Shadow Dancing

[Denise Tennen]

Kathie

Wow, thank you for this sharing, it is very powerful for me

Denise
On Nov 20, 2009, at 11:03 AM, Kathie Wallace wrote:

> Shadow Dancing
> I danced through my brokenness, I danced through my fears, I danced  
> until
> I was free. (Adapted from Rumi)
>
> This is just what I know as truth:
>
> In all I do I carry the intent of a dual vision that as I speak and  
> act, I
> am the whole collective of humanity and so we all transform, as far  
> as I
> know.
>
> Words do not serve us well and I believe that in the next 5 years, at
> most, they will no longer be our primary tool of communication.
>
> We are in the midst of a revolution that is an evolution of  
> humanity. It
> is collective in nature because we are one, whole, self-emerging,  
> self-
> organizing entity awakening to itself. We are an energy being.
>
> As energy, we move through what I call “dissonance ridges” in order  
> to re-
> pattern in the new form that wants to emerge. It is central to our
> evolution that we learn and articulate to ourselves what we are and  
> how we
> function and shadow dancing is at the heart of it.
>
> I am currently writing a book called Spiral Dialogues that presents  
> the
> new paradigm way of engaging in dialogue in community. Its central  
> tenet
> is that, as a collective of oneness, we can only engage on a level  
> playing
> field.
>
> I have been doing what you call Open Space for over 30 years in  
> various
> venues. As a teacher of English and drama for 12 years, my  
> classroom was
> an Open Space where 7000 children were empowered to step into  
> strong self-
> esteem and happiness. When I experienced your OST in Vancouver at  
> the 2001
> Spirituality and Sustainability Conference, I was electrified  
> because I
> saw the glimmerings of what we have to do to be a community. Again, a
> level playing field is central.
>
> When I come into an experience, I know right away whether it is old  
> or new
> paradigm by observing the energy. If it is free-flowing, self- 
> emerging,
> and self-organizing, it is new paradigm. If one person is sucking the
> energy so everyone is focused in just that one person’s direction,  
> it is
> old paradigm.
>
>  The time of gurus and talking heads is over. I call myself a  
> “wayshower”
> which I define as a background facilitator or the “field”. For  
> those of
> you who know about quantum theory, old paradigm teachers are now  
> facing
> the challenge of becoming the resonant field that is filled with  
> wisdom,
> compassion, and love. It is not something one can just claim to be.  
> There
> is absolutely no place for ego in the field.  The ultimate buzz for  
> me has
> always been to give away power which is the work of the field  
> empowering
> others to step forward.
>
> So in dialogue, in its greatest integrity and highest form, I believe
> there is an invisible facilitator and an empty structure. This is the
> basis of Spiral Dialogues.
>
> I trust I have spoken well for the highest good for all.
>
> Dancing high,
>
> Kathie Wallace
> Twitter at kathieace, Facebook, and Tribe are 3 places where I am  
> sharing
> new world information.
>
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