Occupy Heart 6/15: Occupy "We" - Occupy Cafe2024-03-29T14:00:10Zhttp://www.occupycafe.org/forum/topics/occupy-heart-6-15-occupy-we?feed=yes&xn_auth=noWhat has emerged for you thro…tag:www.occupycafe.org,2012-06-15:6451976:Comment:265052012-06-15T21:00:46.328ZBen Robertshttp://www.occupycafe.org/profile/BenRoberts
<p>What has emerged for you through this "Occupy We" today?</p>
<ul>
<li>grateful that schools out so i can be on these calls!</li>
<li>what if conversation is for people as water is for fish? (Juanita Brown)</li>
<li>amazing to hear everyone. all the different ingredients brought out for a mysterious stew--what will is all create? something really scrumptious</li>
<li>Walk around making "I" contact. pray for me as I go to my 50th HS reunion!</li>
<li>a layering that will work on me…</li>
</ul>
<p>What has emerged for you through this "Occupy We" today?</p>
<ul>
<li>grateful that schools out so i can be on these calls!</li>
<li>what if conversation is for people as water is for fish? (Juanita Brown)</li>
<li>amazing to hear everyone. all the different ingredients brought out for a mysterious stew--what will is all create? something really scrumptious</li>
<li>Walk around making "I" contact. pray for me as I go to my 50th HS reunion!</li>
<li>a layering that will work on me unconsciously</li>
<li>enough is enough is enough. maybe it's negotiable.</li>
</ul> Scribing:
Who are we and what…tag:www.occupycafe.org,2012-06-15:6451976:Comment:262102012-06-15T20:18:59.621ZBen Robertshttp://www.occupycafe.org/profile/BenRoberts
<p>Scribing:</p>
<p>Who are we and what question might we want to ask?</p>
<ul>
<li>We are allowing and accepting of ourselves and others. Are we trustable as a "we?" Can we maintain our uniqueness in our discernment and still be connected in compassion and empathy to the whole, and let that influence our discerning.</li>
<li>Why are we here? What is our purpose? What do we do with our consciousness? Christ consciousness--we are here to feed, cloth and heal the world.</li>
<li>Crucifixion:…</li>
</ul>
<p>Scribing:</p>
<p>Who are we and what question might we want to ask?</p>
<ul>
<li>We are allowing and accepting of ourselves and others. Are we trustable as a "we?" Can we maintain our uniqueness in our discernment and still be connected in compassion and empathy to the whole, and let that influence our discerning.</li>
<li>Why are we here? What is our purpose? What do we do with our consciousness? Christ consciousness--we are here to feed, cloth and heal the world.</li>
<li>Crucifixion: satisfied our bloodlust, so the water of life can flow without that destructive impulse. We can't handle the pain and wound that is God. We're mad... Why isn't everything joyful and perfect? An indignation more than a question.</li>
<li>Why do we have such problems? Asked son why he liked violent video games? His answer: <em>what fun would it be chasing butterflies? </em>We need trouble because there's no story without it. Needed for our growth and learning. Question to ask of us now: what can I bring back from my travels to eco-villages in Europe to engage students back home?</li>
<li>We are a howl of pain. How do we clear this, so we can live in joy? Why can't we be happy chasing butterflies? We must acknowledge in deep listening the pain of our world, especially that of the most marginalized. We must see that we ARE the system we wish to replace. We must hold catastrophe in one hand while we forth "benestrophe" with the other.</li>
<li>How do we heal? We need to hear what needs to be healed inside the oppressors as well as the oppressed. Truth and Reconciliation. See the humanity in all of us.</li>
<li>How might we love unconditionally?</li>
<li>How do we heal together, from this infection of greed and separateness?</li>
<li>Focus on the wholeness of it all, and on what is working. Then what we don't like can recede and we can become accepting that they are a necessary part of things right now.</li>
<li>Getting in relationship with myself in my body, from the inside out, lets me see that what I see in the world is a direct mirror of that.</li>
<li>Loving with great compassion, vs. unconditionally. When everything is taken into consideration, each of us is doing the very best they can including me.</li>
<li>We is us, right here right now on this call together!</li>
<li>We are the laws of the universe working on one another. Laws of attraction, free will, being a mirror. Don't take things personally. Life is a sandbox in which we get to play.</li>
<li>Questions for #NatGat: <em>What is the most constructive thing we can do with our anger? How can we help the world to hear our pain? What are we grateful for?</em><ul>
<li><em>How might we express our love right now?</em></li>
<li>Remember the importance of eye contact.</li>
<li>Dance! </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>We are an evolving species. There is a lot on our side and supporting this rapid evolution. Especially in this culture, we are lucky. And we have many resources at our fingertips to make this Transition.</li>
<li>All we are is dust in the wind—as individuals, that is. Collectively we have the unpredictable momentum and power of a dust storm...</li>
<li>We (oui) in French means "yes!"</li>
<li>Say "yes" to life. What is life-giving? There is strength in numbers. Maybe "the 1%" fear this--they see the old systems being threatened. Let us be the seed, not feed the greed.</li>
</ul> Inspiration for today's conve…tag:www.occupycafe.org,2012-06-15:6451976:Comment:264082012-06-15T19:48:29.097ZBen Robertshttp://www.occupycafe.org/profile/BenRoberts
<p>Inspiration for today's conversation drawn at random from the <a href="http://www.groupworksdeck.org//"%20target=">GroupWorks</a> deck:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.groupworksdeck.org/" target="_blank"><img width="300" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1503543944?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="300" class="align-left"/></a></p>
<p>Inspiration for today's conversation drawn at random from the <a href="http://www.groupworksdeck.org//"%20target=">GroupWorks</a> deck:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.groupworksdeck.org/" target="_blank"><img width="300" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1503543944?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="300" class="align-left"/></a></p>