fact, you will have
> >> tremendous resistance to even considering that Level 3 exists, or if it
> >> does, that you're not already in it. If you're living a life of quiet
> >> desperation, you're in Level 2. If you often feel bored, unmotivated,
> >> confused, resentful, guilty, unworthy, powerless, or like life lacks
> >> meaning, you're in Level 2. If you're just doing what you've always done
> >> without thinking much about what you want out of life, you're in Level 2
> >> or 1.
> >>
> >> I'm now going to say something about Level 3. If you're in Level 2, your
> >> first reaction will probably be to compare what I say to something you
> >> already know and form a conclusion about it. That is a Level-2 learning
> >> strategy that does not work in Level 3. I invite you to read with the
> >> possibility in mind that there's something here that's different from
> >> what you already know, and just kind of sit with that awhile.
> >>
> >> Level 3 is learning to look at life as something to be created out of
> >> your personal programming and purpose-the two P's?-rather than as a maze
> >> of knowledge, beliefs, goals, and challenges to be run like a rat. It's
> >> complete personal freedom-freedom from societal pressures, freedom from
> >> guilt, freedom from mind viruses. (You know the trouble with the rat
> >> race, don't you? Even if you win, you're still a rat.)
> >>
> >> In Level 3, you pick a purpose for your life and hold it as your highest
> >> priority. If you commit strongly enough to this purpose, the cognitive
> >> dissonance created with old memes that don't support this purpose will
> >> result in some reprogramming. After time, you'll find yourself becoming
> >> more and more effective at living your purpose. And again, I would
> >> recommend picking a purpose that you find rewarding, motivating,
> >> meaningful, and altogether fulfilling. You'll enjoy life and be good at
> >> what you do.
> >
> >Since I'm not familiar with this terminology yet [and suspect a
> >'clever'
> >level-2 response masquerading as level-3!], is my response below
> >classifiable as any particular level?
> >
> >The level-3 description looks familiar, since getting anything
> >interesting done requires creating and destroying motivations so my
> >motivations match my goals. I take it that the level-2 responses given
> >
> >are sufficient but not necessary for classification. Is the
> >description
> >of level-3 living necessary, sufficient, or a high-correlation to
> >actual
> >level-3 functioning?
> >
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