[Dialogue] Fw: Facilitation--From Lee Early

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Excellent stuff, Larry, Lee. You say everything I want to say, and in such  
a clear fashion. thanks.
 
And by the way, good to hear from you Brother Lee. It has been a while. I  
trust you are well.
 
1. the training I am engaged in is a practice and a method, and when I  
loose awareness it just becomes teaching a box of tricks
 
2. When people are given the chance to grab hold of the future, a new  
possibility is born. Often people connect that moment to their most deeply held  
values and beliefs, and traditions. Gratitude and commitment collide in 
great  emotion. At happens, not always, and I am certainly not in control of it 
when I  do leadership training or facilitate learning that gets people to 
take a brand  new look at who they are and can be. 
 
3. There are outstanding top facilitators and outstanding professional  
facilitators standing in many different religious and social traditions. I have 
 had the pleasure to work with many different kinds. And some are kindred  
spirits and some are not. 
 
4. some RS1 I was involved in, some town meetings I was involved  propelled 
people into a new future. Some didn't, just like some of the countless  
workshops I have done since 1988. The word has been said in history in many 
ways  by many different people. We don't own that. 
 
5. What a fine phrase: We were after the responsible few in every society  
to stand up and grab hold of the future. I find that in some organisations 
and  some workshops I can get into an angle on that question, and in others I 
cannot.  When I don't it leaves me deflated, like I never ever should do 
another workshop  again. It is tough stuff, and it doesn't always work. Or, in 
some environments  people's hearts are sequestered. Locked in fear.
 
We keep on puzzling,
 
Paul
 
 
In a message dated 24/10/2009 00:22:59 GMT Daylight Time, larry at icatw.com  
writes:

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




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