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How The Laughing Heart Provides the Tools, Methods and Context for Advancing the Six Memes in the First Tier toward the Second Integral Tier. Using Humor with Families (q.v. "Spiral Dynamics" p://www.spiraldynamics.com/book/SDreview_Dinan.htm ) It seems that to consciously and actively participate in the evolutionary spiral, we'd want to advance each meme to its highest development and to assist it in transitioning to the next meme. (Meme = cultural matrix that has distinctive values, belief systems, ways of behaving that have evolved out of each other in an attempt to solve evolutionary problems. Each meme partially solves problems from the previous meme while generating new and different problems that in turn give birth to the next cultural matrix--meme). While we need to honor and work with the evolutionary cycle/spiral, it is equally important to realize that we can interface with all memes in any given instant through accessing the still point that ...

THE LAUGHING HEART, A Vision for Radical Change PURPOSE, PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES, Part I " A hands on approach to transformation" From Bill Bradley and his book, The New American Story "The only things that can stop us are fear, ignorance, self- centeredness , and greed." From Marianne Williamson's Healing of America "What we lack is an evolved sense of our collective purpose for our talent and intelligence." "But it feels as though there is no unified social force field for the effort, no number to call, no place to sign up." "We need a new vortex of social energy in America, one that arises from the shared intention of our society." "Minds in agreement form the most powerful force in the universe. To harness that force would constitute not so much a bridge as a super sonic transport into the 21st century." "They want to feel that they are contributing to a larger process, something bigger th...

BEHIND THE SEEMS BEWARE THE USEFULNESS OF GENERALIZATIONS. Accessorize, okay…generalize…watch out! When you make a generalization, you're not actually describing anything that's really going on, just some temporary approximation about life to make it more "manageable." Like the fellow in the picture, as he sits reading his paper near the Brooklyn Bridge. He's probably accepting some generalization, or at least an approximation of reality at that moment. He may be reading about mass starvation, or massive layoffs, or just the plight of the masses, but even mass human suffering doesn't accurately describe what's going on at any given moment, because each person is having his or her own unique experience of tribulation. While it may appear that suffering is shared by the collective, and though it is influenced by the collective, in fact, all suffering as well as joy is experienced on an individual basis. Maybe this guy's just a sports fan, in fact a NY Ya...