to a young friend about stages on the Spiral, we & We

I understand the “ugh” because: how could you know the value? You can know the purity and generosity of your heart, the sharpness and agility of your mind, the sense of giving and receiving in your hands, but not their value. Their value can be co-created and known by only who are on the receiving end on your gifts.

If you let your fear make you too concerned about your value for the world, that would keep you in the narrow perspective of the “I.” Who is that, anyway? From its perspective it’s almost impossible to gain actionable clarity aligned with the wisdom that is present in your moments of Open Will. Its antecedent, your Open Heart is the key to the wisdom that you’re seeking. And as you know, “there’s no way to love because love is the way.” I ask myself, do you love enough Evolution/Life/the Spiral, to seek out the opportunities to generate a huge momentum for it and dedicate your talent and full engagement to it? My answer: it seems that is what you are doing...

If so, then use your FlexFlow capacity to integrate “structures, and forms into evolutionary flows” (Don Beck) that will inform your StriveDrive about healthy directions to take for its growth in you. However, when somebody is playing at your stage on the Spiral, FlexFlow cannot manifest its fullness without some guidance from the a WholeView, a communal meme carried by what the “we” is becoming. Keep your eyes on the center of the we, and you will realize the potential of the value that you are bringing to the world.

Who is that we and the We? The We (with capital W) is the millions on the evolutionary movement without realizing it as such. Besides the tip of the wave, they include also the people of HumanBond and StriveDrive. To be a bit more precise: those in HumanBond who, when confronted by chaos and disorder, feel the frustration of not having effective tools/approaches to deal with it, and; those in StriveDrive who, when facing crises, want to exercise their response-ability, with bigger impact.

The we (with lower case w) is those in your environment who are joining forces, combining intentions, synergizing strategies, and creating sustainable containers for cohering action. When you find your tribe don’t just soak in its warmth; clarify roles and offer accountabilities.

Thank you dear friend, for the sincerity and passion of your quest that inspired me to sense into and think through what I’ve just written.