“The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.” Albert Einstein
“Returning one last time to our Bible story: we find that after many fierce battles, the Children of Israel finally conquer the Promised Land. And we see that it was Joshua, not Moses, who led the conquest. Joshua was a military leader, a warrior, a man of action. This tells us that a new archetype within consciousness is required to lead us into the New Beginning. We must call upon the ‘inner warrior.’ It is this warrior that embodies the qualities of strength, courage, discipline- and commitment.” Robert Brumet, Finding YourSelf in Transition, page 121.
“We no longer have oracles and visions – at least, we usually assume we do not. No initiation master rings the bell one morning and says, ‘Your time has come.’ But all the same, we do find ourselves periodically being disengaged either willingly or unwillingly from the activities, the relationships, the settings, and the roles that have been important to us. What if these often distressing losses were really symbolic events? What if they were signals that a time of personal transition was beginning?” William Bridges, Transitions, page 111.
“When individuals or communities use conflict as an opportunity to challenge their own ways of seeing things, they awaken to new aspects of themselves. They discover that their awareness can expand and grow beyond the limitations of their yesterday selves.” Gary Simmons, The I of the Storm, page 87.
