The Dynamics of Emergence

[Peggy S. Holman]

Doug,

Thanks for the feedback.

I've played with a number of ways to name the quadrants.  (In part because
it was only after the fact that I realized that what I'd laid out looked a
lot like Wilber's work.)  Receptive/Active, Chaos/Order, Feminine/Masculine,
Divergence/Convergence, Being/Doing are a few of the ways to describe this
territory.

I think you're right about my the quadrants in the diagram called "The Work"
being inverted from the rest.  I was playing with whether it was
collective/individual or individual/collective for a while.

Interesting your question about widening the gap leading to greater
emergence.  I can see how the picture takes you there.  So, I'm curious what
you see in this.

For me, it is increasing divergence that leads to greater emergence.  I
think greater diversity and a juicy, ambitious question creates the
conditions for greater divergence.  This creates more opportunities for the
resonance of discovering the personal is universal -- emergence.  I was just
making room for the fact that something happens in that space where
being/doing, individual/collective intersect.  That's where the
spirit/action is.  And Wilber's model misses it completely.

Peggy


----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas D. Germann, Sr." <76066.515 at compuserve.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 7:34 PM
Subject: [OSLIST] The Dynamics of Emergence


> Peggy--
>
> I love it!
>
> The same question, how to say what "The Work" is, has been on my heart a
> lot (and not just lately!).
>
> Your changing the focus of Wilber's hemispheres from inner and outer to
> reflection and action seem meaningful to me--and they seem to extend the
> conversation.
>
> In your last diagram, it looks to me as if you have swapped the UL and LL
> quadrants, so that here the upper seems to refer to the individual. At
> least "Let go of the need for immediate answers" seems to me more an
> individual item of reflection, while "welcome silence in the collective"
> actually is explicitly about the collective.
>
> And "naming the patterns" seems to me less open than it could be. Perhaps
> something in the direction of Gurdjieff--"Notice the patterns and ask,
> 'What's this?'"
>
> Could you say more about how you see widening the gap between reflection
> and action leading to more emergence? This seems key to me....
>
>                               :-Doug.
>                               Seeking people making change.
>
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