OM DETTA AVSNITT
"What would it mean for us to start asking questions via embodied feelings rather than spreadsheets & rational outcomes…turn off our head and turn on our belly."
“You don’t build communities you build relationships - communities build themselves”
Adrian Black is fresh off the plane from 5 weeks of living in an intentional community - a program designed to create a transformative culture. He shares his experience of transferring from being a series of individuals operating in cohesion of each other to operating as a whole via emotional release ceremonies with tears, grief, joy, laughter & dancing.
He normalises 'cortisol crying' - metabolising to release deep emotions & reminds us that we have just two needs: belonging & authenticity. He has learnt to avoid ‘happiness’ & ‘perfectionism’- which are colonial constructs that set us up to fail and he is now focussed on actively bringing people together to celebrate with people, give gratitude & take the energy of the world to focus on something beautiful and worthwhile.
His final advice is to check in regularly on three things - how are your thoughts, your feelings & your body.
References
- Ceres
- Francis Weller - the Wild Edge of Sorrow
- Dr Gabor Mate
- Joanna Macey
- Glarisegg EDE
Pod Partners Rock: Australian Medicinal Herbs
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We chatted about:
- Live as nature not with nature
- Having agency & care in how we make our decisions
- Ecovillage Design Education course
- Awakening deep memory
- Relearning how to functionally live together in community
- Unpacking the word community
- Focus on Community first, Family second & individual third
- The role that grief plays in our world & what it truly means to be alive
- When a physical space can hold SO many things & ask nothing in return
- Loneliness at an all time high
- Accessing the interconnectedness of everything
- Being authentic, not performative
- Hearts holding the heartbreak of the world around us
- What is your fear telling you - be curious
- “I don't always need the light, I just need to remember that it will return”
- Avoiding polarisation - replace this with “Experience all that is is to be human”
- The role of ritual in community
- Frustrated by the reductionist view of the most complex system of all time
- Why decision making isn't as simple as a list of pro’s & cons
- Making the community self aware of how to manage conflict
- Non linear decision making
- How do I show up in the relationships in my life. holding care, compassion & curiosity
