Nick Smith has a nice post on common vision and team building in which he offers a few useful approaches for building common bonds, prefaced by this: I’ve never been comfortable with the word ’empowerment’. It’s speak to me of something manipulative and I’ve never found that motivation works that way. I tend to agree with what Henry Miller said, “The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance.” I like that.
DIY Traffic Calming Two pieces of rope laid across a road calm traffic on a Tirana sidestreet (tags: traffic calming)
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]
Canada’s foreign minister on how you claim sovereignty: “You can’t go around the world these days dropping a flag somewhere, this isn’t the 14th or 15th century. “ Interesting. Will a series of conversations about Aboriginal title now ensue? This is exactly how Canada did it as recently as 1851 in British Columbia. The sole claim that the Crown has to the indigenous lands of this province stems from the fact that someone surveyed the land and claimed it for the Crown. That’s all it took. Just thought I’d note that. The courts have taken a …
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, …