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Meditation-inspired Visioning

Published:2023-08-18 Issue:6 Volume:6 Page:116-119
ISSN:2589-7101
Container-title:Cubic Journal
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Author:

Neuhoff Rike^ORCID

Abstract

As humans we are urged to imagine and realise radically different, more desirable, and most importantly more sustainable futures (Hulme 2020; Pereira et al. 2019). However, the dominance of dystopian scenarios of irreversible environmental and social collapse, along with business- as-usual scenarios, hinder progress and contribute to a gap in futures literature relating to imagining desirable visions for humanity and how to reach them (Bennett et al. 2016; Rana et al. 2020). In this short paper, I share an experiential, meditation-inspired visioning exercise that can aid in enhancing people’s capacity to envision desirable and motivational futures.

Publisher

Cubic Society

Subject

Architecture,Visual Arts and Performing Arts,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

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