 What I'm Thinking of Writing (and Podcasting) About Soon:
Love, Conversation and Community: I remain convinced that
Whether
you want to change the political or economic system, save the whales,
stop global warming, reform education, spark innovation or anything
else, the answer is in how meaning,
and understanding of what needs to be done, emerges from conversation
in community with people you love, people who care.
So
if it seems as if, these days, I don't write about anything else,
that's why. This week I'm going to write about what 'leadership' means
when you believe understanding and appreciation of the need to change
evolves collectively. I'm also still intrigued about compersion and the
question of whether jealousy is an innate or learned propensity.
Self-treatment:
I'm ambivalent about modern medicine, and also about naturopathy.
Ultimately I believe we need to learn to take charge, knowledgeably, of
our own health and well-being. That means focusing on prevention of
illness rather than treatment, on self-diagnosis and self-treatment as
much as possible, and on drawing on the understanding of many, rather
than just 'experts' and 'specialists'. What I want to discover is a
regimen for self-treatment, based on indigenous learning but informed
also by the discoveries of modern medicine. (Image at right is
coachweed, or cleavers, a vitamin-C and tannin-rich aboriginal medicine
used to treat inflammation and skin diseases).
Vignette #8
Blog-Hosted Conversation #4:
I'm going to interview one of the women who's lived in a polyamorous
relationship or circle, and who believes that such communities can work
and are the natural way to live, and love. I have five candidates, but
they are, understandably, a little shy about being spokeswomen for such
a complex and controversial lifestyle.
Possible open thread conversation:
Leadership is about 'going first'. If you believe, as I do, in bringing
about change through emergence of understanding, consensually, without
compulsion, what does it mean to lead? Is it about being a model of the
change you want to see, or is it something more -- being adversarial,
persuasive, political, compelling, pushing for change? |
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