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Empowered Thinking for Deep Change<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n
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We\u2019re so in the habit of controlling each other\/being controlled that we\u2019ve forgotten how to think for ourselves. We\u2019re so overwhelmed by the challenges we face that we assume there\u2019s nothing we can do (and it\u2019s all our fault). \u00a0And we assume that controlling each other is necessary and failing was inevitable because humans are just basically bad.<\/em><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s re-examine these habits and assumptions.<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been searching for a better name for the category of blog posts that I\u2019ve been calling\u00a0\u201cThinking Differently.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0I\u2019m leaning towards choosing \u201cEmpowered Thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paying attention to the kinds of thinking we choose to engage in is critical to our quality of life as individuals, and to how we handle our collective challenges.<\/p>\n

In his foreword to the book\u00a0Come of Age: The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble<\/u><\/a><\/em>,\u00a0<\/em>Charles Eisenstein writes that,<\/p>\n

Cultures older than our own widely recognised that\u00a0<\/em>words carried a magical, regenerative power<\/i>. They were not mere [symbols] connected through arbitrary social convention to\u00a0the real world of things. Words were emanations of land and life, partaking intimately in the beingness of the things, processes, and qualities they signified. To name a thing was to invoke it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

~ Charles Eisenstein (bold emphasis is mine)<\/p>\n

These two words, \u201cempowered thinking\u201d\u2014or any words we chose to use and especially if we use them repeatedly, with strong emotion or intention, or with ritual\u2014are not\u00a0just<\/em>\u00a0words. Words and thoughts name and shape our world, and choosing them carefully, deliberately, is one of our responsibilities as stewards of our world.<\/p>\n

Are you authorized?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here are some synonyms (alternative words with a similar meaning) for the word \u201cempowered\u201d:<\/p>\n