Practice Status: Original Practice

One at a time, each person steps forward into the circle and declares to the others a particular action or path they intend to pursue.

This is a freewheeling process, often good before a meal when people can continue to talk informally.

This role-playing exercise, along with the guidelines that follow, helps us to be more confident and skillful.

This simple process can be counted on to yield a fresh perspective on one’s life, with unexpectedly appreciative insights into its valor and purpose…

Imaging on paper with colors can give us access to intuitive wisdom. This is especially useful following the Life Map practice.

Joanna has recounted this story in workshops because it portrays the dimensions of power available to us as open interconnected systems.

This practice helps us clarify our part in the Great Turning, and to focus on a specific path or project.

As a follow-on to the Callings and Resources exercise, people meet in four-person consultations to “get real” with their visions and plans.

The Clearness Committee is a venerable Quaker practice for seeking clarity in important decisions.

It is good in this practice for the facilitator(s), instead of taking part, to scan the group and be available to help.