Some have concluded that we really know nothing (fully?).
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Its certainly difficult to even know ourselves and also very difficult to know others, even our loved ones.
It might then be wrong, or inadvisable, to believe that we know (anything) with absolute certainty. What is advisable is that we can obtain high degrees of certainty when we rely on combining more than one way of coming to know.
These ways of knowing include;
i) our senses and the experience we have through them
ii) reason and its servant logic
iii) tradition – all accumulated experience, laws etc
iv) heart-knowing including in-spiration, and meditation that provide in-tuition revelation & in-sight
v) dialogue and consultation with others.
However we can be misled by any one or more of these but combining the benefits of all of these will give us the highest possible degree of certainity when they are in accord.
To be developed.
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Author: Roger - Dr Roger Prentice
Now I write, teach and coach mainly self-understanding. At advanced levels About 21stC 'interfaith as inter-spirituality' - and how we can grow closer to our True Self.
In the past I :
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1) I ran courses and give talks at conferences and in universities and colleges in the UK, China, USA, Canada, Scandinavia etc.
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2) I provided materials, outlines and lessons for Schools.
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3) My range of interests include personal development, learning and teaching, photography and film, the arts generally, spirituality and educational practice and theory.
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4) At the same time I continue developing the human-centred studies SunWALK PDS (People Development System) - a whole-person, high-achievement model for individuals, and for use in, NGOs, schools and other organizations.
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5) The key question that continues to animate me and my work remains, "What is it to be fully and positively human?"
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Contact me via onesummit AT gmail DOT com (replace At with@ etc.).
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All good wishes
Roger (Dr Roger Prentice)
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For those interested;
My first degree is in English and Education.
My masters is in Adult and Community Education.
My doctorate presented a new holistic meta-model of education called SunWALK.
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