Is it not an amazing time. The consciousness of democracy seems to be bursting forth with expressions of invitation, emergence, and wholeness. In some regions, with great pain. In others, with a welcomed vibrancy akin to the dawn of a new day.
Species wide learning manifesting -- that is the story I tell myself. From a much quickened consciousness shift. Appreciating our friendships and colleagueships here. Greetings from Utah. Tenneson Tenneson Woolf [email protected] 801 376 2213 (mobile) www.tennesonwoolf.com www.berkanacollaborative.org www.berkana.org www.artofhosting.org Twitter, Facebook: TennesonWoolf Skype: tenneson_woolf On Sep 30, 2011, at 5:13 AM, Helen Titchen Beeth wrote: > Oh wow, Benjamin, what lovely germs you're germinating here! > > They spark off some questions in me, too... > > I've noticed that when a group shares an aligned intent (doesn't have to be - > can never be - identical, just resonant rather than fragmented) things can > get done without any overt coordination. People just see what needs doing > from their perspective, and they do it. They tell others what they're doing, > and people see what others are doing, and the information gets passed around > quite synchronistically so people know what they need to know. > > What seems important is processes whereby groups can keep coming together to > sense what's changing and shifting through their action (and the responses of > the environment/context) and continue to keep their shared intent aligned. So > there can be an ongoing 'story field' that's constantly fueled as the actors > move away from the fire into action, then return with the next installment of > the story to share. > > So inspiring that all this collective learning is happening in hotspots all > over our world, and being shared back into the middle. In so many different > ways. > > We don't have to design it. It's happening now. We just have to witness it, > perhaps discern some patterns and articulate them back into the system so > that we become more conscious of what we're doing, and can experiment with > the next level. > > Species-wide learning is now possible. > > :-D > > h > > On 30 Sep 2011, at 12:53, Benjamin Aaron Degenhart wrote: > >> Hi there, >> >> indeed a dance of the masculine and the feminine. let's continue, here's >> maybe a more masculine one again :) i am hearing a need for effective and >> agile ways of processing information in a big group and converge into quick >> collective decisions in response to acute challenges... the community >> building/bonding is already in place and ideally get's nourished and >> strengthened by the ways used to move as a whole body 'intellectually'. >> >> >> i am intrigued by the way Tom puts it: "the evolutionary pressures to >> develop new forms are intense". >> Walking through the morning-sunshine of Oxford i remembered a few pieces in >> resonance with this that i'd like to offer as potential crystallization >> points of some new forms... these are not ready-to-implement-tools but >> thoughts to play with. maybe someone IN the actual heat of the physical >> reality of this can see if any of it makes sense. maybe not (yet), that's >> fine too. >> >> >> - - here's [http://wp.me/pyPX5-1D] a piece on convergence involving systemic >> voting (people giving negative votes on options, the options with least >> negative votes win), collectively choosing a voice for the system (on 1-2-3 >> everyone points on the person they think will speak this inquiry/decision in >> the best way as a voice of the whole system, person with most fingers >> pointing at them gets to speak. alternatively also the person with least >> fingers or other configurations) and finding missing voices (a ball is >> thrown from person to person and three persons have the chance to speak, >> they shall only do so if they feel they hold important voices of the system). >> >> >> - - consciously working with leadership-pathways, rather than "leaders" >> [http://wp.me/pyPX5-fF]. The choice/evolution/iteration of these pathways >> could be wrapped around the challenge faced? Like finding the narrative from >> the group that works best in the light of this. >> >> >> - - finding new ways of using the body as a communication instrument? >> [http://wp.me/pyPX5-eR] imagine you'd have identified a few voices of the >> system that represent the spectrum of the opinion-landscape around a >> subject... then these voice-holders take a posture and so does everyone >> else. Now in slow-motion you morph your own posture towards the postures of >> the voice-holder that you feel aligned with... >> [http://wp.me/pyPX5-7j/#posturemorph] >> >> >> - - i would love to find a way to move on practically with this one as i >> sense so much potential, but i have no clue about a next step. Seeing a >> group as a social processor... a group of 50 contains 1225 different >> possible subgroups of two people. it also contains 19600 different possible >> groups of three people and so on. A group of 50 people indeed has a total of >> 2^50 = 1.126 quadrillion different possible subgroups of different sizes. >> What if there's a