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Thriving Community Solutions | David Armistead | TEDxSedona


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[Music] I’m standing in the circle that follows

I’m standing in the circle that follows

I’m standing in the circle that follows comments on this mothering of leadership

comments on this mothering of leadership

comments on this mothering of leadership and this idea of breakthroughs in

and this idea of breakthroughs in

and this idea of breakthroughs in technology that enables us to take care

technology that enables us to take care

technology that enables us to take care of the things we’ve been completely

of the things we’ve been completely

of the things we’ve been completely unable to take care of forever now

unable to take care of forever now

unable to take care of forever now that’s the soul of where I want to go I

that’s the soul of where I want to go I

that’s the soul of where I want to go I think I was looking I was looking at

think I was looking I was looking at

think I was looking I was looking at videos of the many Hurricanes of light

videos of the many Hurricanes of light

videos of the many Hurricanes of light and I was interested in the trees and as

and I was interested in the trees and as

and I was interested in the trees and as I looked at image after image of these

I looked at image after image of these

I looked at image after image of these places of wreckage I noticed that the

places of wreckage I noticed that the

places of wreckage I noticed that the trees that still stood were the trees

trees that still stood were the trees

trees that still stood were the trees that had planted themselves they had

that had planted themselves they had

that had planted themselves they had found their own place and it was right

found their own place and it was right

found their own place and it was right and they reached the roots grew very

and they reached the roots grew very

and they reached the roots grew very deep so you know the alchemical

deep so you know the alchemical

deep so you know the alchemical tradition the old shamanic knowledge

tradition the old shamanic knowledge

tradition the old shamanic knowledge says the further high you want to reach

says the further high you want to reach

says the further high you want to reach the further deep you have to root and

the further deep you have to root and

the further deep you have to root and the further forward we want to think the

the further forward we want to think the

the further forward we want to think the further back we have to begin so there’s

further back we have to begin so there’s

further back we have to begin so there’s a mood for that you can’t just you can’t

a mood for that you can’t just you can’t

a mood for that you can’t just you can’t just decide to think that way you have

just decide to think that way you have

just decide to think that way you have to shift your entire perceptual state

to shift your entire perceptual state

to shift your entire perceptual state your physical state and I’d like to

your physical state and I’d like to

your physical state and I’d like to share a personal story with you more or

share a personal story with you more or

share a personal story with you more or less as a initiation for the room to

less as a initiation for the room to

less as a initiation for the room to step into that feeling so that we can be

step into that feeling so that we can be

step into that feeling so that we can be together in a moment in a place of

together in a moment in a place of

together in a moment in a place of embodiment of the capacity to actually

embodiment of the capacity to actually

embodiment of the capacity to actually open to thee described today already as

open to thee described today already as

open to thee described today already as overwhelming changes that are flying us

overwhelming changes that are flying us

overwhelming changes that are flying us at a straight in the face

at a straight in the face

at a straight in the face and and the story goes like this it was

and and the story goes like this it was

and and the story goes like this it was a few years back when my wife and I lost

a few years back when my wife and I lost

a few years back when my wife and I lost our son in our home and it was a

our son in our home and it was a

our son in our home and it was a complete unraveling and not long after I

complete unraveling and not long after I

complete unraveling and not long after I started having dreams that my son

started having dreams that my son

started having dreams that my son brought me and I knew it was him because

brought me and I knew it was him because

brought me and I knew it was him because I would wake up in the dream asleep in a

