Comments on: The Lessons from Kinsale – Part Three http://transitionculture.org/2005/12/15/the-lessons-from-kinsale-part-three/ An Evolving Exploration into the Head, Heart and Hands of Energy Descent Mon, 21 May 2012 18:40:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sara Drew http://transitionculture.org/2005/12/15/the-lessons-from-kinsale-part-three/comment-page-1/#comment-16598 Sara Drew Thu, 01 Feb 2007 11:12:23 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/?p=153#comment-16598 <p>When I read this page I felt really emotional: at last I have found something which allows me to access my energy and dynamism rather than the contraction of despair. I also love your phrase - digesting 'bad news' and turning it into action. I thought of a worm farm: if you put a few in you get squillions out. If you think of it in terms of us as the worms it suggests the energy of this process starts in a small and quiet way and then bursts across the whole culture with unstoppable momentum.</p> When I read this page I felt really emotional: at last I have found something which allows me to access my energy and dynamism rather than the contraction of despair. I also love your phrase – digesting ‘bad news’ and turning it into action. I thought of a worm farm: if you put a few in you get squillions out. If you think of it in terms of us as the worms it suggests the energy of this process starts in a small and quiet way and then bursts across the whole culture with unstoppable momentum.

]]> By: Eat the Suburbs » Blog Archive » Energy Descent Action Plans and Kinsale links http://transitionculture.org/2005/12/15/the-lessons-from-kinsale-part-three/comment-page-1/#comment-989 Eat the Suburbs » Blog Archive » Energy Descent Action Plans and Kinsale links Fri, 26 May 2006 05:55:58 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/?p=153#comment-989 [...] Lesson One – Avoiding ‘Them and Usâ€? Lesson Two – Creating a sense that Something is Happening Lesson Three – Creating a Vision of an Abundant Future Lesson Four – Designing in Flexibility Lesson Five – What Could Have Been Done Better… [...]

]]> By: David Johnson http://transitionculture.org/2005/12/15/the-lessons-from-kinsale-part-three/comment-page-1/#comment-42 David Johnson Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:13:26 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/?p=153#comment-42 I'd just like to add a comment to my reply and suggest that stories can be good for the time that they come to be, but that they have a finite existence. Just as stories that we construct now might not be relevant in years to come - new stories will have to be brought forth - similarly stories which helped people in the past, might not work now. I say this as I think that it is important not to knock that which did help people in a given time and place, for example, maybe, the Gensis story. Also as a reminder of how the meanings to some stories might be lost in time. I’d just like to add a comment to my reply and suggest that stories can be good for the time that they come to be, but that they have a finite existence. Just as stories that we construct now might not be relevant in years to come – new stories will have to be brought forth – similarly stories which helped people in the past, might not work now.

I say this as I think that it is important not to knock that which did help people in a given time and place, for example, maybe, the Gensis story. Also as a reminder of how the meanings to some stories might be lost in time.

]]> By: David Johnson http://transitionculture.org/2005/12/15/the-lessons-from-kinsale-part-three/comment-page-1/#comment-41 David Johnson Thu, 15 Dec 2005 13:28:28 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/?p=153#comment-41 I think that the question of finding a new story as we move into the future is very important, indeed a vital necessity. The work of Thomas Berry & Brian Swimme comes in here. Berry speaks of the story that we are brought up with, which even if it is not articulated it is in the bones of our modern culture. This story is based on our Judaic/Christian background but clashes with the discoveries of modern science. The result is a confusion in our minds as we try to resolve our modern way of seeing and experiencing the world against the way that it is "run" based on ways that no longer "fit". We find ourselves "lost", trying to work out where we have come from and where we are going. Confusion leads to unhealthy ways of being on this planet as we struggle to find our way. Berry & Swimme speak of the need to bring a sense of the sacred, a celebration to the story of our universe as science is unveiling it. Words such as sacred and spiritual can sometimes be problematic in our time where the link is made between these words and religion, something which for many has no relevance to their lives. However, it is about developing an intimacy with that with which we are already close to - namely the planet (and universe) on which we live. We celebrate and value family and friends who are close to us...the need is to widen that circle. To celebrate and have joy in that which has supported life for so long, supports us now and will support our children in the future. In Berry's words, "The universe is a communion of subjects, not a collection of objects." Books of interest are Thomas Berry - "The Dream of The Earth" & "The Great Work". Brian Swimme & Thomas Berry - "The Universe Story" I think that the question of finding a new story as we move into the future is very important, indeed a vital necessity. The work of Thomas Berry & Brian Swimme comes in here. Berry speaks of the story that we are brought up with, which even if it is not articulated it is in the bones of our modern culture. This story is based on our Judaic/Christian background but clashes with the discoveries of modern science. The result is a confusion in our minds as we try to resolve our modern way of seeing and experiencing the world against the way that it is “run” based on ways that no longer “fit”. We find ourselves “lost”, trying to work out where we have come from and where we are going. Confusion leads to unhealthy ways of being on this planet as we struggle to find our way.

Berry & Swimme speak of the need to bring a sense of the sacred, a celebration to the story of our universe as science is unveiling it. Words such as sacred and spiritual can sometimes be problematic in our time where the link is made between these words and religion, something which for many has no relevance to their lives. However, it is about developing an intimacy with that with which we are already close to – namely the planet (and universe) on which we live. We celebrate and value family and friends who are close to us…the need is to widen that circle. To celebrate and have joy in that which has supported life for so long, supports us now and will support our children in the future. In Berry’s words, “The universe is a communion of subjects, not a collection of objects.”

Books of interest are Thomas Berry – “The Dream of The Earth” & “The Great Work”. Brian Swimme & Thomas Berry – “The Universe Story”

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