Holon Training 1
Holon Training by Gesellschaft für angewandte Tiefenökologie e.V.
(Society for Applied Deep Ecology, Germany)
Climate change, extinction of species, natural disaster, the foreseeable ending of cheap oil, poverty, loss of jobs, social injustice – the signs of crisis are manifold. They are related to many different areas and occur more and more frequently. All dangers and damage to the foundations of life, that we see happening, are consequences of human action. This crisis in all its different implications affects us all.
The Chinese character for ›crisis‹ connotes ›danger and opportunity‹. We got used to the idea that the existing institutions of economy, politics, religion and science come up with solutions. In this crisis they prove to be more or less
inefficient, while at the same time on a grass root level a new mindset towards life, values and the position of humans in the world evolves. It heralds a turning from the industrial grow society to a sustainable society.
It emerges in our time. To encourage the emergence of this new consciousness, to support people on their way to a new orientation, who are asking ever deeper questions and to experience a way of acting that happens in groups and gives way to a larger whole – for all that we offer the holon- training. It is a one-year group process that supports the new way of seeing. It can help to assimilate this paradigm in our life and act from it.
What can you expect from the holon-training?
• To experience nature as a self-organizing network and to learn about open systems.
• To find the courage and power that roots in our despair and pain.
• To rediscover the connectedness of social-ecological action and spiritual practice.
• To comprehend and feel the evolution of life as our own history.
• To support each other and work in cooperative ways.
• To discover the healing power of rituals, dance, song, and special exercises.
• To take responsibility for your action and its implications towards future generations.
• The appliance of experiences and insights in specific steps in your life.
»A holon is a whole in its own right – a system – and as such autonomous, and at the same time an integral part of a larger whole – a larger system – and as such dependent and build into.«
The training includes:
— 4 days-orientation
— five times 4 days of training every second month (Thursday - Sunday)
— 10 days vision quest
— 3 day closing session
— a deep ecology work project on one's own responsibility
— support groups of participants
— studying and exercising
For more information see: www.deepecology.de
The next holon-training starts in October 2011.