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EXPANDING TIMET o w a r d s A w a r e n e s s O r i e n t e d S o c i e t i e s

The t imes are urgent

Crises in our ways of knowing

Crises in our ways of meaning creation.

How can we rev ive our ways of be ing a l ive?

The Times are urgent. Lets slow down. Shamans of Nigeria & Bayo Akomolafe

Clinical psychologist, poet, coordinator IAL

Slow down t ime

Stop t ime

Expand t ime

W h a t i s P r o c e s s w o r k ?

Awareness paradigm & practise based on the phenomenon of signals

Originally developed as a therapeutic paradigm in the 1970s and 80s by Jungian analyst, physicist and author Arnold Mindell, along with his wife Amy Mindell and colleagues

Roots include Jungian psychology, quantum physics, Taoism, Earth based psychology of aboriginal and shamanic wisdom

Applied in settings from individual, couple and family therapy, to coaching, organisational work, group conflict, medicine, art, coma work, group work, politics.

Continually evolving as a theory and as a practise

Simply stated, Processwork is about following nature.…

A d e e p e r d e m o c r a c y o f I n t e r b e i n g

M a i n s t r e a m P e r c e p t i o n s o f R e a l i t y

What the majority say it is, what is ‘normal’

What can be scientifically proven

Our primary ways of knowing and gaining knowledge

Limited to predominantly intellectual & academic pursuits

Consensus RealityObjective & measurable

facts; evidence based

DreamlandSubjective, feelings,

non-rational, dream-like

EssenceConnectedness,

oneness, spiritual

A d e e p e r d e m o c r a c y o f I n t e r b e i n gReality as Multi-Dimensional

Deep Democracy

Consensus RealityObjective & measurable

facts; evidence based

EssenceConnectedness,

oneness, spiritual

DreamlandSubjective, feelings,

non-rational, dream-like

A d e e p e r d e m o c r a c y o f I n t e r b e i n gReality as Multi-Dimensional

A d e e p e r d e m o c r a c y o f I n t e r b e i n gReality as Multi-Dimensional

A d e e p e r d e m o c r a c y o f I n t e r b e i n gReality as Multi-Dimensional

A d e e p e r d e m o c r a c y o f I n t e r b e i n gReality as Multi-Dimensional

A d e e p e r d e m o c r a c y o f I n t e r b e i n gReality as Multi-Dimensional

“… WHEN I AM ON THE MARGIN OF

SOCIETY, I WILL BE DEPRIVED OF

THE GREATEST POWER OF ALL:

THE POWER TO SAY WHAT

IS REAL AND WHAT IS NOT.”JOE GOODBREAD

“LIVING ON THE EDGE”

A d e e p e r d e m o c r a c y o f I n t e r b e i n g

From the Vietnamese term Tiếp Hiện

Tiếp "being in touch with" and "continuing."

Hiện means "realizing" and "making it here and now.“

Interbeing – translation coined by Thich Nhat Hanh

“we are inseparate from the universe, and our being partakes in the

being of everyone and everything else” Charles Eisenstein

A verb, an act of doing, a way of being

A d e e p e r d e m o c r a c y o f I n t e r b e i n g

Freud, Jung, depth psychology

Gave birth to Popularised the notions of the individual conscious and unconscious

Jung extended to the collective conscious and unconscious – ie, groups

Conscious and unconscious being what is known and unknown

The unconscious expresses itself through night time dreams

Dreams are a birth right, a rich source to tap into our multi-dimensional nature

and the dreaming field of the collective

Night time dreams reflected in physical symptoms & other human phenomena

R e c o n n e c t i n g t o o u r n a t i v e w a y s o f k n o w i n g

D r e a m b o d y a w a r e n e s s

R e c o n n e c t i n g t o o u r n a t i v e w a y s o f k n o w i n g

D r e a m b o d y a w a r e n e s s

The Dreambody:

A dreamlike, unifying field that gives expression to dreams & physical symptoms alike.

It includes our night dreams, physical symptoms, body sensations, relationship and group disturbances, the outside world

We can become awareness of its signals and the channels in which these signals appear

A dreamlike, unifying field that gives expression to

dreams & physical symptoms alike.

