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Ancient
Wisdom
"...we confront two critical challenges:
how to address deep problems for which hierarchical leadership
alone
is insufficient and how
to harness the intelligence and spirit of people at all levels
of the organization.
“Our responses may lead us, ironically,
to a future based on more ancient - and more natural - ways
of organizing.
“In a sense,
such a change involves returning to an older model of community:
traditional societies that
gave
equal weight to elders for their wisdom, teachers
for their ability to help people grow
and warriors,
weavers
and growers for their life skills.”
Peter M. Senge, Harvard Business Review, Sept-Oct 1997
Mike and Patricia Bell, founders of The Wisdom
Meme have studied, lived and taught with with Elders and Keepers
of an ancient body of Earth Wisdom Teachings, RainbowHawk, WindEagle
and WhiteEagle, for over 10 years. The teachings, known as
The Origin Teachings of the Delicate Lodge, have been passed
down orally for over 35,000 years. They represent one of the
many surviving streams of ancient wisdom that have a direct relevance
to the challenging issues facing each of us, our communities
and our world today.
The Earth Wisdom teachings form a pragmatic,
organic structure for awakening human consciousness and for creating
a balanced society where individuals, families, communities and
organisations can operate in respect and harmony with each other
and all of life. These teachings come from the oral tradition
of indigenous peoples who came to understand what was needed
to live together in harmony while at the same time honoring individual
freedom and self authority. This highly sophisticated body of
knowledge offers profound and yet simple relevant insights for
gaining personal and organisational mastery. This old wisdom
coupled with new insights creates a resonance for our lives today
as individuals, as family members, as stakeholders in organisations
and as part of our chosen communities.
We pass this oral tradition on unaltered
and authentic in ceremonial form, as we pledged to our teachers
and their culture.
What makes us different from other teachers is our ancestry,
our path of life and our experience of applying these teachings
to a life in the western society.
We have shared these teachings,
in ceremony, with people of all ages, and in community and organisational
settings in Europe and the USA, and now we see the value of these
teachings in today's businesses.
Programmes in Development
Art of Leading the Self
The four residential teaching ceremonies enable you to take command
of your life, discover and strengthen the eight innate energies
of the Self and use these new powers to identify and break limiting
beliefs and patterns of behaviour.
Council Guide Training
A two-year learning journey for people who want to study the
teachings, practice and integrate them into their lives, restructure
their old patterns, and learn to teach these old ways to others.
Read more about the current programme here.
©
The Wisdom Meme 2008
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