Communities of Wholeness & Balance.
Tribal people have used Earth Wisdom Teachings to maintain their communities in wholeness and balance. They evolved tools to promote individuality within togetherness – in other words they honoured the uniqueness of each individual as well as the collective integrity of the group.
Nowadays we tend to be aware of our individuality but not so much of our togetherness. We may forget that our thoughts, words and deeds have an effect on the group energy field of which we are part. But awareness of the group mind is latent in us as humans, and we can reawaken this ability. We can train this potential and can use tools to enable the group energy to blossom.
Frequently groups of people are organized in a way of top-down leadership and hierarchy. Or they may be groups based on informal equality with little cohesion. But a group’s togetherness and energy are greatly magnified when it is based on conscious agreements and each person’s right to choose freely.
It’s sometimes easy to see the group field in other species – in flocks of birds, beehives or colonies of ants, for example. In humans we can sense it in big crowds such as at a sporting event. But when people agree a common purpose and are able to put their enthusiasm and integrity behind it, their collective energy has huge vitality and they are highly effective.
For this to happen it’s necessary to honour each person’s self-authority and to listen carefully to the differences between us. Since each of us is unique, we all have a different viewing point. We find wholeness through exploring the diversity of our viewing points and through listening to all the voices, both inside and outside of us. Then we can seek to make agreements to enable our relationship to flourish.
“The tribal mind is based on individuality within togetherness: by valuing ‘us’ it allows ‘me’ to thrive”.
Earth Wisdom Teachings offer a number of tools and protocols to enable this to happen. Protocols aren’t rules; they are simply ways to express our respect for one another and for Life. They are forms we can agree to use to live, work and grow together.
“There is a collective consciousness that is common to all humans. We are part of it, just as each individual cell in the human body is part of the whole”.
Earth Wisdom Council
The Earth Wisdom Council is a form that enables people to access their collective wisdom on a particular question of concern. It involves looking at the question through eight perspectives, one after another in a particular sequence. Each of the eight perspectives is aligned to a fundamental aspect of Life energy – so the Council is essentially ecological and produces holistic insights and understanding.
Forms of council similar to this have been used by our ancestors on every continent on the planet, from the Arctic to the Amazon. Africans, Aboriginals, Asians and Ancient Europeans such as Anglo-Saxons sat in circular councils to hear each other’s perspectives and consider issues of importance to the People. The form of council offered through this website evolved in the Americas. It is highly sophisticated and has been used in our own time by groups including students, business executives and citizens.
The Wisdom Council evokes deeper insights into issues for individuals as well as groups. Whether we use it collectively or on our own it is as if we have eight wise elders inside us and can access the deep wisdom within all of us.