I would wake up in the dream asleep in a

I would wake up in the dream asleep in a place of nowhere just consciousness and

place of nowhere just consciousness and

place of nowhere just consciousness and I would hear his voice say wake up and

I would hear his voice say wake up and

I would hear his voice say wake up and the next thing that would happen to me

the next thing that would happen to me

the next thing that would happen to me is I would go crashing into embodiment

is I would go crashing into embodiment

is I would go crashing into embodiment and an already ongoing world and every

and an already ongoing world and every

and an already ongoing world and every world was different and the one I want

world was different and the one I want

world was different and the one I want to tell you about was a world in which

to tell you about was a world in which

to tell you about was a world in which when I came to embodied there were only

when I came to embodied there were only

when I came to embodied there were only two beings in that world me and God and

two beings in that world me and God and

two beings in that world me and God and I was weeping at God’s feet and I had

I was weeping at God’s feet and I had

I was weeping at God’s feet and I had been doing so for an eternity and my

been doing so for an eternity and my

been doing so for an eternity and my entire being was the question

entire being was the question

entire being was the question you made me how can you possibly ask me

you made me how can you possibly ask me

you made me how can you possibly ask me to handle this you know I can’t and

to handle this you know I can’t and

to handle this you know I can’t and suddenly my heart space exploded outward

suddenly my heart space exploded outward

suddenly my heart space exploded outward and without any change in circumstance

and without any change in circumstance

and without any change in circumstance without any change in events without any

without any change in events without any

without any change in events without any change in facts I was able to simply

change in facts I was able to simply

change in facts I was able to simply have the space internally to be with

have the space internally to be with

have the space internally to be with what is open your hearts we have a lot

what is open your hearts we have a lot

what is open your hearts we have a lot to be with

we have a lot to be with then God

we have a lot to be with then God laughed at me I was grateful and God

laughed at me I was grateful and God

laughed at me I was grateful and God said you don’t get it I want you to

said you don’t get it I want you to

said you don’t get it I want you to expand like this in every moment I have

expand like this in every moment I have

expand like this in every moment I have so much to give you in the spirit of

so much to give you in the spirit of

so much to give you in the spirit of opening to the flood and being spacious

opening to the flood and being spacious

opening to the flood and being spacious and our interiors

and our interiors

and our interiors let’s walk into a conversation about

let’s walk into a conversation about

let’s walk into a conversation about community and thriving and about the

community and thriving and about the

community and thriving and about the rise of the feminine principle and the

rise of the feminine principle and the

rise of the feminine principle and the remaking of our entire world so it’s a

remaking of our entire world so it’s a

remaking of our entire world so it’s a journey into what is it’s a recognition

journey into what is it’s a recognition

journey into what is it’s a recognition of our current situation that comes

of our current situation that comes

of our current situation that comes first let’s just put it this way we are

first let’s just put it this way we are

first let’s just put it this way we are in the middle of not the beginning we’re

in the middle of not the beginning we’re

in the middle of not the beginning we’re in the middle we’re in the ascending

in the middle we’re in the ascending

in the middle we’re in the ascending crescendo phase of the largest change in

crescendo phase of the largest change in

crescendo phase of the largest change in the system of the world in the pattern

the system of the world in the pattern

the system of the world in the pattern of the world as we’ve known it for the

of the world as we’ve known it for the

of the world as we’ve known it for the last several thousand years this isn’t

last several thousand years this isn’t

last several thousand years this isn’t one of those revolutionary moments this

one of those revolutionary moments this

one of those revolutionary moments this is a total reset of a system of the

is a total reset of a system of the

is a total reset of a system of the world and I propose to you that while

world and I propose to you that while

world and I propose to you that while that’s completely overwhelming it’s also

that’s completely overwhelming it’s also

that’s completely overwhelming it’s also probably the largest opportunity

probably the largest opportunity

probably the largest opportunity humanity has ever faced much of what

humanity has ever faced much of what

humanity has ever faced much of what needs to be visible is coming visible

needs to be visible is coming visible

needs to be visible is coming visible much of what needs to be torn away and

much of what needs to be torn away and

much of what needs to be torn away and mulched so it can nourish is being torn

mulched so it can nourish is being torn

mulched so it can nourish is being torn away before we go there are two

away before we go there are two

away before we go there are two reactions human beings have to change

reactions human beings have to change

reactions human beings have to change you’re very familiar with both of them

you’re very familiar with both of them

you’re very familiar with both of them clench and flow

let’s see clench and flow and we have in

let’s see clench and flow and we have in this moment sitting in this room

this moment sitting in this room

this moment sitting in this room together in this moment in this room

together in this moment in this room

together in this moment in this room together both responses are wide open

together both responses are wide open

together both responses are wide open globally clinch that clenched response

globally clinch that clenched response

globally clinch that clenched response is carrying us into a familiar but dark

is carrying us into a familiar but dark

is carrying us into a familiar but dark world of a summit this way a world of

world of a summit this way a world of

world of a summit this way a world of super states of corporate ah cracy of

super states of corporate ah cracy of

super states of corporate ah cracy of pens surveillance a world of of a world

pens surveillance a world of of a world

pens surveillance a world of of a world constructed on the premise that

constructed on the premise that

constructed on the premise that community is about producing thriving

community is about producing thriving

community is about producing thriving for the system it’s a tempting world

for the system it’s a tempting world

for the system it’s a tempting world because it has some familiarity in other

because it has some familiarity in other

because it has some familiarity in other words it’s a world constructed on taking

