**Focus:**
- **Embodied Exploration:** Deepen your understanding of key concepts through embodied practices and critical reflection, drawing on your existing library.
- **Conceptual Synthesis:** Integrate insights from your books and the glossary with challenging new perspectives to create a nuanced framework for understanding interactive language and the embodied mind.
**Year 1: Foundations - Embodied Cognition and Syntheist Thought (Semesters 1-2)**
### Semester 1: Grounding in Process (Ontology)
- **Practice:**
- Deep Work (Monotropism) - Connect this to the concept of negation (phenomenology) and the glossary's definition of "agency" by reflecting on how focused engagement shapes your sense of self and agency in the digital world.
- Mindful Movement - Connect this to the concept of process (ontology) and the glossary's definition of "flow" by experiencing the dynamic interplay between your body and its environment.
- **Writing (Event):**
- **Essay 1:** "Monotropism and the Embodied Mind: A Syntheist Exploration of Agency and Flow"
- **Integrate:** [[The Distracted Mind]], [[The Gay Science]], [[Ecce Homo]], [[Thus Spoke Zarathustra]]
- **Challenge:** [[The Shallows]] by Nicholas Carr
- **Essay 2:** "The Ontology of Movement: Process, Rhythm, and the Dynamic Interplay of Body and World"
- **Integrate:** [[Process and Reality]], [[Modes of Thought]], [[The (Mis)Behaviour of Markets]]
- **Challenge:** [[Meeting the Universe Halfway]] by Karen Barad
### Semester 2: Navigating Events (Epistemology)
- **Practice:**
- Nature Immersion - Connect this to the concept of process (ontology) and the glossary's definition of "emergent space" by experiencing the interconnectedness of the natural world.
- Digital Sabbath - Connect this to the concept of negation (phenomenology) and the glossary's definition of "attention" by cultivating stillness and observing how your attention shifts in the absence of digital stimuli.
- **Writing (Event):**
- **Essay 3:** "The Epistemology of Events: Relational Time, Digital Disruptions, and the Construction of Knowledge"
- **Integrate:** [[Understanding Media]], [[The Distracted Mind]], [[Surfing Uncertainty]]
- **Challenge:** [[The Logic of Scientific Discovery]] by Karl Popper, **[[Less is More]] by Jason Hickel**
- **Essay 4:** "The Aesthetics of Emergent Space: Beauty, Rhythm, and the Sensory Experience of the Natural World"
- **Integrate:** [[The Future of the Image]], [[Designing Interactive Systems]], [[The Birth of Tragedy]]
- **Challenge:** [[Collapse]] (Volume 6) by Robin Mackay
**Year 2: Synthesizing Perspectives - Silk Road Wisdom, Syntheism, and the Protopian Impulse (Semesters 3-4)**
### Semester 3: Embracing Negation (Phenomenology)
- **Practice:**
- Meditation (Negation) - Connect this practice to the glossary's definition of "negation" and its role in shaping the self by observing how stillness and focused attention influence your sense of identity.
- Creative Expression - Connect this practice to the glossary's definition of "event" by recognizing how each creative act is a unique occurrence that shapes your understanding and contributes to the ongoing flow of emergent space.
- **Writing (Event):**
- **Essay 5:** "Silk Road Religions and the Protopian Impulse: Ancient Wisdom for a Digital Future"
- **Integrate:** [[The Silk Roads]], [[Yasna]], [[The Conference of the Birds]], [[Buddhismen]], [[The Tibetan Book of the Dead]]
- **Challenge:** [[The Master Algorithm]] by Pedro Domingos
- **Essay 6:** "Syntheism: A Theology of Emergent Space and Relational Time"
- **Integrate:** [[Syntheism]], [[Sex, Ecology, Spirituality]], [[Integral Life Practice]], [[The Religion of Tomorrow]]
- **Challenge:** [[The Power of Now]] by Eckhart Tolle
### Semester 4: Integrating Perspectives
- **Practice:**
- Mindful Engagement with Technology - Connect this practice to the glossary's definition of "interactivity" by cultivating presence and intentionality in your online interactions.
- Deep Listening and Dialogue - Connect this practice to the glossary's definition of "relational time" by engaging in meaningful conversations that expand your understanding of interconnectedness and shared experience.
- **Writing (Event):**
- **Essay 7:** "The Ethics of Interactive Language: Responsibility, Agency, and the Protopian Impulse"
- **Integrate:** [[Etik]], [[The Distracted Mind]], [[Critical Thinking]]
- **Challenge:** [[The Nicomachean Ethics]] by Aristotle
- **Essay 8:** "The Politics of Interconnectedness: Technology, Democracy, and the Co-creation of a Shared Future"
- **Integrate:** [[Nätokraterna]], [[The WikiLeaks Files]], [[The Listening Society]], [[Nordic Ideology]]
- **Challenge:** [[The Open Society and Its Enemies]] by Karl Popper