Author Archives: Harry van der Velde

Our economy is organised around maximising profit. Never enough. Winner takes all. As a result of that value system a handful ‘winners own’ half the planet. That is utter nonsense to my common sense. And as is shown, counterproductive to a thriving humanity. I know from experience value is naturally differently attributed. My smallest economyContinue reading “Towards a cost based economy”

The main message of Philip Shepherds book “Radical Wholeness” is gradually sinking in. With  innumerable effects and consequences. This one I want to note here: My body feels how my mind jumps around in response to the many impulses I become aware of. I can now consciously perceive reflexes that have ruled my life soContinue reading “Embodied presencing”

At the end of the day, my day anyway, it is all about people. How do we connect, communicate and collaborate? If that went well I had a great day. Yesterday I had GCC Zoom sessions trying to realise just that. And it covered the full spectrum between my desperate sense of isolation and thisContinue reading “The GCC and it’s allies.”

Last year I spent many hours on line. In generative conversations that builded trust and intimacy across cyberspace. Across the pixelbridge as I coined it. I never dared to imagine the unprecedented power of genuine human connections becoming so present and available. Thanks to this new combination of digital technology and more mature social behaviors.Continue reading “My experience is part of the collective”

This is just to get a first overview of the wordpress sites of my GCC buddies Heiner Benking https://benkingnews.wordpress.com/ Deborah M. Wunderman https://sapience207.wordpress.com Tammy Lea Meyer tammyleameyer.wordpress.com Glenn Gaasland Heidi Hörnlein, http://www.the-wisdom-factory.com
 Gertraud Wegst Joshua Bridges http://joshuabridge.wordpress.com Doug Breitbart Flemming Funch Aaron Perlmutter, Charley Quinton, Jaswinder Singh Chaggar, jaswinderchaggar.wordpress.com Lucy Rist, http://lucyrist.wordpress.com Sam Hahn, http://kfjournal.org/wp/index.php/category/cy/ Andrew MacDonald andrewcartermacdonald.com Alex Reid  https://savenaturefree.wordpress.com/ and https://multiplyourself.wordpress.com/2017/12/28/dark-ai/

This is how I felt for years. I unconsciously made that feeling visible. Only after painting, I recognised it. That feeling of being totally alien in a naive representation of a safe nourishing world. Crying without a voice. Only then I became aware of it. Like this cartoon fish finding himself in the wrong story.Continue reading “My need to belong”

This Saturday ‘Barn Raising’ conversation gave me the opportunity to connect with Alex Reid from New Zealand, Heidi Hornlein from Italy, Jonah Lion from the United States. And Esteban Trev from Mexico. That gave me the opportunity to be informed about their websites. Heidi is hosting The Wisdom Factory. Her blog is http://www.the-wisdom-factory.com
. Alex Reid isContinue reading “The growing GCC network”

From the moment I was introduced to the ‘Teal’ movement it was extremely difficult to understand all I did not understand. Everything mentioned was new, still emerging and without clear structure. Basically the language was unable to properly word what happened. The tools to grasp the evolution had to be developed as part of thatContinue reading “This tool we call language”

I have always been both scared and curious. The label Schizoid fits me. But I always struggled to explain how this affects my behaviour. Since I stumbled on this lovely little puppy video on Youtube, thats became a lot easier. It metaphorically shows how I go about daily life. I approach every situation like theContinue reading “Scared and curious”