| A very distinguished Institute in Santiago, with some well-known psychotherapists in Chile, invited me to conduct a Trauma workshop with their team. Their focus was systemic and some of them in their early trainings still had the great opportunity to learn with Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela, the co-founder of the Mind-Life Institute with the Dalai Lama. By the end of the day the senior leader of the institute came to me and smiled: “I thought I invited you for my team and that you would not teach me anything new, but you did, and expanded my mind.” I appreciated his statement and I equally valued our intensive peer-conversation later at dinner. We touched on the topics of individual therapy and their specialization in Family Therapy since they dealt with Developmental and Family Trauma every day in their institute. Like most countries, the society was overshadowed by Generational and Collective Trauma. Chile especially, also endured the traumas of natural disasters* and was facing great challenges with their questions of ecology, economy and the environment. *Read also the article: From Collective, Generational and Family Trauma – To Individual Trauma and Beyond “Where do you see, that our work could offer answers for these almost overwhelming questions?” He asked me in our conversation. What did he really mean with his question? He realized that although with his 74 years, still studying, practicing and being one of the leading therapists in the country, he just had experienced, that the inclusion of a body-oriented approach (beginning at the cellular pulsation) as well as Dimensions of Transpersonal and Positive Psychology, with meditative practices and an emphasis on happiness and well-being, could further his practice of System Theory into an expanded energetic understanding. Core Evolution teaches the experience, theory and practice of the Body-Mind Field, that we constantly co-create in relation to our own inner processes, family and society situation as well as our environmental and planetary condition that we are living in. That means we address the biological, personal, relational, cultural, and global dimensions of our life. Many people in our society have now heard of or practice Mediation and Mindfulness. We find numerous new organizations (including our own Institute for Energy & Consciousness, since 2003) for the exploration and research of Consciousness and Quantum Physics. We assimilate this knowledge and intellectually know, that we are all connected – but since Covid-19 we know in body and mind, that the whole world must be seen as one large organism of which we are a part. When we did 10-day wilderness retreats in Northern California, we could see, that often after the fifth day, participants experienced a shift in their perception and awareness of Inner (their individual self) and the Outer(landscape, environment, elements, sky) – there was no sense of separation anymore; it became a direct universal experience of Oneness in the larger field of existence. In our Energy, Love and Consciousness Program™ these principles have always been applied and practiced. We deeply understand, that the universe and the earth is pulsing in us and that our Individual Self and Being is also influencing this pulsation. Therefore, any work of healing and transformation must go both ways. With a body-oriented and meditative approach to Mindfulness, we cultivate our Seeing and Sensing and move towards Knowing about Presence – a state of Non-Duality. As I always express: “The healing from attachment or ignorance is not de-tachment, but PRESENCE!” Otto Scharmer, who also has been influenced in his work by F. Varela, coined the term ‘Presencing’ for this process. In the state of presence we can witness the larger perspectives of who we are, individually, socially and globally. Dave Courchene, Anishnaabe, elder and the founder of Turtle Lodge in Manitoba, Canada, responded to the overwhelming questions that we all face, which we have to wake up to: “The end of the world can also be understood that we’re being given an opportunity to put an end to our negative behaviors,” he said, noting that: “This new cycle will mean “a return to humanistic values. The principles of our understanding, of the survival of the people have always been based on peace, harmony and respect for all of life.” – The essence of our work and upcoming program. If you want to experience these principles of understanding and learn how to guide others in the field of personal and global transformation, then this is the right program for you. |
