Open Space ,Self-Organizing Systems, and The Plexus Institute

John Engle john at theexperiment.info
Mon May 26 10:44:44 PDT 2003


Mark,

your words make good sense. they make me think of a
multi-generational group discussion in our
neighborhood last week.

we were studying a text translated into haitian creole
from rene descarte's "discourse on the method." the
grandpa (84) in the group remarked that he did not
totally agree with descarte's words regarding how
people generally simply imitate one another, how we
are conditioned to do this and that we lack rigorous
habits of challenging one another's thinking.

"if this is the case, why is it that each generation
brings new changes to society. when i was growing up,
it would have been inconceivable for grown-ups to sit
in a circle with children, like we're doing today,
discussing issues like this. thus, societal change
occurs because people are open to new ideas and to
challenging present thinking."

profound wisdom can emerge even when its not expected,
when we listen.

yes, conditioning is most likely the explanation. and,
the good news is, that even though we are conditioned,
change happens. its just that sometimes it doesn't
happen near as quickly as i want it to. :)

john

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