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gathering, bringing

We are here
not as a gathering of individuals
but as a
gathering
—more—
we are not simply
connecting
rather bringing
a new living being
into life

:- Doug.

Published in: Conversations | on December 23rd, 2006 | 2 Comments »

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  1. On December 23, 2006 at 11:46 pm christy Said:

    Beautiful, Doug!

    I love the image of “bringing a new living being into life” (a singular One) — whereas “simply connecting” indicates the putting together of fundamentally separate things, various and multiple, somehow joined.

    beautiful holy days to you,
    love, Christy

  2. On December 24, 2006 at 4:46 pm doug Said:

    Christy–

    Thank you.

    On top of that, I am seeing the –more–: the emergence we see when people get together. Harrison calls it self-organization, but I am seeing a hint that it is more than reorganizing what is already present–something more is brought forth. Meg Wheatley and Deborah Frieze speak about “capacities” residing in a “system.” I think there is something that happens in the in betweens, that is not resident in either “individual.”

    Christy, can you find words to express it better?

    :- Doug.

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