eldership

Eldering - Eldership

A head of gray hairs
Doesn't mean one's an elder.
Advanced in years,
One's called an old fool.

But one in whom there is
Truth, restraint,
Rectitude, gentleness,
Self-control--
He's called an elder,
His impurities disgorged,
Enlightened.

Learnings

Being in a hosting team there is always some learning that happens afterwards. We used our hosting team debrief to share these.

* First of all we declared the gathering to be a success. Even though many of us hadn't met eachother before, and the purpose of the gathering wasn't always crystal clear - was it a Pioneers of Change gathering? was it about multigenerational? was it about pioneering? - all participants had a learningful, inspirational and sometimes transformational time.

* During the time prior to the gathering we learned that above all the clarity of 'ownership' is crucial in making an event like this manifest.  read more »

Silence

The hosting team was in the groan zone...

we stayed a little too heady...

were we talking about the real thing?

 

We had intended this day to be with some silence, as we are entering the bottom of the U. Our hearts and senses were opened in this community with lots of friendship, deep relationships and trust. And we were challenged in our assumptions, which opened our minds a little bit more. To deepen all this we decided to open the circle and speak and share around the question: What is brewing?

I give some of the highlights as perceived by me:  read more »

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