André Duqum

a lot of what we thought we were living our life as this conscious agent is really being colored and distorted in so many different ways we're not fully privy to.

And so when those come up, how do you, I mean, you just gave a bit of insight into it, but when we find those triggers in life, right, we sometimes spiral it and build momentum onto it by being shameful, you know, having shame about what we're ashamed of.

Right.

Absolutely.

How can we meet those triggers fully in a way that's actually fruitful and like, you know, transforming the energy and not just get stuck in those cycles?

That's great.

I would love to zoom in a bit more on the structure of self.

It's fascinating how we have these formative experiences often throughout childhood, going into adulthood, where in many ways, like we encounter an experience that surpasses our ability to process it and be with it emotionally.

And then we make meaning of it.

And like that emotional impact stays with us.

And I've found it so interesting studying like neurologically how reconstructive memory occurs and how we have an event, we have our perception of that event, which is already

detracted from what actually happened to some degree.

And then we keep on reconstructing the memory from the last time we memorized it.

And it's so funny because our identity is shaped by so many of these experiences, which our memory of that thing very much so is different to how it actually occurred.

And the meaning that we then have given to those experiences shape our life, shape our destiny in so many ways.

And so when we look at the structure of the self and the memories that are formed that structure the self, I'm curious what insights you have into how those memories are formed and fused with identity.

And then, of course, that goes into our experience of ourself.

But yeah, how do you how do you kind of think of how the structure of self and our memory interplay as they build identity?

Hmm.

What are your favorite tools for externalizing those internal narratives and stories that we've built?