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- Hometown:
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Relationship Status:
- Married
- Website 1:
- http://winwin.se
- Website 2:
- http://globalactionplan.com
- Favorite Books:
- Just now: Amit Goswami, 'The Visionary Window'.
- Favorite TV Shows:
- No TV.
- What do you do to make a living?
- Empowerment for sustainable development
- What kind of hobbies do you have?
- Cooking.
- In a world where you were pursuing your deepest, most heartfelt callings, what would you be doing?
- What I do now (but I'd probably meditate more!)
- What is the most important thing you have learned in your life?
- To relax in the moment
- Describe a belief that you previously held and then subsequently changed. What caused you to change your mind?
- That I needed to have answers. Experienced the power of questions.
- Who do you admire most in the world (past and/or present) and why?
- My grandmother
- At this turbulent moment in history, what do you think is the most important thing a person can do to help humankind (and the rest of the planet) survive the many dangers that confront us?
- To joyfully do what I can do, when I can do it, without waiting for anyone else, and without spending energy on what I can't do.
- What are your answers to the big questions: Who are we? Where are we from? Why are we here? Where are we headed?
- No idea - I guess I'm here to be here (now).
- Why did you decide to join this community?
- Invitation from a dear friend
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Moonlight in Stockholm. The cool light presages winter, but for now it’s still almost summer. Our pellets-fired heating system still sleeps, the hot water comes to us solar heated. Most of the pot plants are still outside on vacation; one pink geranium is just reining in from a flowering gallop – 22 flower heads!
As nature slows down, the work/workshop season hots up. Some of the discussion on this site seems to be about accelerated learning: how can we – collectively – learn fast enoug… Continue
As nature slows down, the work/workshop season hots up. Some of the discussion on this site seems to be about accelerated learning: how can we – collectively – learn fast enoug… Continue
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Post-Soviet
Every time I tell someone about the projects we work with in the countries of the former Soviet Union, the response is tremendous. It seems only bad news makes it into the media - well, I guess we all know that. So I keep thinking, I should keep a diary, write a blog - offer this pleasure to more people.
22 hours ago, a colleague and I got back from Minsk - the capital of Belarus, if you're having trouble locating it. It was our third trip this year, and I'll be there again next month.… Continue
22 hours ago, a colleague and I got back from Minsk - the capital of Belarus, if you're having trouble locating it. It was our third trip this year, and I'll be there again next month.… Continue
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How nice of you to write me. I guess we do have some things in common, such as reading Amit Goswami. I've not read 'The Visionary Window,' but did enjoy 'The Self-Aware Universe,' 'Physics of the Soul,' and 'The Quantum Doctor.'
Given my overall belief that mental and physical ailments are generally caused by the person's underlying beliefs, when I was struck suddenly on 9/28 with a really painful tooth absess, I asked myself what beliefs might I have that caused it.
I've had three main problems since I was very young ~ depression and sleep and tooth problems ~ and it occurred to me the three were probably all related. I already saw my depression and sleep problem as being connected, but now I saw the teeth problems as stemming from the depression as well.
I had been aware of my self-talk criticizing civilization for some time, and while I had become a little concerned about it it wasn't until I sought the cause of my latest tooth problem that I realized that all my condemning of society had alienated me from other people and made me feel bad. Asking myself, "What would make me feel better?", I decided it would probably help if I changed my view of society; if instead I now accepted society exactly as it is and quit judging it.
So I tried that, and without even using any technique found that I was able to change my belief litterally overnight. Since then, not only has my jaw experienced significant healing (the dentist decided I didn't need to have any teeth pulled after all) but I've been a lot happier.
Best wishes,
Glen
I'm currently in Minsk, arrived from Могилёв last night. We had a workshop on empowering coaching for more sustainable lifestyle. We're also supporting a group of Belarusians to learn to deliver similar workshops; the planned co-trainer couldn't come, so my co-trainers were four of the trainees. What an exercise in intercultural cooperation and communication! It was a great learning experience for all of us.
"To joyfully do what I can do, when I can do it, without waiting for anyone else, and without spending energy on what I can't do."
This is so true! I first learned it watching my mother struggle and succeed in doing things she couldn't get my dad to do.
Now I often find myself doing the same thing. It's a balance, to do what you want and be considerate of others' desires and needs, yet at bottom, when there is a call for action, you have to just go do it. The intention isn't to try to bully people, but sometimes to just step around them and go forward. Or maybe just start off in a new direction. That's true at work, at home, at group functions -- just about any human activity!
Certainly it's true for activism. I think leaders are born when somebody decides to do something, no matter how small (like sitting down on a bus), and suddenly finds herself/himself leading a parade. Real change comes from the ground up. The modern women's movement began with women sitting around each others' living rooms after reading Betty Friedan, finding out they weren't "the only one." The civil rights movement grew out of so many small, courageous actions. The moment was right, and when that happens, one person really does make a difference.
And where there is one, more are arising. Margaret Mead had it right. "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
I guess that's why we're all here at NHNE. Glad you're here!