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In Search of Society…
How do You Know You’re in Society?
Leading a discussion on The Individual in Society last week, there was a lot to say, and things that I might write, or talk, about down the line, but one thing that stayed with me.
Regularly dismissed, under-valued, derided in some circles, and sometimes not even noticed, there was a feeling which seems to be the basis for anything that we call ‘society’ and that, I think, is where we should be looking, as the source of all of the outcomes we are searching for in our desire to be, and do, better.
Step Away From the Intellect!
I wanted us to step away from the intellect, just for a moment, or for as much of the hour and a half we had together as we could. I chose to guide us in the direction of what lies beneath this ‘thing’ we are labelling and creating or changing, that we are calling ‘society’, so that we could start to glimpse what it is made of and, I was hoping, see something new and fresh for ourselves.
It was a rich discussion.
We all knew when we were in society and yet none of us could quite put words to it, beyond describing it as a feeling, and then going on to talk about how that feeling showed up for us.
