Seeds for a happy planet

Being women, we don’t really know why we are going but all four had the strong feeling: I have to be there!We arrive right on time. Saying hello, taking a cup of tea, meeting old acquaintances, we sit in circle and start. Of course, first the ‘normal’ stories; who we are and what led us to being here.

Then the question. Edda, the lady who invited us all to being here, set the tone by introducing the issue by speaking from the place of not-knowing; by inviting us to invent and shape what we don’t know yet. Using the talking stick and being aware of how we speak and listen makes it possible to go beyond ‘downloading’ our normal re-actions. Many of us, already trained to speak from the unknown, are able to suspend prejudices and fixed ideas, inviting the others to do the same. Not easy for some who find comfort in speaking a lot.
At a certain moment the power of listening is named and we talk about the power of the commonly created listening field. Is this what we have to do as women; to open our hearts and being aware that everybody’s experience matter? The question stays open. More moments of silence come in.
I love these moments of silence when an energetic field between the participants becomes (almost) tangible. It evokes a smile on my face; always. But will this save the word? Is this the role of women in our challenging times?
My guess is that there is more: what? where? how?

Using Otto Scharmer’s map of the U-curve, we hardly made our journey halfway. We passed the Open Mind and the Open Heart, but the three hours time were not enough to go deeper into the Open Will. And we need these three phases of Letting-go before the really new can come in, can emerge.

No clear answer, but we enjoyed our being together and promises are made to see each other back. The next day I notice that on the other side of the ocean, in the center of Andrew Cohen, women sat together and experienced this letting-go in a powerful way.

It is obvious that this kind of experiences is not related to women only, but it seems that it is easier for a lot of people to access the place of Open Will (more on this later).

But the question is still there:
What is the role of women in an evolutionary context?