R e c o n n e c t i n g t o o u r n a t i v e w a y s o f k n o w i n g

D r e a m b o d y a w a r e n e s s

R e c o n n e c t i n g t o o u r n a t i v e w a y s o f k n o w i n g

D r e a m b o d y a w a r e n e s s

Consensus Reality

Essence

Dreamland

D r e a m b o d y A w a r e n e s s

C h a n n e l s & E x p l o r i n g S i g n a l ssee, imagination, visions, dreams,

fantasy

Physical feelings, body sensations, internal world of feeling

A u d i o

P r o p r i o c e p t i v e

W o r l d

V i s u a l

R e l a t i o n s h i pM o v e m e n t

collective, global, social or political events.

synchronicity

what we say & the way we say it, sounds

Experiences in relationships with others

All movement, body language

Consensus Reality

Essence

Dreamland

D r e a m b o d y A w a r e n e s s

C h a n n e l s & E x p l o r i n g S i g n a l s

Consensus Reality

Essence

Dreamland

P r o p r i o c e p t i v e

D r e a m b o d y A w a r e n e s s

C h a n n e l s & E x p l o r i n g S i g n a l s

R e l a t i o n s h i p

Consensus Reality

Essence

Dreamland

P r o p r i o c e p t i v e

M o v e m e n t

D r e a m b o d y A w a r e n e s s

C h a n n e l s & E x p l o r i n g S i g n a l s

R e l a t i o n s h i p

Consensus Reality

Essence

Dreamland

P r o p r i o c e p t i v e

M o v e m e n t

D r e a m b o d y A w a r e n e s s

C h a n n e l s & E x p l o r i n g S i g n a l s

R e l a t i o n s h i p

A u d i o

Consensus Reality

Essence

Dreamland

P r o p r i o c e p t i v e

M o v e m e n t

D r e a m b o d y A w a r e n e s s

C h a n n e l s & E x p l o r i n g S i g n a l s

R e l a t i o n s h i p

V i s u a lA u d i o

Consensus Reality

Essence

Dreamland

P r o p r i o c e p t i v e

M o v e m e n t

D r e a m b o d y A w a r e n e s s

C h a n n e l s & E x p l o r i n g S i g n a l s

R e l a t i o n s h i p

V i s u a lA u d i o

W o r l d

D r e a m i n g t h e D r e a m O n

E x p l o r i n g E d g e s o f t h e K n o w n

Consensus Reality

Essence

KnownWho we think we & others areHow we identify ourselves &

others

UnknownUnknown, rejected,

emerging parts of ourselves and others

Dreamland

D r e a m i n g t h e D r e a m O n

E x p l o r i n g E d g e s o f t h e K n o w n

Consensus Reality

Essence

KnownWho we think we & others areHow we identify ourselves &

others

UnknownUnknown, rejected,

emerging parts of ourselves and others

Dreamland

D r e a m i n g t h e D r e a m O n

E x p l o r i n g E d g e s o f t h e K n o w n

Growth happens at the edges

Conflict & Disturbances Between levels

Between known and unknown

Indicates marginalised & minority voices within ourselves and the groups

Consciously going into conflict

But how about the good stuff?

Emerging - tendencies, flirts, flickers

Deepening into Unknowing

D r e a m i n g t h e D r e a m O n

D e e p e n i n g i n t o U n k n o w i n g

The Dreambody does not only get roused by conflict & disturbance

Subtle signals - tendencies, flirts, flickerings – can take us into emerging & unknown parts of ourselves

Choose to do this consciously

Deepening into Unknowing

A w a r e n e s s & t h e S u s t a i n a b i l i t y A g e n d a

Regenerative System

“Humans PARTICIPATING AS nature – co-evolution of the whole system”

Bill Reed

The question is, how do we do this? How do we forge regenerative cultures?

Using awareness to design with nature in co-evolution of the whole

Using awareness to connect to our Native ways of knowing

Using awareness to regenerate our Native ways of knowing

R E F E R E N C E S & F U R T H E R E X P L O R A T I O NARNOLD & AMY MINDELL – WWW.AAMINDELL.NET

BAYO AKOMLAFE – WWW.VIMEO.COM/111948332

CHARLES EISENSTEIN – WWW.CHARLESEISENSTEIN.NET

DANIEL WAHL – WWW.DANIELCHRISTIANWAHL.COM

JAN DWORKIN – WWW.JANDWORKIN.COM

GAIA EDUCATION – WWW.GAIAEDUCATION.NET

JOE GOODBREAD

LIVING ON THE EDGE. LIVING ON THE EDGE (2011, NOVA SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, INC.)

JULIE DIAMOND – WWW.JULIEDIAMOND.COM

JULIE DIAMOND & LEE SPARK JONES

A PATH MADE BY WALKING. (2004, LAO TSE PRESS)

MANISH JAIN - WWW.SWARAJ.ORG/SHIKSHANTAR/

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