Intentional Society: You are invited to this expansion
Orientation registration link for newcomers Saturday, July 9th 1:00-1:55pm Pacific Daylight Time (4pm Eastern, 8pm UTC). Season 7 kickoff on Sunday.
< Meta: I am writing to you. One part of me wants to clench (showing up in my diaphragm or nearby muscles) a message of concern, even panic, and tell me "try hard to get it right, this is important!" It doesn't carry too far amongst my other parts, but I want to honor that care and value for the importance of this work — AND that it's not about trying harder. >
First, the field. It feels different to me, some difference I'm carrying into this relational field. A sense of potential isn't unusual as we embark on a new quarterly season of community gatherings, but this feels more significant, a bigger shift — in the self-identity of IS, in the leadership more people can bring forward, and in the integrity of presence and of my self that I can bring to contribute toward anchoring the field. More space, more fluidity, a stronger supportive net of capacity and security. Anchored and grounded while also free and spacious.
Then the membrane dividing in and out, that is in motion also. The field, the fabric, can hold more space, allow for a greater variety of forms for what "being in" Intentional Society looks like. If you feel a kinship with the spirit of what we are doing, I invite you to come in, there is room for you! You're invited to join us on Sunday to hear more, regardless of whether you'll be attending weekly this season. Get oriented on Saturday if you haven't, or else reply to this email to ask for a meeting link if you've fallen off the invite list. If you can't make it this weekend, you'll hear more once we figure out a few more details.
Lastly the call to action, the potential and opportunity, is bigger within the expanded membership membrane. More space for exterior, systemic, outer-world relations than before. Sharing any kind of offers and needs with each other, non-transactional gifting and supporting. Forming small groups, crews, projects toward various transformative aims interior or exterior, big or small. Case work amenable to drop-in connections, within that wider-but-still-trusted membership net. Solidifying the moves of requesting and creating and moving in various forms of leadership channeling the essence of this thing we call Intentional Society.
So I'll repeat the invitation, once again: If you've felt a pull toward belonging and participation in the shared intentions of IS, but haven't had the space to integrate with the weekly call commitment format... let's see what fits in this newly expanded space! Come on Sunday to learn more, or stay tuned.
Cheers,
James