Learning ultimately supports the well-being of the self, the family, the community, the land, the spirits, and the ancestors
I imagine something like a droplet of the Self hitting the surface of body of a water-like fluid and causing a ripple effect. The body of water has its own movement–it is not still–because this fluid body is a manifestation of Becoming and Being. The existing waves, currents, under-toes, reflections, eddies, white caps, swells, ripples, composition, and so on, all influence how the ripples of the Self move outward. The ripples are emanations of learning from the self that are strongly influenced by the family, community, land, spirits, and ancestors, which are represented by all factors of the fluid. At the center of the emanating ripples is the Self at some point in time, which is subject to continuous change throughout learning and development. Learning is the connecting factor between all factors of the fluid and, thus, all factors are dynamic. One factor cannot exist without the others for none are mutually exclusive. A tiny ripple on a still surface is prominent, yet a tiny ripple on a rough sea is invisible; however, a ripple is a small wave and waves can amplify and propagate when they constructively aligned with other waves and ripples, thereby becoming part of something new. Conversely, waves may deconstructively align with other waves causing a decrease in amplitude (force of influence) or novel emergent patterns (creativity). The fluid is made up of matter that constitutes the spirit and is heterogenous and dynamic. The kinetics of the fluid is a function of how forces influence the matter that makes up the fluid; therefore, changes in properties such as salinity, viscosity, temperature, purity, and density will affect how the fluid will be influenced (learn) by force (fluid factors). The body of fluid is a distribution of dynamic microcosms in time that are in continuous contact with the land, shared and shaped by the ancestral fluid. The Self is continuously influenced by learning from all factors–consciously or unconsciously–and likewise, continuously influences all factors that learn. By this model, each Self acquires a unique distribution of learned phenomena in some context at some time and thereby must require a degree of individualized education to function optimally in the fluid body as a whole. To me, this FPPL tells me that we are connected to everyone and everything through an ever changing landscape of learning, and that the dynamic component of life requires a dynamic component of learning.

 

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