Comments on: IISC and the Paradigm Shift

By: Habit Mind « Interaction Institute for Social Change Blog

Habit Mind « Interaction Institute for Social Change Blog — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:18:08 +0000

[...] a little more fresh – and grew out of a spirit of curiosity? I think, as well, about the post Marianne made recently, in which she talked about our need to approach the current situation with new [...]

By: Andria Winther

Andria Winther — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:42:01 +0000

How to dislodge one paradigm and make way for a new? Cells come up for me. What’s stored at a cellular level — and heaven forbid if the old paradigm is stored in our fat cells (lots of stuff are, this may sound like a joke, but it’s only a half a ha-ha).
Back to the broader cellular question…..Carolyn Myss offers that “biography is biology”, our history and lived experience translates to our physical beings — mind, body, spirit……..sounds like no part of us or our structures can be left behind in a paradigm shift–

By: Cynthia Silva Parker

Cynthia Silva Parker — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:32:40 +0000

Here’s to hoping that the barrage of emails, tweats, and other forms of information overload that you’re speaking of create the kind of mountain of ‘disconfirming evidence’ that is needed to dislodge one paradigm and make way for another!

By: Linda

Linda — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:31:41 +0000

Since reading this this morning, I’ve been thinking a lot about William Bridges work on working not just with change, but (perhaps more importantly) with transitions. He has a wonderful piece online that seems relevant: http://www.wmbridges.com/pdf/getting-thru-wilderness-2006-v2.pdf

By: Gibran

Gibran — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:28:52 +0000

Thanks Marianne for the generosity of your blog, I truly appreciate a voice that can inquire and propose at the same time. Your words resonate very deeply for me, you seem to capture an important aspect of my own quandary.

As I read Linda’s reply, I’m not sure what to do with this question of assurance or how to be towards those who seek it – how can I offer something that I’m not so sure exists?

I think part of the ethos of the Newtonian paradigm you speak of is precisely about this quest for permanence and predictability as we grasp for security in an unpredictable world – well, it’s falling apart anyway!

So how do we all learn to be in the uncertainty of “what is” and realize that our fullness is right here?

By: Linda Guinee

Linda Guinee — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:21:00 +0000

Beautiful post, Marianne. I must admit that I know absolutely nothing about physics – so couldn’t tell you the difference between Newtonian physics and the Tao of Physics (even if I sat down with them for dinner).

Your post does raise for me questions about who the “we” is, which “our” we are talking about. The wide diversity within our communities means that there is a wide range, from the early adopters who run ahead of us and live into the future to those who want some assurance before being willing to change – and all sorts of us in between. Which raises a question for me of power (no surprise to those who know me) – in the sense Clarissa Rile Hayward talks about, of “defining the field of the possible.” How do we make those kinds of shifts – in what we see as possibilities? And yes – how do we quiet our minds long enough to know this? Living, growing systems, it seems, do this all the time – if we can only listen and learn…