May I suggest Lipton (2005) The Biology of Belief. It seems to me this research
adds understanding to constellations work (for me at least)
Kind regards,
AnneMarie
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From: "eimear@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <eimear@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, 11 April 2013 12:15 PM
Subject: RE: [ConstellationTalk] reTED Talks, Rupert Sheldrake and
Constellations/Corporatism
Thank you Dan! This is the difference between living with/accepting
what is and accepting what is set up! Without a critical understanding
that recognises the power and effects on the human soul of Big Pharma in
the "consciousness and mental illness industry", at least in North
America, we constellate with blinkers on rather than being more fully
open to the knowing Field. We have hard evidence that pharmaceutical
approaches fail to heal the increasing numbers of depressed and anxious.
Indeed, at present if you are not depressed or anxious, you are probably
not paying attention. Which does not mean we have to be burdened by the
pain of the world or blissed out because we know we are in right
mind/paradigm/worldview/practice...
I work with several young entrepreneurs in the Caribbean involved in
putting on Ted/X conferences from which the Talks emerge. All say it is
difficult to keep local more Field/interconnected perspectives when
dealing with the emerging corporate structure. They try not to become
self-selecting on this basis. We can learn from this.
What this conversation may do, is hone our own community sense of
moving toward more inclusive paradigms. These need to include all that
gave us life, our ancestors, the more-than-human world, bacteria,
amoeba, and the dynamics of the emergent cosmos amongst them. Any
paradigm too caught in fundamentalisms (splitting), in western or
scientific dominance (maintained hierarchy), or in blindness around the
shadows of corporatism (ego/shadow), will flounder. I like Tom Berry and
Brian Swimme's phrase (The Universe Story), "creative disequilibrium". I
agree that we don't need "social/scientific acceptance" and we do need
to be more aware of oppression/exclusion from public media/voice. What
we need is to increase access to constellations.. to consider it more as
a calling than a business, a Spiritual healing practice rather than a
career, an emergent story with profound effects rather than scientific
'facts'...and to learn to hold the tensions, the both/and, the
inevitable conflicts that are visible in systems as they transform
toward greater complexity and inclusivity.
Warmly and with Earth's Blessings
Eimear
Eimear O'Neill PhD
www.eimearoneill.com, www.spiritmatterscommunity.com
On 2013-04-10 13:57, Dan Booth Cohen, PhD wrote:
Good conversation. Glad to kick it off.
Lawrence asked the question directly: Of what use is the approval of
mainstream science for constellations work? Others point out correctly
that the dreamy landscape of Constellations can easily co-exist with
the concrete and steel provided by our science and technology. Why
devote energy to a conflict? Can we Constellators pursue our art and
let the scientists pursue their technologies?
A lot probably depends on geography and culture. I live in Boston,
MA USA. There are 4.6 million people in the metro area. 10% of the
population takes psychiatric medications. 25% of college students have
a mental health diagnosis for which they are medicated.
Pfizer is a corporate sponsor of TED Talks and the manufacturer of
Ativan, Xanax, Zoloft and many other best-selling psychiatric
medications. The psychiatric medication industry depends on
consciousness = brain. Depression, anxiety, etc. are now classified as
brain diseases. The medications fix what is wrong with the brain. That
is their premise. If it is disproven, then many of the 460,000 people
in the Boston area who ingest these chemicals may look more closely at
non-medication treatments.
For me, the answer to Lawrence’s question is we do not need the
approval of mainstream science. However, what the Sheldrake-TED
controversy shows is that we have their active and aggressive
opposition. TED took down the Sheldrake talk because Pfizer and other
corporate sponsors pressured them to suppress content which is bad for
their business. In this atmosphere, it is difficult for Constellations
to gain acceptance.
We can content ourselves to avoid conflict, accept what is, and work
only with the trickle of people who find their way to us. However,
every Constellation I do inspires me to make the experience more
widely available. I yearn for the day when a person who is feeling
crushed under the weight of dark emotions and dangerous impulses can
be referred by their physician for a Constellation instead prescribed
a toxic chemical which they will likely have to take for the rest of
their lives.
Dan
Dan Booth Cohen, PhD
2013 US Systemic Constellations Conference, October 10-13, Seattle,
WA <http://constellateus.com/conference2013/ [1]>
6th North American Systemic Constellations Intensive, July 31 -
August 4, 2013, Farmington, CT
<http://constellateus.com/intensive2013/ [2]>
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[mailto:ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rosabelle
White Aguirre de Rice
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 4:37 PM
To: ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ConstellationTalk] reTED Talks, Rupert Sheldrake and
Constellations
I am humbled by what this work has done for our family at a personal
level. I honor what has come before that is at the service of healing.
I personally don't need to see the cogs in the machine, I am very
happy that this machine works and am grateful to those who came before
to build it.
I appreciate the wealth of knowledge that is exchanged on this list
serv.
Thank you Chris Walsh and thank you all my esteemed professors on
this list.
In gratitude,
Rosabelle White Aguirre de Rice
Bilingual Consultant/Asesora Bilingüe
Xochikezalli@xxxxxxx <mailto:Xochikezalli%40gmx.com>
On Apr 9, 2013, at 1:43 PM, Zaquie Meredith <zaquie@xxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:zaquie%40zaquie.com> > wrote:
> This is so ridiculous. We judging whom we should honor.All theories
are
> complementary.
> We don't need any scientific evidence to what we can see with our
eyes,
> hearts and souls in constellations.
> My God, when we give "ears"to these political discussions on what
is science
> or notŠdon't we become just like them?
> And Sheldrake is alive. Thank you for his huge contribution. Lets
be humble
> and honor this!
>
> Zaquie C Meredith
> S.Paulo, Brazil
>
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