The word "science" is Greek for "knowledge" and/or "learning". Our ideas - especially those ideas we feel overly emotional about - are opportunities to learn something new about ourselves. When we explore our ideas, or test our ideas out on the world, we are being "scientific". To have ideas that we hold on to so much that we feel threatened if they are threatened, are not real. Our emotions - especially rage or sorrow - point at areas where we can grow. But if we don't investigate these feeling-toned ideas, we will never change. We will stay rooted in a recurring experience; something that is close to our colloquial definition of insanity. I am not saying I know for sure, but I have lived a life of constantly testing my ideas out on reality. I pay attention to when and where I feel more intense (almost irrational, if not totally irrational) emotions, and I patiently and compassionately explore them. Doing so has lead me to meaningful experiences. That's why I share these videos with you. My hope is that they inspire you to test yourself and your ideas as much as possible. We're not meant to be right. We're meant to be real. Go read the Velveteen Rabbit and you'll understand.

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