Navigating Uncertainty

Led by Stephen Russell-Lacy, this workshop titled "Navigating Uncertainty" aims to explore a deeper awareness of feelings and ideas that can support our journey through life. Throughout 6 weeks participants will engage in insightful discussions and activities on various topics.

Focusing on a deeper awareness of feelings and ideas that can support our journey through life. To better steer through the ups and downs of daily living

Group leader facilitating participation for example by setting the focus, occasionally offering some Swedenborgian ideas, asking questions, and setting exercises. Group members bring the ideas alive by sharing relevant personal perspectives.

Qualities admired in others

The difference between a character strength and moral virtue

What hinders us from becoming better people

Whether we can become better people by our own efforts

Self-reflection on how our different social values and mixed personal motives underly various possible life aims One example is link between valuing the environment, caring about nature, and wanting to promote sustainable use of natural resources. Another example is link between valuing spirituality and religion, finding meaning, appeasing guilt, finding happiness and trying to follow faith, help others find lasting well-being.

Reasons for trying to connect

Examples of what can be difficult in others’ behaviour

Practising empathy

Looking for good points in others

Correcting unreasonable perceptions of others

Patience and prudence

Practising kindness

Examples of good experiences

Moral dimension to goodness

Feelings, thoughts and actions

Scientific, humanistic, and transpersonal, and religious perspectives on goodness

Causes and effects of continuing anxiety

Cognitive errors and illusions increasing anxious wanting, worry, & hurry

Using good sense to reduce anxiety

Using higher perception to reduce anxiety

Inevitability of uncertainty

Different social attitudes towards death

Facing fears with higher perceptions

· Fear of pain or indignity

· Fear of loss - of possessions, consciousness, contact with loved ones,

· Fear of unfinished business, grief caused to others,

· Fear of eternal punishment

£15 for all 6 sessions

Host or Publisher Swedenborg Open Learning Centre - SOLCe