Pondering how the field handles issues of “blood.” Is it according to the
social conditioning surrounding the situation or family or relationship being
looked at? Based on other situations, my inclination is toward social context
rather than blood as the influencer that shows up in constellations. Lawrence’s
puzzlement invited me in and though I’ve come into this discussion late and may
be off-key here, I wanted to share a reference.
There is a powerful series of talks by Lawrence Hill, author of the Book of
Negros, called “Blood – the Stuff of Life.” It is available as a book and also
on www.cbc.ca in audio. It was the 2013 Massey Lecture here in Canada.
Fascinating to read and to hear – it shows how utterly confusing and
inconclusive blood is as a means of guiding social relationships and how crazy
our beliefs about blood have historically been shown to be.
Barbara
Barbara Ashley Phillips
www. 1on1conversations.com
780-465-1721 | www.co-creating.ca
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Sent: July-06-14 9:03 AM
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Subject: Re: [ConstellationTalk] Re: Academic poor results
Hello Everyone,
If I am being politically correct and offering my understanding of "what is" in
my knowing, I would say that it is possible Anni that through the communication
something slipped. Yes indeed the group I am referring to in my discussion is
predominantly from the natives of this land, majority being of the so called
"black" community and others from mixed races. It gets blurred for me to
explain the mix in races and the issues thereof that arise. I am approached by
women students, single mothers, whose children are with their grandmothers but
they are seen as ones who are responsible for the children as the men left
them..these are the predominant group I have worked with so far in one on one
capacity. Very few cases have I worked with men, also 'black' men.
I find what has been shared by Eimear and Denis profound to me, as I had not
taken my scope that far where I am now projecting my thinking. In my body
though I feel a sickening and a sense of feeling weak to think about the
enormity of the complexities. I however am encouraged with taking into account
the 'representatives' suggested. In another development, the land on which this
college is situated is 'borrowed/connected' from a conglomerate referred to
"Old Mutual" and the building in which the classes are taking place. The name
of the college/university when translated in local native language it
translates as 'jump'.
The issues I have worked on in the one on one are that of 'introducing" the
client (female students) to their ancestry some of whom they hold anger
towards. I would like to step this up into group work with a bigger group of
the students and perhaps with the consent of the university. The few I have
worked with have done well in what appeared/percieved by the student to be a
difficult exam before the constellation or energy release exercises.
Sincerely
Lawrence Ngorora
On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 8:19 PM, annimukkala@xxxxxxxx [ConstellationTalk]
<ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I wonder if I missed something. Some of the replies here seem to have an
inference that this is a black population that Lawrence asked about. I have
re-read Lawrence's posts and do not see that as a reference. Certainly non of
my posts regarding education had a specific group of people in mind. Did I miss
something here? If not, is there a high loyalty in our group to the idea that
specific oppressed cultures are the ones who suffer from difficulty in success
in math? Interesting to contemplate the posts regarding this topic.
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