Context
Context is the Highest Form of Conscious Awareness
Here is a fairly approachable definition in common language of this rather complex concept:
context n. The circumstances that form the setting for an event,
statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood
and assessed.
syn. : CIRCUMSTANCES, conditions, factors, state of
affairs, situation, background, scene, setting.
In the sense of inner awareness (see MCV08 and in many of my personal growth pages, the definition used is:
context n. The highest form of conscious awareness: the sum total of attitude, awareness of self, attentiveness to others, conviction and ability necessary to take appropriate action so as to make the self and the environment more closely match a set of policies and desirable conditions.
This special meaning derives from the usage by Werner Erhard associated with the production of large-group self-awareness training events (est, Landmark Forum, etc).
The MCV11 article uses Merriam-Webster's more concise definition the interrelated conditions in which something exists or occurs.
Context is so important in leading meetings and achieving other types of results that a management technique called CPR was developed, to facilitate developing a bespoke context for anything that serves a purpose (e.g. a task, meeting, long-term project, etc.).
Links
Ken LaVoie once described context and "CPR" (comtext, purpose, results) here: somethingishappening.org/blog/what-are-paradigm-and-context/ but the link is dead.
The Alpha Leadership Training site (connected to New Frontier) refers to a modified form of CPR here.
Motomo Nation has an introduction/review of CPR here.
This page was written in the "embarrassingly readable" markup language RHTF, and was last updated on 2025 Dec 12.
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