Nonstriving is at the core of bringing about change from a mindfulness perspective. What exactly does nonstriving mean?
Category: How does Change Happen?
Scott Sherman researched the question: "what strategies correlate with success when people try to change the world?" He found three effective strategies: exposing injustice, social aikido, and building alternatives.
Using mindfulness as a way to create change by sensing from an intuitive place what is already trying to emerge instead of fighting against the old system.
One way sustainable change happens, I believe, is when one is able to: see the situation from the other’s perspective; encounter and work with whatever is happening while making it clear that you are not willing to let the other person’s energy overwhelm you; connect with yourself and the other person in a deep and … Continue reading Push Hands
This week I joined a MOOC (a free online course) run by Otto Scharmer and the Presencing Institute out of MIT. It's called U.Lab: Transforming Business, Society, and Self. Over 7000 people from all over the world are registered. I pause to just take it in. That many people are joining together for this?? There … Continue reading Sensing the Emerging Future
Systems thinking is not one thing but a set of habits or practices[3] within a framework that is based on the belief that the component parts of a system can best be understood in the context of relationships with each other and with other systems, rather than in isolation. Systems thinking focuses on cyclical rather … Continue reading Systems Thinking
What type of action brings about effective, sustainable change? I demonstrated and marched in the 60s. We thought we were going to change the world. In some ways we did. In many ways we didn't. Since then I've learned about effective and sustainable change from a number of places: mindfulness practices, Gandhian nonviolence principles, Aikido, … Continue reading Fighting Against
I humbly propose using the following steps to help bring about change. This process is influenced by my mindfulness practice and my study of Nonviolent Communication. Note, this is not about changing another person. It's also not about changing feelings or thoughts. In a paradoxical way, these steps are rooted in “non-doing”, and “non-striving”. They embody … Continue reading What can I do?
Yesterday I happened to go down into my cellar. I saw my kayak lying there, waiting out the winter. I'm not physically capable of doing all the white water I did a number of years ago, yet just seeing the kayak brought back things that little boat taught me. I remember surfing a wave, attempting … Continue reading Moving With