These prompts explore the intersection of mystery, teaching, and transformation. They are for those willing to rethink what it means to teach in a time of cultural and cosmic change.

Existence, Reality, and the Universe

These questions invite us to step outside what we think we know and wonder about the bigger picture.

What do you believe is true about reality? What counts as “real” to you? How has that informed your approach to teaching?

What are the limits of our perception? How might other forms of life experience reality in ways we can’t yet imagine?

Experience, Mystery, and Anomalies

Many people have moments that don’t fit inside the usual scientific boxes. What do we do with those experiences? Do we hide them, or get curious?

Have you ever seen, heard, or felt something you couldn’t explain using present-day science?

What stories or beliefs have shaped your sense of what’s possible or impossible? Where did those stories come from?

Emotion, Language, and Stigma

How do terms like non-human intelligence, unidentified anomalous phenomena, consciousness, or ontological shock make you feel?

How has stigma shaped the boundaries of what we allow ourselves, or our students, to explore?

Teaching in Uncertainty

Being an educator doesn’t mean having all the answers. Sometimes it means showing students how to live with the questions.

How can we model curiosity, humility, and care in moments of uncertainty?

How can you hold space for students’ questions without needing to have answers?

A Pedagogy of Wonder

What if the job isn’t to be the authority, but to stay awake to awe and mystery? What if that’s where real learning begins?

What would it look and feel like to teach from a place of wonder rather than control?

What if teaching wasn’t about delivering content, but about holding space for the biggest questions we can ask about reality itself?