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Rischard, J. F. High Noon – 20 Global Problems and 20 Years to Solve Them. New York: Basic Books, 2002.
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RECOMMENDED DVDS
11th Hour with Leonardo diCaprio
A Crude Awakening – the oil crash
The Age of Stupid with Pete Postlethwaite
An Inconvenient Truth with Al Gore
Ancient Futures – Learning from Ladakh
The Corporation by Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott and Joel Bakan
Deadly Dust by Frieder F. Wagner
The Great Warming with Keanu Reeves and Alanis Morissette
Home by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
In Debt We Trust by Danny Schechter
Message from the Gyre with Chris Jordon
The Power of Community – how Cuba survived peak oil
The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard
Wake Up, Freak Out – then Get a Grip by Leo Murray
What a Way to Go – Life at the End of Empire by Tim Bennett and Sally Erickson.
The World According to Monsanto by Marie-Monique Robin.
Zeitgeist Addendum by Peter Joseph.
RECOMMENDED EXPERIENCES
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INDEX
A
abuse, 51, 112, 121, 181, 195, 243, 267, 338
acceptance,
accepting what is, 22, 73, 104, 164, 207–208, 215, 320
and clearing resentment, 233, 235
false, 34, 47, 60, 188, 198, 210–211, 312
and feeling, 12, 54, 105, 149, 157
principle of, 281, 286
adult ego state, see: ego state
adult responsibility, see: responsibility; ego state
Afghanistan, 20, 22, 296
aggression, 2, 4, 12, 179
agriculture, 15, 307, 316
alcohol, 22, 26, 34, 79, 175
always, never, see: perfection
alternative news websites, 303
anamnesia, 314
Anderson, Sherry, 128, 315; also see: cultural creative
anger, 34, 40, 67, 149, 167, 250–251, 269; also see: feelings, conscious
archearchy, 98, 253, 300, 304, 307, 310, 313, 315, 324
archetypal, or archetypes,
feelings and, xvii, 41, 47, 98, 112, 164, 166–167, 169, 209, 214, 255–262
Gremlin, persecutor, rescuer, victim, (Shadow world, low drama archetypes), 68–76, 90, 189, 201–205, 281; also see: remlin, low drama
king, warrior, magician, lover (classic terms for masculine Bright world, high drama archetypes), 169, 209, 253–254, 257, 281; also see: high drama, stellating
leader (responsible leader / Possibility Manager), doer / maker, creator / designer, communicator (modern terms for Bright world, high drama archetypes), 169, 209, 255–261, 281; also see: high drama, stellating
and love, 53, 61, 77
masculine and feminine, xviii, 83, 189, 203
next culture and, 28, 93
Pirate (Please note that the archetypal term Pirate refers to responsible radical audacity; this term is fully explored in the book Radiant Joy Brilliant Love by Clinton Callahan)
Pirate Magician King Spiritual Warrior Man, 254
Pirate Sorceress Warrioress Queen Goddess Woman, 254
queen, warrioress, sorceress, lover (classic terms for feminine Bright world, high drama archetypes), 169, 209, 253–243, 257, 281; also see: high drama, stellating
rite of passage and 40, 195, 248–254
sword of clarity and 127–128
stellating, 243, 244, 253, 255–262, 304–305
tools, 262–278
black hole, 268–271
bubble and grounding cord, 264–267
disk of nothing, 267–268
holding double space, 271–276
how to be killed and not die, 276–278
archetypal worlds,
intersection of, v, 322
upperworld (bright world), 77, 281, 282, 322
middleworld, 119, 169, 273–274, 282, 286, 289, 290, 293–294, 321–322
underworld (shadow world), 59, 69, 72, 210, 228, 256–257, 281, 282, 322
assemblage points, 251–253
assumptions, 29, 41, 56, 57, 85, 137, 143, 226–230, 232, 235
attention,
and adult, 250
and centering, 89–91
and conscious feeling, 105, 107, 120–121, 146, 149, 164, 213, 214
and energetic body, 48
and globalization, 5, 33, 120
and gremlin, 76, 84, 179
and holding space, 271, 274–275
keeping, 84, 204
and making your bubble, 265–266, 275
paying, or placing, 41, 45, 62, 79, 195
and self-observation, 35–38
