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Today there are new ways of thinking
about old things - ways that are allowing us to transform our lives
from nouns to verbs. Stated another way, we are changing the way
we view the world from a self-centered identity to a relationship
with the world through a state of being. The new ways do not exclude
the old - they only encompass them in a larger framework. It is
like concentric circles. With every turn of the evolutionary wheel,
we find a broader perspective that includes more of ourselves and
more of each other. In Western society in particular, we have spent
hundreds of years parceling ourselves into categories and limiting
what we can bring to each of these categories. Now we are broadening
our sphere of influence, input and connection. Examples of this
include:
| 20th Century |
21st Century |
| Religion |
vs. Spirituality |
| Education |
vs. Learning |
| Medicine |
vs. Healing |
| Government |
vs. Community exchange |
| Business |
vs. Creative relationship |
| Family |
vs. Groups of sustaining love and support |
Rather than a focus on institutions and their accompanying structure
and power, our 21st century minds are increasingly including descriptors
of our involvement and action. At work, we no longer have to leave
our emotions or intuition behind. As we worship, we can bring our
questions and differing opinions. In healing, we bring data to our
previously revered medical doctors, or utilize the services of non-AMA
(non-institutional) healing practitioners. While big business visits
courtrooms more often, small businesses and entrepreneurs are redefining
marketplace relationships. "Family" is a term increasingly
applied to those who choose to be together, rather than those obligated
to be together.
We have a reason to celebrate. With the onset
of new voices, we have the opportunity to recreate the world so
that it is sustainable for all, rather than the few who were privileged
to hold power in the past. Examples of new resources for innovation
and creativity that we are tapping into in this century include:
| Area |
New Resources |
| Business |
women, diverse ethnicity, and all the voices on
the table |
| Decision making |
the intuitive and emotional data |
| Person |
vision, heart, rational, emotional, and ground |
| Medicine |
nature, hands, heart, energy, women, diversity,
other cultures |
| Religion |
women, ways of knowing, experiences of divine
reality |
| Education |
multiple intelligences and ways of knowing |
| Family |
sexual orientation differences, role variety |
| Government |
creativity of engaged constituents |
We are including more of ourselves in our relationships and at work.
We are honoring and including people with differences of ethnicity,
gender, background, and style in all areas of community and organization.
These new and different voices - internally and externally - are
now central and critical to our building for the future, and to
our functioning as a whole person and a whole community. Now our
task is to find the harmony in all those voices, and bring in a
new generation of music.
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