Chapter 6:
Chapter 6 highlighted more philosophical views of the "U." Two words that stuck out to me, mostly because I had no idea what they meant when first mentioned, were Ontological (being) and Epistemological (knowing). In the table that Sharmer made, these two are seen in the section related to the blind spot mentioned before in the book. A less confusing part of this chapter that I found to be the most interesting were the quotes about love given by Kitaro Nishida and David Hawkins. Nishida said "Love is the deepest knowledge of things." Hawkins believes that we learn to access the deepest part of the "U" when we realize that love takes no position, and is "...unconditional, changing, and permanent." Love is the simplest form of understanding, but yet it is also the deepest form of understanding.
Chapter 7:
Chapter 7 once again brings up the idea of the blind spot, as well as the different levels: individual, group, organizational, societal, social sciences, and meta levels). What really suck out to me was when it was mentioned that the only way to step through the threshold is to confront the source level of the situation, which is ourselves. I enjoyed the reference to a crack in the path that you come across. You can't help but attend to it, because its right in front of you and rather hard to ignore.
Chapter 8:
The next chapter focused on the field structure of downloading, and urged to not download because as long as our attention is guided by habitual patterns, the source of our attention will come from the center of our own minds. This can potentially hold back your organization from advancing and "learning from the future as it emerges." This is the first step in the U process that must be overcome in order to advance to the next step. The example of the failure of a fictional Global Health Company really shed some light on the different methods of different CEOs, each of which failed because of never properly following through with their missions to change. Each CEO exemplified the barriers to organizational learning and change, which are:
1. Not recognizing what you see
2. Not saying what you think
3. Not doing what you say
4. Not seeing what you do
Chapter 9:
Chapter 9 advanced to the next stage of the U, which is "seeing." After a person has overcome their habit of downloading, they can then shift over to actually seeing, which gives them the ability to clarify question and intent, move into contexts that matter, and most importantly suspend judgement and connect to wonder. The example of George's stay in India and attempting to give medical care to those in need, and then receiving help from an unexpected person showed that people are willing to help a good cause. This opened up the avenue of researching the type of patient-physician relationships. The results included the four levels of the patient-physician relationship, which I found to be very true, and should be utilized more. Those four levels were broken parts, behavior, thought, and self-transforming presence.
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