splitting, 35–36, 76
and stage fright and stuttering, 199–201
authenticating inauthentic feelings, 120–121
authenticity, 14, 70, 90, 109, 121, 203, 204, 209–211, 283
B
Beep Book, 38–39, 167
being acceptable, 11, 65, 67, 87, 112, 169
being adaptive, see: centering
being centered, see: centering
&nbs
p; being perfect, see: perfection
being right, 34, 69, 75, 230, 232
being with, 12, 54, 98, 179, 191, 234–235, 234, 277, 287, 304
belief system, 30, 38, 56, 57, 98, 117, 117–121, 152; also see: Box
beliefs,
and assumptions, 227
and the Box, 56, 57, 59, 147–148
and communication, 224, 226, 266
and culture, 296, 307, 338, 340, 192
and ego states, 188–189, 195
and feelings or emotions, 8, 97, 114–115, 119, 121
and Gremlin, 85
and intellectual body, 48
and rite of passage, 41
and stories, 136–137
Bennett, Tim, xi, xvi, 302, 333, 350
Berne, Eric, 69, 188, 189, 344
betrayal, 2, 12, 75, 228–229, 230, 232, 235, 241, 281, 324
Bing! (the sound of a completed communication), 222–223, 237
black hole, see: archetypal tools
boundaries,
and adult anger, 100–101, 137, 148–149, 155, 197, 199, 215
and communication, 219, 226
and depression, 159
and feelings, 12, 129, 204, 227, 238–243
and Gremlin, 85
and pain, 208
and sword of clarity, 128
Box,
and being right, 230
and blackouts, 38, 167, 241
Box mechanics or Box technology, 36, 56, 57, 229, 309
and commitment, 295
and communications, 268–270
and culture, 296, 299
as defense strategy, 38, 129, 294, 344
and your destiny, 290
and edgework, 14, 36, 77, 95–97, 113, 145, 149, 228, 241, 247
expanding, 113, 145, 207, 292, 293, 310
and feelings, 236
and the gap, 204
and Gremlin, 84, 230, 267
identification with, 36, 314
and intimacy, 54–55, 228–229, 230
and joy, 55
and knowing, 344
and liquid state, 145, 147, 199
and low drama, 204
made of, 56
marshmallow zone of, 145
other names for, 56
has parts, 72
and psychopaths, 175
purpose of, 56–58, 249
and repressing feelings, 206
and resentment, 227–238
and resistance to change, 56–59, 167, 310, 319
and rite of passage, 249–252, 314
and self-observation, 36
and stories, 137, 142
and survival, 55–59, 86
and thoughtware, 172
and unlearning, 344
and verbal reality, 61
also see: belief system, beliefs, blackout
bridge, see: I am a bridge to next culture
Bright Principles, see: Principles
bubble, 178, 263, 264–267, 269–270, 271–272, 275, 276–277
bullshit and cowshit, 275–276
burn (as in “the burn”), 93–94
burnout (a mixed feeling), 2, 151–152, 305
C
Calcutta, 17–18
Callahan, Clinton, 9–10, 46, 117–119, 123, 134, 237, 248, 290, 297, 301–303
Callahan, Marion, 119, 152, 222–223
carbon dioxide (CO2), see: greenhouse gases
Carse, James P., 298
Castaneda, Carlos, 251
centering, being centered,
and adaptive behavior, 129
and adult, 190–192
and fear, 149
and Gremlin, 84, 178–179
and getting your center back, 89–91
and giving your center away, 86–89
and joy, 103
and the physical body, 48
and power, 92–94
and sword of clarity, 127–128
and unmixing feelings, 159
and verbal reality, 63
Chan, Jackie, 227
Chefurka, Paul, 15, 186
Chernobyl, 55–56
child level responsibility, see: responsibility; ego state
child ego state, see: ego state
China, 14, 119, 308
civilization, see: modern culture
clarity,
and anger, 149, 161, 214, 271, 274
and boundaries, 239–240
as a child, 42
and creating, 247–248
experiential, xviii, 72, 304, 319, 351
from feedback, 44
and feelings, xvi–xvii, 9, 12, 105–105, 109, 117, 127–128, 150, 209, 258
as intellectual ecstasy, 52
and low drama, 70
and messages, 226
and next culture, xviii, 151–152, 311
and pain, 40, 100
and power, 129, 157
and Principles, 256–257, 281, 286–287, 292
and service, 272
and sword, 87, 202, 276–277
clearing resentment, see: resentment
clicker (tool for declaring bubble, space, etc.), 264–266, 269, 271, 272, 273–275
closed system (Earth as a), 29, 313
cointention, 326
comfort zone, see: Box
communication,
adult, 190, 250
archetypal, 255, 257
