<<Merla wrote: "how do you overcome the fear among us all, whatever our beliefs, which makes the process so scarey?
"If an action does not address the underlying cause of the problem, you will not solve it." It's so hard to understand and accept and give up beliefs and behaviors even when they are not serving us well.>> Dear Merla, It has been my experience that people usually don't give up their beliefs or outmoded form of behaviors until something forces them to or it feels so bad that they can't take it anymore and then choose change. Love is the antidote to fear. Love & Blessings, jane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Merla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 4:44 AM Subject: Re: March 2 - Sustainability, psychology and spirituality workshop This draws me. It would be wonderful to be able to share in such a setting. Markess, will you bring a report of your experiences at this workshop to us? Some bibliography. I would love to go to this, but, of course, it's too far away. Reading Savory's book, Holistic Management is very helpful and I've been thinking about paradigms a lot. When working closely in the community with people who support and protect the conventional agriculture paradigm, how do you overcome the fear among us all, whatever our beliefs, which makes the process so scarey? "If an action does not address the underlying cause of the problem, you will not solve it." It's so hard to understand and accept and give up beliefs and behaviors even when they are not serving us well. Moen Creek wrote: > > > > > Planting Seeds of Change: In Search of a New Paradigm > An interactive and experiential workshop where we will > explore the connections among ecology, psychology, and > spirituality, and how it can lead us to an understanding of > how to create a more sustainable and life affirming society. > > When: Saturday, March 2, 2002, 10AM to 2PM > Where: Min Gei Center for Creation Spirituality, 2274 Uphoff > Road, Cottage Grove > Madison Wisconsin > Cost: $5-25 donation (to cover lunch and organizing > expenses) > Preregister: Call (608) 257-2553 or email > [EMAIL PROTECTED] to preregister (required to join) > Sponsors: Sustain Dane and Min Gei Center for Creation > Spirituality > > > Program schedule > * Presentation on evolutionary psychology and the mismatch > theory > * Identify various core concepts/ideas and use them to > analyze our present social order > * Think about how to re-create our institutions to be life > affirming > * Open dialog throughout once opening presentation is > finished > / Break & lunch > * Experiential activities: Guided visualization and journey > > Description > This presentation and workshop is oriented toward > questioning the fundamental ground work our present social > system is based upon. Recent scholarship suggests that > humans must attend to the context of their evolution if they > are to function well socially. You will be introduced to > some of the ideas associated with ecopsychology and the > mismatch hypothesis. These ideas will serve as a vehicle > for us to contemplate what a sustainable and humane social > system would look like. Later in the day you will have the > opportunity to participate in some experiential exercises > oriented to deepening the more cognitive aspects of the > workshop. We will use a hybrid form of hypnotic guided > visualization and shamanic journey to create a more > emotively grounded sense of our ecological identity and our > animal body. > > Bring > Food donation (non-perishable) > Something to lay on > Something to cover your eyes > Pillow > Notebook/pad/journal > > ____________________________________________________________ > > > > "Heaven is my father and Earth is my mother and > even such a small creature as I finds an intimate place in > its midst. > That which extends throughout the universe, I regard as my > body > and that which directs the universe, I regard as my nature. > All people are my brothers and sisters and > all things are my companions." > > The Western Inscription, > Chang Tsai, 11th century, China. > > > > >
