> step by step... Just as a mountain is climbed not in great leaps but in steady, measured steps
Umm, why does it need to be like a mountain climber and not a multi-core GPU with parallel processing? In fact when thinking about a difficult problem it's best to abandon a narrow incremental way of thinking for a much wider holistic one.
> It asks that we slow down, that we look more closely
What if not all brains are equal and some can move leaps and bounds where others are just able to barely scratch the surface?
> This process of simplification is not an escape from complexity. It is, in fact, a way of engaging with it more meaningfully.
No, pretty sure it is an escape from complexity and it doesn't make it not so just because you added that sentence. You are saying cut down the stuff that goes on in your brain at any given instance, you have two choices to do that a. speed up your thinking b. reduce the number of things going on. You certainly did not advocate for a so b it is.
> It is tempting, in moments of ambition, to think that we must change everything all at once, that the path to mastery or peace requires a sudden, dramatic shift. But this is rarely the case. In truth, most lasting changes come from small, deliberate actions.
I like this bit and I think clarity does come from deliberate actions. But again very much sounds like something that someone with ADHD would say.
> This is not about control in the traditional sense, but about clarity. To act, not from reflex, but from intent.
That sounds like control to me, to act from intent means you are in the driver's seat and not a merely reactionary passenger. Yup I know there is stigma against control and more so in recent times, but in essence you're saying control without actually saying it because of the fear of negative associations with that word.