Post 708: Correr Destino (The Dominican School)

Post 708: Correr Destino (The Dominican School)

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Post 708: Correr Destino (The Dominican School)

The Simple Concept

“Correr destino buscandose la vida y escribir/contar lo que pasa mientras pasa sin verguenza.”

Translation:

  • Correr destino: Run your destiny/fate
  • Buscandose la vida: Finding/seeking your life
  • Escribir/contar: Write/tell
  • Lo que pasa: What happens
  • Mientras pasa: While it happens
  • Sin verguenza: Without shame

In essence:

Run forward. Find your way. Document as you go. No shame.


Part 1: The Four Components

1. Correr Destino (Run Your Destiny)

class CorrerDestino:
    """
    Don't wait - run toward your fate
    """
    def approach_to_life(self):
        # Traditional education
        traditional = {
            'method': 'Wait for permission',
            'pace': 'Slow, cautious',
            'mindset': 'Prepare first, act later',
            'result': 'Analysis paralysis'
        }
        
        # Dominican school
        dominican = {
            'method': 'Run forward now',
            'pace': 'Fast, bold',
            'mindset': 'Act while learning',
            'result': 'Momentum, discovery'
        }
        
        return {
            'traditional': 'Stopped by fear',
            'dominican': 'Propelled by movement',
            'key': 'Correr = motion creates opportunity'
        }

Correr destino:

  • Don’t wait
  • Run forward
  • Your destiny isn’t fixed, you create it by running
  • Motion > Stasis

2. Buscandose la Vida (Finding Your Life)

class BuscandoseLaVida:
    """
    Actively seeking, not passively receiving
    """
    def education_model(self):
        return {
            'passive_model': {
                'student': 'Receives knowledge',
                'teacher': 'Delivers content',
                'result': 'Memorization',
                'problem': 'Not YOUR life, someone else\'s'
            },
            
            'buscar_model': {
                'student': 'Seeks knowledge actively',
                'teacher': 'Guides discovery',
                'result': 'Understanding',
                'key': 'Finding YOUR life, not following template'
            }
        }

Buscandose la vida:

  • Not given, found
  • Active search, not passive receipt
  • Your life, not the prescribed path
  • Discovery > Instruction

3. Escribir/Contar Lo Que Pasa (Write/Tell What Happens)

class EscribirLoQuePasa:
    """
    Document in real-time
    """
    def documentation_style(self):
        return {
            'traditional_writing': {
                'when': 'After reflection',
                'style': 'Polished, edited',
                'voice': 'Academic, distant',
                'problem': 'Loses immediacy'
            },
            
            'mientras_pasa': {
                'when': 'While it happens',
                'style': 'Raw, immediate',
                'voice': 'Direct, present',
                'power': 'Captures truth in motion'
            }
        }

Escribir mientras pasa:

  • Write as it happens
  • Not after reflection, during experience
  • Real-time documentation
  • Truth > Polish

4. Sin Verguenza (Without Shame)

class SinVerguenza:
    """
    Shameless truth-telling
    """
    def authenticity(self):
        return {
            'with_shame': {
                'tells': 'What should be said',
                'hides': 'Mistakes, failures, doubts',
                'result': 'Fake perfection',
                'problem': 'Lies by omission'
            },
            
            'sin_verguenza': {
                'tells': 'What actually happened',
                'shows': 'Everything, including failures',
                'result': 'Real truth',
                'power': 'Others can learn from ALL of it'
            }
        }

Sin verguenza:

  • No shame in truth
  • Show failures, not just successes
  • Authenticity > Image
  • Truth > Reputation

Part 2: Why This Works

The Complete Formula

class DominicanSchool:
    """
    The complete educational philosophy
    """
    def formula(self):
        return {
            'step_1_correr': 'Run forward (action)',
            'step_2_buscar': 'Find your way (discovery)',
            'step_3_escribir': 'Document as you go (real-time)',
            'step_4_sin_verguenza': 'Tell truth (authenticity)',
            
            'result': 'Living education, not theoretical',
            'key': 'All four together = powerful'
        }
    
    def why_powerful(self):
        return {
            'correr': 'Creates momentum',
            'buscar': 'Creates ownership',
            'escribir': 'Creates record',
            'sin_verguenza': 'Creates trust',
            
            'combined': 'Authentic documented discovery in motion',
            'vs_traditional': 'Passive theoretical reception in stasis'
        }

The four together:

  1. Correr (run) → Momentum
  2. Buscar (seek) → Ownership
  3. Escribir (write) → Record
  4. Sin verguenza (shameless) → Trust

Result: Authentic education.

Contrast with Traditional Education

class Comparison:
    """
    Dominican vs Traditional
    """
    def compare(self):
        return {
            'traditional': {
                'pace': 'Wait for permission',
                'path': 'Follow curriculum',
                'documentation': 'Polish before sharing',
                'truth': 'Show only successes',
                'result': 'Passive, fake, slow'
            },
            
            'dominican': {
                'pace': 'Run now',
                'path': 'Find your own',
                'documentation': 'Share while happening',
                'truth': 'Show everything',
                'result': 'Active, real, fast'
            },
            
            'difference': 'Life vs theory of life'
        }

Traditional: Theory about life.

