Imaginal education helps people shift their operating images, including the self-image one may hold less-than-consciously of oneself. Through inviting people to come up with new images -- one's self-image can change, operating contexts can shift, and at times, one can shed a whole world view for a new one. Witness Ebenezer Scrooge (I just returned from A Christmas Carol, the Musical, 1/2 hour ago). ---from a former psychotherapist, Joyce Bonafield-Pierce On Sunday, December 7, 2014 10:25 AM, Jeanette Stanfield via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: For me, imaginal education is an art. It is the discernment of images that are blocking a person, a group, a community, or society from moving positively into the future. Once discerned, messages are powerfully and creatively put into the learning environment through questions, stories, art forms, projects, activities,models etc to release the negative images and allow new images to emerge and thus new decisions and behaviours. Thank you Steve and Loren for inviting this conversation. Jeanette On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Randy Williams via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: I would say that the goal of imaginal education is to change behavior. Our outmoded, out of date stories of reality (images) are at the root of all our problems. Example of an outmoded story--we can have unlimited economic growth on a finite planet--the story underlying climate change, global warming, and all the associated symptoms. Randy Sent from my iPad On Dec 7, 2014, at 9:09 AM, Karenbueno via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: Imaginal Education acknowledges that images affect behavior and that images can change. The goal of the Imaginal Educator is to change images by using a variety of teaching methods, one of which is the structured conversation model, called ORID. The goal of Imaginal Educators trained by the ICA has been to change a victim image to an image of one's individual power to affect one's life and the world. from Karen Bueno -----Original Message----- From: steve har via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> To: Order Ecumenical ICA-USA <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net>; oe <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net>; Tatwa P. Timsina <tatwa@ica-nepal.org> Sent: Sun, Dec 7, 2014 7:32 am Subject: [Dialogue] Question about Imaginal Education 9these days In Nepal and India Nelson Stover and Loren Weybright are collaborating on two schools one in Nepal and one in Chikhale school in Maharastra. Loren is onsite in Nepal for 3 months doing Action Plan projects with the staff & teachers and curriculum design and coaching with individual teachers. In January they both will be in Maharastra at the Chickhale school for a 2 day professional development. Here is a question that needs an answer: Just what is Imaginal Education, Now and how do you practice it? Nelson asked this question and they are looking for a variety of (simple) responses. Can you share a sentence on Imaginal Education rom your experience, short, simple? -- Steve Harrington PS if you want you can track developments in Nepal and Chikhale by signing up at the Imaginal Education Collection upper right hand corner here: https://wedgeblade.net/wordpress/imaginaleducation/blog/ _______________________________________________ Dialogue mailing list Dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net _______________________________________________ Dialogue mailing list Dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net _______________________________________________ Dialogue mailing list Dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net