Tag: community development
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A Mature Culture: Daily Living? (Part 4)
Daily life in a mature culture — more musings. In the last post, I suggested that “therapy groups” would be the norm for personal development. What would this be like? These would be gatherings in small group for honest dialogue, likely weekly or twice a week. Adults learn best by having significant emotional experiences, and…
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A Mature Culture: Daily Living? (Part 3)
Daily life in a mature culture — my musings continue (I will continue with acedia in a few weeks when I finish with my thoughts regarding a mature culture). In the last posts, I suggested at least two three-hour sessions a week for in-depth personal work. What would this be like? For most of my…
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A Mature Culture: Daily Living? (Part 2)
To continue my musings concerning daily life in a mature culture — I am suggesting that human beings would essentially live within small village-like environments, nested within larger communities which would provide more sophisticated resources. If we were to do away with most of the consumerism of our current society and live such that much…
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A Mature Culture: Daily Living? (Part 1)
Daily living: I have mentioned in my last few posts that Louis Herman, in Future Primal, lists four characteristics that satisfy human activity, what he calls the Truth Quest: the seeking of wisdom (individuation), face-to-face discussion of important issues (intersubjectivity), shared decision making in trusted groups (direct democracy) and a narrative of meaning (mythic narrative).…
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Community in a mature culture? (Part 2)
We are now the most important species on this planet, dominant in our capability to sustain it, or to destroy it. Up to this point in time, our “civilization” has been that of domination, and essentially unlimited growth. If we want to survive and thrive as a species, we have no choice but to learn…
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Community in a mature culture? (Part 1)
So, how would people actually live in a mature culture? As an aside, one of the disadvantages of digressions (my last few posts) is that I forget where I was. My current blog contributions are also complicated by a lot of traveling during the summer. So some will be short, others longer. In addition, in…
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What values would be important in our future? (Part 3 of 3)
This is the third posting on what I believe a mature culture would value. In the previous one I commented on the primary need to value children, the need for a cultural story, a mythic narrative, that honors wisdom, an educational system that provides deep support for life-long growth, and practical skills that allow living…
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What values would be important in our future? (Part 2 of 3)
This is the second posting on what I believe a mature culture would value. In the previous one I commented on a) the primary need to value children, and b) the need for a cultural story, a mythic narrative, that honors wisdom. As I reflect on why I am writing this blog today, I came…
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What values would be important in our future? (Part 1 of 3)
Big words, of major impact Where are we going to in our culture? Are we able to move towards a healthy civilization? Presently our society is based on a system called scientific materialism, and especially influenced by neoliberalism. These are big word, worth understanding, but essentially they mean that: only science can provide answers, and…
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Why I do anger management
In one sense, this post is a digression on my current theme of visioning a mature society. But it also gets to the heart of the matter of how we are to get to this vision. For me, anger is the canary in the coal mine, and it has movement. First, what a blog offers…
Awakening From Your Anger 