Holding Space in Bioregional Community- 5-minute Video

Transforming Polarization

Hello Everyone:
How do we hold space to transform highly polarized local communities and whole societies?

I describe the qualities Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne cultivated to hold space in his work in Sri Lanka and a story from 2004 while building a Local Living Economy Network in Northern Nevada. (Full Story — see Chapter 6 below).

Also, please check out the chapter posts released from my book, Birthing the Symbiotic Age: an Ancient Blueprint for a New Creation, which can be found below.

Below are the chapter posts that have been released so far. Chapter 10, Part 7, is coming out this Thursday. Feel free to reply to this email, as I will get it directly. I always enjoy hearing from you all! Many Blessings, Richard

Review -

Symbiotic Age Book Synopsis - 2 minutes

Building Bridges to a New World — Symbiotic Culture Strategy

Symbiotic Age Book Introduction

• Book Introduction Part 1

• Book Introduction Part 2

• Book Introduction Part 3

Section 1 – Formation: The “Why”

Chapter 1: The Luminous Web: The Genesis of Symbiotic Culture

• Luminous Encounter and Growing up in a Culture of Separation

• The Luminous Web, Cosmic Love, and the Logos

• Activating the “Authentic Self” – and Metanoia

• Aligning Society to an Ancient Blueprint

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Chapter 2: Nature’s Web: Genesis of Symbiotic Culture

• Nature’s Great Chain of Being and a Unifying Principle for Human Society

• Nature’s Web and True Freedom, and The Tyranny AND Liberation of the Mind

• Finding My Life’s Calling

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Chapter 3: Science, Indigenous Wisdom, and Jesus

• Introduction and Transforming Evil – By Connecting the Good

• The Ancient Blueprint I Found in Indigenous Wisdom

• Facing My Shadow and Listening to the Voice of the Heart of Love

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Chapter 4: Jesus Sends Me a Buddhist

• The Ancient Blueprint Comes Alive – Dr. Ari and Sarvodaya

• Embodying Virtues – the Interface Between Heaven and Earth and Launching the First Symbiotic Network

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Chapter 5: From the “Charity Industrial Complex” to Fractal Community Empowerment

• Joining the “Charity Industrial Complex” and Fractal Community Empowerment

• From the Charity Industrial Complex to Micro-Enterprise and Thinking Outside the Silo

• Global Oligarchy or Community Self-Governance? and Bringing Heaven to Earth

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Section 2 – Application: The “How”

Chapter 6: Building the Virtuous Economy: a Local Living Economy Network

• On Becoming a “Capitalist”… From Anti-War to Pro-Local...Catalyzing a Local Living Economy Network… From Dominance to Growth Hierarchy

• Symbiotic Kinship – the Secret Sauce…Building a Culture of Connection – A Model for Local Economy…Adam Smith and the Spiritual Wealth of Nations

• Regional Economies – a Virtuous Free Market…“Spiritual Capital” – The Key to a Virtuous Economy… an Ancient Blueprint for a New Economy

Chapter 7: The Conscious Community Network and Building a Local Food Ecosystem Network

• Building a Conscious Community Network... Culture of Separation – A Deeper Look... The Next Step – A Local Food Systems Network

• Identifying Our Super-Connectors and “Multiple Stakeholders”...Building Our Network-Centric Ecosystem......

• Going “Public” and Gaining Momentum.. “Shortening the Path” – Our Social Media BEFORE Social Media... Changing the Culture – Why Paradise DID NOT Get Paved

Chapter 8: What Will Unite Humanity? Decoding Symbiotic Culture DNA

• From Reality Crisis to Real Culture of Connection and Cosmic Love and Collective Intelligence

• Virtues Versus Values and the Crisis of Meaning … Valentine’s Day Meeting – Discovering What Unites Us … One Singular Purpose … Founding Principles … 5 Shared, Universal Virtues and the Transcendent Ground of Being

• A Constellation of Virtues – A Practical Look at The True Human Superpower … A Growth Network Based on 12 Needs … A Distributed Network Infrastructure

• Symbiotic Culture DNA:  Five Elements of a Unifying Worldview … Fractal Community Empowerment

Chapter 9: Re-Villaging Our Communities — Starting With Love Thy Neighbor. Connecting the Good right where you live.

• Introduction… Connecting Neighbors in “Garage Door Neighborhoods”… How Get-To-Know-Your-Neighbor Week Transformed a Region… Nexus Agency and the “Community Ark” Movement

• A Micro-Culture of Caring Circles to Connect the Good … The Ancient Blueprint in Action… “Re-Villaging” the World, One Street at a Time…

Chapter 10: Seeking the “Holy Grail” - of Community Building

• Introduction… Recovering our Connection to the Transcendent

• The Connections Gatherings – Bringing “Head, Heart, and Hands” into alignment … Self-Awareness Begins at Home

• The Art of Community … and the Conscious Community Celebration Festival – Celebrating the Good …. The HeArt of Community

• Lessons Learned -- Towards a New Way of Living …

• The Greatest Obstacle to a New Way of Living — The De-Platforming of God

• Breakthrough to a New Creation … New Wine in New WineSkin Networks

• From Networked Silos to Universal Symbiotic Kinship

• Cultural Recovery and A New Way of Living

Chapter 11: Activating Symbiotic Culture Using the Internet to Serve the “Outernet”

Chapter 12: The Age of Symbiotic Culture

• Re-Villaging Begins at Home... A Change of “Heart,” a Change of Place

• Sarvodaya, Revisited – Coming Full Circle

• How a Parallel Society Addresses Crisis... and Symbiotic Culture as a Way of Being