In this episode of "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis," John Vervaeke delves into the phenomenology of relevance realization and its connection to meaning-making and spirituality. He reviews previous discussions on problem-solving, insight, and consciousness, framing them within the context of self-organizing criticality and small-world networks. Vervaeke emphasizes the transjective and effective nature of relevance realization, linking it to Heidegger's philosophy and the concept of "being in the world." He explores how relevance realization is pre-conceptual, pre-propositional, pre-inferential, pre-experiential, pre-egoic, and pre-normative, highlighting its fundamental role in framing reality. Vervaeke introduces the term "religio" to represent the binding together of self and world, discussing wonder and awe as ways to disclose relevance realization. He addresses the phenomenological mystery of relevance realization and the challenge of confronting the sacred, distinguishing between metaphysical and psycho-existential proposals, and suggesting that sacredness functions to home us against horror and enable worldview attunement.
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