words it’s a world constructed on taking

words it’s a world constructed on taking the business-as-usual framework and just

the business-as-usual framework and just

the business-as-usual framework and just amping it up to the max flow is carrying

amping it up to the max flow is carrying

amping it up to the max flow is carrying us in a very different direction and

us in a very different direction and

us in a very different direction and flow is everywhere loose in the world at

flow is everywhere loose in the world at

flow is everywhere loose in the world at this moment and it is carrying us into

this moment and it is carrying us into

this moment and it is carrying us into an unknown place it is carrying us into

an unknown place it is carrying us into

an unknown place it is carrying us into what is not known it’s carrying us

what is not known it’s carrying us

what is not known it’s carrying us however into a world that contains the

however into a world that contains the

however into a world that contains the possibility of being a place that’s very

possibility of being a place that’s very

possibility of being a place that’s very good at creating lives worth living and

good at creating lives worth living and

good at creating lives worth living and you feel those responses can you see

you feel those responses can you see

you feel those responses can you see those responses as they work out in our

those responses as they work out in our

those responses as they work out in our world now as I said the shamanic

world now as I said the shamanic

world now as I said the shamanic traditions which undergird all

traditions which undergird all

traditions which undergird all civilizations in all history which are

civilizations in all history which are

civilizations in all history which are always the perennial wisdom teach us the

always the perennial wisdom teach us the

always the perennial wisdom teach us the further Ford you want to think the

further Ford you want to think the

further Ford you want to think the further back you have to begin so I’d

further back you have to begin so I’d

further back you have to begin so I’d like to journey with you for

like to journey with you for

like to journey with you for moment into a place our bones no we know

moment into a place our bones no we know

moment into a place our bones no we know in our marrow but we forgotten what it

in our marrow but we forgotten what it

in our marrow but we forgotten what it feels like and that is the primal

feels like and that is the primal

feels like and that is the primal village the primal village is the place

village the primal village is the place

village the primal village is the place we were before we began in a world in

we were before we began in a world in

we were before we began in a world in which community is about providing for

which community is about providing for

which community is about providing for the system and in that world the village

the system and in that world the village

the system and in that world the village was about providing for the village it

was about providing for the village it

was about providing for the village it was about community as a place of

was about community as a place of

was about community as a place of working together to produce thriving for

working together to produce thriving for

working together to produce thriving for all the households and families that’s a

all the households and families that’s a

all the households and families that’s a feeling please relax and let yourself

feeling please relax and let yourself

feeling please relax and let yourself get a sense of what it’s like to walk

get a sense of what it’s like to walk

get a sense of what it’s like to walk around in a place I was standing in the

around in a place I was standing in the

around in a place I was standing in the Ecuadorian rainforest in a schwöre

Ecuadorian rainforest in a schwöre

Ecuadorian rainforest in a schwöre village at 4:00 in the morning the

village at 4:00 in the morning the

village at 4:00 in the morning the tribal peoples around the world still

tribal peoples around the world still

tribal peoples around the world still preserve this feeling but they haven’t

preserve this feeling but they haven’t

preserve this feeling but they haven’t participated in the entire change that

participated in the entire change that

participated in the entire change that we’re in the middle of but the feeling

we’re in the middle of but the feeling

we’re in the middle of but the feeling remains there and I was standing in the

remains there and I was standing in the

remains there and I was standing in the village and 4:00 in the morning and it’s

village and 4:00 in the morning and it’s

village and 4:00 in the morning and it’s dark and all these little fires light up

