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| | Chinook Center of the Whidbey Institute, Whidbey Island, Washington State | 85 participants |
| How do we support a movement toward the conscious evolution of increasingly conscious social systems?
MORE SPECIFICALLY:
we want to better understand the motions of the social body as it moves to wake up:
# What is the worldview and what are the activities and strategies of the emerging movement to BECOME the new society, and how can we make the community of co-evolutionists more visible to itself so that it can be as influential as possible?
# What existing or visionary forms of social creativity could play significant roles in the evolution of social systems?
# How can "the Great Story" (the epic of evolution told as a personally and socially meaningful, inclusive, science-based creation myth) be told in ways that inspire millions of people with different belief systems to cooperate along just, sustainable lines? And what would have to happen for such a big picture sacred story to spark people to find their calling or contribution, becoming active agents of social creativity?
# What can we learn about the interrelated facets and dynamics of social evolution that can be used as a curriculum to educate agents of conscious evolution of social systems as well as orient people to the role of their work in the larger movement?
# How can salons, such as this, draw in diverse thought leaders and practitioners, sending them back out with increased individual and collective awareness, coherence, effectiveness and co-evolvability?
We see this as a potential turning point in human evolution. With the evolutionary paradigm emerging as a significant force in virtually every facet of human endeavor, we believe it is time to start weaving these strands together to serve a better future. We know that evolutionary innovation and emergence is not just something that happened in the past, but is happening right now in profound ways developments in which we are intimately involved. We feel an imperative for ourselves and for society as a whole to become more conscious, co-creative participants in this evolution. We believe that generative cross-disciplinary conversation among well-networked, knowledgeable people is catalyzing an important shift in that direction. |
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| http://www.thegreatstory.org/ev-salon.html |
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