tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36007693.post2562816995502273145..comments2023-09-25T07:34:07.054-06:00Comments on Tenneson Woolf: The Unprecedented UnknownTennesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083056310789084541noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36007693.post-49295524938733914422009-04-23T13:49:00.000-06:002009-04-23T13:49:00.000-06:00Interesting post, Tenneson.
The word "unpreceden...Interesting post, Tenneson. <br /><br />The word "unprecedented" made me wonder; is it "unprecedented" because of all the noise we hear here and there about the depth of this so-called crisis; or is it just a bigger and rudder awakening that will shake a belief system that no longer provides fair sustenance to all? and that will force us to redefine our relationship to wealth and money? <br /><br />Eventually, we have to "Evolve" out of the pit of material civilization, and it won't be easy or painless.<br /><br />The "unknown" is what we face daily; little doses of "unknown" that sometimes amount to more than a single big shot; and sometimes, my little "unknown" -shall I call it my insecurity- is more difficult to overcome than a bigger "unknown" that we can face and explore together; there is definitely strength, power and joy of sharing in community.<br /><br />There is also an essential quality of "being in community" that allows me to reflect and somehow renew myself, beyond the "unknown." There is, indeed, "courage in community."<br /><br />Thanks for allowing me to reflect some more about my and our "unknown."<br /><br />GillesGilles Jerseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02632064899583139661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36007693.post-55051089128143743032009-04-22T23:40:00.000-06:002009-04-22T23:40:00.000-06:00Hi Tenneson - what you have named is very powerful...Hi Tenneson - what you have named is very powerful. It opens up a big, deep space, both outside and inside. One of the core competencies that I see (you referred to core competencies in your last sentence, without naming any...?) is making the implicit explicit. Naming the elephant in the room, as Toke would say. The only way we can face this is together. Logically, also, if we look at the way life on earth has evolved since the beginning, our next step as humanity is to move from competing to cooperating. If we fail, we're cooked!Helen Titchen Beethhttp://yeshe.gaia.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36007693.post-64180188306172782892009-04-22T14:55:00.000-06:002009-04-22T14:55:00.000-06:00Hello Tenneson! In the work that I am doing with W...Hello Tenneson! In the work that I am doing with Women Moving the Edge - and recently a gathering called Edge of Collective Sourcing - we have named one practice: Staying in the not-knowing. We see it as a core practice and quality for facing the future and the emergent. In the beginning it is not simple to do, because our minds race at finding 'something'... but if we are centered, and hold the space for each other and ourselves, something radically new can emerge from this not-knowing. My sense is that we will need it a lot in the future to come!<br />With love,<br />RiaRia Baeckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15186361960249400874noreply@blogger.com