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Working with the idea of 4th dimension, space and time, is a way of thinking about what happens when you are shifting paradigms.

Immanuel Kant in his Critique of Pure Reason developed a concept of transcendental philosophy.  In Kant’s view, a priori intuitions and concepts provide us with some a priori knowledge which also provides the framework for our a posterior knowledge.  His theory about space-time is fascinating as to how it relates to the 4th dimension.  Space and time for Kant are a form of perceiving, together, and causality is a form of knowing.  From his perspective both space and time and our conceptual principles and processes pre-structure our experience.

This develops the idea that paradigms and paradigm shifting are a product of perceiving and then introspectively knowing.

For Kant things as they are in themselves are unknowable.  In his view for something to become an object of knowledge, it must be experienced, and experience is structured by our minds – both space and time being the forms of our intuition, or perception, and the unifying, structuring activity of our concepts.  These aspects of mind turn things in themselves into the world of experience – so that they can be known.

For me, seeing in 4-d is viewing with your five senses plus intuition, and the concept of time as represented by the now, past, and future; 2/  recognizing how interpretations in time affect the future; and 3/  noting how changing those interpretations actually CHANGES reality.

Mindfulness increases ones capacity to see in 4-D.  I think of mindfulness as a concept that includes spirit, mind, and body responses integrated with information to guide our actions and cognitions, in the space-time continuum of the NOW.

Our minds are full with a focus on perception, attention, perspective, intention, and time.  These are the foci that allow us to see in 4-d – giving space for figure/ground perspective and paradigm shifting.

For me, intuition provides a blink response, as described by Malcolm Gladwell in this book by the same name. A cue that there is something wrong or right.  It allows for us to integrate our observations of our sensing system with our knowledge to guide us.  The blink quality may allow for this integration to come to us as a whole (what Fritz Perls defined as a Gestalt) and in an instant.

Emotions are not knowings in and of themselves, they are triggers, or responses – it may be a trigger to alert us that there is someone crossing our boundaries like an internal sensing alarm system, or they may be emotional triggers to survivor scenarios, or responses as a posterior knowledge.

Viewing emotions as experiences but not knowings assists one in determining how to respond to an emotion.  A good example is Feeling sorry for oneself it can erode at our being in an insidious way but is not always rooted in a reality.  Recognizing that perceptions and experiences can be temporal but not necessarily real or factual can assist one in seeing in 4-D and remaining centered in ones life.

If you find yourself feeling defensive, angry or feeling poor me, assess whether the feeling is part of a habit reaction pattern or a trigger OR an accurate assessment of something happening in the present moment.  Sometimes these feelings are cues about how what is happening now is akin to something historical that needs to be addressed.  When the feeling is nagging and bothersome rather than intense and loud then it may be indicative of a problem if it feels reactive and loud then it may be more of a habit reaction pattern or trigger.  This is counterintuitive.   You can make a comparison of history event and the now event, to discern which is in play.

Mindfulness is a concept of utilizing one’s emotional sensory guidance system, and physical sensing system and the Fullcapacity of our cognitive and problem solving skills to evaluate situations and experiences in order to create and guide our way.  This is seeing in 4-D and allows for a unifying and flexible style of relating in the world.

Seeing in 4-D increases one’s capacity for centeredness and groundedness with flexibility and strength.

See you tomorrow.

Beth