Awakening Community Wisdom For A New Era
Through Deep Discovery Conversations
We cannot choose what is happening all around us but we can choose who we are in relation to whatever is happening. We can choose to stand firm in our authentic truth; to listen deeply to others, to practice gratitude and compassion and to align with our true values. We can choose to stay open to life’s energetic flow as a daily practice so that we are free to make our best creative contribution. This is simple but not easy. Being part of an intentional group can make it so much easier.
Join together in intentional, co-creative community
Deep Discovery Conversations offer a way to join together in intentional co-creative community, to explore our experience from a state of presence and connect with our individual and collective wisdom. They provide the perfect environment in which to focus our creativity, expand consciousness, develop more inclusive perspectives, and practice many skills essential for making real the shift to a life-affirming culture in our daily lives. As we open to creative inspiration, and connect with our own wisdom we may also contact collective and universal inspiration. This expansion of consciousness supports us to be part of the solution to our many collective crises.
” The Deep Discovery Conversations course was for me a powerful process of rediscovering the real me, observing the limiting beliefs that keep me from an expanded state of being me and then expanding into a conscious reconnection with all of life and engaging in collective creation. It happened in a strong container with others who have a deep love of this beautiful and magical earth. It let me be me and helped me learn to speak more from my soul than from my head.” Mark
Do you feel called to the co-creative adventure of telling a new story for humanity and building a new culture based on the knowledge of the essential interconnectedness of all life?
If so, the adventure of Deep Discovery Conversations may be your next step.
Join me in a group of no more than
12 people to:
Awaken Community Wisdom Practice Deep Discovery Conversations
and....
Transform Grief for Our World into inspired and co-creative action
The next course will be held on October 20/21/22; November 3/4/5/ ; November 24/25/26 and December 3 ( 6-8.30pm Fridays; 10am-1pm Saturdays and Sundays) To express your interest please contact me in the contact box
Are you longing for a new, life affirming culture?
Many of the structures that have supported our daily lives are failing, including the very balance of life itself. There is an evolutionary necessity to foster the emergence of a new story for humanity. We need a new culture now that will nurture the best of our humanity – our creativity, our wisdom, our compassion, our love, our courage. None of us knows how to create this – the big, exciting and daunting challenge of living from our true, embodied values stretches and challenges us in every way. A new co-creative culture can only emerge among and between us.
When we meet in groups with the intention to align with the good of the whole, and with the abundant, generous energy of life itself, we occupy a bigger spaciousness. We connect with new inspiration and possibility and together we become a healthier, more open, fluent organism which inspires, uplifts, challenges and awakens consciousness, sending ripples out into all our relationships.
A new culture grows cell by cell. Our ability to learn together, to share our gifts and to consciously co-create, is essential for the optimum unfolding of humanity’s next stage of evolution. Forums in which everyone is encouraged to speak from authentic truth and to explore the possibilities within our collective experience of living at this crucial turning point in our planetary existence, can transform despair into excitement, and frustration into inspired action. Together we can enlighten our way forward.
“During the course I developed a grounded ability to deeply listen and become enlivened by the shared conversations. I particularly loved how individual sharings benefited towards a cohesive, authentic, expanded whole. I loved the mutual respect demonstrated. The course content from Rose Diamond is exceptional in its breadth and depth of content. It feels very important to me to build new pathways on which to travel in the positive creative energy, with faith in co-creating a future society and world that supports loving presence. Participating in DDC has engendered my faith in others that together we can do so. “ Janie
Deep Discovery Conversations were named by my co-creative partner, Woods Elliott, back in the 1990’s. Later, we developed the art of Deep Discovery together and used it to explore whatever was emerging at the growing edge of our conscious awareness, including insights into the nature of consciousness itself; the inner and relationship conflicts blocking our creative process; our responses to global events or new cultural ideas; and creative possibilities in our transformational work of co-creating a whole new world.
When Woods died in 2015 I wrote, Deep Discovery Conversations, Awakening Community Wisdom for a New Era, and this guidebook will form the basis for the group experience I am offering now. The essential attitudes and skills we will practice will enable deep, exploratory, creatively inspired conversations and provide the foundation for building a new whole-person, whole-system culture.
Deep Discovery Conversations are one of many similar practices emerging over the last two or three decades invented by thought leaders such as David Bohm (dialogue); Peter Senge, Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski and Betty Sue Flowers (presencing and Theory U); Arnold Mindell (deep democracy); Craig Hamilton (the “we space”); Tom Atlee (co-intelligence); John Heron (co-operative inquiry), David Cooperrider and Diana Whitney (appreciative inquiry), Juanita Brown and David Isaacs (World café), Sandra Janoff and Marvin Weisbord (Future Search) Patricia Albere (mutual awakening), Jeff Careira, (collective emergence) Thomas Hubl (transparent communication), and many more.
