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– by Dorothy LeBaron and Mark McAlister<\/div>\n
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Dorothy LeBaron and Regine Kurek led us through a process with conversation and painting groups.  <\/span>In the course of the afternoon, we were challenged to loosen up established patterns and explore new social processes.  <\/span>The following is a summary of comments from participants. <\/div>\n
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Behind all our work is the recognition of the human being at the center, the striving for a human way of working.  <\/span>We need to develop new capacities of listening and heart thinking \u2013 these will give us the flexibility to cope with the dynamic equilibrium of inner and outer movement.  <\/span>They will also generate the courage for us to trust <\/b>in the ever present help of the spiritual world.<\/div>\n
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It is amazing that our Charter was founded in 1953 by three housewives. What a wealth of accomplishment has come out of this initial group. We honour them. We have inherited riches and fruits from them. It feels like the first 60 years have been a gift. Now it feels like something else is required of us. We have the responsibility to do something with what we have been learning.  <\/span>We need to reach into the future. We need to cross the threshold. <\/div>\n
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In the artistic process, we took a step, faced this threshold.  <\/span>Rather than just having a discussion about the purpose of our Society, we engaged in an artistic process. At times, it was painful experience – it felt like it was beyond our capacity to be fully in it.  <\/span>We had to let go, to sacrifice everything to do with our selves, and have the trust of not knowing.<\/div>\n
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We stepped into something that is really alive.<\/div>\n
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 <\/span>It felt like we were responding to the conditions of today.  <\/span>What is possible now socially? How can someone new connect to us (the Society) and find a space? It can be challenging. In one of the painting processes, some judgments kicked in. An attitude of \u201cwe know how to fix this\u201d was there. How much is this a reflection of an attitude in our Society towards the world?<\/div>\n
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Can we learn to move between<\/u> I and We \u2013 to find a rhythm (expansion and contraction) between the self and the community.  <\/span>I will always need a social context to fulfill my destiny.  <\/span>Respecting and giving room for the other raises our consciousness. Working together <\/b>redeems the separateness and loneliness of the individual \u2013 Together we create a harmonizing, a powerful force.<\/div>\n
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Can we learn to be inclusive but not intrusive? To understand the many individual reasons why someone would step into this experience?  <\/span> <\/span>How do we create safe spaces for others \u2013 in which they are free to BE?  <\/span>Are we prepared to recognize and meet the Double when he appears?<\/div>\n
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These social processes always seem disjointed at first.  <\/span>The painting activity helps to find a unifying gesture that can pull it all together.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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