I was fortunate to attend a lecture by Jean Houston tonight. It was a very inspiring and productive experience. She is an awesome speaker and has an incredible biography of accomplishment and purpose. She has trained, worked with and known a who's who of great people from the 20th century including Albert Einstein, Margaret Mead, Linus Pauling, Bill Clinton, Jonas Salk, Dalai Llama, Tielhard de Chardin and many others. She had numerous stories about many of these people and others. But that was not the focus of the communication.
She has created and works in a medium known as social artistry. This is essentially the use of ritual to enhance knowing in individuals in order that they might a more creative participant in the world. She impels us to claim the joys and responsibilities of being full world citizens as we live through the intense changes unfolding on the planet today. She uses and develops these techniques in training the very top leaders in industry, government, education, health and spirituality in numerous countries and cultures.
One of her current projects is training leaders at the United Nations. She has counseled and taught leadership to presidents and other world leaders. She believes that we are in a period of profound change unlike anything humanity has ever experienced and we need the tools of higher consciousness and creativity to move forward through the changes to co-create the future.
I was also fortunate enough to help her out. At one point before starting the experiential portion of the program, she asked if anyone in the audience could play piano. Several folks raised their hands. Then she asked how many could play spontaneously. All hands went down except mine. So, I volunteered myself to improvise accompaniment to two of the exercises she did with the attendees. It was a blast as I had not done anything like that in a long time. Plus, it was great to participate with a person of her enlightenment and caliber.
Great fun on a stormy night....
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