The Nurturing Emergent Communities Event, Part 2: Welcoming the Community Within
The Nurturing Emergent Communities Event, Part 2: Welcoming the Community Within

Aviv Shahar with Anne Stadler, Jeff Vander Clute, and Grace Boda

October 1, 2021

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Throughout history, the great questions have been asked, and great research has been undertaken, always expanding the territory of the known by shining a light into the unknown. Where is that cutting edge today? And can a community of people from all over the world, each carrying their own unique journey of discovery, come together to inquire at the edge of purposeful evolution, through dialogue and interaction? We think it is possible, and we hope that you will choose to be a part of this exploration.

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Here we offer an opening practice, which we call Welcoming the Community Within. The easiest way to access this is to recognize that we are humans, and one of the mistakes we often make in this postmodern time is that we treat ourselves as one thing. When we do treat ourselves as one thing, we turn the kaleidoscopic range that is available to us into one bulk commodity. And that is part of how this practice becomes relevant and important.

The other reason why we introduce this practice is that many of us, as we go through life, we live fragments of ourselves in all sorts of different situations. When we show up, only part of the community that we are really inside is with us. So this practice is an opportunity to gather the Community Within as we gather the Community Without.

We are all the inner lives, the voices, the experiences, the inner organs, the essences and presences and the internal capacities, and all the different roles and functions that we play and participate in.
Aviv Shahar

Anne Stadler

Anne Stadler

Anne is a pioneering elder. Her specialty is offering services that support self-organizing individual and collective leadership. She opens space for the emergence of spirited leadership and inspired forms for collective evolution. A founder and organizer of local, national, and international peace efforts, and an award-winning television producer at KING 5-TV in Seattle Washington, Anne has decades of experience in guiding the formation of emergent communities.
Jeff Vander Clute

Jeff Vander Clute

Jeff coaches and consults, teaches, writes, and leads travel journeys.

He is a co-founder of Sourcing The Way, Enlightening Journeys and Expeditions, and The Consciousness of Money.

Jeff is also a member of the Evolutionary Leaders Circle and he serves on the board of directors for Alliance for the Earth and Source of Synergy Foundation (previous chair).

Grace Boda

Grace Boda

Grace is an executive coach and transformational guide working at the leading edge of consciousness. She guides leaders, entrepreneurs, creatives and others to work with the full creative power of awakened Presence.

Grace holds advanced degrees in public policy and physical therapy (neuroscience specialty), is a certified executive and systems coach and professional mediator, and has advanced training in energy work, subtle perception, and the development of consciousness.

Aviv Shahar

Aviv Shahar

Aviv is the Founder of Aviv Consulting, helping leaders unleash strategic innovation, and is the author of Create New Futures: How Leaders Produce Breakthroughs and Transform the World Through Conversation.