and black hole, 268–271
as a Bright Principle, 286–287
caring, 231–235
completing, 91, 113, 123, 126–127, 159, 164–165, 196, 218–224, 235, 269
energy and information in, 114, 266–267
and feelings, 12, 107, 109, 148, 209, 212–243, 268–270, 311
four body, 224–227
layers of, 223
and pain, 208
roadblock, 220, 222
and teachers, 152, 316
in verbal reality, 60
communicator, see: archetypes
computer sex, 2, 26, 80, 135, 288
community of practice, 28, 317–318
completing incomplete feelings, see: communication, completing
completion loop, see: communication, completing
conflict resolution vs caring communication, 231–233
conscious competence or incompetence, see: learning spiral
consciousness
of attention, 35–36, 38, 89–91
and being yourself, 8, 99, 286, 319, 326
of choice and decisions, 1, 30, 43, 92, 257, 282, 289
and culture, 298–299
evolving, 19–20, 77, 184–185
expansion speed limit, 95–97, 316
and Gremlin, 72–73, 76, 78, 84–86, 256–257
and leadership, xviii
and learning spiral, 43–46
of low drama, 74, 203–204
and matrix, 95–97, 128, 199, 249, 323
of pain, 34, 39–40, 299
of purpose, 134
and responsibility, 280–282
and rite of passage, 41
conscious theater, 213, 322
and underworld, 59, 282
consequences
avoiding, 18, 23, 27–29, 33, 321, 335
business as usual and, xviii, 95, 107, 183, 220, 314, 325
consciousness of, xvi, 20, 27–29, 39, 42, 248, 323–325
of numbness, 1, 6, 34, 40, 76
responsibility for, 181, 248, 250, 282, 301
consuming, xv, 1, 6, 120, 183–185, 245–248, 301, 304, 313, 324–325; also see: sheeple
context, 53, 97–98, 241, 254, 274, 302, 305, 307, 311, 324–326
Copernican Revolution (First and Second), 182–187
creating, 12, 27, 52–54, 84, 128–130, 191, 198, 203–205, 279, 281; also see: stellating
creator / designer, see: archetypes
critical connections and system of influence, 28, 77, 249, 316–318, 319
critical mass, 315, 316–318
crystallization, 41, 50, 318
cult or sect, 55, 2
63; cult of comfort, 12–16
cultural creative, 128, 300, 315–319
culture,
and the Box, 57
epochal shift in, 305–309
modern, see: modern culture
next, see: next culture
parallel, 28–29, 311, 318
relativity of, 296–299, 302, 313
responsibility and, 26–29
sustainable, xvi; also see: archearchy
D
dangerous question, 9, 26–27, 85, 86, 149
declaring, 24, 92, 181, 204, 239, 241, 247, 248, 264–275, 321–322; also see: space, clicker
defense strategy, see: Box
denial, 2, 34, 39, 85, 281, 301, 320, 324, 334, 339, 341; petrodenial, 340
Depleted Uranium (DU), 20–22, 58, 131, 296, 323–324
depression (a mixed feeling), 2, 12, 54, 58, 98, 150–162, 203, 213, 226, 320
Desjardins, Arnaud, 2, 281
despair (a mixed feeling), 2, 53, 58, 98, 150–153, 194, 203, 213, 320, 339
destiny, 52, 83, 93, 98–100, 117, 169, 209, 248, 280–295, 305
Diamond, Jared, 308
Dick, Philip K., 314
disidentification, 314
disk of nothing, 263, 267–268, 276–277
distilling destiny, see: destiny
doer / maker, see: archetypes
double spaceholding, 263, 271–275; also see: space
drama triangle, see: low drama
drugs, 5, 22, 27, 28, 34, 58, 65–67, 152, 206, 305
DU, see: Depleted Uranium
Dunham, Bandhu Scott, 93
E
ecovillage, 303, 309, 326
ecstasy, 12, 49, 52–55, 208
edgework, see: Box education, see: modern culture education
ego, 20, 53, 57, 94, 182, 313–314; also see: Box
ego state, 117, 188–201, 204, 205, 221, 255, 267, 276
elite (the), 184, 297; also see: psychopath
emergence, 28, 77, 249, 317–319, 324
emotional body, see: four bodies
emotions (as differentiated from feelings),
and becoming adult, 188–189, 199
distinguishing feelings from, 98, 114–133, 148, 157, 162, 169, 196, 213–214, 216
and Gremlin, 84, 112
and low drama, 204, 279, 319
and stories, 135
also see: burnout, ego state
empire, xv, 4–6, 13–14, 24, 174, 184, 300, 303–304, 314–315, 333
energetic body, see: four bodies
Estonia, 316
evolution,
of consciousness, 19–24, 53, 54, 77, 95, 147, 287, 293, 324
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