Leaving behind the triangular hierarchy (where the ‘boss’ or the ‘board of directors’ has the authority) as well as the democratic approach (where the majority decides) we work within a circle-dynamic where the vision is our guideline, our inspiration and our ‘authority’.
Co-creating a community is a never-ending expansive undertaking. Like the sacred geometry of the Flower of Life, circles will engender new circles wherein more circles may arise. All circles, small or big, within each other and overlapping each other, are co-creating the magical mandala of our community.
Honoring the magic of this creative expansion and honoring each one on their path and each one’s quintessence for our journey, we choose to work in what we call ‘Open Circle’.
We want to address some essential points in our Open Circle-Policy
Anyone who feels called to partake in a particular circle may ask to be invited into that circle. We don’t have a pre-set rule, a specific membership or a required qualification. The members of the circle will consider your request and consent together if it feels in harmony with their present journey to open up their circle.
As an Open Circle, our circle is open for you to step into. This means that our circle did exist and function before your arrival and we graciously invite you to join and observe for a while so you can imbue yourself with the purpose, principles and methods this circle embraces. When your heart and mind are aligned with our circle, your participation will be a precious gift for an ever-unfolding co-creation.
This co-creation is the intention and driving force for our Open Circle. Grounded within the consciousness of living-in-universal-beauty-as-one-family we harmonize all our energies towards this sole direction. Our Open Circle policy is an inner commitment where you engage your personal journey into the collective co-creation of our vision.
Within our Open Circle, we make our choices in consensus. To maintain an easy flow, we honor, respect and value the ‘elders’. By ‘elders’ we mean those who by their example and experience have proven their commitment and expertise. If in your passion you involve yourself in a way that trespasses our respect zone, we will remind you to focus on and synchronize yourself with the intention of the Circle.
In this light, we ask everyone to evaluate very honestly at each moment:
what is your intention to participate in our journey?
This seems very simple to understand, although to apply it in our Open Circle policy, it requires what we describe as ‘doing your homework’. We encourage you to read more explanations about this homework in the Journey of Consensus.