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Sitting With It
How Keats Described the Discipline Behind Shakespeare's Genius
Sep 15 • Modern Discernment
Cravings and the Loss of Discernment
What lies beneath these intense cravings?
Sep 9 • Modern Discernment
Your Telos tells on you
What is your why, and why?
Sep 9 • Modern Discernment
Can discernment be trained, or is it innate?
The answer is the key to taking control of your decision-making and life’s path
Sep 7 • Modern Discernment
What’s the difference between discernment and wisdom?
You can discern well as an AI Engineering without possessing general wisdom, so what's the difference?
Sep 6 • Modern Discernment
How Perception Informs Discernment
You’re sitting across the table from your partner, and her mood suddenly shifts.
Sep 6 • Modern Discernment
Betrayal in Relationships, Repair, and Calibration
Betrayal, repair, and calibration belong together because relationships become more or less trustworthy not by promise alone but by whether consequence…
Sep 5 • Modern Discernment
Relationships, Conflict and Distorted Interpretation
Conflict distorts relationship discernment when pressure, hurt, fear, and pride cause each person to interpret the other through compressed, defensive…
Sep 5 • Modern Discernment
Relationships, Commitment and Relationship Clarity
Commitment affects relationship clarity because commitment can either ratify a well-formed discernment or prematurely lock a person into a relationship…
Sep 5 • Modern Discernment
Relationships, Need, Love, and Telos Confusion
Need, love, and telos get confused when the relationship is directed toward self-soothing, rescue, status, or relief while still being named as love.
Sep 5 • Modern Discernment
Relationship Red Flags and Criterion Failure
Red flags are missed when criterion failure changes what the person is willing to count as serious, relevant, or disqualifying.
Sep 5 • Modern Discernment
Trust, Evidence, and Judgment in Relationships
Trust in relationships is a discernment issue because trusting someone requires not only affection or comfort but evaluation of what is actually present…
Sep 5 • Modern Discernment
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