News 2003
| December 2003 |
| Models of Reality |
It was encouraging to read
ideas from Arny's "Quantum Mind" reflected in Doris Lora's "A
Dyadic' Model Of Reality (which appeared in the first volume of Shift
Magazine, December 03,(of the Institute of Noetic Sciences on page
22). Scientist, astronaut, and I.O.N.'s visionary founder, Edgar Mitchell
postulates that awareness and intention, ..are the roots or seeds of
self-reflective consciousness.precursors of consciousness... and the
beginnings of the universe.
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October 2003
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Salt
Lake City : Working with Mormon-
Non-
Mormon Tensions |
We were thrilled to have the opportunity
to work in Salt Lake, focusing on religious differences. It was a moving
experience to process conflicts during our work in Salt Lake City (organized
by. Randee Levine randee@igc.org and
co sponsored by the University of Utah Communications  Department).
There were two core processes. While listening to various sides deeply
express their feelings and opinions, the group briefly explored the
persecution of the early U.S. Mormons. Though painful, we have a glimpse
into the possible feelings of the persecutor and the one being killed.
Afterwards, deep feeling and personal stories emerged. We understood,
that many religious conflicts may stagnate without carefully re-exploring
the history of persecution.
The second core process emerged in connection with the civil rights
of Lesbian and Gays. The history of the church emerged again after
many opinions and deep feelings were expressed. One participant was
able to express the imagination of the spirit of Hyram Smith, brother
of the founder of Mormonism, Joseph Smith. Both men had been assassinated
in the Carthage Jail.
Transformed and deepened through the imagination (or
experience) of death, the open mindedness of this spirit relieved many
so that in spite of ongoing tension, small embers of hope appeared
when the mystery of and freedom to love was mentioned. It was an honor
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August 2003
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Worldwork with Unity Church At Crystal Mountain, Washington,
USA |
Our experience with "Unity" was most remarkable. After doing
inner work on centering during group processes, and after opening statements
about the conflict between "those-wanting-to-speak-about-issues", and "those-who-have-had-enough-tension",
that courageous Unity group quickly dove into and processed several central
topics: racial discrimination by the police, mainstream suffering from
attack, and the pain of Gays due to religious intolerance from another
denomination. Sharing the deepest feelings led to unforgettable common-ground
experiences. How did all this occur in a day and a half? One of the folks
said, "At Unity we believe a way will appear if we hang in there." Amy
and Arny are thankful to Dr. Jai Tomlin for organizing this meeting, and
to both Jai and Dr. Salome Schwarz for their assistance.
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Spring 2003
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Hellinger
Congress
Wurzburg
Germany
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For reasons mentioned at the end of the
article Deep Democracy in Large
Group Conflict Work , we shall not be speaking at the Hellinger Congress
in 2003.
 Download
the article.
(.rtf file, 79k)
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May 2003
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| London, Zurich and Tokyo |
Among the central themes we encountered during the worldwork events
this May 03 in London, Zurich and Tokyo were the Iraq conflict, Irish/English
tension, Korean/Japanese interaction, Israel/Palestine conflict, men's
power, violence in schools and the love behind it all
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April 2003
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| International Conference
on Science and Consciousness |
Connections Between Psychology + Physics With Special Focus
On Body Symptoms, was a very creative project for us. We enjoyed sharing
our work, and gained a great deal by meeting other therapists, mathematicians,
physicists and astronauts. We spoke and demonstrated ideas about the
body, myths, wave equations, parallel worlds, superposition, and what
the essence means in "healing".
Download
an unedited report of that Lecture."
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March 7-8, 2003
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The
New Biology and Contemporary Cultures
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Challenges and Perspectives
Exploratory Colloquium initiated on behalf of the European Union; Commissioner
of Science and Technology Busquin. European Group on Life Sciences.
Rome
To what extent is Modern Biology having an impact on the
perception of ourselves and how Life Sciences Research is and will influence
the course of our cultures and our societies? Science and values. Genetics
versus freedom: Rationality versus emotion... cultures.. democracy. The
two cultures: co-existence or new synthesis? Possible Future Conference.
Download
Arny's Letter to the first exploratory meeting -"Life
Science and Democracy" (with minor details omitted).
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January 17, 2003
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| North East Portland Body
Symptom Clinic |
This community clinic (no charge) began with the quote on the brochure
from the author, Susan Griffin, "Any illness can be read as a metaphor
of the soul. But it is not just one soul that lies in the balance. Illness
of every kind holds up a mirror to society". We opened the clinic as
a dreamland version of worldwork, in which the body could mirror the
problems of societies. During the first community evening in Portland
one person worked on his experience of paralysis and how the wisdom of
his heart helped him recuperate in spite of medical viewpoints that he
would never walk again. Then a physician worked in the center on the
problem of chronic fatigue, showing how the artist in all of us is protected
when dreams inhibit the everyday person from being normal. One woman
found that a monster sitting on her stiff neck containing her own amazing
power. Many of the hundred people present found community learning in
the wisdom of the heart, fatigue from being normal, and power hidden
in a sore neck!
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