[Ailist] RE: What You Think upon Grows

[Marti Roach]

RE this good discussion on the fatal flaw...current reality..

I do think the seeds of positive transformation are in the current reality,
bad news and all.  This goes to the need to bump up our thinking to a higher
level (a la Einstein that "you can't solve problems on the same level as you
created them" --or something like that).

The Technology of Participation methods also focus on surfacing underlying
contradictions in situations that hinder moving to our vision (or what we
have discovered that we appreciate and want to bring more into our life).
These contradictions are underlying structures that we are complicit in
sustaining through our mental models, patterns of relationships, habits,
etc.  If we can surface these, we release new energy toward what we are
focused on...

I sure enjoy this online community! -Marti

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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu] On Behalf Of Bruce Elkin
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 8:59 AM
To: Olen; ailist at lists.business.utah.edu
Subject: Re: [Ailist] RE: What You Think upon Grows

> This is the fatal flaw in all models (manifesting, visioning, attracting)
that
> don¹t account for current reality. It¹s also a possible flaw in AI, if
people
> don¹t figure out a way as Cooperider said to come at ³problem² from a
> different perspective. You can¹t just ignore them or deny them. You have
to
> look at them as aspects of current reality, and accept them, *appreciate
them
> as raw material out of which you can create what you truly want to
create.*
> (my emphasis) Cheers! Bruce
> 
> Great point, Bruce.  Could we even say that what we perceive as "problems"
> contain assets we haven't identified yet?  Seems to me we've got to quit
the
> Sucker's Choice (A or B; if A, then Not B; if B, then NOT A, etc.) and
start
> looking at the broader context.  Does classifying something as a "problem"
> mean that it can't be part of the solution?


Yes, Olen, I agree.
It¹s the ³either/or² dichotomy that hangs us up. That¹s why I embrace the
creating process. It embraces both the vision and reality (just as it is,
describing it, not judging it as ³problems²). It¹s the ability to hold both
vision and reality in mind that gives rise to creative tension, the
container for creating, and much of the energy that powers acts of creating.
Cheers!
Bruce
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