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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Great, thank you, Ruthe. I want to hear more.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Years ago, I heard about a generic (Christian) book called “Discerning God’s Will Together” – which I would say is a kind of master-principle for collective thinking guided by wholeness – if we can filter out sectarian ideology that tends to slant the perspective. I do like Quakers and George Fox – but I think we are entering into (are a long ways into) a new era in religion – that maybe starts out for a lot of people with “I am spiritual but not religious” – and then proceeds through a long stage of maturation as people gradually begin to see ways to structure these principles – thus perhaps to share them in community – which I feel we here are destined to do.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This general and very simple idea, in my opinion, is the master-force behind a global revolution in spirituality which I want to encourage – and “whole systems visionaries and revolutionaries” should all get behind.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This is the awesome common ground of the human experience, in a form that transcends culture and every type of “identity politics”. “There is a field, I will meet you there” – said Rumi, widely quoted<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Collective wisdom, descending through everybody – because they have surrendered personal ideology to the laws of cocreation and sacred listening – enabling them to enter into “the revolution of the heart” that Malini and Shannon and others often talk about here.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This is the power we want to invoke. This is the transformative energy that can drive an explosively transformative global movement – that includes thousands of factors and facets – everything that Humanity Rising has been talking about all these months – but brought together as common ground – the master-principle for putting the jig-saw puzzle together….<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(oh, and Ruthe – I see you are a Tree Sister! Let’s see, how about the sacred tree at the center of an infinite circle of trees…..???)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bruce Schuman<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Santa Barbara CA USA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:bruceschuman@cox.net">bruceschuman@cox.net</a> / 805-705-9174<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.origin.org">www.origin.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Ruthe Schoder-Ehri <ruthealaska@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 29, 2020 9:59 AM<br><b>To:</b> Karen Ball <bluebonnetkaren@gmail.com><br><b>Cc:</b> ChatAction List <chataction@communitymagic.org>; bruceschuman@cox.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ChatAction] Global scale study circles<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi, I am following this chat from the “wings”. <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I have been familiar with Quaker discernment process for 40+ years. I am not expert, but experienced and glad to offer what I can about this as needed.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>From year end stillness by the Salish Sea,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ruthe<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 09:31 Karen Ball via ChatAction <<a href="mailto:chataction@communitymagic.org">chataction@communitymagic.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal>As I read through this, I have a question regarding the "study circles". Does anyone see parallels to how indigenous communities and Quakers handle decision making? Perhaps, we should reach out to indigenous communities and the Quakers; they could guide us in discernment of how the Universal Spirit may be collectively calling us. I suggest Parker Palmer and the Center for Courage and Renewal would be great partners to our Chat Action efforts.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Peace,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Karen<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 5:00 PM Bruce Schuman via ChatAction <<a href="mailto:chataction@communitymagic.org" target="_blank">chataction@communitymagic.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Today, I’ve been working though the ideas and vision of Duane Elgin. His vision is so in-synch with everything I am doing. He was working with Jim Garrison in the 1990’s<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Right now, I am particularly excited about his ideas for “Study Circles”.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>In this PDF, he outlines the basic principles behind Study Circles – which I tend to see as the most powerful organizing idea in the world, and probably the master-design for the emerging new world – if there is to be one and we survive our initiation.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Take a look at this:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="https://duaneelgin.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/global_consciousness.pdf" target="_blank">https://duaneelgin.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/global_consciousness.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>This is not newbie stuff. This is master vision from the masters, written in simple and highly intuitive terms.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>And what is exciting for me is – the entire framework is written as a series of questionnaires – surveys. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Duane Elgin worked with “electronic town halls” for years. Maybe this is the new design for a vast electronic town hall. That would be my dream.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Malini – I actually think this meets all your standards. I think that is probably true for just about everybody on Chat Acton. This IS an “action path” – maybe the most powerful collective action path ever possible – and maybe the only way we human beings could possibly move forward together in a way that converges into wholeness and ONE.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Duane Elgin:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="https://duaneelgin.com/" target="_blank">https://duaneelgin.com/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="https://choosingearth.org/" target="_blank">https://choosingearth.org/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="https://greattransitionstories.org/" target="_blank">https://greattransitionstories.org/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Bruce Schuman<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Santa Barbara CA USA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="mailto:bruceschuman@cox.net" target="_blank">bruceschuman@cox.net</a> / 805-705-9174<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="http://www.origin.org" target="_blank">www.origin.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>ChatAction mailing list<br><a href="mailto:ChatAction@communitymagic.org" target="_blank">ChatAction@communitymagic.org</a><br><a href="http://communitymagic.org/mailman/listinfo/chataction_communitymagic.org" target="_blank">http://communitymagic.org/mailman/listinfo/chataction_communitymagic.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>ChatAction mailing list<br><a href="mailto:ChatAction@communitymagic.org" target="_blank">ChatAction@communitymagic.org</a><br><a href="http://communitymagic.org/mailman/listinfo/chataction_communitymagic.org" target="_blank">http://communitymagic.org/mailman/listinfo/chataction_communitymagic.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#351C75'>RUTHE SCHODER-EHRI</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#351C75'> (520) 732-6657</span></i><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#38761D'>I am a passionate TREE SISTER ! 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