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On Becoming a Force of Nature, by Peter Senge,
Claus Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski, and Betty Sue Flowers
From the introduction to Presence: Human Purpose and the Field of the Future. The Society for Organizational Learning will publish a limited edition of Presence mid-March, prior to its general release. Reserve your copy now and receive a free workbook of related practices.

"We've come to believe that the core capacity needed for accessing the field of the future is presence. We first thought of presence as being fully conscious and aware in the present moment. Then we began to appreciate presence as deep listening, of being open beyond one's preconceptions and historical ways of making sense." To read this article click here ...
................................................................................................................................... The Real Bottom Line: Accessing Archetypes of Meaning,
by Carol Pearson
"However important the financial bottom line may be to sustainability, it is never the real bottom line.... How to get at the real bottom line? My experience is that the best way to access this is to look at the archetypal stories that individuals and the organizational culture itself are living out" To read this article click here (PDF) ...
................................................................................................................................... Waking Up and Getting Engaged: Transformative Learning in the University Classroom, by David Sable
"I began exploring pedagogical methods to cultivate transformative learning among university students in 2000. Although the subject was Buddhism, a ready-made subject to apply contemplative practices, the intention was to explore methods that would be transportable to virtually any subject area." To read this article click here (PDF) ...
................................................................................................................................... Healing Society, Healing Ourselves at Greyston Bakery:
Conversation with David Rome and Julius Walls
"In January, TV's popular 60 Minutes showcased Greyston Bakery, saying, 'Of all the bakeries in America, this one takes the cake.'... Greyston was one of the first organizations to approach community development in a holistic way, bundling together all job creation, health, social, and educational issues, and trying to address the fundamental causes of urban poverty." To read this article click here ...
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Seeds of Hope in Zimbabwe:
A Conversation with Marianne Knuth by Lyn Hartley
"I think I must have been born with the passion and love that I feel so deeply for this continent and her people. I know that Africa has many gifts to offer both herself and the rest of the world, and so in a way Kufunda Village is part of a dream and a vision I have for an awakened Africa." To read this article click here . To view a slideshow of Kufunda, click here.

Reaching out from South Africa
by Sibusisiwe Mlambo
 At the 2003 Summer Program we listened to open-hearted stories of healing and reconciliation, told by people living on two sides of conflict in Palestine-Israel and in South Africa. In the February issue of Fieldnotes, David Steward talked about his continued efforts to support the "young and fragile democracy" of South Africa through the F.W.DeKlerk Foundation. In this issue, Sibusisiwe Mlambo ("Sibu") reminds us that, although there are positive stories to tell in post-apartheid South Africa, many blacks are now living in the shadow of extreme poverty and HIV/AIDS. She describes the systemic roots of this tragedy and reaches out for our support. To read Sibu's letter click here ...
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Reflections
A Moment of Real, by Robert Fritz
"When the person standing in front of the group actually begins to do nothing, something wonderfully real emerges. The person seems to glow. The real beauty, substance, individuality, character, and essence of the person comes to the surface." To read this article click here ...

Stepping off the Treadmill, by Marilyn Paul & David Peter Stroh
"Even those of us who are deeply committed to bringing a caring presence to our lives and making considered decisions find ourselves breathless as we seek to accomplish all of our goals."
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Shambhala Insights
Releasing the Power of Nonaggression,
by Marty Janowitz

"We can fill our life with endless thoughts and emotions, but when we touch our thoughts just once, we see sky, and everything comes into focus ...." To read this article click here ...

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Letter

 Another Response to John Shibley by Kathi Mestayer

"Why not find ways to talk about spiritual issues and questions that are as free of limitations as possible? If we skip the Lord's Prayer, is that a reason to give up and go home?" Read more ...

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Summer Program Updates

Register by March 30 and save CDN $175 (US $135).

Community of practice dialogues taking shape. If you plan to attend the core program, be sure to revisit http://www.shambhalainstitute.org/2004/2004_dialogue.html These one-day dialogues promise to be a highlight of this year's Summer Program and, in some cases, the beginnings of new fields of practice and conversation. All core program participants are invited to choose from one of these options: business, civic leadership, education, healthcare, sustainable futures, self-organizing.

Invitation to an inter-generational dialogue, June 11-12. Over the past year, an inspired group of past summer program participants and faculty has formed to explore cross-generational ways of thinking and acting for a common future. Recently, this group has expanded to include people across a diversity of age and perspective who are seeking new models of knowledge-sharing between sectors and across generations. This pioneering gathering will be co- hosted by Claudia Chender, law student at the University of Victoria, Juantia Brown, co-founder of The World Cafe, and the intergenerational dialogue team. For more information, contact Claudia at cchender@hotmail.com or Barbara Zielinski barbaraz@shambhalainstitute.org.

Devon Allen joins Art Kleiner's core module, "Strategies for Profound Change," as creative process collaborator. Devon has considerable experience as an actor and theatre director, and she has worked with Art to design experiential exercises that convey the principles and applications of his change model. For more information see http://www.shambhalainstitute.org/2004/module_kleiner.html

Legacy, Empowerment & Change: Engaging Dialogue & Action Across Generations. The intergenerational dialogue team will design and host this plenary event on June 16. More details about this and other plenary sessions coming soon.

Peter Senge's presentation and coffee house conversation, tentatively titled "Leadership for an Emerging Future," is now scheduled for the evening of Thursday, June 17. For details about these and other schedule updates, see http://www.shambhalainstitute.org/2004/2004_sked.html


March 2004, No. 4
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Navigating the Future

“The great risk of our time is being overtaken by inevitable surprises. When we don't have a sense of direction and purpose, we can easily be swept away by events. We have an example in recent history to consider: it's the first half of the twentieth century. Had leaders of the world been willing to think ahead more, they might have avoided two world wars, a depression, millions of deaths, and a half century of global disruption.”
—Peter Schwartz

“The story of the twentieth century was finding out just how big and powerful we were. And it turns out that we're big and powerful as all get out. The story of the twenty-first century is going to be finding out if we can figure out ways to get smaller or not. To see if we can summon the will, and then the way, to make ourselves somewhat smaller, and try to fit back into this planet.”
—Bill McKibben

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