All of these slightly different methods of inquiry and dialogue have grown from the dawning awareness that:
- The challenges we face cannot be solved by individuals or even by select groups coming up with answers for the rest of us. This is the old paradigm approach of top-down, “power-over” which has produced the current devastation of the natural world and maintained social injustices within civic life.
- A practice which aligns individual desires, values and actions with the well-being of the greater wholes of which we are part, is essential for the next stage of our species evolution and for our survival on planet Earth.
- We all carry within us sparks of creative genius which can seed solutions that transcend and transform our problems.
- We can engage in thinking, intuiting and imagining together.
- As a conscious, choice-making species, we need intentional spaces where we can access our deepest collective wisdom and co-creative possibilities.
- In the emerging new paradigm culture, individual expertise and skill have their parts to play and are applied within a shared understanding that each of us is potentially part of our collective problems and of the solutions we so urgently need.
- This is not so much about creating practical solutions - although those will come - but about realising and establishing ourselves in the new whole mind-whole world consciousness so that whatever emerges through us will be aligned with the higher values of inspiration, the flow of creative life-force, wisdom and compassion.
Empowered, creative action is the intended end result of our coming together for this adventure. It begins with the desire to express and share authentic truth and to do justice to the emerging creative process, with all its subtle insights and not yet fully formed intuitive hunches. The practice invites us to open to, receive, and flow with, sources of inspiration that are much bigger than the individual mind: collective intelligence, earth intelligence, universal intelligence, the evolutionary impulse. And then, it is our challenge to find and invent creative ways to ground this expanded intelligence into culture, in harmony with nature; to take inspired actions on behalf of the greater whole.
“What I have found most helpful is being enabled to consider ‘sacred activism’ as all that I am and all that I bring to the world. This has opened me up to a sense of being of service in both small and bigger ways. Every conversation, every action has a purpose and can open both my heart and others.
This is an opportunity to be with others in a safe and beautifully held space, to explore and share deep conversations that lead to new and exciting discoveries and possibilities – about yourself and your role in the world. More awareness of listening and responding back in a helpful way, connecting on a deeper and empathic level; Offering honest and deep insights about myself, my response and reflections for others. Being heard and witnessed by the group has been such a blessing and also huge learning about myself.” Jackie
“I feel more empowered creatively. Sharing with the group has been inspiring and actions that are opening to me are to balance service in community with service to my self; to facilitate from a nourished state; to give attention and space to self -care and engage with service to community from that inner state. “ Sofia
“Working with Rose has been very positive and affirming. I was able to experience a level of intimacy and sharing with others that I haven’t commonly had in other groups. It’s as if we were magically drawn together to shared aspirations and values, as if something far greater was being created. It’s not for the faint hearted but if you’re willing to dive deeply then it’s rewarding. I was able to find a deeper sense of self and how I might take part in the world and I felt aligned with my soul and open to the mysteries of life.” Liz
POTENTIAL USES FOR DEEP DISCOVERY CONVERSATIONS
- Discover a common language to describe and express our experience of living on planet Earth at this time so that we can move beyond our current limited beliefs and assumptions about life and find higher, more inclusive, shared meanings for our existence;
- Practice simple skills for conscious, enlightened communication so that we can uplift all our relationships
- Become more aware of how we limit our well-being and actions as a result of deeply conditioned patterns, and make new choices
- Express the wisdom within and between us and bring into being our highest visions of what is possible in our individual lives, our relationships, families, businesses, communities, country and global family;
- Encourage and support authentic forms of co-creative leadership, Earth stewardship and sacred activism in all contexts and at all levels of responsibility;
- Unlock our collective transformational capabilities and help midwife the birth of a new culture of peace on Earth.
Awakening Community Wisdom for a New Era
Through Deep Discovery Conversations
is part of the Sitting with Death and Choosing Life Programme.
I have practiced Deep Discovery in dyads and triads, in small groups of 6-12 people and I have participated in a similar method in a group as big as 40, in an inquiry that took place daily over 8 days – a process I found deeply thrilling.
These conversations can be used for:
CONSCIOUSNESS PRACTICE – exploring our experience of inner states; expanding into higher, more inclusive, more visionary and creatively empowered states of consciousness; finding a common language and shared meanings for our understanding of consciousness, how it is evolving through us, and how we can bring more expansive consiousness into form.
