I have been developing this theme privately, and the forum has been a considerable help, for a while now ...... I am at a point where I have rejected, or am in the process of rejecting, the idea of leadership and the practise of formalising groups. I am now considering under what circumstances I would ever formalize a group ... for what ends.
This forum is not a typical cross section of humanity and IMO, at times, our group dynamics are about as good as it gets, for a public effort. Virtuality enhances the possibility of achieving good group dynamics ....we all have the power of the delete button :-) --- In [email protected], "brian_z111" <brian_z...@...> wrote: > > What kind of group work are you talking about ...... what kind of project > would you be working on? > > > (I am interested in group dynamics, especially groups that operate with what > I call 'group consciousness' .... as a result of your post I have decided to > call groups that function like this alpha-groups ... it is very rare ... > perhaps even hypothetical ... it all depends on the level of consciousness of > the individuals ... you seem to be projecting an interest in alpha-groupwork > onto your trading groups .... at times in this forum I have experienced this > 'level of sharing' with certain individuals and sometimes a handful of > people who seem to get on the wavelength for a while ... recent discussions > across several topics where synchronous for me ... refer to Carl Jung and > synchronicity ... my observation is that when it happens it is dyanamic .... > a few individuals, or the forum, coalesce around a dyanamic and evolving > 'unspoken', or implied, topic and subconciously develop it along evolving and > dynamic lines ... it has a life of its own and dies out after a short while > ... interesting that you are investigating formalizing the approach ... I > have lived and worked amonst an exceptional group on more than one occasion > and the group dynamics always cycles in tandem with self-interest .... where > self is the small ego and not the Ego or Higher Self ... in my experience so > far self interest always splinters the group .... peak experiences motivate > and elevate us but they are never permanent ...cycling in and out of higher > consciousness is the norm). >