dark and all these little fires light up

dark and all these little fires light up you can see through the jungle that’s

you can see through the jungle that’s

you can see through the jungle that’s each family coming awake and you hear

each family coming awake and you hear

each family coming awake and you hear this little palabra this little

this little palabra this little

this little palabra this little conversation begin where they’re

conversation begin where they’re

conversation begin where they’re whispering to each other quietly what

whispering to each other quietly what

whispering to each other quietly what they dreamed what the day may hold and

they dreamed what the day may hold and

they dreamed what the day may hold and the conversation slowly builds people

the conversation slowly builds people

the conversation slowly builds people walk between families to engage in the

walk between families to engage in the

walk between families to engage in the conversation and the village weaves

conversation and the village weaves

conversation and the village weaves through conversation including

through conversation including

through conversation including everyone’s voice drawing upon how

everyone’s voice drawing upon how

everyone’s voice drawing upon how exactly each person is physically

exactly each person is physically

exactly each person is physically emotionally that day whether they’re

emotionally that day whether they’re

emotionally that day whether they’re sick or well hailer not a plan for how

sick or well hailer not a plan for how

sick or well hailer not a plan for how to do that day what needs doing for the

to do that day what needs doing for the

to do that day what needs doing for the village to thrive think about 4 o’clock

village to thrive think about 4 o’clock

village to thrive think about 4 o’clock the work day is about to end everybody

the work day is about to end everybody

the work day is about to end everybody hits their cell phones in a conversation

hits their cell phones in a conversation

hits their cell phones in a conversation – we

– we

– we how we’re gonna handle dinner tonight

that primal way of building life in the

that primal way of building life in the flow of life has already reemerged we

flow of life has already reemerged we

flow of life has already reemerged we live in it now it’s actually

live in it now it’s actually

live in it now it’s actually deconstructing all our hierarchical

deconstructing all our hierarchical

deconstructing all our hierarchical organizations the feeling of everyone’s

organizations the feeling of everyone’s

organizations the feeling of everyone’s voice is included a plan emerges it

voice is included a plan emerges it

voice is included a plan emerges it partakes of includes and is directed at

partakes of includes and is directed at

partakes of includes and is directed at a plan that benefits everybody our

a plan that benefits everybody our

a plan that benefits everybody our village life we here’s what happened we

village life we here’s what happened we

village life we here’s what happened we started farming with a lot of

started farming with a lot of

started farming with a lot of organization around it and the food

organization around it and the food

organization around it and the food supply exploded and population exploded

supply exploded and population exploded

supply exploded and population exploded and we delegated harvesting and mining

and we delegated harvesting and mining

and we delegated harvesting and mining and farming to the periphery in just

and farming to the periphery in just

and farming to the periphery in just clusters they weren’t really villages

clusters they weren’t really villages

clusters they weren’t really villages and there were urban centers walled this

and there were urban centers walled this

and there were urban centers walled this was the era of city-states long ago and

was the era of city-states long ago and

was the era of city-states long ago and it set a pattern and what happened in

it set a pattern and what happened in

it set a pattern and what happened in the city-states is population grew

the city-states is population grew

the city-states is population grew explosively we over stripped our

explosively we over stripped our

explosively we over stripped our resources our civilization collapsed and

resources our civilization collapsed and

resources our civilization collapsed and what did the state do to take care of

what did the state do to take care of

what did the state do to take care of itself to re-enroll people in the

