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NEEDS - BOUNDARIES - SKILLS - RESILIENCE - EVOLVERewiring our Psychology to reboot our collective empowermentWe contend that what is really important is people's essential needs, functional community/society that is able to utilise the intelligence of it's members and managment systems/government that genuinely values all of it's citizen's welfare. With resourced individuals and communities, we are able to engage our energy and potential with our own and the communities needs instead of wasting vast amounts of time dealing with various forms of deprivation, stress and communication issues that are in reality, a symptom of stress and lack of psychological education.As a result of the influences of the past, which have been particularly imbalanced toward the male principle: goals, action, thought, achievment, plans, desires, goals, what is known and emphasis on the qualities of the individual. All of these things are absolutely fine, when in balance with the feminine principle. When one principle asserts dominance and superiority over the other, a number of familiar problems arise. Imbalance toward action and goals creates deprivation in being and fulfilment in the present. Overly emphaising the importance of the individual erodes the resourcing and functionality of the collective and what transpires is the collective becoming subordinate to the individual - as we have become all too familiar with. The truth is that when this level of imbalance becomes normalised, the desires, imagined intelligence and remoteness of the individual can no longer connect with the individual and unique needs of the individuals that are the collective. This project is about stepping out of that now outdated/corrupted model that is now unable to manage what it has created, while simultaneously it has provided us with the solutions to transition, to evolve to a new/old functional progression where all of our needs are important and with essential needs met, mutual respect and sense of connected collective empowerment, we are able to realise collaborative intelligence: the ability to put all of our brains and wisdom together for all of our benefit.
The key areas that we are currently weaving together into both visual models and skill development pathways are as follows.
There is much to go into in all of these elements, and a thorough version is being developed for presentation very soon, but right here this is just an overview to give a general insight into each element and also how they fit together. Understanding and balancing individual needs with Group/Community needs. We started with an understanding of Maslow's Hierarchy of needs. How can any individual, even before they participate in a relationship/group, function optimally, confidently and effectively when they are having to deal with both basic and also complex needs? Trust (Fear) - [see also: Attachment styles and ability to connect] The balance of Trust/Fear within our present will undoubtedly have roots within our past and when it comes to collaboration, specifically in our past experiences of relating to others.
Trauma/Stress/Safety/Grounding We have discovered over the last 10 years of specific study into this subject, that trauma and stress are a key element in how people relate to each other. The essential component in understanding this is the fight/flight/freeze combination that reside to varying degrees within the body and can be triggered by any number of responses from both situations and other people.
Non-Judgmental communication skills Marshall Rosenberg, the developer of Non Violent Communication [NVC] said "Our attention is focused on classifying, analysing, and determining levels of wrongness rather than on what we and others need and are not getting."
Attachment styles and connect-ability How we learn to interact with others. The normal or default expectations we have of any relational situation and when it comes to collaboration, understanding the degree with which we can connect and the degree with which we need to protect. This is a vital understanding both in terms of self understanding and also what the boundaries are with others and how and where precisely they can be extended.
Self Authority Where do we get our authority from and can we work out reliably what is true, what is our motive for doing things and can we estimate the same in others.
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