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The gift of being disillusioned & the journey towards wise action

A few years ago I decided to become a politician. My friends teased me that other people’s mid life crises involved
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Universal patterns and dynamics in Mandala Work

Mandalas in some form appear in every culture and religion. Though the teachings I've received about them come from
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Toward a deeper level of action planning for groups and teams

How do we sum up key actions for a group when most of the work we have valued in a project has been about enabling deeper
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How does Mandala work relate to meditation?

There’s a great deal of interest right now in mindfulness and an increasing interest in meditation – a closely related topic.
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Wisdom running wild - experiencing the natural wildness of our mind and environment

We seem to have a problem with wildness.Our industrial growth based society is wiping out wild animals – two thirds
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On not being the one who helps:

Today I am a little raw, a little tender, and if I admit it, just a little embarrassed.I facilitated part of a team