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* Transformation most often happens when our fundamental assumptions about reality are undermined through either disturbance and disruption, or experiencing profound awe, or very conscious and critical reflection. | * Transformation most often happens when our fundamental assumptions about reality are undermined through either disturbance and disruption, or experiencing profound awe, or very conscious and critical reflection. | ||
+ | * Transformation of underlying assumptions the most sustainable method to bring out behaviour change both individually and at a group level. But also needs to be part of a multi-spectrum approach. | ||
- | Transformation of underlying assumptions the most sustainable method to bring out behaviour change both individually and at a group level. But also needs to be part of a multi-spectrum approach. | + | * Methods and tools that facilitate this shift are those that disturb and confuse underlying perceptions of reality and/or that expand the confines or existing perceptions of reality. |
- | Methods and tools that facilitate this shift are those that disturb and confuse underlying perceptions of reality and/or that expand the confines or existing perceptions of reality. These methods fall into a wide range of tools and categories of artefact and experience that are interrelated and are deeply connected with the archetypical spirit of the Trickster: | + | |
- | hybrids that evade categorisation by existing mental models | + | These methods fall into a wide range of tools and categories of artefact and experience that are interrelated and are deeply connected with the archetypical spirit of the Trickster: |
- | activities that blur the dichotomies of right and wrong, true and false, real and unreal | + | |
- | processes that reveal hidden or obvious truths | + | |
- | mediums that stimulate multiple senses simultaneously or by- pass well used senses and engage different parts of the brain that are not normally in play | + | |
- | experiences that push the boundaries of consensus reality by inviting us to question whether something is real, exists, is happening. | + | |
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ways of engaging that create meeting points between different rhealms: spiritual, physical, digital, imaginal, magical to name a few. | ways of engaging that create meeting points between different rhealms: spiritual, physical, digital, imaginal, magical to name a few. | ||
The following discussion moves through these areas in turn first examining transformation, | The following discussion moves through these areas in turn first examining transformation, | ||
- | What is transformation? | + | ==== What is transformation? |
In examining the literature it is clear that transformation means different things to different people. | In examining the literature it is clear that transformation means different things to different people. | ||
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Robert Kegan (1994) develops this idea of meta- reflection into five ‘orders of consciousness’, | Robert Kegan (1994) develops this idea of meta- reflection into five ‘orders of consciousness’, | ||
- | But how do transformations in consciousness occur? | + | ===== But how do transformations in consciousness occur? |
Major shifts occur when an individual encounters an alternative perspective and prior habits of mind are called into question. Educationalist, | Major shifts occur when an individual encounters an alternative perspective and prior habits of mind are called into question. Educationalist, | ||
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Being outdoors in nature, growing food, glimpsing creatures in water that was previously thought to be dead all of this holds great potential for a shift in consciousness. | Being outdoors in nature, growing food, glimpsing creatures in water that was previously thought to be dead all of this holds great potential for a shift in consciousness. | ||
- | Why is this process a sustainable way of creating shifts in behaviour? | + | ===== Why is this process a sustainable way of creating shifts in behaviour? |
Our meaning making perspectives, | Our meaning making perspectives, | ||
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Unfortunately when we take for granted that: | Unfortunately when we take for granted that: | ||
- | reality is a concrete structure rather co-constructed by consensus | + | - reality is a concrete structure rather co-constructed by consensus |
- | that truth is there to be discovered rather than negotiated | + | |
we are in trouble on a number of levels because these ontological and epistemological frameworks, inherited from thinking generated around the time of the ‘enlightenment’, | we are in trouble on a number of levels because these ontological and epistemological frameworks, inherited from thinking generated around the time of the ‘enlightenment’, | ||
- | we are separate from other beings and the planet | + | |
- | our actions don’t matter | + | |
- | nature is there for us to harvest | + | our actions don’t matter |
- | what we do in our homes is our own business | + | nature is there for us to harvest |
- | other people are the cause of our problems | + | what we do in our homes is our own business |
- | other people should find the solutions | + | other people are the cause of our problems |
+ | other people should find the solutions | ||
and this undermines the fabric and future of our society socially, environmentally, | and this undermines the fabric and future of our society socially, environmentally, | ||
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Uncritically assimilated habits of mind about the resources in our environment could lead us to wasting or destroying the world’s resources, thereby diminishing the possibility of there being energy, food, and shelter for all in the present and in the future. | Uncritically assimilated habits of mind about the resources in our environment could lead us to wasting or destroying the world’s resources, thereby diminishing the possibility of there being energy, food, and shelter for all in the present and in the future. | ||
- | But what methods and tools are most effective in supporting transformations of consciousness? | + | ===== But what methods and tools are most effective in supporting transformations of consciousness? |
My research led me to a number of different methods and tools, however it was clear that there was great tension between breadth and depth. | My research led me to a number of different methods and tools, however it was clear that there was great tension between breadth and depth. | ||
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But the challenge with work such as this is that it invokes the spirit of the Trickster. And Trickster activities are not easily measured and evaluated, at least not in mainstream terms. | But the challenge with work such as this is that it invokes the spirit of the Trickster. And Trickster activities are not easily measured and evaluated, at least not in mainstream terms. | ||
- | The Trickster and Transformation | + | ===== The Trickster and Transformation |
Hyde (1998), in his book Trickster Makes This World, talks about a number of trickster characteristics that fundamentally disrupt or call into question things we have taken for granted. | Hyde (1998), in his book Trickster Makes This World, talks about a number of trickster characteristics that fundamentally disrupt or call into question things we have taken for granted. | ||
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It seems from my research that Trickster is an archetypal figure most clearly associated with transformational shifts, and the methods that can often bring these about. | It seems from my research that Trickster is an archetypal figure most clearly associated with transformational shifts, and the methods that can often bring these about. | ||
- | Further Research and Opportunities | + | ===== Further Research and Opportunities |
It is clear that this research has only scrapped the surface of an area that has tremendous potential to add to the fields of adult education, consciousness studies and also to the different creative disciplines mentioned in the material. | It is clear that this research has only scrapped the surface of an area that has tremendous potential to add to the fields of adult education, consciousness studies and also to the different creative disciplines mentioned in the material. | ||
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It is clear that rather than thinking about the ‘effectiveness’ of particular reality shifting techniques, it is better to take an approach that involves multiple methods and tools, and couple this with simple behaviour shifting methods such as marketing tools and policy measures. | It is clear that rather than thinking about the ‘effectiveness’ of particular reality shifting techniques, it is better to take an approach that involves multiple methods and tools, and couple this with simple behaviour shifting methods such as marketing tools and policy measures. | ||
- | Final Points | + | ===== Final Points |
Overall, as you will see from reading the blog, and the experimental work, there have been a number of positive outcomes from this research that meet the initial aims. Feedback from many different individuals shows that the research has provided user friendly material, and inspiration to a wider audience that has not encountered these concepts before. It has encouraged a number of people to grow their own worlds in ways they would not have previously, and has connected a number of different worlds across traditional boundaries. Finally this project has actively promoted the work of Foam and gRig in a number of areas that it would not normally easily reach. | Overall, as you will see from reading the blog, and the experimental work, there have been a number of positive outcomes from this research that meet the initial aims. Feedback from many different individuals shows that the research has provided user friendly material, and inspiration to a wider audience that has not encountered these concepts before. It has encouraged a number of people to grow their own worlds in ways they would not have previously, and has connected a number of different worlds across traditional boundaries. Finally this project has actively promoted the work of Foam and gRig in a number of areas that it would not normally easily reach. |