What to do next... (WaveRider)
doug
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Wed Dec 23 18:10:47 PST 2009
Lovely poem, Michael. Thanks.
:- Doug.
On Tue, 2009-12-22 at 12:23 -0600, Michael Herman wrote:
> something more than ten years ago, i did a lot of work to translate
> ken wilber's four-quadrant view of everything into terms that i had
> lived and could understand. i know you're well acquainted with
> wilber, harrison.
>
> [[ for those unfamiliar with his story, wilber's view is organized
> into many 3 or 5 or 10 or 23 levels that ripple out in four
> directions, drawn as concentric circles cut into four quadrants.
> vertically, everything is initially divided into individual and
> collective, individual on top, collective on the bottom.
> horizontally, he divides everything between what can be observed from
> the outside, objectively measured (on the right of his picture) and
> what must be sensed, interpreted, subjectively, from the inside. ]]
>
> this sets up a sort of cyclical, season flow through four dimensions.
> it's a continuous process, but i usually start from individual/inside
> (wilber says 'consciousness' and i tend to translate that as
> 'purpose', the sensation of being me). next comes collective/inside,
> (wilber says 'culture' and i translate that as 'story', the rules that
> are the govern our being together). then, collective/outside, (wilber
> says 'social structure' and i tend to think of 'supporting
> structures', the things that we can see that either support or
> limit)... the last dimension, individual/outside, (what wilber calls
> 'behavior' and i translate as 'action').
>
> your question about me/we, harrison, takes me back to all of this
> wilber thinking, written up here...
> http://www.michaelherman.com/cgi/wiki.cgi?InvitingOrganizationEmerges
> (about 15 pages of translating and mapping together wilber, fast
> company magazine, angeles arrien's work with medicine wheels, and some
> other things). more recently i wrote it up in a poem, following the
> path i first learned from wilber, something about my experience
> navigating as individual within collective, inner and outer being. it
> seems that it all arises from 'heart' ...but then if i think about it
> for another minute, it seems that each and every heart arises from
> some vast heart fabric of space. so my purpose might be some sort of
> wrinkle in that vastness.
>
> inviting leadership
>
> relax. right now.
> (rest into heart)
> pause long enough. to. sink. in.
> passion and purpose open space.
> take the time to notice. and breathe.
> settle. straighten. sort and sigh.
>
> yawn. laugh. love. rest.
> re...awaken wonder.
>
> invite others into that.
> (welcome everyone)
> ring the bells, bring the question.
> host the meeting, pour the tea.
> open the conversation.
> imagine, invoke and invite
> the common good.
>
> wish it out loud.
>
> let everything move.
> (support relationship)
> through knowing and not, forests and trees,
> learning and contribution, mine and yours – to us.
> inviting is action, and support without effort.
>
> leadership yields without loss, or collapse.
> doing nothing touches everything, gently
> ease into flow.
>
> make inviting ordinary.
> (refine into practice)
> execute the obvious; embrace all the rest.
> ground visions. craft agreements. take next steps.
> grow more of what works. harvest gratitude and joy.
>
> as the fruits of practice ripen, share the juice.
> today's news seeds tomorrow's invitations,
> inviting more leaders (to open heart...)
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Michael Herman
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>
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>
>
> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 7:56 AM, Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net>
> wrote:
> Ralph puts things in a slightly different way. Which is usual
> with Ralph who
> always seems to be walking with a different drummer. Under the
> heading of,
> "What do you do in this self organizing work on a fresh Monday
> morning?",
> Ralph identifies tasks for himself and his community. At first
> take this
> made a lot of sense -- there is me and we. And there are
> appropriate tasks
> for each. But then my drummer spoke up and I began to wonder
> whether things
> were as clear and simple as they first appeared. First off,
> you are never
> going to get a we without a lot of me's -- which might suggest
> that we is
> simply the collective me? And how about the other way around?
> No me without
> a We. Certainly works out at the reproductive level. It would
> seem that
> everything is connected in this self organizing world, being
> both simpler
> and more complicated than we might assume. It might also
> suggest that the
> distinction we make between we and me may be a little over
> done. And just to
> really confuse things ... if it is true that action starts
> with invitation
> -- where is my invitation for my (self initiated) action?
>
> Harrison
>
> Odd thoughts from a Very snowy Washington DC
>
>
> Harrison Owen
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Of Ralph
> Copleman
> Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 7:39 AM
> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> Subject: What to do next...
>
> Harrison, you asked...
>
> > And I was wondering how would apply what you
> > have said to an everyday situation? Supposing it is Monday
> morning at your
> > place of work saving the environment in New Jersey. Your
> inbox and todo
> list
> > are filled to over flowing -- and that cup of coffee (if you
> had one) is
> > getting cold. What do you do next?
>
> Hmm. Cool question.
>
> My life as director of our small nonprofit has been
> reinforcing two lessons.
> One is Yin, the other is Yang (though I cannot tell which is
> which).
>
> One lesson: there are steps I can take to help move my
> community toward
> sustainability. I can and must take action on my own.
>
> On the other hand (lesson two), I know it's not up to me
> alone. I hold
> space for many others who participate in this work with me,
> and I must
> accept that each of them moves in their own way and their own
> pace. Often I
> find I am watching others hold space, too. Our collective
> activity adds up
> to a self-organizing system, as you'd expect.
>
> If your question is, how do I decide what to do, well, I get
> my answer from
> the 50 Swedish scientists who created the definition of
> sustainability known
> as The Natural Step. They set out four system conditions that
> we have to
> meet to achieve sustainability. These four are, in effect,
> the criteria
> established by Earth during 4.55 billion years of
> self-organizing evolution,
> and that had been working fine - until modern humans came
> along and sold
> ourselves a large set of lies about ownership of the planet.
>
> When I get up in the morning, I ask myself, quite simply, what
> can I do
> today to more effectively live within one or more of the
> self-evolved system
> conditions. You could say I'm holding space for Earth and the
> sentient
> species known as homo sapiens to re-consider their
> relationship.
>
> But I have a feeling I have not completely understood your
> question. Is my
> answer missing something?
>
> Ralph
>
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