CHAPTER12Circle as a Way of Life

Once upon a time, circle was the core of human culture. That time has come round again in a new evolution. The circle way is a take-it-home, take-itto-work, try-it-anywhere practice. Circle is a life skill with the power to sustain both intimacy and cultural change.

Hurrying through the chaos of the world’s busyness, circle offers us opportunities to sit down with each other in the round, to ring the bell and quiet our hearts and minds, and to enter the spaciousness to speak and listen to one another as we find our way forward. This amazing capacity is available to anyone, at any time, with any group of people. Anyone who has read this far now understands how to host the social container; how to place an inviting ...

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