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These hand-drawn graphical notes, scanned in and reconstructed, reflect several areas of discussion: examples of long-lasting institutions and practices, ideas from the film The Upward Spiral on how to act "upstream" to create a large impact from small actions, lessons from Octavia Butler's story about the fictional religion of Earthseed, and more general thoughts on religion and the rapid change that characterizes our time.

One of the harder-to-make-out passages, linked to the letter B, reads "In current times, meaning is quickly eroded - how to keep it stable?" This links to the discussion of the core principles we seek to maintain. If a very long-lived institution or practice loses the meaning it was originally given, it may become pointless.