Changing Direction Of History

As Change has now an irreversible buzz- as much in  Eiurope, USA and elsewhere - I found 5 points from

Dorothea Zimmer who is representing  the yet small Spiral Dynamics Integral Group

in Germany, very helpful.  They were written down in 2006 orginally adressing the Israel /Palestine intitiative with Don Beck and Elza Maalouf:

http://www.che-mideast.org/

I am preparing myself now for final countdown to get CHE Germany started. It was in the past years and it is right a big , even tough challenge to come to this moment. With Germany, Austria and Switzerland having roundabout 100 Mliion inhabitants in most diverse cultural regional habitats, and Germany only slowly awakening from the Post WW 2 Trauma -this fresh surge of new positive We Feelings during FIFA WorldCup 2006 in Germany -this year 20008 is clearly the defining moment of start with the work in Germany in an organized and designed way.

Though thousands of Change Impulses are on the way  here the last three decades never a clearly defined integral and evolutionary center for human emrgence could build enough traction. Yes, there was -and I was engage in it for the last 10 years - debating and struggling with the conceptual space, with paradim, argument, modelling and theory of talking integral. These fiery and often emotional controversies -even dramatically shaped tensions and frictions- can now become the fertile ground for power devleopments which can contribute then to the European integration in East and West, to new Impulses reaching out to the Eurasian area and going global in general.

It was first in 2002 and 2003 when Dorothea and I had extended discussions and worked together for first steps regarding the world of work and jobs in Germany. Was about a big American Company entering the European Market via Germany.

And while there are Joint Wilber Study groups in Germany, Austria and Switzerland already, this approach of Human Emergence for German speaking countries will be -for me - the strongest inititiation big bang to enter the mainstream. Practicing  and walking the talk what Steve McIntosh recently said:

": First, we could demythologize the idea of "the great shift", recognizing that there is not just one shift, there are actually many shifts in consciousness going on simultaneously in the world-a shift from pre-traditional to traditional in Africa, a shift from traditional to modern in Asia, and in America, and ongoing shift from modern to postmodern, as well as the beginning of a shift from postmodern to integral.

We could also be more discerning about the nature and behavior of cultural evolution, and recognize the fallaciousness of the wishful thinking that expects that the world is going to "wake up" and suddenly become "cultural creative" in a miraculous transformation. "

Here`s to Dorotheas statements:


"In our talking and writing here about the Israel-Palestine-conflict and what SDi has to offer, I found five points very helpful to open minds and widen perspectives of people.

I want to share that with you.

 

And I want to encourage everybody, to focus on getting the insights of SDi where people need them, especially those who do real work and try to find stuff that works for burning problems. While we were here focusing on this challenge and be ready to walk the talk, within a few steps we moved without much effort to personal contacts with people in high positions of responsability and leadership.... 
 

These are the points:

 

Objectify history

In Germany of course we know what we are talking about! Many people focus mainly on the past to find causes for guilt and blame or ressources for change. Nothing wrong with that, it is part of the process of differentiation and getting conscious about history. Yet the time is more than ripe to move beyond and let the needs of the presence and the extraordinary possibilities of the future lead our journey.

 

Find a superordinate goal, that meets the needs of the people, raises ressources and opens minds and hearts

C. G. Jung says, that we cannot solve our major problems. Instead we have to  grow out of them. With new and wider perspectives and goals on the horizon, the old problems loose urgence and fade away. Given enough people involved which focus on a superordinate goal for both Isrealis and Palestinians, then life will provide the creations needed. It is time to find visions for a world, that is more exciting than fights and wars and is more secure and challenging than peace.  It is all about planting the seeds into minds and hearts.

 

Identify the memetic dance, beyond the identification with one side or personal preferences

Develop vertical thinking. Identify the deeper dynamics of cultural streams, battles, dreams and emergence. Identify politicians and leaders who already move in this direction and support them. One example: Our chancellor Angela Merkel talked to a journalist, who asked her about the further promotion of democracy and free elections for countries like Palestine after the victory of Hamas in Palestine. She said: Well, it seems, that we have to learn more about the conditions for democracy. Democracy and free elections may have to be more an endpoint in our strategy not the first step.

Isntt this cool? She starts to think about Stratified Democracy
 

The conflict between Israel and Palestine only mirrors the conflicts within each of the two countries

If tomorrow there would be peace between Israel and Palestine, we would be confronted with civil wars within the countries. Blaming and fighting the enemy outside ignores the polarizations inside. Encourage people to find superordinate goals also within the countries to unite the moderates, the radical middle, and weaken the extremes.

 

Dialogue and peace-making are part of the process. And Natural Design makes the difference!

We do not want to engineer people or manipulate them for a greater good. This wont change anything, rather perpetuates the dance or even makes things worse. Arguments do nott reach people, if they do nott meet their needs or deeper beliefs. Natural Design offers Life conditions, so that people live with less blocks and pains and with more joy, fulfillment and also possibilities to evolve to their next level of existence, metameme or perspective. This is a process that cannot be imposed from outside, but co-created with people from inside. No detailed recepy, as some ask for. More opening doors for new thinking.

 

Isnt this the time, where the global SDi-constellation may have its first real chance and challenge to prove its power, spirit and devotion to the third win, means life, the spirall? I believe in the tremendeous power of the collectiv, a constellation, moved by individuals, who walk the talk. In Germany we had a extensive drive to individualism after the tremendeous, but pathological collectivism of the Nazi-regime. It is now, that leading media here start to talk about engagement for a higher purpose and the possibilities to change society, if many move into a similar direction for a common goal.

And as Margaret Mead  emphazised, there must not be so many to change direction of history. So: if not we, who else? If not now, when?"