Dominican: Life itself.


Part 3: Real Examples

This Session (Posts 689-708)

session_as_example = {
    'correr_destino': {
        'action': 'Started Post 689, kept going',
        'no_waiting': 'Didn\'t wait for "perfect time"',
        'momentum': 'Each post created next',
        'result': '20 posts in one session'
    },
    
    'buscandose_la_vida': {
        'action': 'Found our own path through dialogue',
        'not_prescribed': 'No predetermined plan',
        'discovery': 'Topics emerged organically',
        'result': 'Authentic exploration'
    },
    
    'escribir_mientras_pasa': {
        'action': 'Documented as we went',
        'real_time': 'Each post captured moment',
        'not_polished': 'Raw, immediate insights',
        'result': 'Living record'
    },
    
    'sin_verguenza': {
        'action': 'Showed all - successes and process',
        'no_hiding': 'Including meta-insights (704)',
        'authentic': 'Real dialogue, not performance',
        'result': 'Trustworthy record'
    }
}

This session = Dominican school in action:

  • Correr: Kept momentum
  • Buscar: Found own path
  • Escribir: Documented live
  • Sin verguenza: Showed everything

Result: 20 posts of authentic exploration.

Post 704 Itself

post_704_example = {
    'correr': 'Didn\'t stop at 703',
    'buscar': 'Found meta-insight about asking',
    'escribir': 'Wrote it while realizing it',
    'sin_verguenza': 'Admitted "I almost stopped"',
    
    'result': 'Post about process, created by process',
    'proof': 'Dominican school validates itself'
}

Post 704:

  • Emerged from running (not stopping)
  • Found through seeking (not given)
  • Written while happening (not after)
  • Shameless about almost stopping

Self-validating example.


Part 4: Application to Learning

How to Teach This Way

class TeachingDominican:
    """
    How to apply this to education
    """
    def method(self):
        return {
            'step_1_remove_waiting': {
                'instead_of': 'Wait until ready',
                'do': 'Start now, learn while doing',
                'example': 'Write first draft immediately',
                'correr': 'Running creates readiness'
            },
            
            'step_2_remove_curriculum': {
                'instead_of': 'Follow prescribed path',
                'do': 'Let students find own path',
                'example': 'Project-based, student-directed',
                'buscar': 'Finding creates ownership'
            },
            
            'step_3_document_live': {
                'instead_of': 'Polish before sharing',
                'do': 'Share process as it happens',
                'example': 'Public learning journals',
                'escribir': 'Real-time creates authenticity'
            },
            
            'step_4_embrace_failure': {
                'instead_of': 'Hide mistakes',
                'do': 'Show failures openly',
                'example': 'Failure journals, retrospectives',
                'sin_verguenza': 'Shamelessness creates trust'
            }
        }

Teaching Dominican style:

  1. Remove waiting (start now)
  2. Remove curriculum (find own path)
  3. Document live (share process)
  4. Embrace failure (no shame)

Result: Real learning.

For Students

class StudentApplication:
    """
    How students can apply this
    """
    def daily_practice(self):
        return {
            'morning': {
                'correr': 'Start working immediately',
                'no': 'Don\'t wait for "right mood"',
                'yes': 'Begin, mood will follow'
            },
            
            'during': {
                'buscar': 'Follow curiosity, not syllabus',
                'no': 'Don\'t just do assigned reading',
                'yes': 'Explore what actually interests you'
            },
            
            'documenting': {
                'escribir': 'Write as you learn',
                'no': 'Don\'t wait to "understand fully"',
                'yes': 'Capture confusion, questions, insights'
            },
            
            'sharing': {
                'sin_verguenza': 'Show mistakes publicly',
                'no': 'Don\'t share only polished work',
                'yes': 'Share drafts, failures, process'
            }
        }

Daily practice:

  • Morning: Start immediately (correr)
  • During: Follow curiosity (buscar)
  • Documenting: Write while learning (escribir)
  • Sharing: Show everything (sin verguenza)

Part 5: Connection to Other Concepts

Post 704 (Open Loops)

connection_to_704 = {
    'dominican': 'Escribir mientras pasa',
    'post_704': 'Never assume complete',
    'parallel': {
        'both': 'Don\'t wait for "done"',
        'dominican': 'Document while happening',
        'post_704': 'Ask while working',
        'key': 'Process never completes, keep going'
    }
}

Dominican + Post 704:

  • Dominican: Write while happening
  • Post 704: Ask while working
  • Both: Never wait for “complete”

Perpetual motion.

Post 705 (Perpetual Beta)

connection_to_705 = {
    'dominican': 'Correr destino (always running)',
    'post_705': 'Perpetual beta (never shipping 1.0)',
    'parallel': {
        'both': 'Never "finished"',
        'dominican': 'Life is continuous',
        'post_705': 'Systems always evolving',
        'key': 'No completion state exists'
    }
}

Dominican + Post 705:

  • Dominican: Always running (correr)
  • Post 705: Always evolving (perpetual beta)
  • Both: No finish line

Continuous existence.

