Module 03
Differentiation
What changes when the pieces can remain distinguishable?
Return to
“Something is wrong.”
↓ ↓ ↓
My stomach tightened.
I’m afraid.
My attention moved toward threat.
This resembles something I’ve experienced before.
My system is predicting rejection.
My cognition is generating an explanation.
I want to act.
Externally, all I actually know is
No reply has arrived.
Differentiation
Differentiation allows distinct sources of information and states to remain distinguishable while still remaining in relationship.
Differentiation is not elimination.
fearbody activation
memoryprediction
uncertaintythought
desire to actexternal information
All of it remains present. None of it is removed, quieted, or overridden.
Nothing had to disappear.
What changed was the relationship between the information.
Instead of
“What does this mean?”
↓Ask
“What is actually happening?”
The first question
begins with the assumption that the experience requires interpretation.The second question
allows examination before interpretation becomes resolution.Fear can remain fear.
Memory can remain memory.
Prediction can remain prediction.
Cognition can remain interpretation.
External evidence can remain external evidence.
They can interact without becoming interchangeable.
Differentiation creates degrees of freedom.
Fused organization
Differentiated organization
More possible relationships between information create more possible responses to the same input.
Next Signal & Authority ›