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- Question 1: How can we best prepare our children for the future?
- Question 2: What does sustainability look like to you? How do we get there?
- Question 3: How do humans need to adapt to survive the changes predicted for this century?
- Question 4: How do we shift from “Me” to “We” on both the local and global levels?
- Question 5: How can you, as Gandhi said, be the change that you want to see in the world?
- Question 6: What kind of economic structures can best support a shift to sustainable living?
- Question 7: How should we re-invent the political process so that people feel that they have a voice?
- Question 8: What kind of leadership does the world need now?
- Question 9: How can we balance our personal needs with the most pressing needs of our community and the larger world?
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This question drew a crowd on Vashon Island, Washington. People felt most alive when being authentic, often when out in nature, when challenging limitations, and when having huge laugh-fests with friends–people were all over the place with personal stories of what was most enlivening to them
Many people, including those who could not make it on Sunday, want to be invited to the next one.
I am attending a conversation cafe meeting later this week–it will be interesting to note the differences between groups.
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. We loved hearing each other share deeply, and we loved being listened to with such attention. We agreed that this is a unique experience in today’s world. We are a group who meet weekly all year l ong to have significant conversation … almost exactly the same mandate as Conversation Café and Conversation Week. There were moments during the conversation when we felt the lights brighten, as described in “Celestine Prophecy”. We were impressed with each other and with the synergy. I was enlivened to get in touch with my aliveness… more than in years! Thank you.
Lovely report, Ellen — our group, too was visited by a spirit! See my second entry under the Question WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE HUMAN? Bless us all!
Norm, Bainbridge Island WA, U.S.A.
Sharing deeply (with friends) was commonest answer. For two it was being alone in Nature. One said being angry. This led to a lively discussion which included the point that anger motivates us to do something when our needs are not being met.
The discussion then moved to what each of us saw as being worng with society and general agreement that change needs to happen fronm the bottom up and that we need to DO something, not just talk about it. Some were frustrated about how little has been accomplished, others optimistic that we can change before we detroy the planet. One quoted Howard Zinn “What else is there to do?”
I would be the most alive when i am with group of people from my culture and we speak the same language., or we listen to the same music. When I am with my people, I know for sure that I am not making any grammerical mistakes in my conversation. I don’t have to be too careful about my punctuations! And most of all, I know that they do understand me for what I say and not for what they think I am saying. That makes a big difference.