Changing the metaphysics and epistemology will therefore change everything else. I’d agree with that. The question is how. My position is that no amount of reading or even real world normative interactions will do so. Not beyond a certain again (i.e. once adulthood starts). There are only two ways beyond that stage: consistent, deep meditative practice (including working meditation and practicing compassion) AND use of plant medicines. The vast bulk of humanity now suffers from a cognitive disease, rooted in the foundation noted, and - like any disease- that requires medical intervention. And yet these are not medicines in the conventional, western sense. And they must be respected, combined with other practices, with a level of maturity and realisation that comes via the first avenue, to have meaningful, positive impact.
My model is more prosaic. Garden variety learning and psychological development will do. That’s from life experience as both a teacher and a learner. I’ve personally been through as many worldviews as hermit crabs go through shells. I tend to outgrow any given worldview. This is basic neo-Piagetian process: assimilate, assimilate, assimilate … oops … can’t fit certain things in … accommodate = level up to higher abstraction. My current level of abstraction does not find metaphysics or epistemology foundational at all. Lived experience, energy flow, awareness … those are all more foundational. Logical systems of metaphysics and epistemology are fun to discuss, but none of that fits terribly snugly onto my functional sense of how the world works.
Thank you for the link to the other discussion thread. Yes, we are aligned here. I’m interested in what avenues you may be practically developing. Perhaps enabling placements, courses or ‘retreats’ that link plant medicines with a sustained change that addresses the metacrisis in a practical way - equipping people with the skills, knowledge and contacts to start localised communities in the manner of seeding a new society across the globe. Life Itself seems to have only one center in France. Maybe something for another discussion.