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I’m Free, The Who
I'm free I'm free And freedom tastes of reality I'm free I'm free An' I'm waiting for you to follow me If I told you what it takes To reach the highest high You'd laugh and say 'nothing's that simple' But you've been told many times before Messiahs pointed to the door And no one had the guts to leave the temple! |
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You may wonder why a song by the Who is the first thing you see? It is because of perspective... There is almost nothing the we have in the resilience framework, our workshops or our messaging that is new. The issue really is perspective. Perspective allows us to step beyond what we "know" and changes our perception to see possibilities and opportunities to grow and connect, to become more human and to develop the capacity to support and lift each other up. Does that sound familiar, it should, that same messaging has been repeated throughout human history.
How it Works
Perspective
At every point we work to help people gain a wider and deeper perspective allowing them to see beyond the moment of crisis to the possibilities. This allows them to begin to see the commonalities with other people instead of the differences our culture teaches us to focus on.
At every point we work to help people gain a wider and deeper perspective allowing them to see beyond the moment of crisis to the possibilities. This allows them to begin to see the commonalities with other people instead of the differences our culture teaches us to focus on.
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Unlearning/Learning
We are all a product of our cultural indoctrination, and so need to unlearn some key programming in order to take in the new information required to question, see, connect and communicate, creating the furrows in which a grassroots community building effort can grow. |
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Together
We are taught from early on that we are alone, and to a great degree we are, but not as alone as our cultural programming leads us to believe. Our culture is a construct that has been programmed for centuries to favor the few, together we can reprogram it to favor humanity as a whole. First we must relearn how to be together.
United we Stand, Divided we Fall ~Aesop
We are taught from early on that we are alone, and to a great degree we are, but not as alone as our cultural programming leads us to believe. Our culture is a construct that has been programmed for centuries to favor the few, together we can reprogram it to favor humanity as a whole. First we must relearn how to be together.
United we Stand, Divided we Fall ~Aesop
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Tipping Points
The point in which social change occurs is when approx. 20% of the people are already engaged in the practice. Government normalizes the behavior when somewhere between 60 % and 75% are engaging in the behavior. That said, if you want significant social change to happen in a limited timeframe, you need to convince 20% of the people to engage in the process... Of course the wheels come off when you are thinking in terms of global scales, it is very effective on local levels. For changes proposed by the Kitsap Resiliency Project can, over time be adopted on a global scale, but need to succeed on a local level, and be based on commonalities and values that are easily agreed upon. We focus on the development of community resilience, which are the basics of food security, communication, neighborhood support, water, and power. The real winner that gets folks on board are the jobs and local industry developed along the way. The final factor is time, this does not happen overnight, the Kitsap Resiliency Project is a decade long effort. |
This is a great visual representation of how tipping points work! There were 800 professional dancers in the crowd of 21,000, they worked with people around them, teaching and overcoming fears and performance anxiety to pull off one of the greatest exhibitions of the year. That represents about 4% of the total, dancing, crowd.
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The Puzzle
We do not have all the answers, and are on the journey with you. We have just spent more time asking questions and being focused on a solution. We have a framework and a way forward, that said we know the starting point and some of the milestones, but have no idea where we all will end up. We are sure of one thing, if we follow the path and hold tight to our emerging humanity, it will be a far better place than we are! We got the edges, help us finish the puzzle. |
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