PRACTICE: MEANING MAKING


 

Here’s a little self exploratory quiz. In the comments of this post, label the following based on your personal possession of the thought. Do you personally believe/disbelieve it always, know it, presume it in practice where it feels appropriate, hold it loosely as a theory? (Or the opposite of any of these, of course because opposites are still variations of the same thing.)

  1. fire will burn your flesh
    a) believe
    b) disbelieve
    c) know it
    d) presume it in practice when appropriate
    e) hold it loosely as a theory

  2. your body is made out of stardust

    a) believe
    b) disbelieve
    c) know it
    d) presume it in practice when appropriate
    e) hold it loosely as a theory

  3. gravity is the force by which a planet or other body draws objects toward its center
    a) believe
    b) disbelieve
    c) know it
    d) presume it in practice when appropriate
    e) hold it loosely as a theory

  4. republicans are racist
    a) believe
    b) disbelieve
    c) know it
    d) presume it in practice when appropriate
    e) hold it loosely as a theory

  5. you have to purposefully assert equality in relationships
    a) believe
    b) disbelieve
    c) know it
    d) presume it in practice when appropriate
    e) hold it loosely as a theory

  6. you are responsible for your own experience
    a) believe
    b) disbelieve
    c) know it
    d) presume it in practice when appropriate
    e) hold it loosely as a theory

  7. a person who cusses you out doesn’t care about you
    a) believe
    b) disbelieve
    c) know it
    d) presume it in practice when appropriate
    e) hold it loosely as a theory

  8. a person who is an unskilled parent doesn’t love their children

    a) believe
    b) disbelieve
    c) know it
    d) presume it in practice when appropriate
    e) hold it loosely as a theory