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- 2. Apparently opposite conditions are part of a whole within a field and are a potentially generative and creative relationship.
- 3. Any given moment and set of experiences are part of a process. Everything is in motion.
- 4. Patterns are important. They lead to repetition and predictability. Some patterns are supportive, and others are wearing and destructive.
- 5. Aspects of the individual appear in the collective, and aspects of the collective appear in the individual.
- 6. Awareness is a critical dimension of life. It catalyzes change and growth. Lack of awareness has an opposite tendency.
- 7. Making meaning is central and requires a combination of thought and feeling. Thoughts without feeling are like dry bones, and feelings without thought are like a river over-running its banks. Humans have a propensity and a will to find or create meaning. Working toward integration of thought and feeling is ongoing even while accepting and valuing how things actually are at any given moment.
- 8. Humans have inner work potential, that is, a developed capacity for reflection on and work with personal inner experience. Inner work is an ongoing and central part of life, including professional life.
- 9. The depth and breadth of intimacy and connection that is possible, longed for, and needed by human beings is central to education, and it is incumbent on the educator to hold this vision.
- 10. The universe, both seen and unseen, is part of a field, within which there is interconnectedness.
The Gateless Gate
The great path has no gates,
Thousands of roads enter it.
When one passes through the gateless gate
He walks freely between heaven and earth.
—Mascetti (1996, p. 19)
The gateless gate for educators is present in their classrooms at almost every moment. It is really the barriers within themselves. Its presence is often signaled by an untenable event in the classroom.