----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2014 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: Once More, Into the Breach!
Jack and all,
Thanks for your comments. It seems we have three
tasks in front of us: 1) understanding the practical shape of systemic
transformation that leads to sustainable life processes; 2) addressing
the underlying contradiction that would unlock the massive global/local
movement already indicatively present but incoherently related;
3) bringing to the forefront the different faces of the human
community that while seemingly independent speak and act out of a mutual
commitment and discipline for systemic transformation for the benefit of the
entire human community.
The underlying contradiction we have been
working on since before the first Symposium at Oklahoma City University is
"the disengagement of the population due to a closely held conviction
that nothing could be done to affect the systemic reality" resulting
in delimited action or none at all. Gene Marshall talked about this in his book
"The Road from Empire to Eco-Democracy" as a disbelief in the
plausibility of systemic change. People know...they see, and
some act...but they do not see their actions altering the systemic reality,
but most live with themselves managing the futility without going insane. Some
are able to do even that.
And Jack, the different faces of the human
community are a reflection of your work on the guilds. We need NEW
authorities, NEW types of expertise, people who can deal with the technicalities
of different dimensions of the life processes AND who are absolutely clear about
how systemic transformation can happen through them and others like them. Think
of those "faces" as engaged global/local networks in areas of expertise and/or
interests but who know the circuitry of their work in terms of what is needed
from all the other faces and what it can give to all of the other faces as
well.
As you said, or someone said, "once more, into the
breach".
Bill
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 2:20
PM
Subject: Re: Once More, Into the
Breach!
Dear Team,
I presume most of you got Bill Parker's email on the up coming conference
at OKC University. I like his term: "Human Community Network", his new title
for what we used to call Those Who Care. Maybe we should think of using this
name for the GRA event and it would also link with his work and OKC University
work. Nice synergy.
Jack
Oh, I also set up a subfolder called VGRA in our shared
ICA Archives folder. That's where I then created the document I just
sent you. We might start putting our thoughts and ideas into this
folder as well as exchanging emails (that may be hard to find
later).