Tree Fitzpatrick's feedback

1. What are the things you liked or valued most?

The reverence so many people have for being of service in the world and connecting with those people.

Coming together with such a consciously active group of people that are also willing to step out of their expertise and knowledge, opening to and listening on the evolutionary edge.

That a space was held for unknowing to find its way into knowing.

That we had the opportunity to be with and confront the discomfort of some of our differences.

That the perceived leaders in the group did not rush in and take the lead but instead the collective began to emerge in its own leadership.

Falling in love with the bodhi sangha. Recognizing the emergence of a collective that is consciously birthing itself for the greatest good. Or as Finn says, being a part of an awakening community.

The openness of the hosting team and continual invitation to be a part of creating our experience.

Being in a beautiful setting where the buildings and the land invite forth deeper wisdom and connection to beauty and nature. When I am in the not-so-beautiful and disconnected-from-the-land places, a part of me can also be resting in this pristine memory, reconnecting with that field, and bringing some of the beauty and connection into these other places.

   2)  What advice do you have for those organizing the next salon?

Be yourself. Listen. You know what to do.

Be aware of the language that is chosen (in the invitation and the guiding questions throughout the salon) and to what population the language speaks. From my perspective there was a heavy emphasis on the intellectual.

Focus intention and purpose. Make clear the invisible intentions as soon as they become visible.

Perhaps giving some attention to the practice of 'taking responsibility for what you love" could be helpful, offering some guidance as to how this is done. I think about Chris Corrigan and Michael Herman's 4 practices of Opening, Inviting, Holding, and Grounding/Practicing.

   3)  How do you imagine your gifts contributing to the future of this movement (of which Evolutionary Salons are but a part)?

I imagine myself continuing to follow the calling of passion and responsibility as it meets up with the course of this movement.

I offered to the ES3 hosting team that I am interested in expanding our means of communication to not be so heavily centered on words and language. There was much discussion at the salon about the disparity between intellect and creativity and the disconnect between the land and humans. I am especially interested in focusing attention on these aspects.

I will continue to hold space for each of us to show up, exactly as we are, offering our presence and our gifts to one another and the larger whole.