Holistic Dialogue
A SOBER PSYCHEDELIC CONVERSATION
Elementary Description
Holistic Dialogue (HD) is a type of conversation that goes beyond the everyday particular mind to discover and uncover whatever needs to be addressed at this point in time, which could range from the dynamic of interpersonal relationships, 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 during an HD, potential harmony could be recognized as therapeutic and evolutionary by the participants, yet the dialogue is not limited to that nor does it aim for it. It is an ever-moving 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.
If this was enough to spark an intention to participate jump to the last section Now What?, Otherwise continue for a deeper look into HD.
Dialogue vs Coaching vs Counseling
Counseling
Counseling concerns itself with the content of the past and, consequently, the future, and co-living in our environments with peace and no conflict.
Coaching
Dialoguing
HD does not concern itself with the content of the past or the future per se but with understanding the nature of that content as a whole and the movement of the same within an individual and a group.
What makes HD very challenging yet effective is the way it goes about how an individual and, consequently, a group of individuals functions. Namely, through the perception of what is taking place as a whole instead of pure analysis of collected information and data. The reason being, that once one implements knowledge in their own understanding, it becomes a limited structure through which one perceives, regardless of its background, relevance or even flexibility. This undermines an, often overlooked, innate ability to observe, which underlies our conjectures, opinions, conclusions, shared meaning, etc.
Here is an audio introduction to our HD podcast for a different take addressing the same question:
The Why & The What
The Why & The What
What makes HD very challenging yet effective is the way it goes about how an individual and, consequently, a group of individuals functions. Namely, through the perception of what is taking place as a whole instead of pure analysis of collected information and data. The reason being, that once one implements knowledge in their own understanding, it becomes a limited structure through which one perceives, regardless of its background, relevance or even flexibility. This undermines an, often overlooked, innate ability to observe, which underlies our conjectures, opinions, conclusions, shared meaning, etc.
HD is to meet each other where we actually are, understanding together what might be standing in the way, which often is if not always our individual separative thinking. Inevitably, listening ends up being a necessity rather than a mere requirement. Then and there, each participant discovers for themselves the quality of holistic action.
Here is an audio introduction to our HD podcast for a different take addressing the same question:
What About the How?
- Holistic Dialogue & Meditation Facilitator | Artist | Consultant
Generic Procedure
To Discover
To explore the limitation of our current communication and, potentially, go beyond it.
To understand the process of thinking and thought and how limiting it can be in relationship and creative work.
To Go Into & Unpack
To See
Now What?
HD Groups
Description
Our time-bound commitment is broken down to 3-month cycles. It is designed for a shared journey where the participants dig deeper and more intensely together. Having said that, one is not encouraged for this offering unless a calling is witnessed within oneself, instead only attending to one HD meeting or a publication could be quite enough to awaken to a possibility of operating differently.
Typically we meet once a week for a maximum duration of 2 hours with an ideal capacity of 12 people per group, yet none of these things are carved in stone as this is on-going learning process for all of us.
Pricing
This is not a product and the money asked is not a transaction. It is viewed, at Tripute, as a mutual commitment where everyone is taking up the risk/challenge equally.
So we have opened a range from a minimum to a maximum accepted payment:
- Minimum: 350 euros per cycle (paid at the beginning)
- Maximum: 1050 euros per cycle (decided together at the end of each cycle)
We will keep the payment/money conversation to the last HD meeting where each participant, including the facilitator, would rate for themselves how much it was worth.
This space came up for those who are curious and those who are well versed with Dialogue equally. For the following reasons:
- Give a chance for new individuals to go through a Holistic Dialogue or more before committing to a 3-Month HD Cycle.
- See what happens when people, with different levels of HD involvement, come together.
- Potential networking between the participants.
This meeting takes place every last Sunday of each month at 7 PM CET.
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350 €
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*** It is expected of you to have a consistent attendance.
**** If an individual intends to join more than one cycle, a new enrollment is necessary with a deeper written justification.
Selected Group Holistic Dialogues
FAQ
Counseling concerns itself with the content of the past and, consequently, the future, and co-living in our environments with peace and no conflict.
Coaching, on the other hand, concerns itself mainly with the content of the future, sometimes delving into the past to clear any limiting beliefs in order to achieve what is desired and make progress.
HD does not concern itself with the content of the past or the future per se but with understanding the nature of that content as a whole and the movement of the same within an individual and a group.
In a nutshell, Coaching and Counseling concern themselves with organizing consciousness as the individual has it, while HD concerns itself with the total understanding of consciousness and beyond, if there is such a thing.
Individuals who have experience with psychedelic medicine/drugs would be surprised by the word 'sober'. Because it is not yet imaginable that one can go through a psychedelic process without the assistance of a substance. Here is where HD shines, the understanding of the intellect, thought and related sensations, through our initial and only vehicle: language. This same vehicle that creates all our prejudice and separations, is also what allows us to delve deep within. In an HD one learns, not through accumulating knowledge and meaning, to embody this vehicle or to be embodied by it to see and release the internalized psychological structures, shallow and deep. This is also what happens in an HD: Unpredictable flow of verbal and non-verbal thought and sensation.
A workshop is traditionally rooted in discussion and problem solving. This is one of the main challenges participants face transitioning into HD. A discussion is an exchange of ideas and between two points of views or more. In HD the exchange is not that of ideas and information but a different, yet to be discovered, kind of exchange and while psychological problems do get resolved in an HD yet the mindset that would make the most out of an HD is one that is not rooted in problem solving. Instead, it requires openness to explore and understand consciousness in a broader manner holistically.
Another aspect that makes HD an impossibility to many of us is how people approach it and interaction in general. If you think about it, any interaction driven solely by a goal, desire, or intention is not holistic. With the previous understanding, the following benefits could be noted without prejudice:
- Discovering the magnitude of facing and going through conflict without limiting it to a compromise.
- Discovering a kind of learning that is not intellectual or analytical.
- Approaching our problems in non-problem solving way.
Other than the Holistic Dialogue Overview and Call for holistic action pages nothing else is of due necessity. Having said that, it is worth mentioning that such work is energy intensive so being sober helps a lot, not just for the duration of an HD meetings but for the whole period of the cycle. Sober in the sense of not consuming any mind altering substances, including caffeine and nicotine, but then again it is only a recommendation not a requirement.
The facilitator is a participants who has all the technical and some of flow responsibilities. The technical sides includes arranging and setting up the necessary foundation for various HD meet-ups. While the flow of the HD responsibilities are never planned nor scripted. For more information about the flow of an HD, check out the What About The How? under this page.
The weekly meeting time will be determined once we have the total number of participants registered for each cycle. This will allow us to make a median/appropriate time slot selection that accommodates participants across different time zones.
We will be using Google Meet.
The main, and maybe only, difference between our free and paid offerings is that with a free offering we each undergo the process from scratch every time in its undertaking. A free offering is intended mainly for HD first timers and the pacing is set out with that in mind. While a paid offering is intended for time-based commitment, a shared journey of inquiry and exploration where the participants go further, dig deeper and more intensely together.
Having said that, one is not encouraged for a paid offering unless a calling is witnessed within oneself, otherwise only attending to one HD or publication could be quite enough to awaken to the possibility for an individual to operate fundamentally differently.