[Dialogue] Fw: Facilitation--From Lee Early

[Lawrence Philbrook]

The type of facilitation and the training in facilitation simply as a 
method and not a spiritual practice is neither my intention nor 
experience of what I am trying to do with my life. 

However I will reflect deeply if there is something I have lost that I 
need to recover or something that we are leaving out or adding in that 
is blocking the access of a group or individuals to the experience of 
grace in their lives.

The word and practice of facilitation is not owned by the ICA or the 
spirit community connected to the OE/ICA heritage. 

I was with a group last week that through a process of appreciative 
inquiry opened a door to a new perspective of the journey they were on, 
acceptance of the authenticity of their experience and a new decision 
both for individuals and groups to live a dedicated mission. Technically 
I was the facilitator but my belief is that it was a combination of my 
spirit and theirs and a specific moment in history. 

LENS is and was a great process and if the facilitator allows the spirit 
to flow through it can be a transformational event.  RSI is the same.  
However those words and those methods can are not in themselves a guarantee.

With respect, Larry

PS I use "I" not to claim credit or to limit your experience which may 
be the same it is because in Dialogue work it is found to be more 
helpful to say "I" then if it is true for another they can say so but if 
I say "We" you must contradict or deny me in order to clarify your 
perspective.  In ICA "we" was a powerful image, yet "we" have been on 
diverse paths for at least the past 20+ years and memories tend to be 
selective, the parts still intertwine but it takes time to discover who 
"we" are or have been. LEP


R Williams wrote:
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> --- On *Fri, 10/23/09, Lee Early /<lees.mail at comcast.net>/* wrote:
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>     From: Lee Early <lees.mail at comcast.net>
>     Subject: Facilitation
>     To: "Randy Williams" <rcwmbw at yahoo.com>
>     Date: Friday, October 23, 2009, 11:19 AM
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>     A short word.
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>     I agree, "facilitation" is not the mission.  The cop last night
>     facilitated the two drivers on the floating bridge to a safe place
>     and made easier what otherwise could have been a worse mess that
>     is was already.  Facilitation could mean anything.  To equate LENS
>     with facilitation is a mistake.  Some have tried to do that and
>     dumbed down LENS to a set of facilitation methods.  LENS was never
>     intended to be a launching pad for all sorts of cutezee
>     facilitation tricks any more than the Design Conference was
>     intended to do anything other than to get a decision to do a
>     LENS.  To say LENS is facilitation is like saying RS-1 is a course
>     on religion.  We were after the responsible few in every society
>     to stand up and grab hold of the future.
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>     .10¢ please
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>     Lee
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>     Lee Early
>     4107 236th Street SW, M-106
>     Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043
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