The Essentials of Transformation – Draft Outline

This outline is a DRAFT. It will be refined and focused in the weeks leading up to TEOT.

A critical matter for such an ambitious outline is TIMING. One of the challenges of having a disparate group of individuals, from different backgrounds, life experiences and time zones, is to make sure material gets covered, but also to make sure that enough time is available for discussions, questions, small-group work, exercises…

OUTLINE

1.LEARNING AND PRACTICING INCLUSIVITY  (September)

  • Theory   (September 10 & 12)
    • What is Inclusivity? 
    • Engaging the Other
    • Deep Identity
  • Application  (September 17 & 19)
    • Inclusivity Quotient (In-Q) Test and Results
  • Practice (September 24 & 26)
    • The 12 Steps of Inclusivity

2.LEARNING AND PRACTICING MINDFULNESS/ CONSCIOUSNESS/ WISDOM/ SPIRITUALITY)  (October)

  • Theory:  (October 15 & 17)
    • What is Mindfulness/Consciousness?
    • Mindfulness & Spirit [A Common Faith; Dream of Butterfly]
    • The 3 Types of Consciousness  
      1. Keepers/ Breakers/ Menders
    • The Field of Consciousness  [Sheldrake; Emergence]
    • 5 Levels of Humanity
  • Application:  (October 22 & 24)
    • Feeding Our Hunger for the Sacred
  • Practice:  (October 29 & 31)
    • Practicing Mindfulness
      1. The Right Use of Will
    • Happiness, Fulfillment & Misery

3.LEARNING AND PRACTICING POWER & EMPOWERMENT (November)

  • Theory  (November 5& 7)
    • What is Power?
    • 3 Aspects of Power (Information, Resources, Decision-Making)
    • Auto-Totality & The Matrix of Self-Oppression
    • Power-Over & Power-With
    • Three Circles Analysis
    • The Power of the Powerless
    • Victims, Villains & Violence
    • Types of Power
  • Application (November 12 & 14)
    • Governance & Politics
      1. Other/New Forms of Governance
  • Practice (November 19 & 21)
    • Power & Leadership

4.LEARNING AND PRACTICING AUTHENTICITY (February)

  • Theory  (February 11 & 13)
    • What is Authenticity?
    • Authenticity and the Healthy Personality
  • Application  (February 18 & 20)
    • The Imaginal Self
  • Practice  (February 25 & 27)
    • Seeing the Connection to All Beings 

5.LEARNING AND PRACTICING VISION (March)

  • Theory  (March 3 & 5)
    • What is Vision?
    • Building the Cathedral
  • Application (March 10 & 12)
    • Beyond Societal Shadows (S2L)
  • Practice  (March 17 & 19)
    • Holistic Visions

6.IDENTITY, CULTURE & COMMUNITY (April)

  • Theory  (April 7 & 9)
    • Identity, Self & Dysfunction
    • What is Culture?
    • The Need for Culture
  • Application  (April 13 & 16)
    • Perception and Filters
  • Practice  (April 21 & 23)
    • “Solutions Beyond Diversity”