Vulnerability

 http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/1042

Brene Brown addresses the very aspects of the modern scientific paradigm that give me the greatest concern. She implies that it was her own inflexibility that was a symptom of her inability to be open to her own vulnerability. It is this side of science that I feel most strongly opposed to. The idea that it's only real if you can measure it, says to me that the whole world ought to be chopped up and put neatly into separate compartments.

That's what frightens me about science, that it may try to steal the magic from the world. But, I think that there is a reconciliation possible. My fear of science probably boils down to a fear that science could destroy my faith. I think that I can be vulnerable to what ever presents itself, that reality is whole-hearted.

I can learn from her perspective in every aspect of my own life and in my deepest internal processes. I think that she hit the nail on the head. Humankind is caught in a trap of our own design, we can't invest ourselves whole-heartedly in our lives, and wonder why our return is so poor. If I can trust that I am good enough, that I can learn and that no learning will hurt me, I believe that science will lead my into deeper connection.