way to leverage this abundance very consciously and >> strategically to process information and hold as much complexity as possible >> as a whole group... [http://wp.me/pyPX5-aD] >> >> >> >> joyously, >> >> Benjamin Aaron Degenhart >> KaosPilot Team16 >> >> >> On 30 September 2011 09:13, Helen Titchen Beeth >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thank you, Brigitte! You totally rock! >> >> I think this might be the voice of the feminine speaking through you. If it >> is, then it is important to acknowledge that there is also a need for what >> the masculine does - which includes strategizing and lofty inquiry. It is >> when BOTH are present that we humans are at our best, don't you think? >> >> :-D >> >> helen >> >> On 30 Sep 2011, at 00:59, Brigitte Kupfer wrote: >> >>> >>> "............ that an overarching strategy (a framework) is needed by which >>> to unite and focus peaceful people, organizations, and institutions to >>> participate in peaceful, transformation of unilateral power." >>> Yes, David, I agree. But I think this framework is not coming from any of >>> our maps, AoH etc. >>> This framework has always existed and is already there. "We the people" are >>> reconnecting to it. >>> "The HEART is where the revolution begins" -And if we don't trust our >>> hearts and the collective force which is only accessible through our >>> hearts, then "The HEAD is where the revolution ends". >>> .......and we'll repeat - repeat - repeat. >>> "The map is not the territory". >>> What about expecting the unexpected? >>> What about imagineering new formations which don't come from us "the >>> experts" and our maps. >>> What about taking a moment before rushing into action and asking again what >>> is needed from us right now. >>> This is a crucial moment for all "warriors of the heart". >>> Becoming the "I" of the storm - becoming the "eye" of the heart. >>> Or as Vaclav Havel puts it: "to live in harmony with the 'voice of being' >>> as I understand it within myself" . >>> >>> It Is I Who Must Begin >>> >>> It is I who must begin. >>> Once I begin, once I try -- >>> here and now, >>> right where I am, >>> not excusing myself >>> by saying things >>> would be easier elsewhere, >>> without grand speeches and >>> ostentatious gestures, >>> but all the more persistently >>> -- to live in harmony >>> with the "voice of Being," as I >>> understand it within myself >>> -- as soon as I begin that, >>> I suddenly discover, >>> to my surprise, that >>> I am neither the only one, >>> nor the first, >>> nor the most important one >>> to have set out >>> upon that road. >>> >>> Whether all is really lost >>> or not depends entirely on >>> whether or not I am lost. >>> >>> ~ Vaclav Havel ~ >>> >>> Trusting we'll hear the "voice of being" within ourselves while doing our >>> work >>> My best wishes to all >>> Brigitte >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 1:04 AM, Dave Cooper <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> Greetings Sandy and all, >>> >>> In response to Sandy's request, I expect that there are some "experts" among >>> the masses of people who are organizing. I hope that from the "ethnographic" >>> work of people who are experts in their own communities will connect with >>> the emerging relational power that is building into a national and worldwide >>> Movement. >>> >>> Some years ago, I stated to a friend, " America needs a Movement in which >>> the organizing organizations organize to transform dominating power and with >>> it the culture that clamors after and clings to it". It seems that the >>> non-hierarchical consensus-based processes among the demonstrators that >>> Sandy mentioned are an attempt at overcoming unilateral power. However, like >>> Sandy, I agree that some structure is needed to avert chaos that could erupt >>> into and create an inhospitable and unproductive environment. >>> >>> What I am witnessing (perhaps you too) and mapping is a mostly peaceful >>> Movement toward relationship-centric, equity-forming, common good of >>> proportions that boggle my mind and imagination. People are resisting >>> dominating unilateral power; resisting the chasm between wealthy and >>> poverty-stricken; resisting the prescriptions that come from organizations >>> and institutions that for too long have suppressed and oppressed them. >>> >>> Moreover, I agree with Sandy that an overarching strategy (a framework) is >>> needed by which to unite and focus peaceful people, organizations, and >>> institutions to participate in peaceful, transformation of unilateral power. >>> >>> >>> Warmly and with expectant hope, >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> Rev. N. David Cooper, MDiv, MSW, CPM >>> Shalom Makers >>> P.O. Box 61 >>> Doswell, VA 23047 >>> >>> c. 804.614.6254 >>> e. [email protected] >>> w. http://www.shalommakers.com >>> w. http://www.communitiesofshalom.com >>> @shalommakers and @communit_shalom on Twitter >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sandy Heierbacher >>> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 11:50 PM >>> To: AoH List; [email protected] >>> Subject: [aoh] protestors and process people on Wall Street >>> >>> Hi, Open Space and Art of Hosting friends! >>> >>> I wanted to send a quick message out to both the OSlist and the AoH list to >>> see if any process experts in these communities are working with the Occupy >>> Wall Street folks who are doing direct action in NYC right now. >>> >>> We had a thread on the NCDD Discussion list today (I'm the director of the >>> National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation, if you've not heard of NCDD) >>> about the timely opportunity to provide real assistance and advice with >>> process to these activists. Additional occupations (as they're being >>> called) are being planned for DC, Boston, and other locations I believe -- >>> and I wanted to check in with the Open Space and AoH communities to see if >>> process folks were already involved (if so, let's talk about how NCDD >>> members might be able to help you out, and stay informed about what you're >>> doing). >>> >>> The Occupy Wall Street folks are an intentionally leader-less, >>> self-organized group. Open Space and Art of Hosting-style processes seem >>> like the best fit for helping them stay that way, continue to give all >>> protestors a voice and to move more quickly to jointly-identified outcomes. >>> >>> For those of you who may not be too familiar with what's going on in NYC >>> right now, here's an interesting part of the listserv thread I mentioned >>> (this segment is written by Tom Atlee): >>> >>> NCDDers in NYC might find the occupier community (they call themselves >>> "Occupy Wall Street") a challenging, exciting context to work in. Process >>> is being evolved on the spot. The occupiers were using a traditional >>> consensus process, but the police forbade microphones. So they developed a >>> fascinating "human microphone" system where the speaker says a few words and >>> the crowd repeats what was said (which allows those in the back to hear). >>> (You can watch all this on streaming videos!) But that increases the >>> already extensive time needed for consensus (checking for concerns, etc.), >>> so the police have started issuing demands that must be met within 5-15 >>> minutes, which the crowd can't respond to fast enough without formal >>> leaders, which they don't want. The evolutionary pressures to develop new >>> forms are intense. What comes out of that could be very good, very bad, or >>> something else... >>> >>> If an NCDDer joined them and created a self-organized "Talk to the Others" >>> working group, something might happen along the lines you're thinking, >>> Stephanie. But there's no one in charge to talk to about getting other >>> protesters to join in Activity X. It is a self-organized system, for better >>> and/or worse. >>> >>> If you/we want to do something more planned, best to start now planning for >>> the parallel occupation of Washington DC by hundreds/thousands of >>> progressive protesters that is about to hit the city on Oct 6 >>> http://october2011.org. >>> >>> For info on Occupy Wall Street, here's some fascinating links: >>> http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/7468-occupy-wall-street- >>> take-the-bull-by-the-horns >>> http://www.readersupportednews.org/off-site-opinion-section/64-64/7564-the-w >>> hole-world-is-watching-nonviolence-at-liberty-plaza >>> http://www.truth-out.org/occupywallstreet-more-hashtag-its-revolution-format >>> ion/1316784846 >>> http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/09/chris-hedges-occupy-wall-street-is >>> -where-the-hope-of-america-lies/ >>> http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2011/09/20/police-occupy-wall-s >>> treet-9-20-2011/ >>> http://thiscantbehappening.net/node/785 >>> >>> Best, >>> Sandy >>> >>> Sandy Heierbacher >>> Director, National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD) >>> email: [email protected] (switching to [email protected]) >>> website: www.ncdd.org >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe or change personal settings go to: >>> http://list.artofhosting.org/mailman/listinfo/aoh >>> Trouble? Contact [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe or change personal settings go to: >>> http://list.artofhosting.org/mailman/listinfo/aoh >>> Trouble? Contact [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> HEARTinCONTEXT >>> Co-Creating an Integrated >>> World from the Inside Out >>> >>> Brigitte Kupfer >>> PO Box 615 >>> Hurstbridge >>> VIC 3099 >>> AUSTRALIA >>> >>> 0061-(0)426 505 920 >>> skype: brigitte.alma.marie >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> "For what we are beginning to wake up to today ...is that we have for >>> millenia structured our social institutions and our systems of values >>> precisely in ways that serve to block, distort, and pervert our enormous >>> human yearning for loving connections." - Riane Eisler >>> http://www.partnershipway.org/ >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe or change personal settings go to: >>> http://list.artofhosting.org/mailman/listinfo/aoh >>> Trouble? 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