Group Holistic Dialogue
DESCRIPTION
In a holistic dialogue one engages in a type of communication, or learning, that transcends man-made psychological structures.
This engagement is done through or with the understanding that speaking up, or acting, from memory only sustains the condition being looked at.
GENERIC PROCESS
- To discover the common ground between the group members.
- To explore the limitation of human communication and to go, potentially, beyond it.
- To understand the process of thinking and thought and how limiting it can be to relationship and creative work.
- To go into what it means to be listening in the here-and-now rather than reflecting on theories or deriving meaning from previous experiences.
- To see what happens when listening is its own action.
ROLES INVOLVED
Facilitator: One of things that makes dialogue different is the deep understanding of thought and thinking. The lack of this foundational understanding hinders and breaks down the dialogue and denies holistic living. Here is where the facilitator role comes in: to clarify what is going on and what needs to be paid attention to. Participants, especially newcomers should expect some educational moments/ phases with regard to this, but only temporarily, and the facilitator role should be quickly dropped in order for the dialogue to run itself instead of assumed roles running it.
EXPANDED DESCRIPTION & INDUCTION
Holistic Dialogue is a type of conversation that goes beyond the everyday particular mind to discover and uncover whatever needs to be addressed at this point and time, which could range from the dynamic of interpersonal relationship, the communication of real world problems and the exploration of areas beyond human conflict, such as creativity and the evolution of man. This is not a discussion or a debate, but it is an ever-changing form of communication and learning that is new to most of us - and it is factually new every time in its undertaking, which gives it the potential for transforming our consciousness and pattern-making habits.
At some points the potential harmony reached could be recognized as therapeutic and evolutionary by the participants, yet the dialogue is not limited to that and nor does it aim for it. It is an ever-evolving process that goes beyond any expectation and assumed need of the individual and the group. Holistic Dialogue is a way of approaching learning anew every time.
The following reading and listening material could be of help:
Tripute's Holistic Dialogue Overview (Web page)
The Dialogue Process - David Bohm (4 min video)
What is simplicity? - Jiddu Krishnamurti (4 min video)
No Body Can Help you (4 min Video)
Another Way of Learning (15 min Video)
What is the right way to earn a living? - Jiddu Krishnamurti (44 min video)
Holistic podcasts (Web page)
TIMING
Weekly - 7 PM CET
INSTRUCTIONS
Apply through filling the form and one of our facilitators will contact you to arrange a one to one dialogue to get acquainted and find out whether working together is something sensible for the both of us.