Magic in the Middle

October 25, 2009

Lately I have been giving much attention to magic. One form of this is a question I am living about what is underneath methods for engagement and participation. At Flow Game training, one of the questions asked was “How to feed the magic in the middle?” I appreciated friend, Toke Moeller’s response. Toke has long been a teacher of such for me. We have become fellow students of such. Here is a bit of what he shared that felt very resonant for me:

– trust magic

– trust the space

– trust the heart of everyone

– don’t control it or hold it

– don’t expect magic, but be grateful when it comes

– be the jester, the student, the juggler, you

– respect form, but don’t get lost in it

– we can’t not sit in circle; it is who we are

– unite with the vertical

– enjoy the beauty of detachment

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Dream School

February 16, 2009

I am feeling very schooled in dream space. It has been about a year since I started more deliberately trying to catch my dreams. Just simple description when they occured. It has been about three months since I started seeing more in them. The universe finds ways to speak with us in the subconscious and in the language of symbols. Feeling awe for this – when the student is ready, the teacher appears…

This morning I woke from a dream that spoke several questions. The language builds on what Toke Moeller shares here from a previous post on powerful questions. I haven’t tried to match those. Rather, just write what showed from my dream.

I think of these as root questions – good to ask a round from the “I” and a round from the “we.” This also builds on what Teresa Posakony and Chris Corrigan and I have been sharing with clients on core intentions of conversations that matter: learn / work / build relations.

How could we strengthen our ability to stand in this journey?
– it isn’t one that all will take or can take
– it has many qualities of the unknown
– sometimes we take the journey on behalf of others, as a gift to the whole
– we often stand in what feels like a minority

What is at the center of this journey?
– glimpses of the biggest vision we see
– might come to see more of this together

Who can help us along the way?
– notice the people able to work in beauty
– may be quiet people
– may be people of deep knowing and ground

What will we need to let go of?
– redefine “other”

How might we be more wise together?
– now
– in the future
– what do we need to learn

How might we be more compassionate?
– honoring people where they are

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More Powerful Questions

February 12, 2009

Hosting friend and colleague Toke Moeller just sent these out. They represent incredible clarity that invite a deeper consciousness as we engage in partipative work. I see these as questions to really invite a shared sense of deep purpose and commitment from those who might steward an action.

Toke has them in beautiful form. Asked from the I perspective here. And from the we perspective here.

Question at the center…
Why will I serve the common good in all?

Question to the north…
What am I ready to let go of and what am I ready to contribute to be part of a healthy and thriving community?

Question to the east…
What could I also be?

Question to the south…
What have I forgotten about being a neighbour?

Question to the west…
How will I organize myself to act wisely and ethically in service of the common good?

Question to heaven…
Who do I serve?

Question to earth…
How may I be kind today?

These relate to questions we asked of a health care system, some of which I blogged here.

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Moving From My Heart — Poetry

April 21, 2008

This lovely poem from Toke Moeller, in response to so much challenge in Zimbabwe as this country seeks another way. It gives me access to that part of me that thinks about Zim, and that tries to work with any of the levels of uncertainty, challenge, broken heart, violence, blocked vision that are present in my life and those around me, or those that I am invited to work and journey with. Thank you Toke. All.

moving from my heart
I enter the unknown

finding life each day…
as the scale grows organically
I respond as I can best
almost as a reluctant warrior for peace

but what have I got to loose
by giving of myself

letting go
to the hidden
but subtle harmony
within

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