To build on what I shared on the call yesterday, here are the questions that I've been holding ...
"How might we both tune into and hold space for the growing suffering of people within legacy systems?" (Legacy systems are defined as the existing, status quo, "ego"-systems that are dying or dismantling as new, holistic, "eco"-systems emerge. In other words, how might we provide hospice care to the old systems, even as wel midwife the new? Or put another way, create compassionate "exit ramps" or "chutes" for people within the old systems?)
More explicitly: As old systems begin to collapse, how can we also provide gentle, compassionate chutes (or off-ramps) for those caught up in those systems, and how can our capacity to hold and alleviate suffering be enhanced by our ability to design and build chutes (off-ramps) as well as ladders (on-ramps to new ways of being)? How does the need for healing (especially from collective or individual trauma) affect the ability of some to receive or offer compassion and kindness? What is the role of deep listening and holding space for those in legacy systems (where so many layers of conditioning and collective trauma perhaps need to be addressed before small acts of kindness can even begin to penetrate the heart – especially in a sustained, systemic way), and what kind of designs will create chutes that help gently, skillfully and ease-fully guide others to land softly on the spot on the board where the ladder to a new way of being is even energetically available to them?
I would welcome any thoughts and ideas that you might have, now or as they emerge!
"How might we both tune into and hold space for the growing suffering of people within legacy systems?" (Legacy systems are defined as the existing, status quo, "ego"-systems that are dying or dismantling as new, holistic, "eco"-systems emerge. In other words, how might we provide hospice care to the old systems, even as wel midwife the new? Or put another way, create compassionate "exit ramps" or "chutes" for people within the old systems?)
More explicitly: As old systems begin to collapse, how can we also provide gentle, compassionate chutes (or off-ramps) for those caught up in those systems, and how can our capacity to hold and alleviate suffering be enhanced by our ability to design and build chutes (off-ramps) as well as ladders (on-ramps to new ways of being)? How does the need for healing (especially from collective or individual trauma) affect the ability of some to receive or offer compassion and kindness? What is the role of deep listening and holding space for those in legacy systems (where so many layers of conditioning and collective trauma perhaps need to be addressed before small acts of kindness can even begin to penetrate the heart – especially in a sustained, systemic way), and what kind of designs will create chutes that help gently, skillfully and ease-fully guide others to land softly on the spot on the board where the ladder to a new way of being is even energetically available to them?
I would welcome any thoughts and ideas that you might have, now or as they emerge!
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