[ChatAction] Global scale study circles

Tue Dec 29 11:29:57 MST 2020

Great, thank you, Ruthe.  I want to hear more.

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.

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.

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

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.

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….

(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…..???)

Bruce Schuman

Santa Barbara CA USA

bruceschuman at cox.net <mailto:bruceschuman at cox.net>  / 805-705-9174

www.origin.org <http://www.origin.org> 

From: Ruthe Schoder-Ehri <ruthealaska at gmail.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2020 9:59 AM
To: Karen Ball <bluebonnetkaren at gmail.com>
Cc: ChatAction List <chataction at communitymagic.org>; bruceschuman at cox.net
Subject: Re: [ChatAction] Global scale study circles

Hi, I am following this chat from the “wings”. 

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.

>From year end stillness by the Salish Sea,

Ruthe

On Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 09:31 Karen Ball via ChatAction <chataction at communitymagic.org <mailto:chataction at communitymagic.org> > wrote:

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.

Peace,

Karen

On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 5:00 PM Bruce Schuman via ChatAction <chataction at communitymagic.org <mailto:chataction at communitymagic.org> > wrote:

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

Right now, I am particularly excited about his ideas for “Study Circles”.

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.

Take a look at this:

https://duaneelgin.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/global_consciousness.pdf

This is not newbie stuff.  This is master vision from the masters, written in simple and highly intuitive terms.

And what is exciting for me is – the entire framework is written as a series of questionnaires – surveys. 

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.

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.

Duane Elgin:

https://duaneelgin.com/

https://choosingearth.org/

https://greattransitionstories.org/

Bruce Schuman

Santa Barbara CA USA

bruceschuman at cox.net <mailto:bruceschuman at cox.net>  / 805-705-9174

www.origin.org <http://www.origin.org> 

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