All befores, in betweens and afters

We try to use this medium as best as we can to get across some of the dynamics and the evolution of our gathering here at this beautiful centre, near the sea. Some snow is still there; but the sky is totally blue, the sun is shining and we are full of life and energy!

What we see happening is that some topics that were touched upon in Hazelwood last September and/or in Seattle in the second Salon (using body-movement-dancing; connecting with the outside world; embracing the feminine and the masculine) find their way into manifestation over here. Yesterday evening, in the facilitation gathering, we were wondering what seeds we are laying down here, that the next gatherings can bring into manifestation.

So: nobody decided - because we agreed to let the field guide us - but we started dancing and moving. Using our physical bodies we tried to sense the field in between us; to let the-dance-in-between happen.

One of us invited everyone who feels called to co-host the field, together with all the others who are doing it. Hosting the field was named as totally different from hosting 'the group', or this 'association of individuals'; because it is much bigger than that. 

The talking egg (picture) - sorry, no talking stick or stone here - was introduced to give more time and space for speaking from the not-knowing; and (the sound of)  the tibetan boll was asked to be brought in whenever someone felt called to introduce some silence for letting sinck in what was said or for reflection on From where am I listening, speaking, acting? We named these as basic social technologies for collective intelligence to emerge.

I cannot honour all that happened...

voices spoke about total commitment; not to the rules, but beyond that...

people came forward with courage to speak and move from/about their fears...

Collective Intelligence = hoping that the following will speak the next words...

Collective Compassion, Collective Love makes Collective Intelligence possible. 

MOVING the EDGE of LOVE 

and the break happened: nobody suggested it, nobody spoke of it...it just happenned because it had to.

and again music and dance drew us back into the collective field, into the circle: "This is the age of Aquarius!" 

SILENCE

M: "How do we address fear? I think we need to be more ambitous."

T: "My contribution is holding space for love.  ...   This contribution is not wanted in the world. The fear of being outcasted is deep. But I cannot wait for an invitation or a safe room.  ...  It is happening here and it is happening out there; it is not separated." 

MOVING the EDGE of FEAR 

Fear from being excluded;

fear of the (talking) egg; fear of taking the (talking) egg, the will and the wish that the (talking) egg will be given to me, will be shared with me, so I do not take the decision, but accept a gift from someone ready to pass-on, ready to share, a friend of us.

fear and anger = fanger/finger

"The importance of fear is highly overrated. ....   with the willingness to face whatever is there... first it itensifies, then it fades."

Our 'founding fathers' (some are the room today and we honor them being there and having done what they did already to allow us to move the edge), the people who were on the edge in the sixties, were given their proper place and position: they made it possible what we are doing here.  ....  the dawn of Aquarius  .....

G: "Let us learn from the sixties. We missed the internet; the technology and the new tools as an extension for connection. And we didn't have an alliance with science: complexity sciences, chaos theory... we need competences to deal with that."

Some of us talk about mavens and connectors, as stated by Malcolm Gladwell in The Tipping Point.

CALL : you are welcome to build with us a bibliography of what you consider are "moving the edge" books.

QUESTION:

              WHAT IS MY CONTRIBUTION IN MOVING THE EDGE?

This IS a CREATIVE question!!!

D: "We are in a process of world making: cosmos and chaos go together in the process of that creation. To bring order out of chaos, we need to move the edge. Fear is a creative force, it heightens the senses and perceptions. I can use my senses for finding the safe pathway through. Fear is a perfect ally. Fear of fear takes you away.   When I'm not afraid of dying, I'm not afraid of living!"

               ARE WE READY OR MOVE TO A WORLD CAFE WITH THIS QUESTION?

M: "What G and D were saying, feeds me tremendously."

SILENCE

G: "Holding this question will lead you. On the one hand is the power of JOY, manifesting in what I love to do; in my talents. On the other hand are the needs of the world. Where the two meet, where they dance together, that's my contribution!"