EXPLORING CREATIVE IDEAS AND PROJECTS – holding a free space of inquiry for one another in which each participant can suspend limitations and access their most creative, visionary ideas.
FINDING COMMON MEANINGS AND SOLUTIONS FOR SHARED DILEMMAS AND PROBLEMS WITHIN RELATIONSHIPS, ORGANISATIONS, COMMUNITIES AND BUSINESSES – allowing differences and diversity to emerge in an open, non-judgmental environment; building community with shared values and intentions; arriving at a natural synthesis of ideas and organic solutions to shared problems.
BUILDING INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH DIFFERENCES CAN BE HEARD AND ACCEPTED, DIVERSITY CELEBRATED AND THINKING ADVANCED – recognising the power of deep conversations to draw out our hunger for community and the intrinsic awareness of unity that dwells within the heart.
“ I’ve collected more ways to have conversations and structures for conversations that can really assist in intentions and outcomes and in allowing people to be heard in our differences. My longing to share my truth in circle was met and so was my intention to seek new ways of communication with people who hold different views, beliefs and values.
If I was a team leader in a new paradigm organisation I would place this at the centre of my organisational structure and I’d use it as both a “getting to know you better” team building vehicle as well as for brainstorming transitional changes for teams.” Sundy
This as an intensive experience of eleven sessions held over six weeks.
The foundation of our work will be practicing the skills of Deep Discovery and processing emerging awareness.
Then we will hold three conversations focusing on what is not working and catalysing a shift to what we can do to uplift our situation.
For example, for a group of activists we will explore our grief for our world and then move to how we can move beyond grief into fully engaged creative connection and action. For a new paradigm organisation the conversations may focus on what is not working optimally within the organisation and how participants can uplift that.
Commitment: In a group such as this your presence makes all the difference. I am looking for people who feel a resonance and call to this inquiry and who intend to show up for every session (unexpected urgent circumstances excepted.) In addition to the group sessions there will be some reading/listening and personal contemplation and inquiry between sessions.
In this coming course we will meet on zoom but in future, circumstances permitting, meeting face to face in physical reality may be preferred. I will alos be offering the opportunity for the group to continue to meet monthly after the course.
Once you have expressed your interest I will invite you to a meeting to answer any of your questions and to establish if this is a good fit for you.
“The Sitting with Death and Choosing Life resources are incredible. Rose somehow manages to share and build upon her own life experience in highlighting and speaking of the essence of grief, loss and death…the human journey into the dark, the shadow, the unspoken, the unspeakable… in order to enable the reader and the listener to uncover and make sense of their own journey and within that to engage in a healing process. The Grieving for our World aspect is timely, monumental and essential. If we are to face, embrace and act before more time elapses, we need to unearth and face into our pain together, supported by Rose and the other contributors. This is the work of the Soul and in embracing grief we are reclaiming our soul and life purpose, rebirthing ourselves as grounded healers, leaders and Soul guides in these chaotic times.
Annee Bury
Dates:
Friday, October 20 (6pm-8.30); Saturday October 21 and Sunday 22 (10am-1pm ) All times are for UK.
Friday, November 3 (6pm-8.30); Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 (10am-1pm)
Friday November 24 (6-8.30pm); Saturday 25 and Sunday 26, (10-1 ) Saturday December 3 (10-1)
The intensive weekends will build the connection, momentum and expanded field of consciousness necessary for the work of awakening community wisdom and becoming a co-creative community, aligned with a new story for humanity. The skills practice will be supported by The Deep Discovery Conversations Guidebook.
“I have seen more clearly how I operate in the world, my thinking is changing, my breadth of understanding is widening exponentially – this is a wonderful journey into the unknown.” Elizabeth
“This is a transformative process which has brought some new revelations and epiphanies. I feel as though the veils have parted, or the fog cleared, in a fuller way than before. It takes courage, ruthless honesty and commitment. If you’re drawn to embarking on this journey, please be prepared to discover things about yourself which you either didn’t know, or didn’t fully allow yourself to acknowledge previously.” Karen
Please register your interest now in the contact box below. Before making your payment please contact me so we can have a short chat to make sure this course is a good fit for you. Then, when you have been accepted onto the course come back and make your payment here. If you are in a different timeszone or these times dont work for you, please let me know.
Financial contribution
£250 or two payments of £125 monthly
£250 one off payment
two payments of £125
We don’t want anyone to be excluded from participating in this programme due to financial constraints. If there is sufficient demand I am planning to seek funding for future courses. I am particularly interested in working with those of you who are community/environmental/climate activists. If this is you please complete this questionnaire.