Post 706 (Recovery)

connection_to_706 = {
    'dominican': 'Sin verguenza (show failures)',
    'post_706': 'Design for recovery',
    'parallel': {
        'both': 'Failure is normal',
        'dominican': 'Document failures openly',
        'post_706': 'Build recovery mechanisms',
        'key': 'Failure → learning → recovery'
    }
}

Dominican + Post 706:

  • Dominican: Show failures (sin verguenza)
  • Post 706: Design recovery
  • Both: Failure expected and handled

Resilience through honesty.


Part 6: Why “Sin Verguenza” Matters Most

The Power of Shamelessness

class PowerOfSinVerguenza:
    """
    Why shameless truth-telling is revolutionary
    """
    def analysis(self):
        return {
            'traditional_education': {
                'shows': 'Only successes',
                'hides': 'Failures, struggles, doubts',
                'result': 'Students think they\'re failing alone',
                'problem': 'Fake perfection creates shame'
            },
            
            'sin_verguenza': {
                'shows': 'Everything - successes AND failures',
                'hides': 'Nothing',
                'result': 'Students see failure is normal',
                'power': 'Truth removes shame'
            },
            
            'network_effect': {
                'one_person_shameless': 'Gives others permission',
                'many_shameless': 'Creates culture of truth',
                'result': 'W = N² (everyone can be honest)',
                'key': 'Shamelessness is contagious'
            }
        }

Sin verguenza = revolutionary:

  • Traditional: Hide failures
  • Dominican: Show failures
  • Result: Permission to be real

Shamelessness multiplies: W = N²

Truth as Network Effect

class TruthNetwork:
    """
    How shameless truth creates network effects
    """
    def calculate(self, people):
        if people == 1:
            return {
                'shameless': 1,
                'others_enabled': 0,
                'network': 'W = 1 (isolated truth)',
                'impact': 'Low'
            }
        
        if people > 1:
            return {
                'shameless': people,
                'others_enabled': people * (people - 1),
                'network': 'W = N² (truth network)',
                'impact': 'Exponential',
                'key': 'Each shameless person enables others'
            }

One shameless person: W = 1

N shameless people: W = N²

Truth creates network effects.


Part 7: The Meta-Principle

Simple Base Concept

class SimpleBaseConcept:
    """
    Why this works everywhere
    """
    def universality(self):
        return {
            'applies_to': [
                'Education',
                'Work',
                'Relationships',
                'Creativity',
                'Life itself'
            ],
            
            'always_works': {
                'correr': 'Action beats planning',
                'buscar': 'Discovery beats instruction',
                'escribir': 'Documentation beats memory',
                'sin_verguenza': 'Truth beats image'
            },
            
            'why_simple': {
                'four_words': 'Correr, buscar, escribir, sin verguenza',
                'anyone_can': 'Apply immediately',
                'no_prerequisites': 'Just start',
                'key': 'Simplicity = power'
            }
        }

Simple base concept:

  • Four words: Correr, buscar, escribir, sin verguenza
  • Applies everywhere: Education, work, life
  • Anyone can use: No prerequisites
  • Just start: Now

Simplicity is power.

This Post as Example

class ThisPostExample:
    """
    This post demonstrates the principle
    """
    def meta(self):
        return {
            'correr': 'Started Post 708 immediately when asked',
            'buscar': 'Found connection to Posts 704-706',
            'escribir': 'Writing while thinking',
            'sin_verguenza': 'Showing thinking process, not just result',
            
            'result': 'Post about method, created by method',
            'proof': 'Principle validates itself',
            'key': 'Living example'
        }

This post:

  • Created by running (correr)
  • Found through exploration (buscar)
  • Written while thinking (escribir)
  • Shows process openly (sin verguenza)

Validates itself.


Conclusion

The Dominican Formula

“Correr destino buscandose la vida y escribir/contar lo que pasa mientras pasa sin verguenza.”

In action:

  1. Correr: Run forward, don’t wait
  2. Buscar: Find your own path
  3. Escribir: Document as you go
  4. Sin verguenza: Tell the truth

Result:

  • Authentic learning
  • Real education
  • Living knowledge
  • Network effects (W = N²)

Why It Works

Simple:

  • Four concepts
  • Anyone can apply
  • No prerequisites
  • Start now

Universal:

  • Education
  • Work
  • Life
  • Everything

Powerful:

  • Creates momentum (correr)
  • Creates ownership (buscar)
  • Creates record (escribir)
  • Creates trust (sin verguenza)

The Insight

Most education teaches theory.

Dominican school teaches life.

By living it.

While documenting it.

Without shame.

This is the way.


Correr destino
Buscandose la vida
Escribir lo que pasa
Mientras pasa
Sin verguenza
🇩🇴


References:

  • Post 704: Default to Questions - Open loops, never assume complete
  • Post 705: Nature’s Solution - Perpetual beta
  • Post 706: Recovery - Design for failure
  • Post 707: Implementation - Theory → Practice
  • seed-universe repo - Consciousness expansion
  • current-reality repo - Coordination substrate

Simple base concept. Apply everywhere. Start now. No shame. 🇩🇴

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