CHAPTER9Why Circle Takes Us to the Shadow

The strength of the circle environment allows a broad range of human interaction and provides enough structure so that people have insights that increase their capacities. This includes unconscious material that comes forward for healing. As we gain experience, circle helps hold and integrate the natural complexity and diversity of human beings.

We get very busy in the spheres of our lives, focused on a hundred things we consider essential and important. Yet when we slow down, as circle slows us down, the issues submerged under our busyness rise to the surface. Sometimes this is a gentle process—like looking around a circle of friends and thinking, Wow, I really belong. These people—we care about each ...

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