From whiskey river: “Basically, there can only be two answers. One is to overcome separateness and find unity by regression to the state of unity that existed before awareness ever arose; this is, before man was born. The other answer is to be fully born, to develop one’s awareness, one’s reason, one’s capacity to love to such a point that one transcends one’s own egocentric involvement and arrives at a new harmony – at a new oneness with the world.” – Erich Fromm It’s amazing how the stories we tell ourselves perpetuate our own suffering and inability to fully participate …
Documentary filmmaker Bruce Perry discovers mystical interrelationships through becoming initiated within the Tribe Badongo by taking the powerful Iboga drug. Through a ceremony designed to rebirth him, he expereinces hurt he has done to others from the other’s perspective. This remarkable film is a testament to what traditional knowledge offers us about compassion and empathy, and is a powerful reification of the deep connectedness between humans. [tags]Badongo, iboga, bruce perry, compassion[/tags]
On the OSLIST, Doug wrote: Chris and all– Fields work… Hosting… living in open space… You seem to have these evocative phrases swimming about you, Chris. Would you be so kind as to wax a little more poetic about them, put some more meat on the bones? They are, I think, getting to the heart of the question that started this thread…. The thread was about whether or not the facilitator can take an active role in an Open Space meeting, and what or why not. It has been a good thread. I responded to Doug this way: Well Doug, …
It has been a light week of blogging – I’m taking some time off. At any rate, here are a few notes I’ve collected. The Tällberg Forum: Every year all sorts of interesting people gathering in Sweden to ask questions like “How on Earth can we live together?” You can follow along with their conversations. (via The World Cafe blog) Photography of stones from Douglas Ledbetter and Ashley Cooper. Had some pieces of anarchy come through the filter this week. First, Rukavina on anarchist babysitting, next Pollard on possibility and third, “Anarchism in America” a great full length film. And …