Revision of "Living Circle" in Switserland from August 8, 2006 - 11:36

·         The purpose of the LC-workshop, that was facilitated by Annette Kaiser and myself, was to better understand as how we can bring impulses and inspirations from trans-personal intelligence - universal (unconditional) love and  wisdom  OR  pure consciousness  OR our true Being - into thinking, feeling and action through individuals and - especially - groups.

·         There were 27 participants who all have been on one or another inner path for several years

·         We started by attuning ourselves to universal love and wisdom - first individually and then as a group - by using the following technique:

o        Going into silence, individually

o        Connecting first to the centre of the earth (through the coccyx) in order to be deeply rooted and then to universal love and wisdom through the top of the head into eternity/infinity. We did this by short thought impulses and longer phases of letting the thought pattern unfold.

o        Being aware of our own heart as psychic instruments of universal love and wisdom within each of us

o        Connecting all hearts of the circle with each other. Thereby creating a web or a field of universal love and consciousness within our group, perceiving each person as a unique manifestation of pure consciousness with its individual gifts and potentials.

·         We explained our understanding, that a circle, in order to manifest in co-creative activity, would need

o        a centre in the form of a common purpose/meaning (in our case: learning and better understanding how we can bring inspirations from our true being into manifestations)

o        an attitude of surrender to pure consciousness

o        a shared commitment to participate in the common purpose.

·         We then assumed that if these givens are there, inspiration would pop up from the field in unpredictable ways; as a prerequisite for this to happen, we asked the participants to drop all expectations as these would limit our perception.

·         We then entered the process by alternating phases of inner listening and sharing in the circle.

·         It soon became clear that not all participants felt that they were able to access or discern the field of universal love and wisdom. We then departed in 4 groups in order to share and exchange experiences of universal love and wisdom in order to bring the results back to the full circle. This sharing touched deeply. It felt as if the circle as a whole was already in touch with the field of universal love and wisdom, however we could also still feel an amount of resistance.

·         In the afternoon we started with a sharing of the few projects that had survived from last years' Living Circle, especially some "Deep Community Groups", as initiated by George Weissmann. George also took the opportunity to lead the circle into an experience of what he calls DC. I personally felt a drop of frequency from pure consciousness to a more emotional quality; some participants liked the experience of being contained within the circle, whereas others did not.

·         Later, we realized that a small number of participants complained that there had been no “real learning” in terms of hard facts. In the following session this feeling of lack and even anger manifested ever more intensely. Annette and I - as well as some other participants - accepted this as a healthy crisis and just held the space with an open heart resting in universal love.

·         At one point, we were asked by the participants not to lead anymore and to allow the wisdom of the group to guide the process - which we gladly accepted as being in tune with our intent.

·         The field of love and wisdom became ever stronger and at one point the question was raised whether any impulses for concrete actions or even plans could arise from the field

·         The group decided to go into inner listening and that everyone would put his own impulse in the centre - similar to open space. The evaluation of these impulses by the circle resulted in four groups that felt attracted to go into an exchange on these particular themes:

• A TV-station "Good News TV"
• A scientific research group on collective intelligence
• A book project on wellness techniques
• An evaluation/appreciation of what was going on in our circle

·         After a working period for each group – the participants had been asked to be aware when and how they would loose their connection to universal love and wisdom as the source of their actions - it turned out that about half of the participants still felt attracted by the Good News TV-Project and still wanted to go on with it after the workshop. Two participants decided to go on with the scientific research group and later would invite others to join into individual research projects. Four women decided to work on the book project with the aim to have it published.

·         The final phase was about structuring the group in a way that connections and even tasks where made clear, so that the work could continue after the workshop. As the given time was not too long anymore, we first had the impulse of leading again, by asking clear questions in a structured order. When we refrained from this, we realised that this circle, having gone through this process, would find its own way, which might at first look unstructured, but would lead to a perfect result.

·         At one point of the process - I do not recall on which evening - we watched the film "What the Bleep do we know" which contained many hints to the process we were going through.

·         During the final sharing it became clear - to our great and happy surprise - that each and every participant had not only been deeply touched by the trans-personal field of pure consciousness, but got a glimpse as to how, through universal love and wisdom, we can find and maintain a form of co-creative action.

·         For Annette and me it had sometimes been like a ride on thin ice, as - contrary to a well-prepared workshop in the usual sense - we had fully dropped all preconceived ideas (including even emergency-structures) and had fully surrendered to the wisdom that would (and did) manifest from moment to moment.

·         I have learned that:

o        we can learn to trust the wisdom of a collective field

• when it is surrendered to pure consciousness (universal love and wisdom) as our true Being
• when it has a meaningful centre (purpose)
• and when the members of the circle see themselves and each other as unique manifestations of the One contributing with their gifts to the well-being of the whole

o        it is important that there are members capable to hold the space in this consciousness

o        the task of the space holder is not to be taken easy, especially when the group as a whole goes through chaos

o        accepting the challenge of chaos is essential, understanding it as the consequence of a paradigm having lost its credibility.

o        exit from chaos may lead in either of tow basic directions:

• evolution into a more differentiated paradigm with a higher credibility or
• regression into an earlier paradigm recurring to lesser risk and a higher degree of apparent security

o        it all has to do with a gratitude to be at this very moment with an open heart for whatever may manifest

With warm regards,

Hans

I'm deeply grateful for Hans' courage to engage in this process and grateful for his sharing. Ria