Comments for The Berkana Institute http://berkana.org Whatever the Problem, Community is the Answer Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:04:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Inviting the Quiet Gift by Link Loving 09.12.12 « Casper ter Kuile http://berkana.org/2011/12/inviting-the-quiet-gift/#comment-10 Link Loving 09.12.12 « Casper ter Kuile Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:04:58 +0000 http://berkana.org/?p=1994#comment-10 [...] Inviting the quiet gift – how have we ended up a fundraising culture like this? Dick Durning. [...] [...] Inviting the quiet gift – how have we ended up a fundraising culture like this? Dick Durning. [...]

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]]> Comment on Hosting What? Consciousness, Wellness, Wholeness, Resonance by Tenneson http://berkana.org/2009/11/hosting-what-consciousness-wellness-wholeness-resonance/#comment-4 Tenneson Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:14:00 +0000 http://berkana.acgdemo.com/?p=912#comment-4 Good to see the stirrings Crystal. Thank you for sharing. And with welcome to come join along the way to be in more of this level of learning together. Tenneson Good to see the stirrings Crystal. Thank you for sharing. And with welcome to come join along the way to be in more of this level of learning together.

Tenneson

]]> Comment on Hosting What? Consciousness, Wellness, Wholeness, Resonance by Crystal http://berkana.org/2009/11/hosting-what-consciousness-wellness-wholeness-resonance/#comment-3 Crystal Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:29:00 +0000 http://berkana.acgdemo.com/?p=912#comment-3 Tenneson, I have just fell down the rabbit-hole of Berkana and the work you are all doing! Such a blessing, since it is the practice with which I have been most interested in pursuing for the last few years (and perhaps most of my life--long before I knew it could be organized into a community!). I wanted to comment on this post particularly because (speaking of resonance), it struck me how much the outline of your exploration and description mirrors a visual exploration and description I've been having for years as I looked to tap into how I might share this work with others. Even the photo of the friendship circle candle holder (which I've seen many of over the years) looks a lot like the process in my head of the integrated steps of awareness, wellness, wholeness, exploration. Anyway, just wanted to drop a line and thank you for the great post and the amazing work you are doing. How cool is this world, right?! Crystal Tenneson, I have just fell down the rabbit-hole of Berkana and the work you are all doing! Such a blessing, since it is the practice with which I have been most interested in pursuing for the last few years (and perhaps most of my life–long before I knew it could be organized into a community!).

I wanted to comment on this post particularly because (speaking of resonance), it struck me how much the outline of your exploration and description mirrors a visual exploration and description I’ve been having for years as I looked to tap into how I might share this work with others.

Even the photo of the friendship circle candle holder (which I’ve seen many of over the years) looks a lot like the process in my head of the integrated steps of awareness, wellness, wholeness, exploration.

Anyway, just wanted to drop a line and thank you for the great post and the amazing work you are doing. How cool is this world, right?!

Crystal

]]> Comment on Walking Out Isn’t About Abandoning Institutions. It’s About Abandoning Beliefs. by Augusto Cuginotti http://berkana.org/2011/06/walking-out-isnt-about-abandoning-institutions-its-about-abandoning-beliefs/#comment-2 Augusto Cuginotti Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:55:00 +0000 http://berkana.acgdemo.com/?p=698#comment-2 Hello Debbie, Really nice piece. I'm in a school in the UK now and it has been a great experience to see the educational institution from inside, talk to my new colleagues, be inspected by the government, etc. The feeling I get here is a bit different. The core beliefs are the institutions - if the belief dies, there is no need for the institution anymore. It is kind of a snake skin without a snake. A system is what we create to serve our core beliefs. If the fundamental belief in schools die, the school system dies with it. And I hope this time will come, slowly as it should be. It will come because we will use other fundamental beliefs to create alternative and multiple systems, systems that will allow what we see today to fade away, or at least to be one of many ways. So what I'm saying is that the school system should not be rebuilt, "progressively" changed to another or anything like that. Many people will need to walk out of them. There is no progressive, there is no restoration, there is no need for a new snake skin. What we need is a plurality of systems. Or perhaps a system that hosts that plurality rather than define its progressiveness and beliefs. What is the answer then? I believe there is no answer out there, no system (of beliefs or institutions) that can replace this one. It seems, on the other hand, that there are paths where multiple answers are emerging, paths shaped by the different spaces and institutions that are making learning and education more diverse than what it was in the past. I bet (haven't read yet) your book share some of those and I'm sure there are more. How can we change a one-system or one-belief-fits-all into a constant creation of diverse learning spaces? How can these spaces be at service at this moment? All the best, Augusto Hello Debbie,

Really nice piece. I’m in a school in the UK now and it has been a great experience to see the educational institution from inside, talk to my new colleagues, be inspected by the government, etc.

The feeling I get here is a bit different. The core beliefs are the institutions – if the belief dies, there is no need for the institution anymore. It is kind of a snake skin without a snake. A system is what we create to serve our core beliefs.

If the fundamental belief in schools die, the school system dies with it. And I hope this time will come, slowly as it should be. It will come because we will use other fundamental beliefs to create alternative and multiple systems, systems that will allow what we see today to fade away, or at least to be one of many ways.

So what I’m saying is that the school system should not be rebuilt, “progressively” changed to another or anything like that. Many people will need to walk out of them. There is no progressive, there is no restoration, there is no need for a new snake skin. What we need is a plurality of systems. Or perhaps a system that hosts that plurality rather than define its progressiveness and beliefs.

What is the answer then? I believe there is no answer out there, no system (of beliefs or institutions) that can replace this one. It seems, on the other hand, that there are paths where multiple answers are emerging, paths shaped by the different spaces and institutions that are making learning and education more diverse than what it was in the past. I bet (haven’t read yet) your book share some of those and I’m sure there are more.

How can we change a one-system or one-belief-fits-all into a constant creation of diverse learning spaces? How can these spaces be at service at this moment?

All the best,

Augusto

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