Subject: Combined studies

What the Virus Knew

In spring 2020, a virus revealed what symbolic intelligence had forgotten: that life is lived through relationship, not control. This reflection explores how a microscopic organism exposed the limits of abstract knowing—and invited us, however briefly, to remember the wisdom of participation, presence, and attunement to the real.

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Where We’ve Got To: A Reflection on Three Years of Shared Inquiry

Over three years of shared inquiry, the u3a Science, Philosophy, and Spirituality group traced a deep pattern running through history, culture, and contemporary crises. This reflection offers a synthesis of that journey — recognising how symbolic intelligence can trap us, and how dialogue might open new possibilities for relationship

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Growing Up: A Species-Level Challenge

We’re a brilliant, adolescent species—clever, creative, and causing harm we barely understand.
This essay invites us to see our planetary crisis as a developmental threshold. Can we grow up—emotionally, relationally, collectively—before nature’s feedback loops do it for us? Wisdom, not cleverness, may be our next evolutionary step.

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