itself to re-enroll people in the

itself to re-enroll people in the significance and the relevance of the

significance and the relevance of the

significance and the relevance of the parental state went to war of course

parental state went to war of course

parental state went to war of course with the neighbors new resources less

with the neighbors new resources less

with the neighbors new resources less population boom bust war repeat feel

population boom bust war repeat feel

population boom bust war repeat feel your way into this pattern it’s ancient

your way into this pattern it’s ancient

your way into this pattern it’s ancient as we sit here today literally on the

as we sit here today literally on the

as we sit here today literally on the brink of a new pan global conflict born

brink of a new pan global conflict born

brink of a new pan global conflict born from a monetary bust boom bust war

from a monetary bust boom bust war

from a monetary bust boom bust war repeat we live in that world still we

repeat we live in that world still we

repeat we live in that world still we call it civilization the world is

call it civilization the world is

call it civilization the world is changing the pattern change is not

changing the pattern change is not

changing the pattern change is not optional we are not going to be given a

optional we are not going to be given a

optional we are not going to be given a magic exit from the chain

magic exit from the chain

magic exit from the chain we’re going to learn our way forward

we’re going to learn our way forward

we’re going to learn our way forward into the change a friend of mine told a

into the change a friend of mine told a

into the change a friend of mine told a joke one time about the lungfish parents

joke one time about the lungfish parents

joke one time about the lungfish parents that were all staying up late at night

that were all staying up late at night

that were all staying up late at night worrying about their children because

worrying about their children because

worrying about their children because they’d been out sniffing that oxygen but

they’d been out sniffing that oxygen but

they’d been out sniffing that oxygen but from that came evils and elephants there

from that came evils and elephants there

from that came evils and elephants there is a way forward and it is not clinched

is a way forward and it is not clinched

is a way forward and it is not clinched there is a way forward it is flow it is

there is a way forward it is flow it is

there is a way forward it is flow it is choosing together to learn our way step

choosing together to learn our way step

choosing together to learn our way step by step forward into the unknown of the

by step forward into the unknown of the

by step forward into the unknown of the emerging pattern the difference if you

emerging pattern the difference if you

emerging pattern the difference if you want to feel it is hey surfing or

want to feel it is hey surfing or

want to feel it is hey surfing or football yeah that’s a team sport but

football yeah that’s a team sport but

football yeah that’s a team sport but every place every play is already called

every place every play is already called

every place every play is already called surfing you just stay on your board I

surfing you just stay on your board I

surfing you just stay on your board I want to tell you a little about San

want to tell you a little about San

want to tell you a little about San Marcos I’ll be fast San Marcos is an

Marcos I’ll be fast San Marcos is an

Marcos I’ll be fast San Marcos is an example of where clinch is dissolving

example of where clinch is dissolving

example of where clinch is dissolving flow is emerging they did just like

flow is emerging they did just like

flow is emerging they did just like everybody else

everybody else

everybody else they picked a way to develop it was

they picked a way to develop it was

they picked a way to develop it was called build a lot of apartment

called build a lot of apartment

called build a lot of apartment buildings they didn’t realize in

buildings they didn’t realize in

buildings they didn’t realize in building the apartment buildings that

building the apartment buildings that

building the apartment buildings that they had re-engineered the floodplain

they had re-engineered the floodplain

they had re-engineered the floodplain that had been a hundred year flood plain

that had been a hundred year flood plain

that had been a hundred year flood plain and they expanded it out to the Thousand

