I recently heard from a recipient of many of my writings, most recently some of these wholistic country strategy papers. The following is my response to the note.
It was good to hear that you are still actively seeking and seemingly engaged in a process of sorting out… a fairly common process for more and more folks… perhaps influenced some by the richness of uncertainty going on around us as well as a sense of realness to that which is being bantered about as having some affect on our pattern of life. Then again, there is a growing certainty that now is the time of potential – a time for moving towards wholeness, away from that which divides, and doing so in ways that work for all children in the world. In a real sort of way, the stage is set – everything is in its place, there are roles/work to be fulfilled and taken up. The question of how to join in the process, a process that we feel drawn towards, but one that requires an active yes, no invite, just joining in, on our part, is commonly being asked… a yescarried through work, a wholistic perspective of work (versus my job, what I am currently being paid for, etc.).
Sorting out does call upon reflective inner processing and reflective dialogue/interaction with others. The Path of Potential writings are a useful source for both (there is a host of such writings on our website). I am reminded of the life of the honeybee. You might recall that it is common for some bees to live about 21 days, the first 18 of which are spent in the hive; the last days outside the hive pollinating (the essential purpose of bees). A truly beautiful thing about their process is the way they communicate the location of the flower to the others. A single bee, the finder of the flowers, can find his way back to the hive, but does not have the mental capacity to direct the others to the flowers. Thus the dance – a mind creating dance – whereby the image – magnitude, direction, etc. – is created in a way that the bees can return to the flower patch, do their essential work, and bring back nourishment to the hive. To me at least, I see in the process of the bees the working of a reality of our time, that being: community – two or more – is the smallest whole.
Another aspect of joining in seems to be the having of some anchor points – conscious references – that we carry with us. I notice that some have found value in the truth – one Source, all else instruments. Other conscious references have emerged through the taking up of the work, anchor points that have relevance to a broader scope than that through which they emerged. For example, the working philosophy of virtue, ethics and potential emerged through work on business regeneration, the ethical principles of add no infrastructural burden, effective utilization of community resources, and reciprocal nourishment first emerged through work on autism. These principles are also actively present in the work on intentional entrepreneuring in community, as well as in efforts with young people, aimed at helping them experience life and make life real, work that lifts above the artificial life provided through media. There seems to be both the personally significant and that which reflects the community nature of this work at this time.
Finally, the two notions of one Source; all else instruments and now is the time of potential seem to act as boundaries, necessary boundaries, for us to willfully cross… that which we have to innerly process and accept as truth and reality. Nothing much gets manifested until this comes about… often with some hesitation, some natural clumsiness, but with little or no fuzziness. Given that, we can then go forth coming from potential – bringing that perspective into our daily working and living – stepping out onto the stage… a “coming out” of sorts.
Well, that is a bit of what was evoked in me through reflecting on your note. I enjoyed your comment about “expecting no final exam.” I guess that is really true… especially since a final exam carries with it the sense of completion – a false sense in regards to the ongoing unfolding evolutionary process. I am reminded, however, of the story of the Rabbi Zhuka and the final question he was certain would be asked: “Why were you not Zhuka???”
