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July 2012

Navigating the Challenge: A Spontaneous Three Step Approach to Liberation

Step One: Notice your challenge. Identify and name it. Begin the process of visualizing it 'against' you. You should have a real felt-sense

Step Two: Begin to let the tension in that felt…

Blog Navigating the Challenge: A Spontaneous Three Step Approach to Liberation 1 Like

June 2012

6/25 Vital Conversation: Occupy Patriarchy Monday's Vital Conversation 8-10a PDT | 11a-1p EDT | 3-5p GMT  Click here for PODCAST We are delighted to welcome back Stephanie Van Hook, executive director of the Metta Center for Nonviolence, for… Discussion 6/25 Vital Conversation: Occupy Patriarchy 2 Likes Here's a TEDx video of Dr. Vic Garcia, Founder of CoreChange

Dr. Vic takes a systems approach to transformative change, with an emphasis or Appreciative Inquiry, or an 'asset/strengths based approach. Click the link below...…

Blog Here's a TEDx video of Dr. Vic Garcia, Founder of CoreChange 1 Like Occupy Heart 6/15: Occupy "We" "We are the 99%." Powerful assumptions in this statement. The first assumption is that there is a "We". The second assumption is that this "We" includes 99% of humanity. 12-2p PDT | 3-5p EDT | 7… Discussion Occupy Heart 6/15: Occupy "We" 3 Likes Occupy Theology/Occupy Church

I just joined up this morning, after friend forwarded me the info on the 6/11/12 online conversation taking place here. I wanted to introduce myself and my current mission with my blog…

Blog Occupy Theology/Occupy Church 1 Like A New Inner Economy: Restoring Dignity to Our Human Experience

Blog A New Inner Economy: Restoring Dignity to Our Human Experience 1 Like

May 2012

Occupy

I occupy a space, I inhabit myself. I live here, occupying myself. We live here, together, occupied. The somewhat compulsive quality of our active self occupation has maybe caused our occupation…

Blog Occupy 1 Like Some Thoughts on Patriarchy

Patriarchy literally means the rule of fathers. In more ways than we imagine, we live in a patriarchal society despite the trappings of what we call democracy. One way this is evident, for…

Blog Some Thoughts on Patriarchy 2 Likes Final Crucifixion and Mercy II (small)

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Blog Final Crucifixion and Mercy II (small) 2 Likes Occupy and our memetic imperatives

Little sketch here for your review and comments.

Every living organism has a biological imperative to sustain itself in its environment and to reproduce. Organisms may survive…

Blog Occupy and our memetic imperatives 1 Like OccupySF direct actions are is getting great media coverage

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Blog OccupySF direct actions are is getting great media coverage 2 Likes Occupying should be just the first step

Occupying is a means to achieve certain ends. Agreeing what these ends are is the second step. Developing strategies for achieving the ends is the third step.

In my view (from Occupylsx)…

Blog Occupying should be just the first step 1 Like

April 2012

Who

Blog Who 1 Like Toward Conscious Interdependence We the people of the United States began with a Declaration of INDEPENDENCE. My view is that we now need to expand our collective view to INTER-DEPENDENCE. If we can recognize that we can use our I… Discussion Toward Conscious Interdependence 2 Likes Occupy The Trail! When the Occupy encampments were busted up, a lot of us hit the trail. The key is, once the philosophy is understood there's no need for the encampment to be in one place.You can effectively occupy a… Discussion Occupy The Trail! 1 Like News from My "Dining Room Table"

Our discussions here often came back to the idea that change happens person by person..at diningroom tables and in local forums where discussion includes and seeks all comers..beyond party and…

Blog News from My "Dining Room Table" 1 Like Your Voice

I find it helpful to notice how our voices, hearing another's voice- actually impact how we view our experience of 'what is happening' in each interaction, conversation. To whom- rather, with whom…

Blog Your Voice 3 Likes

March 2012

Potential Books to Carry at the World 5.0 Bo… Greetings! World 5.0 is the idea that we intend a cultural operating system based on ethics instead of the current system of globalization built by and for the 1% and based on the power of money. Her… Discussion Potential Books to Carry at the World 5.0 Bo… 1 Like Global Teach In Attracts Prime Ministers, Activists, and Scholars

Support is building for the Global Teach In!

We are in New York, London, Stockholm, Belfast, Los Angeles, San Francisco and dozens

of cities. We welcome your interest! Take a look…

Blog Global Teach In Attracts Prime Ministers, Activists, and Scholars 1 Like The Problem of the Biodegradibility of Revolution

Four years ago, I wrote an essay called…

Blog The Problem of the Biodegradibility of Revolution 2 Likes Invitation to be "Friends of Lakota" 12 March 2012 Thank you for the Cafe Conversation this morning that revealed an emergent appreciative inquire and dialog of the deep dark humanness revealing an authentic conversation in this Cafe. … Discussion Invitation to be "Friends of Lakota" 1 Like

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"Happy Birthday Occupy Wall Street ... thoughts on Year One"

Fifteen years ago, I ran across a book, "100 Most Influential People in History," during one of my dalliances to my local Marin County bookstore. "Influential People" was one man's assessment on exactly that. But how he determined his rankings was the interesting part. They weren't always the reasons you would think. But after thinking about it, they made complete sense. For example:George Washington was ranked in the top 40 of all time. Understandable. But the reason why ... not so much. You…See More

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Clay Forsberg is now a member of Occupy Cafe

Sep 20, 2012

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Leadership Ecology

When a Leadership Ecology occurs, a web of relationships emerges revealing each person’s authentic leadership qualities through the transfer of their power to others. When done in a conscious way – a shared collaborative awakening happens.See More

Feb 6, 2012

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Vic Desotelle posted a blog post