and they expanded it out to the Thousand

and they expanded it out to the Thousand Year floodplain

Year floodplain

Year floodplain so the floods came in 2015 and sixteen

so the floods came in 2015 and sixteen

so the floods came in 2015 and sixteen and eighteen hundred beautiful 50 plus

and eighteen hundred beautiful 50 plus

and eighteen hundred beautiful 50 plus year old homes households washed away

year old homes households washed away

year old homes households washed away FEMA decided to give them some money an

FEMA decided to give them some money an

FEMA decided to give them some money an open city council meeting was held the

open city council meeting was held the

open city council meeting was held the city manager in the business as usual

city manager in the business as usual

city manager in the business as usual pattern decided to give that money to

pattern decided to give that money to

pattern decided to give that money to the apartment builders because that’s

the apartment builders because that’s

the apartment builders because that’s what had been so lucrative for the city

what had been so lucrative for the city

what had been so lucrative for the city an 84 year old woman stood up and said

an 84 year old woman stood up and said

an 84 year old woman stood up and said wait a minute wait a minute my home is

wait a minute wait a minute my home is

wait a minute wait a minute my home is gone I raised my kids there I take care

gone I raised my kids there I take care

gone I raised my kids there I take care of my Alzheimer’s husband there

of my Alzheimer’s husband there

of my Alzheimer’s husband there my retirement I am the sole caretaker

my retirement I am the sole caretaker

my retirement I am the sole caretaker for my son who’s wheelchair-bound my

for my son who’s wheelchair-bound my

for my son who’s wheelchair-bound my household has been destroyed that money

household has been destroyed that money

household has been destroyed that money should go to give me a new home to live

should go to give me a new home to live

should go to give me a new home to live in so I can take care of my family and

in so I can take care of my family and

in so I can take care of my family and it should go to the other families who

it should go to the other families who

it should go to the other families who got washed out like me we’re the

got washed out like me we’re the

got washed out like me we’re the residents

residents

residents we’re not apartment dwellers who move

we’re not apartment dwellers who move

we’re not apartment dwellers who move through going to college we make this

through going to college we make this

through going to college we make this town community with the mission of the

town community with the mission of the

town community with the mission of the production of thriving for the

production of thriving for the

production of thriving for the households and the families is a very

households and the families is a very

households and the families is a very ancient idea we need to grasp and bring

ancient idea we need to grasp and bring

ancient idea we need to grasp and bring forward Ghandi thought of this he

forward Ghandi thought of this he

forward Ghandi thought of this he articulated it first in the modern era

articulated it first in the modern era

articulated it first in the modern era let me let me circle back and say by the

let me let me circle back and say by the

let me let me circle back and say by the way what’s emerged in San Marcos also is

way what’s emerged in San Marcos also is

way what’s emerged in San Marcos also is a group of women who are committed to

a group of women who are committed to

a group of women who are committed to community is thriving for families and

community is thriving for families and

community is thriving for families and households

households

households I called them wise women they chose the

I called them wise women they chose the

I called them wise women they chose the name the weavers in response to the

name the weavers in response to the

name the weavers in response to the faiths sitting under the tree of

faiths sitting under the tree of

faiths sitting under the tree of knowledge weaving the future I think

knowledge weaving the future I think

knowledge weaving the future I think it’s beautiful so slow is not going to

it’s beautiful so slow is not going to

it’s beautiful so slow is not going to occur out of strong men iron-willed

occur out of strong men iron-willed

occur out of strong men iron-willed policies dominating paradigms the flow

policies dominating paradigms the flow

policies dominating paradigms the flow is going to occur occur out of us doing

is going to occur occur out of us doing

is going to occur occur out of us doing in our place with our families and our

in our place with our families and our

in our place with our families and our households what our place dictates we

households what our place dictates we

households what our place dictates we need to do go for it don’t let anybody

need to do go for it don’t let anybody

need to do go for it don’t let anybody tell you you don’t have that right and

tell you you don’t have that right and

tell you you don’t have that right and I’ll just wrap here by saying this is

I’ll just wrap here by saying this is

I’ll just wrap here by saying this is Gandhi’s vision our contribution has

Gandhi’s vision our contribution has

Gandhi’s vision our contribution has been to call it 350,000 villages the

been to call it 350,000 villages the

been to call it 350,000 villages the villages are already there anywhere

villages are already there anywhere

villages are already there anywhere households can cluster to thrive

households can cluster to thrive

households can cluster to thrive together as a village but Gandhi said

together as a village but Gandhi said

together as a village but Gandhi said let India be a place of thousands of

let India be a place of thousands of

let India be a place of thousands of independent and self-reliant villages

independent and self-reliant villages

independent and self-reliant villages all honoring no castes no religious

all honoring no castes no religious

all honoring no castes no religious intolerance no intolerance regarding sex

intolerance no intolerance regarding sex

intolerance no intolerance regarding sex and with a will to take care of families

and with a will to take care of families

and with a will to take care of families in household

in household

in household this is the future and the technology to

this is the future and the technology to

this is the future and the technology to enable this we saw a slide of its impact

enable this we saw a slide of its impact

enable this we saw a slide of its impact it’s incredible we have the technology

it’s incredible we have the technology

it’s incredible we have the technology we’ve never had that makes possible

we’ve never had that makes possible

we’ve never had that makes possible doing this distributed manufacturing

doing this distributed manufacturing

doing this distributed manufacturing block chain autonomous organizations

block chain autonomous organizations

block chain autonomous organizations every conceivable means or method of

every conceivable means or method of

every conceivable means or method of communicating and learning so the world

communicating and learning so the world

communicating and learning so the world for it is learning everything

for it is learning everything

for it is learning everything everybody’s learning globally living

everybody’s learning globally living

everybody’s learning globally living lives locally and I am so grateful for

lives locally and I am so grateful for

lives locally and I am so grateful for its chance to talk about it thank you

its chance to talk about it thank you

its chance to talk about it thank you [Applause]

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