[Ailist] Re: Today (May 31, 2009) is the 8th annual What You Think upon Grows

[Cheri Torres]

Howard,
I think there is more to the situation than this.  The research does
indicate that what we focus on (thought and action) grows--whether it is
positive or negative or some combination. If the only thought and action
going on in an area is fear, anger, competition, dominance, and negativity,
then that is what grows. It is not that there is no thought or action
occurring in the Sudan, it is the nature of it.  To shift what is happening,
sufficient thought and action to the contrary must occur.

Spiral Dynamics offers important information with regards to shifting the
thought and action in such areas.  From the SDi perspective, it is not
enough just to have "positive thoughts and actions" but positive thoughts
and actions that align with the cultural value memes of those in an area.

Cheri

On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 9:57 PM, Howard Ditkoff <
howard at emergentassociates.com> wrote:

> AI and many other fields promote this concept that "What You Think Upon
> Grows." Yet aren't many things growing precisely due to our lack of thinking
> about them? We don't think about genocide going on in Sudan and so allow it
> to grow, for example. I think these one-sided cliches are dangerous. You can
> get unhealthy results by overfocusing OR underfocusing on things.
>
> Best,
> Howard
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Cheri B. Torres, Ph.D.
Collaborative-by-Design
Asheville, NC
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