Why is engaging in socratic dialogue essential? - ![[After Socrates Episode 3 - Dialectic Into Dia-Logos Dr. John Vervaeke#^zzfb82]] A group of people discussing a topic to discover a universal truth by evaluating their prior beliefs and assumptions. Socrates' dialogues are usually inconclusive. You still don't explicitly know what these universal questions are. Socratic dialogue is one where everyone doesn't know the answers, and because of this, do not bring anything concrete. Yet as it continues, you can feel the personal realizations that wouldn't be possible without this reciprocal and humiliating dialogue. Serendipitous wandering. When we enter a flow state, we begin participating in [[Dialogos]]. Dialogue makes you naturally think of verbal ## Behavior This is done by [[Asking questions]] and having [[Open-Mindedness]], which reveals our [[Learned ignorance]]: - ![[After Socrates Episode 3 - Dialectic Into Dia-Logos Dr. John Vervaeke#^jxutwj]] - this is why it's good if there's no clear answer from dialogue - it's the act of creating a space where you can explore these non-propositional areas - This helps us [[Improve salience landscape by internalizing role models]], where these role models are the others participating in the dialogues who we respect and want to adopt certain qualities of. ## Dimensions - Vertical, which is the [[Contemplation|contemplative]] dimension - Consists of deepening the sense of [[Co-identification]] - Horizontal, which is the [[Connectedness]] dimension through communion - Achievement of the above lets us enter a flow state through [[Dialogos]] Beyond dialogue, this can also be found in reality, as outlined in [[Cognition and reality share the same grammar]] ## Cultivation - On one hand, you can have apects - You can look at [[Dialectic]] for the process explicitly shown in AS - [[Synoptical reading]] is an isolated activity, but with [[NotebookLM]] this can be supercharged - There's the outwards part of socratic dialogue, but there's also the inward, the [[Internalization]], that can be cultivated by discussing with your different selves as mentioned in [[Internal Family Systems (IFS)]]