The Tangle Of Wisdom V Conscience - August 10

Do you ever find yourself in a dilemma about what you feel is the 'right' thing to do ... but being pulled down a path by the standards of others? In today's 5 Minutes In Nature, Liz reflects on the everyday dilemmas she experiences navigating the world of AI, computers and staying human. What feels right? What feels practical? When should she make a stand that goes against the cultural norms?

Transcript

Hello and welcome to five minutes in nature with me Liz Scott. It's kind of late in the evening. The sun has set. I've just been down doing a little bit of watering and weeding in my vegetable plot in a neighbor's garden. She's very kindly let me have a corner of a garden to grow some vegetables. The blackberries are coming out so I've been picking blackberries. I've probably had more success picking blackberries in the wild hedgerows and I have picking vegetables for my vegetable plot this year, But I persevere. And yes, And today is just a reflection really on wisdom. And we've been talking about wisdom a little bit. And do you remember yesterday I was talking about wisdom when it came to that dog that ran away and how wisdom turns up in different ways. The dog found his way to the safety of a farmer's barn and then growled at anyone who came near him. Until his owners rescued him. And he was a friendly dog, But he was scared and his wisdom showed up in having him growl to protect himself and make him look aggressive in order to keep himself safe. That is wisdom. And yesterday we were just reflecting on, Well, That's interesting. Wisdom turns up in different ways in animals. It turns up in different ways in us too. And the conversation about wisdom today has been prompted by a client I spoke to. She's a leader in an organization. She was quite low, If I'm honest. She was quite flat. She'd come across a dilemma, And it was a dilemma that was really playing on her conscience. And she was being asked to do something that she just felt wasn't right or fair. And that's what she brought to the conversation. And it's a really interesting place to be as a coach because when you're coaching and when you're listening in the way that I listen, I've got to put all my judgments to one side, All my advice to one side, And just be a listening space. But I've reflected since speaking with her, And I've reflected on the day-to-day dilemma that you have, I have, We all have at times. Where we are doing things that feel like it's against what our conscience is telling us to do. Maybe that sense of feeling guilty that this isn't something we should be doing. And today's my reflection is to really listen in to what your wisdom is telling you. Like really listen in. And I, So a really simple example is, For example, I use AI and I use it. Sometimes I use it a lot and sometimes I don't use it very much at all. Sometimes I don't want to use it at all, But I use AI in particularly when it comes to checking my grammar and my literacy and giving suggestions on how to improve text. And sometimes I just ask it to write an email for me because it's much easier. It does a much better job than I could. And there's a part of me that feels uncomfortable with that use of technology. That sort of inner tangle of guilt. It's a little bit the same, I think, As my client felt today, Where she was being asked to do something that didn't feel quite right. And I'm curious about this for me, Is how much I dampen down what feels right, Because there's a stronger sense of what the culture thinks is right, Or what other people think is right, That overrules what my inner guidance system is telling me. So today I just want to talk about that. I just want you to reflect on that. And as always, Not here telling you what to do. I'm sharing with you my journey in life as a human being that knows something deeply helpful, True and life-changing and transformational about being a human, And that is that I am part of the universal energy taking form as Liz, And I get lost in thoughts. Like, I know that to be absolutely true. And as I trundle along this journey of being human, I come up against stuff. And for me today, My reflection is about that inner tangle sometimes, About trusting that intuition and wisdom when it's up against what other people are saying or what the culture is saying is right, When something within me knows that it's not quite right. And I'm just curious whether that resonates for you. This isn't to make you right or wrong. It's just to be curious. So let me know your reflections on that. Do you ever come up against that yourself, That little inner tangle about what is right or wrong. And let me know your reflections. And of course, Don't forget to join me again tomorrow for another five minutes in nature.

Reviews

You are not alone in this Liz…this inner tangle happens to me too! Thanks for shining light on this. 🌻🙏🏻

Thoughts From My Sofa. Still inside.

I watched a movie called Joy last night about two British doctors one a biologist and the other a gynaecologist surgeon. And a woman nurse that was their lab manager and operations woman coordinator. It is based on the true story of IVF and the struggle they faced with societal pressures on developing test tube babies.

They even shut the program down for awhile because of the pressure. But the woman saw the real need of other woman wanting to have children because it was also seen to them as failure if they could not have children.

So yes they succeeded and as the credits suggest that there have been over 12M successful births.

So fortunately that even with huge pressures the team pressed forward to do what was right and give woman choice. That is wisdom.

If you haven't seen it highly recommend it. Thanks Liz. ✌️❤️

I began to find that although I was employed by an institution to do a particular job, that my conscience was telling me that I didn't necessarily agree with what that institution's charging structure was and I felt uncomfortable at the cost of what we were supplying. I found myself apologising for something I had no control over yet at the same time having to justify why it was that particular cost. Now, thankfully that will be someone else's job but it was a dilemma I couldn't solve.