[MD] Overturning Hierarchies

[John Carl]

On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Ian Glendinning <ian.glendinning at gmail.com
> wrote:
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> A group has to come out the other side of something together to become
> a community.
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> Thanks
> Ian


nay, thank you Ian.  I talk about this a lot, but I don't find that much
thought out there on the subject.  So some "else" to engage is a delight to
my old bones.

Where Peck is interesting in contrast to group theory is "emptiness".
Emptiness is exactly that "something" that the group must go through in
order to self-identify on a more comprehensive awareness.

This emptiness can be observed often  when people endure disasters togeter -
all their normal static patterns are disrupted allowing for a new freedom of
interpersonal communication. For a short period people drop their normal ego
boundaries and care for the other.   It can be replicated in a special
community building methodology.

And I will be talking about this a lot.  Right now I'm at the Grass Valley
library checking out more books on Royce.  Boy, this library sure has an
extensive collection.  I guess that stems from being named after the guy.

We should start a fund for a Robert M. Pirsig Library  - men pass on, but
libraries are forever.

John